Mastodawn

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@egregious

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Software developer. 🎹. 🏳️‍🌈 He/him.

nous 3d ago

I really like these long reads on the history of just one word (technically three)

https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-evolution-of-bitch-says-about-gender-and-power

nous 5d ago

Massimo

Mar 16

When the man stops brushing the crow, the bird hands the brush back asking for more.

nous Mar 16

Argals Mar 15

"Healthy people cost less.
Educated people contribute more.
Housed people are more stable.

...in a healthy society there are no "undeserving".
There are just people."

nous Mar 15

At first blush, “Bugonia” reads like a black-pilled, misanthropic downer - a darker cousin to “The Happening”. I kinda despise it

They made a whole movie on the promise of aliens and they ended it saying, “they should just blow us up, huh?” …

Are the creators asking me to indulge in commiseration for collective annihilation?

Did the writers re-invent God to give voice their judgement to all humanity?

Did I see this correctly?

nous Mar 14

Jerome G Mar 13

It is an incredible privilege to do what I do. I am aware that not everyone has the resources or opportunities to go out and find birds and take photos of them. I take this seriously and do what I can to be a good steward of the abilities I’ve been given; and to share them as a reminder that the earth is a beautiful place that’s worth fighting for.

nous Mar 12

At risk of generalizing, I suspect that people who become entranced by chat bots have an under-developed inner monologue

Chat bots are mirrors and, with sanguine affect, reflect whatever you put into it

If you’re not used to talking to yourself, or using self-directed speech, the self-congratulatory mirror feels less like a reflection of yourself, and, instead, a distinct conscience

nous Mar 9