Saturday, August 9
Friday, August 8
“I asked Grok!” “I asked ChatGPT!” “Well, I asked Franziska von Karma and she says a fool who doesn’t think is more foolish than a fool who foolishly thinks!” (continued)
Wednesday, August 6
The Cruelty is the Point
“The cruelty is the point” entered U.S. political vocabulary through an essay by Adam Serwer, a staff writer at The Atlantic. Published on October 3 2018 and itself titled “The Cruelty Is the Point,” Serwer’s piece argued that Donald Trump’s political style—and many of his administration’s policies—deliberately united supporters through shared pleasure in the suffering of disfavoured groups. The phrase, which appears in the headline and serves as the article’s thesis, was new enough that readers immediately treated it as a coinage and a concise diagnostic of the moment. (continued)
Rylee Marcotte, a technical sergeant with the Air Force who has served for about 13 years, was hoping to be able to wear her uniform to her final outprocessing appointment before being involuntarily separated. […] She was told she had to report in uniform – not civilian clothes – but a male uniform. […] “So now I am outprocessing the Air Force at Fairchild Air Force Base virtually, when four minutes south of me is the military personnel flight – I can walk there – but I’m not being allowed to walk out in uniform,” she said. (continued)
“For every $1 a grandmother in Iowa donates believing she’s saving democracy, $0.98 goes to consultants and operational costs. Just pennies reach actual campaigns.(https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mothership-vortex-an-investigation)" ⁂
DOJ says trans people don’t exist in military ban case](https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-trans-people-dont-exist) ⁂
Researchers’ hold a ‘science fair’ for projects cut by the Trump administration : NPR ⁂
Tuesday, August 5
TheMaineWonk: $66/hr. That’s what the minimum wage would need to be today to match the home-buying power Boomers had in the 1970s. Trickle down economics doesn’t work, has never worked and will never work in an oligarchical society. ⁂
Mildred Kapleck with her Pet Opossum ⁂
Howard Chalkyin - Star Wars ⁂
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Saturday, August 2
Every time someone saves a puppy, John Wick puts a pencil back in his pocket. ⁂
I choose Inclusion. I choose Empathy. Compassion. Equality. Dignity. Diversity. ⁂
Grandpa: It’s an unjust world. Kind people endure lives of unrecompensed desolation, while the deeds of the wicked go on and on, day after day, without any comeuppance in this world or the next. (Narrator: Grandpa shares his most useful lifehack.) (continued)
Travel hopefully. The universe will surprise you. Constantly. ⁂