xmunk @ xmunk @sh.itjust.works

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Reddit has a decade long corpus of valuable knowledge from millions of individuals... Lemmy just doesn't have that scale or earned trust yet.

This is why I use a list and I judiciously refuse to let people force things onto the list. It's my list and if it becomes cluttered with crap I will not look at it and just make a new one (i.e. your boss telling you "X is your top priority but you're going to need to do Y first because of a client deadline but the X ticket should be at the top of the column" fucking end me - I've had conversations like this and it makes me want to check my wall for studs so I can safely drive my head through the drywall).

My memory is absolutely rubbish, I have good friends I never think about until I'm with them and then I love every moment. When I'm with my family I have to deal with constant guilt over someone says "Do you remember Sandra who played flute in the band with you?" ... and I smile and nod with no clue who Sandra is. I assume these are pretty common experiences since it seems to be quite a frequent expression of ADHD.

And neither should any Dems. If we present a united front it makes it easier for Republicans to break ranks or sow discord and there is a wide variety of beliefs in the GOP.

I would say it'd be more effective to be open about not being a constituent specifically but being a Dem voter elsewhere with strong feelings especially if you're willing to put an effort into primarying them.

I consider myself an atheist but the faith I identify the most with is Haudenosaunee Long House traditions. I'd say I loosely follow that religion but it's incredibly niche and regional and I now live on the west coast so I mostly just feel thankful for shit which is like 90% of the beliefs anyways - I'd consider myself agnostic because I have no genuine belief that the Creator nor his brother exist or that there are sky people, a strawberry road or an afterlife...

I actually consider myself an atheist because I was raised in Boston among rapey catholic priests and unless the metaphysical universe actually is a disinterested God like in the Long House tradition then, if God exists, they're a fucking asshole and can eat my ass. I find comfort in the universe being uncaring because if it does care the immense cruelty of the world means that God is a sadistic asshole.

But... yea, I'm most closely aligned with Long House traditions where the Creator made a bunch of sweet (rivers flowing both ways? Yes please) stuff, his evil brother fucked it all up and they've all fucked off somewhere and left just us, the plants and animals - praying is useless because nobody is home but you should appreciate the natural beauty of the world and thank the plants and animals for helping to give you life and shelter. I vibe with humbleness in the face of the universe.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

It's a common saying in Canada for people who head south for the winter (more commonly to Mexico) - similar to what birds do. I didn't hear the term either before moving to Canada.

I was specifically talking to that demographic that collects social security which are of retirement age (generally) and overwhelming consume fox news according to viewership demographics.

All Americans should care - but the folks that really care are the ones dependent on it in their retirement.

This was the least awful of Trump's cabinet picks - they'll likely focus on small generally ineffectual actions but don't seem to have a baked in agenda to dismantle the government.

Yup, and they'll do it half as well for three times the cost.

Efficiency!

Ww support the free mark-No, not like that!

The Breeders kicked fucking ass - Kim Deal went on to form the Pixies but her first project is absolutely worth a listen as well.

Easy.

Transition off fossil fuels because we've actually got shit loads of excess energy and have already achieved autonomy. O&G should be viewed exclusively as a revenue stream and, while it is lucrative, it's immoral in the face of climate change. Canada doesn't need nearly as much O&G as it produces so we can safely lower our output without risking our autonomy.

Get fucked op ed author and fossil fuel shill.

Putin will almost certainly use a false flag op to break the ceasefire to make that blame game even easier for Trump.

Fuck any snowbirds still considering going down into the US.

Not quite, take a few days to make vital troop movements and then use a false flag to break the ceasefire while giving Trump coverage to be outraged that Ukraine would dare make such an obviously not them act of aggression to breech the ceasefire.

These people are dumb and uncreative and we'll see exactly the same tactics used against Gaza - overt aggression from the aggressor while they claim they're just responding to threats.

At the same time we're also talking about a demographic that's deeply steeped in fox news disinformation so who the fuck knows what they'd think the cause or actuality of the suspension of benefits would be.

A neck that's awfully long. Maybe we could help him out and shorten it a bit.

I will be so deeply disappointed if House Dems give Johnson a lifeline on this.

I took a gamble omitting it but I think the sarcasm was pretty evident.