At this point it's kind of entertaining to see him keep raising the stupidity bar. Absolutely fucking terrifying too, but still also kinda entertaining.
As a kid, my family went to the same small island in my home country for holidays every year and even as a kid in the 90s I noticed how year after year, the coral got worse and worse. Made me sad thinking what condition it would be in as I grew up, though I haven't been there in a LONG time.
Knowing this is the story of coral reefs the world over has always been super depressing...
TWO international reporters shot in a single day.
Here I thought the article got the nationality of the reporter wrong only to find out they're just aiming for reporters in general now apparently...
I kinda want them here so they can be exposed to leftist ideas and become thigh-high wearing, Linux using furries.
But that's probably just me huffing hopium
Mom too busy edging to reply properly
The attack is being investigated as a possible bias-motivated crime.
The levels of avoiding saying "hate-crime"
it is the right moment for everyone who builds systems of control to reflect. It’s the right moment to pierce those layers of abstraction that allow you to get through each day, and question why it’s so financially lucrative for the system you’re building to exist.
Because there is no abstraction as leaky as a man waiting outside your hotel at 6:45 in the morning with a gun and murderous intent
Amazingly written article, last line giving me chills
A link to the whole conversation on Gemini is linked in the article. This is the conversation for anyone else interested
I was wondering if there was some kind of lead up to the response or even baiting, but it really was just out of nowhere. It was all just typical study help stuff. Some of the topics were darker, about abuse and such, but all in an academic context.
Cool! Key takeaway for me from this is Trump didn't get more popular, Dems just got way less popular. Kind of brings a bit of my hope in humanity back a little
After trying a search, opened Lemmy to see if it was my connection, immediately see this meme. Thanks for the troubleshooting confirmation Lemmy
Any recommendations for something like "Amusing Ourselves to Death" but written after the internet became mainstream?
Something recently had me thinking about the book "Amusing Ourselves to Death" that made me want to give it a re-read, and as relevant as the main ideas still are for today, I wondered if there is a more recent book that is just as well received on the topic of society's addiction to amusement.
Aunt went to a Catholic school, they made her switch. It's not just a middle ages thing
There's your answer