homesweethomeMrL

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White House backs Israel's decision to delay releasing Palestinian prisoners in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

At least we didn’t vote for genocide! We just let it in along with the fascism.

Protesters at Republican event told "your voice is meaningless" in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Bejarana then defended the removal, accusing protesters of attempting to "filibuster" the event as he continued talking about DOGE. "We've got to be a little aggressive with some of these folks here," he said. "Your voice is meaningless right now...I can talk over all of you."

Newsweek has reached out to Bejarana via for comment on Sunday.

The confrontational approach drew criticism from many in attendance. "Is this a town hall or a lecture?" one woman yelled amid the uproar, according to Coeur d'Alene Press.

While it's unclear what exactly the protesters were opposing, KCRCC has since posted a statement to Facebook explaining that Borrenpohl, who allegedly belongs to Save NIC, a social welfare nonprofit organization, "alongside at least five other recognized activists from local progressive circles—including two fellow 'Save NIC' members—shouted down legislators with insults like 'bigots' and 'liars' throughout the meeting, drowning out attempts at dialogue."

“attempts at dialogue”. Right.

Protesters at Republican event told "your voice is meaningless" in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Should have voted last time.

Protesters at Republican event told "your voice is meaningless" in c/politics@lemmy.world
I thought he was a dictator? in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 59 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Fucking piece of shit right-wing sewer Tomi Lahren. Be eaten by crocodiles.

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The Dude abides (in the Flathead Valley) (www.yahoo.com)
 

It was just about six months ago that Welle, 56, turned his resemblance to Jeff Bridges' character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in Joel and Ethan Coen's "The Big Lebowski" into a business venture, working in his off time as The Flathead Dude for events and charitable endeavors around the valley. But his transformation into the role began during the pandemic. He had let his hair and beard grow out as Covid-19 upended the world and suddenly saw The Dude looking back at him in the mirror.

Welle thought it would make a perfect Halloween costume, but that meant doing some research. Though a fan of other films directed by the Coen brothers, like "Raising Arizona" and "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou," he had yet to see "The Big Lebowski."

"If I'm going to do this for Halloween, I should watch the movie," he recalled thinking. "I watched it and was like, this is amazing, this is brilliant."

Images taken without explicit written consent of the owl are prohibited in c/superbowl@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Good, good! But can we take it again, and give me some of that looking-to-the-skies energy! Aaaaannd action!

Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

More or less true. Who’s saying its a republican revolt?

Every generation goes through a ridiculous hair phase in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
A Plan in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Agreed! And fwiw I’m “a registered Democrat who votes left in the primaries but down the Democrat line in the general election” too, I just don’t use the term “leftist” because, well, I don’t know what it means to people around me. That is, it changes depending on social context I guess.

Anyway, thanks for spelling it out, I think if we could get this in some kind of metaphorical Sidebar for progressives we’d get more traction.

Images taken without explicit written consent of the owl are prohibited in c/superbowl@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

“Incoomi-OW!”

Every generation goes through a ridiculous hair phase in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

“What do ya waaaant?”

It's just to divide the working class in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s also red versus blue.

It can be two things.

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US attorneys to drop lawsuit accusing SpaceX of immigrant discrimination (www.jurist.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/32672000

US Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys have asked a federal court in Texas to end a temporary pause on a case accusing Elon Musk’s tech company SpaceX of discriminating against immigrant job applicants.

Case file: https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/SpaceExplorationTechnologiesCorpvBelletalDocketNo123cv00137SDTexS/8?doc_id=X3GIQUAF0TQ80AB63HIABKNFIUF

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Ukrainian female POWs tortured and paraded naked through the snow by Russian troops (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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A Plan (lemmy.world)
 
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Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here’s how (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/113988

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for all those who celebrate (fedia.io)
 

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/fediashitpost/t/1823702

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Could We? (lemmy.world)
 
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Multipolar oligarchy (piefed.social)
 

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/485330

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Sniffing the Half-and-Half (www.economist.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/16807084

American inflation looks increasingly worrying

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Everything's Crashing (lemmy.world)
 
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The Generative AI Con. (www.wheresyoured.at)
 

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1675150

I refuse to sit here and pretend that any of this matters. OpenAI and Anthropic are not innovators, and are antithetical to the spirit of Silicon Valley. They are management consultants dressed as founders, cynical con artists raising money for products that will never exist while peddling software that destroys our planet and diverts attention and capital away from things that might solve real problems.

I'm tired of the delusion. I'm tired of being forced to take these men seriously. I'm tired of being told by the media and investors that these men are building the future when the only things they build are mediocre and expensive. There is no joy here, no mystery, no magic, no problems solved, no lives saved, and very few lives changed other than new people added to Forbes' Midas list.

None of this is powerful, or impressive, other than in how big a con it’s become. Look at the products and the actual outputs and tell me — does any of this actually feel like the future? Isn’t it kind of weird that the big, scary threats they’ve made about how AI will take our jobs never seem to translate to an actual product? Isn’t it strange that despite all of their money and power they’re yet to make anything truly useful?

My heart darkens, albeit briefly, when I think of how cynical all of this is. Corporations building products that don't really do much that are being sold on the idea that one day they might, peddled by reporters that want to believe their narratives — and in some cases actively champion them. The damage will be tens of thousands of people fired, long-term environmental and infrastructural chaos, and a profound depression in Silicon Valley that I believe will dwarf the dot-com bust.

And when this all falls apart — and I believe it will — there will be a very public reckoning for the tech industry.

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Oh Yeah (lemmy.world)
 
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