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Being trans in America is wild because half the country tells you there are no differences between Democrats and Republicans and the other half just made it a crime punishable by 6 months in prison if I get caught driving home to visit my parents this Christmas

Hypocrites.

You built an industry on scraping the internet and now you’re shocked someone scraped you. You normalized the idea that anything publicly accessible is fair game for training. That’s the precedent you set. I don’t want to hear you bitch about it now.

Local restaurants...I beg you...maintain an actual Web Site...that isn't Facebook or Instagram...I am pleading with you...just a simple site, on the web...for me, your old pal Sadsquatch...

Kimmel being put back on the air due to the impact of a boycott after _the head of the FCC_ coerced two large distributors to suspend him _is not a victory_.

A free country requires a head of state, governmental bodies, heads of government agencies, and a voting public who all want to uphold the rule of law and work for its incremental improvement and the betterment of all people.

One company walking back a financial misstep is not fixing what's broken.

Ever notice that if you have even a small amount of knowledge in a subject you discover that many of the "experts" in the subject are not, in fact, experts?
"An organization that bills itself as Canada's oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-hiv-organization-closes-treatment-1.7632053
Touting better HIV treatment, Toronto service organization closing after 42 years | CBC News

An organization that bills itself as Canada's oldest HIV service agency says it will close next year, in part due to groundbreaking medical advances that have reduced the need for its services.

CBC

The software engineering career ladder by question:

Jr: how?
Mid: what?
Sr: why?
Staff+: really?

Keep in mind that "buys chrome" means "buys the automatic updater that can install arbitrary code on computers that run chrome".
There is a lot of ageism in tech. One reason, I think, is that 30-year-olds spouting recycled Y Combinator bullshit don't like having the obvious flaws and contradictions in their statements pointed out by people who've lived through two or three previous hype cycles. Not hiring the elderly ensures that they're always in a high-adulation environment, and never have to worry about whether staff will resist being guilted or bullied into sacrificing their personal lives for someone else's gain.