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Another person has died in ICE custody — this is the 28th known death this year.
The cruelty of this rogue agency is beyond unconscionable. Abolish ICE.
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It also confirms for me what I already knew, ai is meant to create cheap slop for the masses while the rich still get to enjoy fine high art, luxury, and craftsmanship
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Born on October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, left a lasting mark on America’s public lands. During his presidency, he established five national parks, designated 18 national monuments, created 51 federal bird reservations, and protected approximately 230 million acres of public land for future generations.
Today, you can celebrate his birthday by visiting a national park site for free!
ALT Historic image of Theodore Roosevelt sitting on an overlook in Yosemite ca 1903.
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DoorDash and Instacart can talk about joining forces. The workers moving all those groceries deserve the same bargaining power. Unionize the people doing the fucking work.
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Discord is about to put your public messages on Google
Discord will start making messages from Discoverable public servers searchable on Google and other search engines from mid-December.
The feature is ON by default in most regions, but you can opt out:
User Settings → Data & Privacy → turn off “Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages.”
In the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea, it will be OFF by default.
Private servers, DMs and group DMs are not included. Usernames and avatars won’t appear alongside indexed messages.
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i’ll never forgive them because it’s gonna take YEARS for it all to be fixed and reversed and that’s what people don’t realize. and then they’ll get mad when it’s not fixed right away and we’ll be in the same cycle yet again
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High-speed rail can spend decades stuck in planning and approval, yet data centers seem to spring up almost overnight, often with communities and ecosystems left to deal with the consequences. It’s wild how quickly we can build infrastructure for corporate profit compared to infrastructure that serves the public.
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When Trump says the US is "making money like never before," he's not talking about you. He's talking about himself, his family, and his billionaire buddies. He doesn't give a fuck about you.
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a man followed me for 4 exits because i tapped my horn once. not a long honk. the little polite one you do when someone doesn't notice the light turned green. i think about him every single time i get in a car now
silver nissan altima. he wasn't yelling, he wasn't even mad looking. he was just staring at me in my rearview at every light, eating sunflower seeds and spitting the shells out the window one at a time like he had all day. he did have all day. i had a 2pm
i didn't go home because i didn't want him to know where home was. i drove to a kroger and parked right by the entrance under the big light where the carts are, because i'd read once that's what you're supposed to do. i sat there for 25 minutes holding my keys between my fingers like i was going to fight a nissan
he did one slow lap through the parking lot and left. i went inside and bought a rotisserie chicken i didn't want because i felt like i owed kroger something for keeping me alive
the whole 25 minutes i kept opening my contacts trying to decide who to call and realized there was nobody i could call at 1:40pm on a tuesday without it being weird. i called my mom. she didn't pick up. she texted back "busy what's up" and i said "nothing just saying hi"
that was 2019. i haven't honked since. someone cuts me off, i let them. someone sits at a green light scrolling instagram, i wait. i say "come on buddy" very quietly to my own steering wheel so nobody can hear it, not even the car
my friends think i became a calm person. i didn't. i just assume everyone on the road is having the worst day of their life with a tire iron under the seat, and i'd like to make it to thursday
last week a woman behind me honked because i was going exactly the speed limit. i waved at her. i don't know why i waved. she looked terrified
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If republicans had control of Florida FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS
and Florida as gotten more and more expensive FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS
why should I believe that voting yet another republican into power will finally make Florida affordable???
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The thing about Google clearing a forest in Finland without permits is that they decided that whatever fine they might face is worth it. It doesn’t cost them as much as not getting the land cleared.
Because like ALL things, if the punishment is a fine, it isn’t really illegal for rich people.
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amazing how it took boomers decades to get a grasp on shit like 'sending a text' and 'using microsoft word', but they picked up on AI almost immediately