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@ShaneEBurns Low bar. No one outside of SV thinks anyone there is a good communicator to begin with.

Eric Schmidt is considered one of the best communicators and influencers that Silicon Valley has to offer. He has zero respect with or for the average American. This is why we have a data center backlash

yelling at people who don’t want data centers and calling them stupid will definitely work. keep doing that. it’s making you look great

@TristenPalori It’s meditative.

Can someone explain to me why people do cosmetic yard work for 4+ hours every weekend? Wait, so the 10 seconds you see it when you leave/enter your home makes it all worth it? I just can’t think of a worse way to spend my time.

@JJ_McCullough All these are usually from before online banking and when you actually had to find out what they say you owe from your mail.

I don’t do much of this, for instance:

I don’t know if this is because I am a renter or what, but I must say “paying bills” is a much smaller part of my grown-up life than the TV shows I watched as a kid had led me to believe.

@alanftemple And all look like already overused Canva templates…

WOW GRAPHIC DESIGNERS ARE SO COOKED They say, posting the 2,000,000th footballer graphic that looks pretty much the same as all the other ones Employ humans

@hdagres Shouldn’t @PahlaviReza ‘s team have these type of these strategies coordinated with the diaspora in America already if they have been working for the freedom of the Iranian people behind the scenes for decades!?

Across the board, Iranian-Americans are outraged by talk of targeting energy infrastructure. That said, I haven’t seen much of a grassroots push to contact members of Congress and voice that opposition. With the midterms approaching, their voices have an impact more than ever.

@NahalB56834 @yarbatman In what scenario would Iranian abroad not be able to go back and Iranians in Iran have a better government?

@yarbatman It’s strange to frame opinions about war as “coping mechanisms”. Most people I know in the diaspora would be happy to sacrifice never setting foot in Iran ever or again if it means Iranians who haven’t had the luxury of coming and going or escape can live w/o the Islamic Republic

I’ve been thinking a lot about how so many Iranians in the diaspora have not been to Iran for decades, or if they are younger, have never been to Iran at all. We can call them the distant diaspora. Many of the loudest calls for military intervention came from people who had recent experience of repression at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Their calls for war were motivated by the intensity of Iran’s crisis. They felt the potential benefits outweighed the potential harms—something had to change. But I believe that for those who have been distant from Iran, a different dynamic mattered, one that was less about weighing the benefits and harms. For many in the distant diaspora, a lack of familiarity with the place made it inherently easier to call for military intervention—Iran did not feel real and the idea of the country being in a war was necessarily abstract. But I also believe, that at some subconscious level, many of these same people welcomed the war because they knew it would be destructive. It would be easier for them to remain alienated from an Iran that had been destroyed, than to grapple with the fact that they have been unable or unwilling to remain connected to a place of such profound beauty and meaning. For many Iranians, it has been difficult to admit that Iran remained beautiful and joyous despite the repression of the Islamic Republic. They told themselves that the Islamic Republic had destroyed the country, but the resilience and vitality of the true Iran was still clear in the stories told by friends and family or the images that would seep through on social media, piercing through all the dark news. By believing that the Iran they loved ceased existing in 1979, they could mourn its death. This mourning was easier than the daily, needling grief of exile, whether forced (as it often was, at the hands of repressive leaders) or self-imposed. For people struggling with these feelings, the prospect of Iran being destroyed by war and beset by insecurity may represent a kind of release. If Iran is a failed state, many in the diaspora will feel less regret about not being there. It will be easier to let go, or at least not to reach out. In the aftermath of this war, the question of why they do not go to Iran will no longer hang over the distant diaspora in the same way—they always said Iran was a ruined country, and it will finally be so. The war will make it easier to justify their alienation from their homeland and this alone will feel like a kind of freedom. I don’t say this with any judgement—ultimately, I am describing a kind of coping mechanism that allows people to deal with very heavy feelings of alienation and powerlessness. But I do think we need to understand why the diaspora pushed for actions that brought so much destruction to Iran. It was not out of naivety, at least not entirely. Many knew destruction would come and they were seeking its release.

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@Shayan86 Doesn’t help that the top-right grok button thing says it’s a genuine citizen filmed video.

This widely shared video, which has now been viewed over 14 million times, claims to show "genuine and verified" footage of multiple strikes targeting Tel Aviv today. The video is AI-generated, and features multiple errors consistent with AI clips. It's not real.

@KBAndersen Do they like the frat boy douche thing. Yes, yes they do. Allows them to reminisce about when they peaked.

Sincerely curious: do Republicans actually like the patronizing, petulant, bitchy, grrrrr public performance styles of Hegseth, Vance and Bondi?

@hdagres Where? Which media outlet doesn’t already know that?

I just did a media hit, and the anchor was surprised to hear that Iranians were celebrating the death of Khamenei. Many people don’t fully grasp the depth of the Iranian people’s pain and suffering, and because this is a war, it’s viewed through a black-and-white lens…

@caitoz Just your arrogant ass is allowed to be the expert elf of everything and everywhere.

Diaspora Iranians are not some kind of magical elf creature who is incapable of error. They're normal human beings like everyone else, and many of them are stupid assholes who need to be told to shut the fuck up. It's not okay to be a grown adult and believe US military interventionism to topple a middle eastern government will lead to peace and harmony. If you believe this, you should be shouted down and shunned like the scum you are.

@NiohBerg Switzerland culturally is pretty misogynistic… not exactly a high standard.

Iran under the Shah gave women the right to vote 8 years earlier than Switzerland.

@DavidAstinWalsh We will be worse.

I am genuinely nervous for what Millennials will do when the Boomers finally die off. I can imagine us desperately clinging on to whatever wealth, power, and comfort we eke out until death because the Boomers still dominated our society until we all hit 50 ourselves.

@mojism You’re the one acting as the entire diasporas spokesperson and with the media connections…. shouldn’t we be asking you?!

Why did the Iranian diaspora not come together to buy a Super Bow ad ? Ask yourself a question honestly. I am inspired by what other diaspora’s have done for their own people & their homeland.

this is how sports commentators sound when throwing out the most niche stat you’ve ever heard

@jasonc_nc @USDA Why do they look like the twins in the shining?

@USDA This looks like a video unearthed during an investigation into child trafficking.

Kids deserve real nutrition. Always have. #DrinkWholeMilk 🥛

@NateSilver538 Wouldn’t have made a difference.

She shoulda picked Shapiro.

i fw quality .

@interiorstellar 😍