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My friend sent me this picture of us, and it's cute, but I can't stop thinking that it looks like one of those pictures that they show right before they turn it black and white, and say: They were just a normal group of friends...until they weren't If you have a picture like this you should share it, because it would make me laugh! @RickiTarr Pretty sure this one would be under “There were obvious clues” LOL - My friends have forbidden the use of their photos online, especially the BT. I did get him to hold our adorably huge cat for a pic l wanted to photoshop into a drawing. I’m allowed to use this version, cause even he was laughing when it was obvious that the image was a frightened toddler in a snow suit being held by his giant abductor. I know it looks like shit out there, but Missouri just ended the state ban on abortion in a citizen led initiative.
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@RickiTarr@beige.party i know...that surprised me. granted, it surprised me when we blocked such a thing here in kansas @RickiTarr @lisamelton Or legislature has a history of using fuckery to ignore or subvert voter-led changes. So I’m expecting this to mean next to nothing ultimately. One of the houses in my town has this as a Halloween decoration. This wins the Halloween Olympics.
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I was raised in a household where abortion was the biggest possible sin. I was progressive over all, even when I was still pretty religious, but abortion was a wedge issue. What started changing my mind was the realization of who was actually getting late term and partial birth abortions. Seeing beyond the idea of abortion, to the people who actually needed them, was fundamental to my understanding of it. I think Pete handled this perfectly:
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@RickiTarr Anti-abortion people never stop to consider a woman's motive, her reason for getting an abortion. Sure, there's always talk of "the mother's health", but it's perfunctory and glossed over. They always assume that women who get abortions have selfish, evil motives. They take it for granted that the abortion is being casually employed as a kind of after-the-fact contraception, for convenience sake, when that is probably very rarely the case. @RickiTarr I wasn't sure what to think about abortion but I know women don't do it for fun, like it must not be an easy decision...
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@RickiTarr This is making me think of the friend—very connected in the porn industry—who told me I could do big business on onlyfans. I laughed like yeah right and then—making it slightly less flattering—he said, ‘No, there’s a market for everything!’ Haha. Sometimes, people make fun of guys for doing stuff like this, but I think it's way more cool to do something you are passionate about, that is actually constructive, than buying guns for a self-created Apocalypse and harassing women online, because they won't have sex with them. Nerds rule!
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@RickiTarr you should see what the Mummers get up to in Philly -- and most of them are frat bros!
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@RickiTarr this is literally the best description around this problem I've seen. Very well said. @RickiTarr yes. This articulates a feeling I've held but never managed to turn into words. Sometimes Octopi will capture sharks, and just hold onto them for awhile. Scientists speculate that it's to clean parasites off them. What do you think they're up to? You ever have a moment where you're feeling down, and the silliest thing starts putting you in a better mood? This painting is called Old Man's Treasure:
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@RickiTarr mine is this painting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude#/media/File%3AEduardo_Zamacois_y_Zabala_-_Regreso_al_convento.jpg listed under "schadenfreude" on wikipedia I can only imagine this man's lawyer rubbing his hands together, and laughing maniacally:
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@RickiTarr @RickiTarr His lawyer is very, very rich right now.
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@RickiTarr I'm suspicious of anyone claiming to be an expert, they always seem to be in the latter category. @RickiTarr and a truly passionate nerd will get super excited they don’t know and force you to research it with them endlessly until you figure it out (or collapse) because they assume you’ll be as fascinated as they are by the hunt of discovery and all you wanted was just a stupid answer. Kitty met the house pups. The older dog Storm, took a sniff, and went to take a nap. But Sass the younger dog was very excited, and a bit nervous. Sass really wants to play, and gave the kitten a tongue bath, but gets jumpy when she mews. Overall she seems happy to not be the youngest anymore.
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Funnily enough the ARM chip (inside the vast majority of phones) was designed by a British trans woman: Sophie Wilson. She however did not lose her job when she transitioned back in the 90s. Nobody had to apologise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson Phones are just so woke 😆 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! This is your reminder that people who really love you, treat you well every day, not just on special occasions.
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I would totally do that if I hadn't gotten hoisted by a metaphorical landmine early on in the festivities. For now, I'm just celebrating the fact that the holidays are over. Cheers to everyone who made it through another unpleasant holiday mostly intact 🥂 We're officially 365 days away from Christmas again! Let the healing commence ❤️🩹
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@RickiTarr The latest episode of the Srsly Wrong podcast, called "Ecological Luxury" is about this very topic! Def worth a listen The entire Star Wars Franchise was purchased for 40 billion dollars less than Twitter. I think about that sometimes.
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@RickiTarr And Disney ran it into the ground. Musk is the deranged owner driving his company into the ground, disney is the souless corporate entity doing the same by hiring talent challenged people. What is it called when something makes you laugh, but also makes you want to cry a little?
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@RickiTarr So you're saying that we can use LLM as a tool to help us reframe our narratives, to consider ourselves from opposing perspectives and uncover the questions that will reveal our deeper truths? That countless iterations of sacrifice and struggle have dragged the collective potential of our species from surviving the tar pits to scaling the very heavens and now we have the tools that will carry our wearied, broken souls over the line, to our brightest possible future? The idea of owning land is so weird. At one point, someone just murdered enough people so that no one questioned them when they said it belonged to them, and we just kept on doing that, I guess.
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@RickiTarr Nomadic hunter-gatherers were mostly communal. Land ownership (along with the ownership of "water rights") came along with agriculture. @RickiTarr 12
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