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thechadwick

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    Periodic reminder about populist ideologues

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  • For even younger members, The Twilight Zone was The Black Mirror, before netflix was a thing.

  • Do I have to know an alphabet to pass my language exam?

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  • After that, 紙に神の髪を描く (Kami ni kami no kami o kaku)

    I wish Japanese had 1.5–2x the number of sounds it has presently.. Without Kanji it's unreadable, but since the advent of English gairaigo, it's rapidly becoming a weird weird English language anyway...

    Vid related: https://youtu.be/pW4AiEqKGto

  • Rule

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  • Better call her then.

    I mean, it's right on the sign.

  • Governor of the Russia's Kaliningrad Blames Philosopher Immanuel Kant for Ukraine War

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  • Remember the time Kant's categorical imperative massed hundreds of thousands of troops for a "training exercise" along the border of a sovereign neighbor state, loudly protesting concerns it was preparing for a ground invasion?

    Then when it did invade that neighbor, on the most cynically pretextual grounds imaginable, and began a wholesale slaughter of innocent men, women, and children?

    Remember when Kant did that?

    Nobody else does either, but it will be a generational memory for Russia to live down now. Hope the good governor gets cancer of the anus talking that kind of shit.

  • Finland votes: Stubb wins presidency

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  • Trade you for an 80 years gaff machine or an almost 80 year old criminal game show host wannabe Hitler? Two for any one of your neo-liberals, but you have to take both..

    *Edit: (existential sigh of constant anxiety)

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    What's the dumbest thing you thought as an adult that you recently learned was wrong?

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  • Perfection.

  • Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds

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  • Will no one think of the quarterly earnings reports? What the hell is wrong with you people?

  • oh snap.

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  • Non credible defense is skewing older and more colon-health conscious than I would have initially expected..

    TIL.

  • The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

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  • Something's going to have to give and soon. Police need to carry individual malpractice insurance, where gross negligence results in personal liability, and blanket qualified immunity as a whole needs to go.

    No other institution has built a self-licking ice cream cone like law enforcement. The US health care system certainly tries, but at least it doesn't have a monopoly on the use of force. Until the incentives change, there's no future where civil relations recover. You just can't remove liability for bad faith abuse of power and expect an organization to self-police its behavior.

    Crushingly ironic that the "don't tread on me" crowd are the loudest proponents of the wholesale gutting of freedom of the press/speech..

  • The Judges Who Ruled Against La Gordiloca Are Criminalizing Watchdog Journalism

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  • This is in fact, a much better article and (horrifying texan political hellscape aside) the key except is copied here for convenience:

    Begin quote: The Texas statute she was charged under made it a crime to solicit non-public information from a government official with an intent to obtain a benefit. Prosecutors alleged she used the information to amass more Facebook followers.

    A Texas state court judge in 2018 tossed the charges, finding the law unconstitutionally vague, and she sued in 2019. A judge ruled the officers and prosecutors were entitled to qualified immunity, but a 2-1 panel reversed in 2021.

    But in Tuesday's ruling, U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones, an appointee of Republican former President Ronald Reagan, said law enforcement officers were not required to predict whether the Texas law at issue was constitutional before arresting her.

  • Word

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  • Yeah? Well that's just like, your opinion, man..

    For real though, formatting in word is a nightmare of ribbon-esque proportions.

  • Instances or networks that focus on forums and conversations instead of link aggregation?

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  • Tildes.net

    It's pretty heavily curated, but it's where I go for non-bot discussion on any variety of topics. Sorted hierarchically, and they keep out the riff raff pretty actively.

  • Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set

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  • Unless of course, you're on a movie set and the armorer has called it a cold gun and pointing it towards people is part of the movie.

    Then it might be the fault of the person who knowingly co-mingled live and blank ammo in gross disregard for any kind of safety procedures.

    Yes if you are handling a firearm, you have a responsibility to know safety procedures. But in film, obviously you have different familiarity levels with weapon handling. That's why you hire an armorer who enforces safety procedures. So non-shooter actors handle prop weapons with blanks.

    Now, arguably as a co-producer Alec may have had some culpability in hiring an unqualified armorer? Somehow I doubt he was heavily involved in those kind of nitty gritty hiring decisions. Seems significantly more plausible that those decisions were made by the actual producers who work for a living and not the a-lister who gets titled co-producer for SAGAFTRA billing purposes..

    Call me crazy, I know.

  • Programming: The Horror Game

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  • Just have to delete the system32 directory. That gets rid of the changed settings the fastest.

  • What's a good and non patronising way to help my neighbour out

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  • Another post mentioned just giving cash anonymously and I think that's easily the best option. You would almost certainly have access to their mailbox if it's a suburban stand alone type? If not, an unmarked envelope under the door, with cash, would preserve plausible distance from making the neighbor feel like they have to decline out of etiquette.

    Don't think about it more, they clearly need the help if they mentioned it, and if you can help without feeling the impact just do so without strings or direct attribution. They'll suspect it, and can if they approach you in genuine thanks if they want, then you're able to be gracious about accepting, or simply act surprised and happy that such a nice thing happened if not.

    I've had people clearly embarrassed at the grocery checkout take a 50$ bill I claimed fell out of their pocket before several times. Preserves their dignity even if it's just a pretext for helping. Puts the ball in their court at least. "Hey man, I don't know what to say but it's not mine. Pay it forward for someone who needs help if it's not yours" is the worst that's ever gone for me before. Nobody likes being a charity case.

  • How are you hosting your ebooks?

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  • Academics focused, but Zotero indexing a large cloud storage drive.

    Let's things organized by subject, tag, author, title, or whatever else I want. Also keeps my notes all in one place. Huge huge proponent and it's open source!

  • Don't be a sucker

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  • Should be required viewing in every middle/highschool class.

  • TIL that Xbox Controllers can have firmware updates.

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  • But, why not just update them so that 10 is higher?

  • Republican secretary of state threatens to kick Biden off the ballot as Trump payback

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  • Biden might not reel in that electoral sweep that's been forecasted for Missouri (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri)...

    Real talk though, elections matter and this is not a "both sides bad" situation. Specific policy disagreements with one side and the systematic dismantling of the American government are not equivalent criticisms.

    Vote and bring a friend. Every year, the number of eligible voters who don't show up at the polls represent a big enough voting block to win the election outright. While you face almost impossible odds persuading a member of the opposite political party to switch sides, after college age, it is entirely possible to convince someone to get in the car with you and vote (even better to mail in where possible).

    Mobilization is what will decide 2024, not persuasion. Everyone needs to remember that despite 2020's outcome, the election was decided by fewer voters than you can fit inside a football stadium (due to our electoral college fun times). If you live in GA, AZ, WI, PN, NC, NV, or MI—You. Must. Vote! ...preferably early.

    Cynics who tell you otherwise do not understand how much harder it is to rebuild a system than it is to maintain one. This one needs significant maintenance, like back to the shop engine work. We will not have a repair shop left to go to if we don't get out the vote right now.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections