@saltedcream

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Bottom-tier shit-poster. All opinions shared from the toilet.
Both of my dogs gone in under two weeks. Couldn't even give me a chance to breathe.
Everything feels so empty.
Fuck cancer, and fuck diabetes.

Got sucked into a discussion about whether social media radicalizes people.

To the extent that this happens on the left, I think it's a good thing. We are facing massive, existential problems, and there is a lot of denial that is coming from the top. Powerful people want us complacent.

Climate change, rising fascism, wealth disparities... social media has made me more aware of these things, and I'm glad. If anything, we're not being radicalized enough.

@stopthatgirl7
Oh jeez this just gets worse and worse:

> Additionally, McGee’s account is part of Twitter’s ad share revenue scheme, meaning he receives a cut of the ads shown next to his tweets.

(There's also qanon, because of course.)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwa7z/twitter-elon-musk-dom-lucre-child-sexual-abuse
@cstross

Elon Musk Welcomes Child Sex Abuse Imagery Poster Back to Twitter

Twitter says it has “a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy.” Musk apparently doesn’t.

When God closes a door, He opens a window. Our electric bill is outrageous, and a family of raccoons got in last night. Please, God. This has to stop.
Wisconsin’s supreme court is set to flip to the left on Tuesday, for the first time in a generation. This could have major consequences for ballot access cases in a prime swing state: https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-election-administrator-republicans-election-denier-conspiracies-state-supreme-court/
Wisconsin’s Election Office In Limbo After GOP Tries To Force Out Its Director - Bolts

The job of Wisconsin’s top election official is in limbo following a conspiracy-fueled attempt by Republicans to remove her from office, leaving an unstable situation that could hurt the state’s... Read More

Bolts

Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best

Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/reddit-calls-for-a-few-new-mods-after-axing-polarizing-some-of-its-best/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best

Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."

Ars Technica
Important lesson for social movements:
You don't need to use the brick, but you must have one

The two Voyager spacecraft have been traveling in space for close to 46 years.
Their power levels have dropped by about 50%, various instruments have been selectively shut off, yet the spacecraft continue to keep on going and going, sending back valuable science data from interstellar space.

Here are the locations and some vital stats on the two Voyager spacecraft, which were launched on Sept 5, 1977 and Aug 20, 1977 resp.

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-reaches-a-rare-space-milestone
#Voyager #Space
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Voyager - Mission Status

Today's decontextualized frame from classic cinema. (OK, here's the context: It's from the union negotiation scene in "Uncle Moses," a 1932 movie in Yiddish, about a woman who is torn between her sweatshop owning husband and the hot union organizer Charlie. In this scene, the leader of the thugs who beat up the strikers has a change of heart and tells the negotiation team: "If you ever want to beat up the bosses, call on me.") #union #strike #movies #yiddish