#NeedsMoreLikes

[Nightflyer]

When Mike Pence came to Hamilton, the cast added a special afterword, just for him

The essence of the modern GOP: “Fuck your feelings. Only my feelings are valid. You must consider my feelings at all times, but I automatically disregard yours”. To quote a Christian friend of mine, “The only thing incorrect about the phrase ‘Jesus wept’ is that it’s in the past tense.”

[chgoliz]

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/trump-called-climate-change-a-chinese-hoax-but-he-wants-a-massive-seawall-around-his-resort/89745/3?u=chgoliz

[Kimmo]

Trump closes out campaign with inspiring, poignant message of hate for Jews

Okay. That is your right to believe as such. But let me tell you a story. My grandfather, in blessed memory, was a slave at the Czestochowa forced labor camp, making munitions for Krups. He was also a smuggler. I wouldn’t believe the specifics if not for corroboration from the witnesses, but he bought ingredients from the Polish day workers, made candy, sold it back to them, and bought food with the profits, which he then gave away to the people in the camp, which kept them from being star…

[Snowlark]

The neoliberal politicians who impeached Brazil's president and took over are imploding in spectacular corruption scandals

I get a feeling that every time some nation does something incredibly stupid, 2016 USA says “Here, hold my drink”:

[Kimmo]

Bikes are the coolest invention in the universe

The recent thread about Ometa span off into a discussion about the cycling technology that happy mutants lust after, so how about it? Which examples of the most fuel efficient mode of transport ever created make wearing lycra embarrassing for you*? Much as I love all manner of cycling tech, I’m all about the tubing and the recent breakthroughs in stainless make bikes that can have a wonderful aesthetic, reminiscent of planes of the early jet era. This example from English Cycles is notable beca…

[anon6955837]

How to use up every last bit of heavy cream

I don’t see how the answer isn’t drink black coffee like an adult.

[TobinL]

How to use up every last bit of heavy cream

@beschizza… You are a true genius [image]

[Purplecat]

This. So much this.

The next four years in one GIF

[quote=“Victory_Oracle, post:42, topic:90165, full:true”] So, your plan is to just wait it out for four years doing nothing of significance? Throwing a ball against a wall for four years?[/quote] No. To appreciate what the gif is about, you have to have watched or know about the film it’s taken from. Since it seems a lot of people haven’t had the pleasure of watching “The Great Escape,” I’ll try to explain. In the gif we have Hilts, an American prisoner of war played by Steve McQueen. He’s a…

[Nightflyer]

Anti-Nazi poster: Stop the Alt-Right!

Their party defunded Planned Parenthood in Ohio, leaving poor Ohioans at risk of losing the one medical provider they can afford. They couldn’t outlaw abortion so they restricted abortion providers nearly out of existence in most areas. They’ve tried passing laws all across the country to make it so trans people have to drive all the way home to use a restroom. They rendered the ACA more or less pointless in my state and many others through their control of state legislatures. They conned the S…

[Ignatius]

@Purplecat

This. So much this.

That’s an incredible, well-written, really solid contribution, @gracchus. I came by to nominate this post myself.

[Melizmatic]

This comments soooo needs ALL THE LIKES.

The Problem We Still Live With

I try to hear what people say and more importantly, what they feel. I am always amazed by the number of interviews, discussions about race that occur with the presence of a person of color. I am also amazed how a group of men feel comfortable congregating and discussing the medical needs of women. What is this thing that makes individuals so arrogant about issues of the souls of others, that they feel that they can speak of their experiences? The amount of anger and hatred that was released by …

[TobinL]

it’s a good idea

Trump voter explains how she knows millions of illegal immigrants voted

Just thought I’d toss out my craziness idea for the day, see if it sticks. [image]

[chgoliz]

I had already liked it anyway, but checked it out just now and it’s at 91 likes!

[Kimmo]

"We have psycograms of all adult US citizens - 220 million people"

Upped my efficiency by an order of magnitude, that. If it ever goes away, I’ll clearly need a third-party app or greasemonkey script to stand in. <a href=https://duckduckgo.com/bang?q=who>They take suggestions, too–I’ve submitted two and had both accepted (!cgp and !worldcat). Modern advertising didn’t beat nation-states to understanding the panopticon but it surely has accepted and promoted it. And it’s used in so many shady, shitty ways already–just consider the flood of shitmail poor peo…

[Snowlark]

Video about Amazon Go, retail store with no checkout lines or registers

And the digital divide deepens. Imagine your grandparents live next to this store. You are required to setup and maintain their accounts, as with all other digital technology. When there is an inevitable mistake in the system, you must submit multiple forms and wait hours on hold to get back the charge for that $20 organic cheese they picked up and put back. Now imagine that these are not your grandparents, and they dont have a tech savvy grand child, so they cant setup an account in the first…

[Kimmo]

I'm a victim, too!

Oh, my friend just posted this article:

[wrecksdart]

That TDB comic…[begins weeping again]…

Robots vs the middle class: everyone's endangered, white people less so

That’s an interesting thought, and probably along the lines of what @astazangasta was getting at. I guess work has been shifting toward service industries for a long time now, particularly in the west where a lot of labour has already shifted off shore. I do notice a tendency in these discussions though to underestimate the impact automation and machine learning is going to have in the near future. I’m glad to see this kind of discussion becoming more common, it’s a looming crisis and I think…

[GulliverFoyle]

@Melizmatic

I’m still here, even through all the needless bullshit; that makes me a survivor.

[wrecksdart]

Climate purge: Trump demands list of Department of Energy climate negotiators

"The faithful elite remained bound to the castle – for all their valor, reduced to ordinary grass. Tu Fu wrote: The whole country devastated only mountains and rivers remain. In springtime, at the ruined castle, the grass is always green. We sat a while, our hats for a seat, seeing it all through tears. Summer grasses: all that remains of great soldiers’ imperial dreams." –Matsuo Basho, “Narrow Road to the Interior”, translated by Sam Hamill.

[Purplecat]

America: a welcome home for corrupt foreign politicians and businesspeople

Give me your torturers, your psychopaths, Your cosseted billionaires yearning to escape indictment, The wretched rapists of your third world poor. Send these, the fabulously rich, corruption glutted, to me: I lift my friendly tax code beside the golden door.

This is sadly underappreciated.