@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Ramsey makes decisions about whether to raise the rent on his tenants. He is empowered to make different decisions. Each decision impacts both him *and* others in the system. He chooses decisions that enrich him and displace others. It's not more complicated than that.
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@histoftech ("Mar Hicks") wrote:
“It is very encouraging news,” said the government, “that only people like you will die.”
“Excuse me?” I said.
“Very encouraging news,” they repeated🤗
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
This is why I keep giving people an alternative way of viewing these systems. There is no magic. It's just people. Each human in this system is making a decision that they can and should be held accountable for.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Blaming nameless, faceless systems is the perfect form of disenfranchisement. Because every single human in the system can claim that they don't actually have any agency. Their decisions are simply dictated by the system and have nothing to do with their values.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") replied to a tweet by @polotek:
Let me be extra clear in the statement that I'm making. I believe that Western white supremacist capitalist imperialism requires this kind of mental gymnastics in order to justify and sustain its continued violence. No one is to blame. The violence simply emerges naturally.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
I've been having some form of this conversation with white men for years now. My understanding of it as a moral ideology gets more and more refined over time. "Build nameless, faceless systems and blame them for the world's ills so that individuals cannot be held accountable."
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@KelgoreTrout ("KELGORE") wrote:
Incredible mental gymnastics from Dave Ramsey here
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@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@80snewsscreens ("80s News Screens") wrote:
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@ChuckWendig ("Chuck Wendig") replied to a tweet by @ChuckWendig:
They’re so done with it! Masks, nah. Restrictions? None! Everything? Open it all up! Sure cases are higher than ever and systems are at the edge of collapse but ha ha fuck it.
“I’m tired of the bridge being out. I’m gonna just accelerate and assume my Toyota Camry can jump it.”
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
They both predate Fox News.
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@freedaaron ("Aaron Freedman") wrote:
How the hell did seatbelt laws and indoor smoking bans happen
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@TheOnion ("The Onion") wrote:
Biden Vows Not To Forget Lessons Of January 6: ‘We Must Hang Mike Pence’ https://bit.ly/3t1FGDF
Dying Light 2 Will Take 500 Hours To Fully Complete And I'm Already So Tired
Some games, like Wordleand other indie titles, are trying to be smaller experiences that you play for a few minutes or hours and then leave. Dying Light 2 isn’t one of those games. Instead, the folks behind the game are excitedly advertising that it will take players over 500 hours to fully complete the open-world…
@DaveHolmes ("Dave Holmes") wrote:
Thank you! And what a wonderful weekend to stay in and binge all ten eps.
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@markhurst ("Mark Hurst") wrote:
Just finished listening to "Waiting for Impact" by @DaveHolmes - easily one of the best podcasts I've ever heard.
Dave will be on https://techtonic.fm soon, so listen! (to all 10 eps! - the final ep is brilliant)
h/t @MichaelHearst for the pointer-
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waiting-for-impact/id1586375955
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@HamillHimself ("Mark Hamill") wrote:
1 YEAR AGO TODAY SINCE THIS GLORIOUS EVENT:
"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldtRump account and the context around them — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."@Twitter
#STFU 🤐
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@serglesinner ("🍒 Sergle 🍒") wrote:
!MY CEILING EXPLODED AGAIN!
we got our upstairs plumbing fixed–badly–and the water guy turned our water back on w/o notifying us. The pipes flooded the bathroom & soaked through our ceiling AGAIN.
if you were thinking of supporting my shop, please do! http://etsy.com/shop/sergleshop
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@XiranJayZhao ("XIRAN Buntuber") wrote:
tired of dark gritty superhero adaptations JUST LET MY COMIC FAVES BE HAPPY AND WHOLESOME 😭
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:
@Joshua_Luna ("Joshua Luna") replied to a tweet by @Joshua_Luna:
In the Philippines, 333+ years of Spanish & U.S. colonization created a preference for actors with Spanish/white features. This minority population is used to represent the majority & to promote narratives that depict their features as superior—thus reinforcing the preference. 5/
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@damfales ("Adam Fales") wrote:
Glad we’re all back here
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
rename the bad swastika to fashtag to distinguish it from other swastikæ
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@RussianMemesLtd ("Russian Memes United") wrote:
me when the doctor said that the only treatment is to change my lifestyle
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
@DWUhlfelderLaw ("Daniel Uhlfelder") wrote:
Ron DeSantis said they let 800,000 - 1 million COVID-19 tests expire between December 26-30 because no one needed them. This video was posted on December 16 and had millions of views. Ron DeSantis is a liar. @RemoveRon
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@DWUhlfelderLaw ("Daniel Uhlfelder") wrote:
This is what Ron DeSantis calls beating COVID-19. I’ve lost track how many times he’s done a bogus victory lap since April, 2020.
Here is drive thru line TODAY for testing in Miami. @RemoveRon
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@TartanLlama ("Sy Brand") wrote:
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@maxwellstrachan ("maxwell") wrote:
A new tech startup wants to gamify the U.S. court system by allowing everyday Americans to bet on lawsuits using tradable crypto tokens. It calls the process an "initial litigation offering."
I spoke to one of the founders about the concept. https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7d7x3/tech-startup-wants-to-gamify-the-us-court-system-using-crypto-tokens
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
BC needs a "play in actual album sequence thanks" button up front.
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@mocena ("Iceberg Artisan") wrote:
How dare you accuse me of eating a party sized bag of Oreos for a meal, Aldi. How dare you.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Prettiest metal record I heard in 2021 https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/tide-turns-eternal
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@kimmaicutler ("Kim-Mai Cutler") replied to a tweet by @joelle_emerson:
@joelle_emerson Yeah, the 1918 influenza pandemic may have also contributed to higher Parkinson’s rates decades later :-/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/well/live/flu-parkinsons.html
The James Webb Space Telescope finishes unfolding its primary mirror, concluding major deployments
Photo by Northrop Grumman
The James Webb Telescope (JWST) has finished unfolding its primary mirror, ending a series of major deployments that took place over the span of two weeks. All of those deployments needed to go perfectly in order for the massive space telescope, which was decades in the making, to function.
The JWST has two primary mirror panels on either side that it will use to collect infrared light from the distant Universe. Each of them consists of three gold-plated hexagonal mirrors. Today, the rightmost wing was successfully unfurled, just one day after the leftmost wing was deployed. Now that both sides have been locked into place, this completes the array of 18 mirrors that makes up the 21-foot-wide JWST.
Congratulations, @NASAWebb! You are...
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@nyawful ("Simply Nyawful") replied to a tweet by @homophiliapod:
@homophiliapod @HARVEYGUILLEN @theshadowsfx @WorldOfWonder *Fanning self* That facial hair, boy I was not ready.
@zilmer ("Priidu Zilmer") wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VhWeDT0AGM Estonian-German love connection in an old Saku ad. Their entire back catalogue is full of some serious gems.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@Nymphomachy ("Vapor Weyve") replied to a tweet by @Nymphomachy:
Like as a person, JKR is the ultimate basic bitch white lady. She has no interesting lived experiences, she has no extraordinary insight to offer, she is an upjumped Karen who happens to be conventionally articulate.
That's fine, for writing a screenplay to a Nickelodeon show.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@pratyushbuddiga ("Pratyush") wrote:
The coolest thing about Twitter is if you follow the right people you can get a sneak preview of what the experts will finally admit is correct about 6-18 months before everyone else.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@bethsawin ("Dr. Elizabeth Sawin") wrote:
How many of those "co-morbidities" are in themselves markers of inequitable access to clean air, healthcare, safe working conditions, safe housing, access to safe places for physical activities, and a life free of the health impacts of racism?
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@sesmith ("s. e. smith") wrote:
If only we had addressed poor ventilation and limited staffing in schools at any point in the *checks notes* literal decades educators have been flagging them as serious issues.
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") replied to a tweet by @ewarren:
"Running in the snow is sooooo tiring."
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@wapplehouse ("Kristi💪YamaGucciMane") wrote:
The Taco Bell drive thru at 1 am will have a $200k Mercedes S65 waiting right behind a ‘96 Cavalier that’s never had the oil changed followed by a moped ridden by three people. All craving the same thing: to Live Más. Truly the last great melting pot of class in this country.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@t_NYC ("thomas Jr. 🛠 IATSE STRIKE!") wrote:
CDC releasing the report that COVID significantly increases risk of children developing diabetes *on Friday night* after lying that it was safe to be in school all this week because “COVID is mild for kids”
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@nicholaSyaJ ("Jaynik") wrote:
"How about a two week lockdown?"
"No thank you. I'll take two years of constant disruptions and case surges"
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") wrote:
It strikes me that pandemics require collective action to defeat, meaning of course the united states is in its bones *completely* incapable of mounting an effective response. None of us are safe until all of us are safe, even folks fresh off the boat or working for $2.13/hr.
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@MsKellyMHayes ("Puff the Magic Hater") wrote:
Just heard a story from someone whose son is a waiter. Their son's coworker got a PCR result text mid-shift: positive. He'd felt ill and actually tested positive on rapid, but the job required PCR results. He still had to wait for manager approval, so worked thru the dinner rush.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
Exciting!!
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@cart_cart ("Carter Anderson") wrote:
@BevyEngine 0.6 is out now!
It features a brand new faster / prettier / simpler renderer, shadows, clustered forward rendering, frustum culling, batched sprite rendering, native WebGL2 support, Materials, shader imports, ECS ergonomics, and much more!
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
@ZackMorrison18 ("Zack Morrison") wrote:
Show of hands ✋🏻 who here has quit a toxic job? Let’s normalize this shit. It’s never worth it, and it’s way different than paying your dues.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") wrote:
Talking with spouse before having coffee: "Your ... thing, is on the ... thing. With the other things."
It's a good thing she likes me for some reason. #NotAMorningPerson
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
This is behind a paywall. Why? Like can't you just charge the makers of these videogames? Don't they want me to buy the games enough to pay you?
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@latimes ("Los Angeles Times") wrote:
Here are 10 video games to be excited about in 2022. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-01-05/video-games-2022-preview-elden-ring
@DreamingInCode ("selectively adjacent symbols") wrote:
Sea lion living his best life
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@MalikEarnest ("Malik Earnest") replied to a tweet by @MalikEarnest:
The sea lion rescued on a San Diego freeway has actually been all over the city! He was rescued in November near @SanDiegoAirport. Months before, he was spotted at Naval Base Point Loma, at Mission Beach, and near a deli adjacent from Mission Bay. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna11428
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@rn_murse ("NurseBrianRN") wrote:
resting climax face
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@RayLoveJr_ ("Ray ") replied to a tweet by @DKuzNY:
@DKuzNY What’s CRAZY is I just shared this exact clip of the conversation you’re referencing with an a friend a recently. 😲🤯
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@realLandsEnd ("protocol; Host Body ⚕︎") wrote:
eugenics is the love language of capitalism
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@stevewalden ("Steve Walden") wrote:
Dr Rochelle Walensky @CDCDirector said on @GMA "the overwhelming number of death [sic] over 75% occurred in people who had at least 4 comorbidities, so really these are people who were unwell to begin with, and yes really encouraging news..."
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@Eugene_Scott ("Eugene Scott") wrote:
“The fact that young people are buying fewer houses and cars doesn’t prove that they want fewer houses and cars. It might mean they simply can’t afford them. That latter conclusion is now supported by research from the Federal Reserve.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/stop-blaming-millennials-killing-economy/577408/
@DreamingInCode ("selectively adjacent symbols") replied to a tweet by @DreamingInCode:
So GO FORTH and punch someone in the nose today, because as we ALL KNOW, they are not real, but rather figments of your imagination
You are in FACT the only conscious being
Worry not when they cry out, for they are simply being dramatic to manipulate you, those sneaky figments!
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@bigmoodenergy ("alexandra, the commuters friend") replied to a tweet by @bigmoodenergy:
another common one was Europeans flying over agricultural areas in the western US and Canada and asking why it was a big grid and where the farm villages were
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@bigmoodenergy ("alexandra, the commuters friend") replied to a tweet by @bigmoodenergy:
a really common one was the checkerboard pattern of logging in the upper western US
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@bigmoodenergy ("alexandra, the commuters friend") wrote:
I used to work in flight simulation developing terrain and we got so many bug tickets that the world had weird things that people didn't expect and they wanted fixed
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@MarshallProj ("The Marshall Project") wrote:
Census figures show a 13% drop in the number of incarcerated people since 2010. It may have more to do with the pandemic than broad reforms.
Look up how many people are incarcerated in your state and county:
https://trib.al/Mn2pkOL
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@_wholesomegames ("Wholesome Games") replied to a tweet by @_wholesomegames:
Haunted Chocolatier is the next game from the creator of Stardew Valley. "I’m not sure how best to describe it... But at its core, the gameplay loop involves gathering ingredients, making chocolate, and running a chocolate shop."
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@_wholesomegames ("Wholesome Games") replied to a tweet by @_wholesomegames:
Terra Nil is a "reverse city builder" about ecosystem reconstruction. Turn a barren wasteland into an ecological paradise, then clean up, leaving the environment pristine.
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@DreamingInCode ("selectively adjacent symbols") wrote:
Gentlepersons, I rise today to speak at last of a grave tyranny!
For far too long, the sacred liberty to swing our fists has been encumbered by the fragility of other’s delicate noses.
As our forefathers and foremothers intended, the god-given right of arms shall see no bounds!
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:
Cute Lunchables commercial with a little girl astronaut. https://ispot.tv/a/Om2R
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@tribelaw ("Laurence Tribe") wrote:
Is it any wonder that at least some of the Justices appointed by a president who believes in "alternative facts" share his indifference to truth?
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@bubbaprog ("Timothy Burke") wrote:
In America's worst flu season in history, 61,000 people died. A Supreme Court justice thinks the flu kills "hundreds of thousands of people a year."
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@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
Wait until you find out who Ginny Thomas is palling around with.
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@playbookdc ("POLITICO Playbook") wrote:
CORRECTION: This morning's Playbook had a photo of a Friday dinner at Le Diplomate, and misidentified Iris Schumer, the majority leader’s wife, as Sonia Sotomayor.
Our tipster got it wrong, but we should have double checked. We deeply regret the error. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/01/08/civil-rights-leaders-see-a-turning-point-for-biden-495650
Pokimane Temporarily Banned On Twitch After Streaming Avatar: The Last Airbender
Pokimane, one of Twitch’s biggest and most popular streamers with over 8.5 million followers, was banned from the platform last night while streaming the cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender. The ban is temporary, according to Pokimane, but is a sign that Twitch’s growing “TV Meta” is probably going to cause further…
Older Honda and Acura models hit by Y2K22 bug that resets clocks 20 years in the past
Owners of older Honda and Acura models started up their cars on New Year’s Day, only to find that their vehicles turned into time machines, according to a report from Jalopnik. Instead of seamlessly transitioning to the year 2022, cars’ clocks jumped 20 years back in time, and Honda says a fix could be months away.
My @Honda 2007 CR-V clock now useless in 2022; resets to 2:00 MST on 1/1/2002 after every startup. 32-bit signed integer overflow of yymmddHHMM? Would unsigned int fix it? This is time-critical. ;-) Thousands of us need a software update! pic.twitter.com/BSGCaxnMmx
— Sumner Hushing (@_______shushing) January 4, 2022
As spotted by Jalopnik, reports of digital clock issues have been popping up in HondaandAcura forums all...
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:
One of the cases of that whole “living rent free” turn of phrase
@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
Do all of the thought leaders who have turned their Twitter feeds into an endless diatribe about how much they hate NFTs and Web3 realize they’re being just as annoying as the people promoting them?
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@ECMcLaughlin ("Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (she/her)") wrote:
Perhaps someone should introduce Ron DeSantis to mammograms, colonoscopies, pap smears, PSA level testing, and your average annual dermatological skin exam.
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@ChristinaPushaw ("Christina Pushaw 🐊") wrote:
"Think about it. Before COVID, did anyone go out and seek testing to determine if they were sick?" @GovRonDeSantis today
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Ford doesn’t want the F-150 Lightning’s launch to be plagued by scalpers
Resellers have been a sore spot for consumers during the chip shortage. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Ford is fighting to keep the 2022 F-150 Lightning from being scalped — the company has sent a notice offering to help dealers prevent 2022 F-150 Lightning buyers from reselling their trucks, according to a report from CNET. If a dealer chooses to add a no-sale provision provided by Ford to its contracts, the buyer will have to agree to “not sell, offer to sell or otherwise transfer ownership interest in the Vehicle prior to the first anniversary of the date hereof.” The notice also warns dealers against trying to raise the prices of the trucks themselves.
While the move could help stop people trying to turn their reservation for the electric pickup into a payday, some have criticized the move as Ford trying to control what people do with...
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") retweeted:
@pushtheneedle ("Pushing The Needle") wrote:
This Piccadilly Circus drawing of the London Underground stop is awesome
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
@RBReich ("Robert Reich") wrote:
Who else thinks vaccines should be made free to everyone around the world?
The more people are vaccinated, the safer we all are.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@ReaganGomez ("#WeBackInside") replied to a tweet by @ReaganGomez:
My biggest takeaway from The 1619 Project was how, MOST MAJOR SYSTEMIC CHANGES this country went through/fought over were created, influenced, lead by or inspired by, Black Americans. We created so much GOOD & change for this country & all of that history has been whitewashed.
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") retweeted:
@sarahkendzior ("Sarah Kendzior") wrote:
"To millionaire elites, many of whom already had an apocalyptic bent, a depopulated world is not a tragedy but an opportunity -- and certainly easier to manage as they insulate themselves from the ravages of a literally scorched earth."
http://www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
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@brhodes ("Ben Rhodes") wrote:
Hopefully this solves a lot of our problems.
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@BBCWorld ("BBC News (World)") wrote:
Turkmenistan plans to close its mysterious "Gateway to Hell" https://bbc.in/3n8CCBU
@joshbloch ("Joshua Bloch") wrote:
How awesome is this? Congratulations to everyone involved.
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Two weeks after launch, @NASAWebb has hit its next biggest milestone: the mirrors have completed deployment and the next-generation telescope has taken its final form.
Next up for Webb? Five months of alignment and calibration before we start getting images:
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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Yay! @Aetiology will be joining us to keep our Podish-Sortacast on the straight and narrow.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/08/podishly-sortacasting-today/
Netflix Is Planning On Making A Scott Pilgrim Anime
And then it was time for Toronto to drown in the sweet sorrow of Clash At Demonhead, again, but in the form of an anime. That’s right, Netflix is planning to develop a new adaptation to the cult classic comic book and movie_Scott Pilgrim vs. The World_.
Microsoft’s high-end Surface Pro 8 is $300 off
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
After a string of big shopping holidays, we landed on the first big tech event of 2022. I’m talking about CES 2022, for which The Verge produced dozens of articles. All sorts of new, exciting products were announced, and hopefully, some of them may show up in this deals newsletter once they launch later in the year. As for this weekend’s deals, we’re focusing on some hot products that we think will make your life a little better. Stay warm out there.
A specced-out Surface Pro 8 costs $1,599.99 at Best Buy
Look, it’s never affordable to get the most high-end version of a sought-after tablet. That’s why most people choose to get the most affordable one and call it a day. However, if you are after a Windows tablet that can offer big...
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@hamiltonnolan ("Hamilton Nolan") wrote:
This framing is such a good example of political media brain rot. “HOW WILL FRONT LINE WORKERS’ STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH DEADLY PANDEMIC AFFECT DEMOCRATS?”
Computer monitors were inventive and interesting at CES 2022
Image: LG
CES had a pretty good year, and that extends to computer monitors, which thankfully were about more than mere ports. What’s better is that this year’s interesting, feature-packed monitors are for more than just gamers. Monitors play an even more important role during the pandemic as the centerpiece of the home office, and manufacturers have responded to that demand with designs that suit a larger audience.
We got a quirky-looking, nearly-square creative- and productivity-focused monitor from LG that some people will find useful. Samsung debuted its Odyssey Ark, a 55-inch curved 4K gaming monitor that I’d feel safe floating on when the waters come. Speaking of Samsung, the company’s display division found a suitable monitor to debut its...
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@McJesse ("Jesse McLaren") wrote:
ME WATCHING ANY MARVEL MOVIE AFTER ENDGAME:
Wait, so society is expected to just carry on as if this insane collective trauma never happened? That’s ridiculous.ME IN 2022:
Oh.
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
"It is sickening to see, even if the victim is Ted Cruz"
Well, I wouldn't go that far...(but read this marvelous piece by @petridishes)-->
Why clean energy advocates are divided over California’s plan to slash solar incentives
Solar panels are installed on the roofs of zero energy model homes, as seen on Thurs. May 17, 2018 in Clovis, Ca. | Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
California could soon end the perks it has been giving to residents with rooftop solar on their homes, even as it pledges to move entirely to clean electricity. While the move might seem counterintuitive, environmental advocates are divided on whether the changes will help the state meet its climate goals and benefit lower-income residents or harm both efforts.
They’re split on a proposal made last month by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that would slash solar incentives for customers of investor-owned utilities, implement a new monthly fee to connect solar customers to the grid, and create a $600 million fund to help underrepresented communities gain access to solar panels and batteries. Industry and some conservation...
Matter was a major star at CES 2022, but can it maintain its shine?
Samsung touted its plans for Matter compatibility in its pre-show keynote at CES 2022. | Screenshot by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Two years ago, on the floor of CES 2020, there was a lot of buzz about a chip — not the latest AMD or Intel announcement, but a new alliance of major tech companies that called itself Project Connected Home over IP, or CHIP for short. Its promise was to develop an open-source smart home standard that would make every connected home device work together, simply and securely, regardless of who made them. The buzz was: “That’s never gonna happen.”
Fast forward to CES 2022 (yeah, we all skipped 2021) and Matter — as CHIP is now called — was the darling of the show, with a full dance card and a line of admirers that stretched to the virtual Starbucks.
Practically every smart home device announcement this week had the tagline “and we announce...
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") wrote:
amazing how quickly we got a worse take than the guy who called her "our greatest female author in 100 years"
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@JacobKishnevi ("Jeffrey Smith") replied to a tweet by @AlexArrelia:
@AlexArrelia @JohnCarltonKing Not quite. Rowling's real importance lies in the fact that she was the first writer to present a world in which class and wealth mattered, some characters were poor, some were rich, and being poor was a hardship, not just a cheery sentimental thing in the scenery.
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libreleah@mas.to ("Leah Rowe") wrote:
What if a government passed a bill enshrining software freedom, and free software principles, into law?
I've been informed that the state of New Hampshire (in USA) is considering passing this bill:
https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2022&id=1363&txtFormat=html
My own country (United Kingdom) could take a leaf out of NH's book.
(I said earlier that it had passed the bill, but I was wrong. I was corrected: it's a reading, the bill isn't actually passed yet)
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Inspirational examples in neorg docs: https://github.com/nvim-neorg/neorg/blob/main/docs/NFF-0.1-spec.md#markers
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
The Nokia is almost 4 years old and I guess that's about how long phones are supported.
Maybe if you buy a really expensive one you get another 2 years.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
I just wonder how those with other options can justify working at these coprorations.
How do they make themselves feel okay with what they're doing.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
If I could see my calendar on this 8110 I would be happy with it.
But I can't because they use Let's Encrypt who switched their root cert a few months ago.
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
I can't believe¹ Nokia will just let phones become near-useless because they can't be arsed to push out an update for expired root certs.
1. Actually I can believe it since this whole market loves planned obsolecense.
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") retweeted:
@CBThorburn ("Chris Thorburn") wrote:
Editor: You get those photos of Elliott Gould and Grover?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
@33mhz ("Bernie Mid-Off") replied to a tweet by @33mhz:
http://term.ooo 6 4/6
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Guess 3 was the product of typing things into wiktionary hoping they were real words but the answer is basic vocab
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sinvega ("Sin Vega") wrote:
RT @sinvega capitalists really think the world is as good as it can be and will only be better with even worse forms of capitalism and it's so fucking bleak. A world with sane societies would only have to put a percent of a percent of its potential to work to dwarf the "achievements" of this gangrenous ideology over the last 300 years
This may be an obvious observation but I just realized that THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) has less in common with H.G. Wells’ book than it does with HOLLOW MAN.
@SiouxsieW ("Dr Siouxsie Wiles") wrote:
Some words from me on the abuse and harassment I’ve been subjected to on a near-daily basis for almost 2 years as a scientist speaking to the media about the pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2022/jan/08/as-a-scientist-commenting-on-covid-ive-attracted-a-lot-of-haters-i-wont-let-them-silence-me?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Pro tip: you can then even integrate these linters in your CI workflow and annotate code & pull requests automatically. Here's a GitHub action that does the job: https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint-action