DougHolland

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[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can science save an old liar's life, giving him a few more years to spread the lies?

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

It's usually possible to walk away. There are exceptions, like if your sainted mother is disabled and needs your income for her supply of oxygen tank, but I walked away and usually recommend walking away.

 
[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Added 'blister' to my list of headline action! verbs! only bullshit sites use.

backlash, blasts, blisters, bombshell, calls out, claps back, goes viral, melts down, mind-blowing, mocks, rages, rips, scoop, skewers, slams, stuns, trolls, weighs in...

Any others?

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Israel will face justice for its crimes

When and where?

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

All this is true. Having tech like this as more and more a requirement is scary, totalitarian sci-fi stuff, and it would be a truly serious problem if there was a future.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

And I don't disagree with that.

 
[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

You don't think America's collapsing in real time? It's not lickety-split like the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but check back in a few months — these are the good old days.

 
 
[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

I dunno. I don't have a smart phone, and I suppose I'm "missing out" on some of those deals, but I ain't worried about it. I don't want to be advertised at and tracked everywhere, but doing without is not a hardship. For the most part, the places that have apps and smartphone-only discounts and membership advantages and all are exactly the kind of places I don't want to go anyway.

I walk around with my head up, instead of scrolling through whatever y'all are scrolling through all the time. Got me a laptop at home, and a debit card and fifty bucks in my wallet. No complaints.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Motherfuck you, AP: Musk is committing open sabotage. IT IS NOT ABOUT "COST-CUTTING."

 

SOURCE: usatoday.com

I'd weep for the future, if I thought there'd be a future.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

It's been obvious since forever that Republicans want to make America white again.

 

SOURCE: theatlantic.com

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Are they gonna start grabbing genitals?

Yes.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of the jobs being eliminated is necessary but not profitable work. The work government stops doing won't be done elsewhere.

 

Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits for people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks, or maybe give 'em a final fuck you.There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.
   

Clive Billenness
Church of England victim's advocate

Rick Buckler
rock'n'roller, The Jam

Jerry Butler
rock'n'roller, "Only the Strong Survive"

Zaquavious Dawkins
2nd Amendment

Randolph Fraser
forgotten person

Patsy Grimaldi
fancy schmancy pizza

Alice Hirson
actress, Dallas and Ellen

Anne Marie Hochhalter
Columbine survivor

Julian Holloway
actor, Doctor Who

Kevyn Major Howard
actor, Full Metal Jacket

Andrew Lester
old racist

William R. Lucas
kept quiet about Challenger's o-ring problem

Francesco Rivella
bromatological chemist, Nutella

James Silke
graphic designer, "Judy Judy Judy" LP

Gerd Stern
beat poet and very busy guy

Biff Wiff
actor, Everything Everywhere All at Once

   
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.

   
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