Making Sense of It All

A happily married, fifty-something geek – a warrior-poet, a singer of songs, a teller of tales, and a weaver of dreams. And what I can conceive, I can achieve.

[liberalsarecool]

Data centers have a very limited lifespan but their consequences will be felt for generations.

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Children are capable of understanding more than we give them credit for. Teaching kids to be kind is important, but so is teaching them to recognize patterns of unfairness.

#constructs

[mosaicabstract]

i hope you’re all aware of the 300 recently discovered love letters between two gay british soldiers during ww2 that are going to be possibly adapted into a film.

they’re beautiful and poetic and tragic and heart-wrenching and brave. i highly suggest going and reading the excerpts. 

here’s the one that broke my heart:

“Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time. Then all the world could see how in love we are.“

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

I have 100,000 followers on here (i know; tumblr power user jmg) and i think it gives me, like, zero social capital? Which I think might be why it's still good.

Like, when my agents are pitching me for something, they'll be like, "Look at his facebook! Look at his tiktok!" They're never gonna say, "100,000 people follow him on tumblr. Remember tumblr?"

But the thing is, I don't actually use facebook or tiktok (except for promo). This is the only place I use, the only place where I'm interested in the community and shared creation and all that shit.

So long live tumblr. Nobody who's gonna hire me to do anything has ever heard of it. It makes for a terrible space to promote your forthcoming book tour. And that's literally why it doesn't suck.

[wilwheaton]

“We have here again the old story. States run elections in the United States. This is guaranteed and mandated by the federal Constitution. Congress can set uniform rules for administering elections. The executive branch plays no role at all in setting rules for elections or administering them. The White House’s strategy is to use illegal means (threatened criminal punishment against state officials) to assert power or compel authority the Constitution simply doesn’t allow. This isn’t how anything works. A president cannot legitimately create by force powers that the Constitution specifically denies him.”

— State Sovereignty and Trump’s War Against the Constitution - TPM – Talking Points Memo

[liberalsarecool]

"I want children to suffer" is the ultimate flex by red-pilled conservative anti-feminist dorks who are equally racist when screeching about birth rates dropping.

[queerquests]

Framing illness as even involving morality seems to me a mistake, because of course cancer does not give a shit whether you are a good person. Biology has no moral compass.

—John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis

[liberalsarecool]

She called it.

Unqualified Republican appointments and GOP 3pstein capitalism have abysmal consequences.

[marcchurch]

[liberalsarecool]

Cases will hit 10,000 and 20,000 before they hit zero. They can't even track their ineptitude.

[liberalsarecool]

Amy Coney Barrett is so close to learning that treating guns the same as speech, it turns out, is one of the worst ideas ever.

[wilwheaton]

“Polls have shown that more people than ever have a negative view of the tech, and you can take your pick on the reasons why. AI could displace jobs, destroy the environment, and drive up energy bills. It’s trained on stolen writing and artwork, and chatbots are driving people into mental health spirals. But what does the public think should be done about this? A new national survey from Versasight suggests that the majority of Americans are down for taking a drastic course of action. According to the survey of 1,700 adults, an impressive 69 percent of US employees support forcing AI companies to transfer 50 percent of their stock into a public wealth fund, an idea that has been championed by senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT).”

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A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry

I think the best thing would be no AI and no data centers. The second best thing would be nationalizing the industry.

[liberalsarecool]

Big Oil poisons our politicians. Our planet is on the brink. It's time to rescind the subsidies and push out all opponents of green and renewable energy.

The upside is we live.

[liberalsarecool]

Stay engaged.

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Trump promised jobs and factories would “come roaring back into our country.”

Since then, over a MILLION people have left the job market. Inflation is sky-high. The Global economy is tanking. An illegal war in Iran has cost American and civilian lives across the region and billions in taxpayer dollars. Trump and the GOP cut vital healthcare, food, and education assistance. And Republicans have completely abandoned working families.

It's time for a New Deal for America.

[liberalsarecool]

The scam is so obvious.