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FakeGregA
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FakeGregA
@GregAlexander8
i'm trying to impersonate greg alexander, who is excitable and stupid and has a B.S. degree
Bloomington, IN Katılım Eylül 2011
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if you're astonished by US/Israel blowing up apartment buildings, you've been blind for decades, but still somehow ... the idea of a US fighter pilot getting briefed for this and spending hours in the air to get an apartment complex. the personal dishonor is extraordinary.
IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting)@iribnews_irib
The building where Dr. Saeed Shamaqadari, an electrical engineering scientist, was assassinated by American fighter jets. In this building, dozens of other citizens were also martyred and injured.
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damn i stared at this photo until i could see the stripe that appears to be about 1-2ft from the curb. it's where the grass was trampled by pedestrians, and you can see the sides of the grass on the other side which is a different color than the tips you see otherwise
Kristin Carrigg@KristinCarrigg
Should we talk about how disgusting American cities have become? There's trash everywhere. How is this acceptable?
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@chacaranda the crazy part is that people *will* walk there, on both sides of that street. a few because they want to 'explore' but many more because it made sense at the time as they way to get their impoverished ass to where it has to be
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This is a non-space. No one feels any sense of ownership over it. Not the businesses around it, not the city, certainly not the people who only drive past it. No one will ever walk along it, and therefore no one will ever care about it.
Our country is filled with non-spaces.
Kristin Carrigg@KristinCarrigg
Should we talk about how disgusting American cities have become? There's trash everywhere. How is this acceptable?
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@liminallogs the point of recognizing tactics that won't work, events that won't happen, and the forces that make that so, is so that we can consider options that we previously rejected. once we know an avenue is fruitless, we go back and look for turnings we didn't take.
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we're reaching several inflection points where the survival of our species and our freedoms are only solvable if "everyone just", so ceding to this belief is accepting failure prematurely.
if some do not just willingly, then they must be forced to just.
Vivid Void@vividvoid
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@liminallogs 4 years of biden got trump back, you can imagine what 4 years of newsom can accomplish
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elections are under threat, and dems aren't nearly as aggressive as needed but that being said, it's hard for me to imagine the median voter putting them at the helm for an incredibly long time.
what it would take for them to regain public trust is something beyond my imagining.
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at this point, my grandchildren will be tugging at my pocket saying, "grandpa, what's a renpubiccan?"
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this well-describes the environment where clipping out tom bombadil sounded like a good idea to jackson et al
yuandyne@yuandyne
Doesn’t it suck now that you can’t put a small cool piece of worldbuilding that does a lot more with less and people are so incapable of just accepting it without begging for you to make sequels and spinoffs ad nauseum
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@liminallogs this is what is always on my mind when people explore the boundary between US and israel...will the mythology survive nuclear war? will hating the USA still seem so impossible to people that they will decide to hate just israel?
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if the U.S. uses nukes on Iran it is not unthinkable that the rest of the globe turns extremely hostile towards the U.S economically, trade wise, financially, and even physically, because the entire global project of civilization will be on life support as a result of that action
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@luxangelae my viewpoint has definitely drifted over time from repeated exposure to different perspectives on here
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@paul_jkrause fwiw, i don't believe in 'best'...a lot of good ones already mentioned. i'd add: Gateway by Frederik Pohl, Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling, Nova by Sam Delany,
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What is the best sci-fi novel you've read? There are many good ones. Great ones. Not just because he recently passed away, but Hyperion by Dan Simmons has to be up there for everyone who has read it...
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@ThomasiiiR @paul_jkrause a rare case of a singular novel where, nonetheless, the follow-up 'Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman' is as good (imo)
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@stevenwatts haha nothing prepares you for real life like filling out applications for jobs that don't exist
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@brigid_void @Rocko64_ haha after spending a moment with wikipedia i think i agree with your premise but the endpoint isn't obvious to me
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@GregAlexander8 @Rocko64_ It's just an application of vygotsky and a rejection of subjective idealism.
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@clockstiqqun i'm afraid we'll still burn corn ethanol in our cars and create a shortage
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there might be minor production declines this year (from un- or under-replenished soil nitrogen) or next year (from increased cropping of alfalfa to replenish soil nitrogen naturally) but not enough for actual shortages. even so i'm skeptical of the techno-optimistic position
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the fertilizer issue showcases the issue with the techno-optimist critique of the Malthusians- while certainly technological advancements can surpass the rate of population growth, this can lead to a vulnerability in which input goods subject to disruption become required
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