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@priceofliberty
One of the most pernicious illusions the internet creates is that things need to reach a large number of people quickly in order to matter. The opposite is true. Culture is created through social connections - and stable social connections are built slowly. New subcultures and art styles need to move at a slow and stable rate of growth, or they’ll collapse under their own weight before they reach full maturity.
No one tells you that one day you will get older and look around and notice that 95% of ppl who own a dog should not own a dog
The older i get the more i understand why some people become obsessed with privacy, not because they’re hiding something, but because being constantly perceived starts to feel spiritually exhausting.
Did you know that soda machines at restaurants and movie theaters spy on you? That most common new cars now record your sexual preferences and send it to the manufacturer (and also data about anyone who also gets in your car, walks by your car, and maybe happens to be within visual range of your car)? That grocery stores are trying to force customers to download an app to scan barcodes on shelves instead of putting up prices, so the app can scan the phone, decide how much that customer should be squeezed for, and adjust the price? That more and more innocent people are being sent to jail for crimes committed hundreds of miles away because an AI facial recognition algorithm spit their faces out and the cops didn't bother to do the most basic of checks?
I am not uptight about privacy because I'm hiding something. I'm uptight about it because the people who dismiss my right to privacy are dangerous to you and me and our families, personally, all the time.
And often, they are assholes, too.
To search for middle ground in the killing of Kohen Wiley isn't nuance. It is a moral failure. Either you demand an immediate end to this country's fatal policing crisis, or you are perfectly comfortable watching the state exercise the power of summary execution in our streets.
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou
Let’s fucking go
This is HUGE.
1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.
2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.
3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."
4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.
TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.
People don’t even say w00t anymore.
This sux00rz…
i'm gonna start formatting my emails like this
No other country in the history of the world has done this much damage to the US. The US and Israel underestimated Iran to such an extent that it never entered anyone's mind that the reality of the situation is that this is a peer-to-peer war, Iran is not the underdog by any means in this situation. The embarrassment being felt by the American bourgeoisie is palpable in every inch of coverage of this for the past week. Events like this are why Mao Zedong coined the term "paper tigers".
The 56-year-old Haitian asylum seeker struggled to receive timely medical care, according to Arizona officials
Emmanuel Damas, murdered by ICE and by all the USAmericans who just accept that their country is running concentration camps, who see ICE raids as a city by city problem.
The thing is, even if you were lucky and your parents taught you how to clean, they probably didn't teach you how to clean the stuff you clean stuff with, like brushes, mops, sponges, rags, and so on. Or how to clean your cleaning appliances, like a dish washer, clothes washing machine, and clothes dryer and its ducts (if you have a ducted dryer), or a carpet cleaner, vacuum, Or how to clean up clean messes, like spilled bleach or detergent.
My parents threw away all of these things (even the vacuum cleaners and the dryer) when they got too dirty to function, because no one even told them THAT they could be cleaned. Cost them thousands of dollars over the years.
All I'm saying is that cleaning is not intuitive, and not knowing how to clean is not a moral failing, but it is something you can learn.
I'm going to reblog this post with resources for learning how to clean things and how to clean cleaning things (I'm not at my desk at the moment). If you have any favorites, please feel free to add them in too!
I like this video because it does a great job of introducing the basic foundations of house cleaning (and because he doesn't use bleach, which is a common allergy in addition to being awful to inhale). He also talks a little about how to clean a vacuum. And why you shouldn't put grease from your pots and pans down the sink drain. I also love that he mentions that different houses and different people have different needs and different versions of what clean and cleaning looks like.
He doesn't mention though that the toilet seat comes off. I take my toilet seat off to clean under the hinges and clean the seat more thoroughly once a quarter.
This is another video from the same guy about cleaning and depression. This advice, especially at the beginning, can feel really really difficult and oppressive to hear. However, I find that it's generally pretty solid. But I'm autistic and so is he, so that gets a massive Your Mileage May Vary stamp on it.
I have a favorite part of this video. It's from 10:52 to 12:36. I think we could all use to hear that. There's a HEFTY pause after that one. I promise the narration does come back.
I'm also going to recommend KC Davis' book "How To Keep House While Drowning"
This is a pair of videos about how to correctly load and use a dish washer.
The first one is a quick 1 minute 30 second overview on loading. I can't find the exact video I'm looking for, so consider this a substitute for that. If I can find the one I'm looking for, I'll swap it in.
The second is a half hour deep dive on dishwashers and detergents. The short form of that is you shouldn't need to pre-rinse anything, detergent pods are overpriced and can cause problems, some dishwashers have a filter in the bottom that needs to be cleaned (but most don't), run your sink until the water is HOT before starting your dish washer, and put a little detergent in the pre-rinse dispenser when you're washing extra dirty dishes (or on the inside of the door if your dishwasher doesn't have a pre-rinse dispenser).
Favorite Scrub Brushes + How to Clean Them. The right tools for cleaning tasks make all the difference! Scrub brushes are great tools and it
Here's a blog post about scrubbing brushes and how to clean them.
And a video for all cleaning tools, including scrub brushes. This video does use bleach. I'll try to find some alternatives to that.
How to clean a front load washer (with bleach). This should be done monthly or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
With expert tips and tricks for all types of washers.
How to clean a top loader (without the removable agitator thing). This should be done every 1-3 months depending on you unit, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
Regular cleaning of a top-load washing machine will prolong the life of the appliance and leave your laundry cleaner and brighter.
How to clean a top loader (with the removable agitator thing). This should be done every month, or every time you wash really soiled clothes.
This video is for pet owners.
These carpet brushes are a LIFE SAVER if you have dogs. This thing allows me to go from vacuuming about 4 square feet before my vacuum is full to vacuuming half the living room (I don't vacuum often enough. You should vacuum weekly, and I just can't.). I have to unclog the vacuum less often. It fluffs up some of the flat spots in the carpet. And I also use the brush to shampoo my rugs in the spring.
A spot cleaner (or a carpet cleaner with a spot cleaner attachment) is another life saver, ESPECIALLY if you can afford to splurge on a heated one. I see them at Goodwill or at yard sales occasionally, and they're worth picking up. The shark one in the video is great too.
This channel is gold. There's tutorials for cleaning EVERYTHING on there. Just go subscribe!
Gonna throw another potential resource at the end of this very long list, which may be potentially helpful for others like me who loathe videos. It's... the weirdest thing that has genuinely been helpful to me in housekeeping. Absolutely full of useful advice, and bizarrely still relevant in large part. (Though, caveat, research ANYTHING to do with chemicals or cleaning products more complicated than vinegar + lemon + water for modern information.)
It's America's Housekeeping Book (1941). Available for free download on the Internet Archive. (Large PDF file at the link here).
The LISTS y'all. The step by step lists. The emphasis on efficiency and arranging spaces for the least resistance possible. The basic concept of "take a tray or basket into a room when you are tidying up so you can put things that belong elsewhere on it and take them out LATER in ONE GO".
My ADHD-having ass could cry.
This Time Is Different
History has demonstrated time and again that the U.S. government’s habit of removing foreign leaders by force never actually leads to the "stable democracy" promised to the public. It is an exercise in futility every single time, and the "narrative" of liberation has been consistently debunked by the systemic brutality and chaos that follows.
If you look at the timeline of the last twenty years, the pattern of failure is undeniable:
Afghanistan: We began the longest war in U.S. history to dismantle the Taliban and find bin Laden. Decades later, despite the elimination of bin Laden in 2011, the Taliban returned to power in 2021 following U.S. withdrawal. They are now better equipped than ever, having seized billions in abandoned U.S. military hardware, proving that you cannot bomb a population into accepting a Western-style liberal democracy they never asked for.
Iraq: The removal and execution of Saddam Hussein created a massive power vacuum. By 2014, that vacuum allowed for the rise of ISIS, which seized a third of the country's territory. By purging the existing state institutions, we destabilized the entire region, leading to a decade of sectarian slaughter and the birth of a caliphate that caused global distress.
Libya: Following the NATO-backed removal of Qaddafi, Libya devolved from one of Africa's most developed nations into a fractured "failed state." It is now a playground for rival militias, and open-air slave markets—a direct and horrific consequence of regime change without accountability.
Syria: Our intervention and the "Assad must go" narrative only served to fuel a brutal proxy war and a massive humanitarian crisis. Instead of "stability," our meddling provided the ground for extremist groups to flourish, further fracturing the Middle East and proving that state-sponsored intervention only breeds more chaos.
We have to stop falling for the narrative that the same empire responsible for so much systemic brutality globally is suddenly going to be the one to "fix" things. Anyone telling you otherwise is either trying to sell you a war or has no idea how history actually works.
So as it turns out Aaron Swartz appears exactly once in the Epstein Files, and the rabbit hole this woman digs down into (video here) points to the possibility that Aaron Swartz had uncovered evidence of MIT's involvement in trafficking child pornography for government officials.
You Should Play Genesys
Go run a one-shot in Genesys.
I’m serious. One session. Pick a premise. Grab three friends. Run a heist, a dungeon crawl, a tense negotiation, whatever sounds fun. Give yourselves three hours and see what happens. You don’t need to commit to a campaign. You don’t need to master the system. You just need to roll some weird dice and find out if this thing clicks.
Maybe you’ve never heard of Genesys. Or maybe you know about narrative dice and collaborative storytelling, or you read my Book of Genesys. If so, you know what the system does and what it asks of you. If not, and you’re still here, some part of you is curious.
You will be bad at this at first. You’ll stare at Advantage and have no idea what it means. You’ll call for rolls out of habit for things that don’t advance the plot. You’ll miss obvious complications. You’ll forget Story Points exist. You’ll interpret dice wrong and fumble mid-scene.
That’s fine. Do it anyway.
Done is better than perfect. You learn Genesys by using it, not by reading about it. Be messy. Let scenes spiral. Its whole design assumes you’re figuring it out together as you go. Let your players make assertions you didn’t prep for. Every player I’ve taught this system to stumbled through their first session and came out the other side wanting more. If you’re waiting until you feel “ready” to run Genesys, you’re going to wait forever!
Start small. You don’t need a setting bible. You don’t need a campaign arc. You need a situation, some NPCs who want different things, and enough context for your players to make interesting choices. Three factions. One location. A ticking clock.
Use a published adventure if that feels safer. Steal a plot from a movie. Run a session in a setting you already know. The barriers to entry are only as low as you make them.
And if the one-shot doesn’t work? If the dice feel like too much system, if the improv exhausts you, if your table bounces off it completely—fine. You tried something new and you learned what your table needs.
But if it does work... If someone at your table has that moment where the dice surprise them and the story pivots and everyone gasps because nobody saw it coming…you’re going to want more.
Go run a one-shot in Genesys!
