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And I got my deferral. I will not be dispensing hot, cold, or lukewarm justice.
...yet
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Kory wrote:
22 Feb 2022, 3:19pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Feb 2022, 2:19pm
And I got my deferral. I will not be dispensing hot, cold, or lukewarm justice.
...yet
Now, if I can get in one of the trucker occupier trials, ho-daddy!
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Feb 2022, 2:19pm
And I got my deferral. I will not be dispensing hot, cold, or lukewarm justice.
Don't fret, there's always the next time! :mrgreen:
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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... ket-newtab

I've mentioned before that what I find so fascinating about this is that between the 50s and 70s, being anti-science (or at least deeply skeptical) was found mostly on the left, which tied science to things like the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, pollution, and, more esoteric, mind control. It was the right (and centre) that championed science, connecting it to progress, security, and national pride.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
27 Apr 2022, 1:58pm
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... ket-newtab

I've mentioned before that what I find so fascinating about this is that between the 50s and 70s, being anti-science (or at least deeply skeptical) was found mostly on the left, which tied science to things like the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, pollution, and, more esoteric, mind control. It was the right (and centre) that championed science, connecting it to progress, security, and national pride.
The right have now fully embraced religion as their science.

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revbob wrote:
27 Apr 2022, 3:55pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
27 Apr 2022, 1:58pm
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... ket-newtab

I've mentioned before that what I find so fascinating about this is that between the 50s and 70s, being anti-science (or at least deeply skeptical) was found mostly on the left, which tied science to things like the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, pollution, and, more esoteric, mind control. It was the right (and centre) that championed science, connecting it to progress, security, and national pride.
The right have now fully embraced religion as their science.
I'm not sure it's even that. Increasingly, it seems like they embrace a xenophobic nihilism—we believe in nothing but loathing for those different from us.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
27 Apr 2022, 1:58pm
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... ket-newtab

I've mentioned before that what I find so fascinating about this is that between the 50s and 70s, being anti-science (or at least deeply skeptical) was found mostly on the left, which tied science to things like the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, pollution, and, more esoteric, mind control. It was the right (and centre) that championed science, connecting it to progress, security, and national pride.
Further proof that ignorance is bliss.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus ... 4b0e825db1

Funny, a couple days ago, my nephew who is visiting and runs a small agro-tech business, said that he'd be surprised if the Musk Twitter deal goes thru, and one of the reasons he cited was the iffy nature of his collateral because of the tech stocks taking a beating. Most of what he was saying went over my head—don't ask me how the economy works, indeed—but I was amused all the same by his prescience.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 1:42pm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus ... 4b0e825db1

Funny, a couple days ago, my nephew who is visiting and runs a small agro-tech business, said that he'd be surprised if the Musk Twitter deal goes thru, and one of the reasons he cited was the iffy nature of his collateral because of the tech stocks taking a beating. Most of what he was saying went over my head—don't ask me how the economy works, indeed—but I was amused all the same by his prescience.
Also, I don't follow the guy's life much because I hate him, but it seems like he says things a lot and then doesn't follow up on them. It appears to be a pattern.
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Kory wrote:
13 May 2022, 3:27pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 1:42pm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus ... 4b0e825db1

Funny, a couple days ago, my nephew who is visiting and runs a small agro-tech business, said that he'd be surprised if the Musk Twitter deal goes thru, and one of the reasons he cited was the iffy nature of his collateral because of the tech stocks taking a beating. Most of what he was saying went over my head—don't ask me how the economy works, indeed—but I was amused all the same by his prescience.
Also, I don't follow the guy's life much because I hate him, but it seems like he says things a lot and then doesn't follow up on them. It appears to be a pattern.
Attention whore. He strikes me as the kid who desperately wants to be popular and does dumb shit just to be talked about.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 4:07pm
Kory wrote:
13 May 2022, 3:27pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 1:42pm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus ... 4b0e825db1

Funny, a couple days ago, my nephew who is visiting and runs a small agro-tech business, said that he'd be surprised if the Musk Twitter deal goes thru, and one of the reasons he cited was the iffy nature of his collateral because of the tech stocks taking a beating. Most of what he was saying went over my head—don't ask me how the economy works, indeed—but I was amused all the same by his prescience.
Also, I don't follow the guy's life much because I hate him, but it seems like he says things a lot and then doesn't follow up on them. It appears to be a pattern.
Attention whore. He strikes me as the kid who desperately wants to be popular and does dumb shit just to be talked about.
He should team up with Mozzer.
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Kory wrote:
13 May 2022, 4:20pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 4:07pm
Kory wrote:
13 May 2022, 3:27pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
13 May 2022, 1:42pm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-mus ... 4b0e825db1

Funny, a couple days ago, my nephew who is visiting and runs a small agro-tech business, said that he'd be surprised if the Musk Twitter deal goes thru, and one of the reasons he cited was the iffy nature of his collateral because of the tech stocks taking a beating. Most of what he was saying went over my head—don't ask me how the economy works, indeed—but I was amused all the same by his prescience.
Also, I don't follow the guy's life much because I hate him, but it seems like he says things a lot and then doesn't follow up on them. It appears to be a pattern.
Attention whore. He strikes me as the kid who desperately wants to be popular and does dumb shit just to be talked about.
He should team up with Mozzer.
There can only be one star in this band, each of them would say.
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I'm inclined to agree with much of that. I check twitter a few times a day and find it useful enough but there's so much I hate about it, not least the obsessive lust after likes and followers and how that validates people. "Twitter activism," if not exactly an oxymoron, doesn't sound to me like something to ever aspire to.

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Low Down Low wrote:
31 May 2022, 7:16am
I'm inclined to agree with much of that. I check twitter a few times a day and find it useful enough but there's so much I hate about it, not least the obsessive lust after likes and followers and how that validates people. "Twitter activism," if not exactly an oxymoron, doesn't sound to me like something to ever aspire to.
One of the many reasons why I've never gotten into social media is the, to me, unsettling combination of abstraction and status. That is, measuring significance by how many followers or friends you have or someone else has. With select exceptions, they aren't really your friend. They aren't likely to help you move a couch or meet you for drinks. I remember when Facebook broke out, a friend was telling me about all the famous Facebook friends she had, and looked at me like I kicked her dog when I said, "But you're not really friends with them." Which is to say, friends in a conventional, personal—properly human—way. The elevation of the abstract number—friends, followers, reposts, retweets, etc—over the real and human abuses the understanding and value of friendship. Measuring your sense of self in this way is, to me, kind of pitiable, not unlike comparing bank accounts. As a way of communicating, I'm mostly ambivalent, but its political and social effects seem pretty wretched to me.
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