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TONIGHT! WE DINE! IN HECK!!!!

Like I should have guessed Pikachu was literally a Pika but I didn't

https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/6/11161708/the-verge-review-of-animals-pika-vs-pikachu-pokemon

https://mastodon.social/media/Fedt_n2ihsbXvCsxgIo

"Markets, as we've repeatedly learned over the past century, are terrible mechanisms for improving the safety of products and services. It was true for automobile, food, restaurant, airplane, fire, and financial-instrument safety. The reasons are complicated, but basically, sellers don't compete on safety features because buyers can't efficiently differentiate products based on safety considerations. "

-- Bruce Schneier on Internet of Things security

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/10/iot_cybersecuri.html#comments

Bitcoin is the ultimate experiment in "how can we make a system that is so free of regulation, it appears to be basically a giant front for crime?"

"If you could put any object anywhere at any time in history, what would you put where and when?"

The Sears Tower in Hitler's ass. Duh.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2017/10/23/military-times-poll-one-in-four-troops-sees-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks/

Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.

as someone who lives in NYC, I'm constantly thinking about how a lot of shitty tech follows (white, Silicon Valley) Californian cultural norms. two big examples

1. assumption that you will always be outside and in a place with a good network connection. this renders a huge number of mobile apps unusable on the subway, even when there is no good reason to need to be online

2. driving detection, and the assumption that you both have a car and are using it if you're going fast

Hugs and I cannot lie.

@icetsvu IS THE FUCKIN BEST BOT EVER

This is pretty accurate to what I've heard in Evangelical churches, btw. (and never really agreed with)

It goes to show that what look like abstract, ethereal theological disputes actually have very down-to-earth and lived results.

Premillarianism, in hindsight, appears to have been one of those Terribly Bad Ideas that future historians will write books about.

Twitter just suspended the fake 'Nicole Mincey' account, and many others.

https://mobile.twitter.com/joshtpm/status/894369140852609024

But for those of us who were watching during GamerGate in 2014, which *pioneered* these tactics - it feels really frustrating watching the normal world struggle to absorb this new reality that vast chunks of social media accounts are not just fraud, but *weaponised fraud backed by literal Nazis, some of whom are Russian military*.

It sounds weird just to say it, right?

But that's the sitch.

I boosted @GinnyMcQueen's toot about this earlier, but Yonatan's response to the Google manifesto deserves a non-CW toot. I know and trust Yonatan and there is substantial wisdom here. https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed1788

Honestly if you think that emotions are the opposite of logic and you managed to graduate with a four-year degree, Computer Science or otherwise?

Your alma mater NEEDS to revise the Critical Thinking/Introductory Philosophy section of its GE requirements. Immediately.

... https://kitty.town/media/dJJJyT1kdUpZarOmUUg

Two weeks until the moon eats the sun, make sure to buy your sun death insurance this week before the price goes up! ☀ 🌜 ☠ 💵

In response to twitter's brand guidelines: mastodon's elephant friend is in fact an elephant (fluffy), and also a friend. you can draw him with other elephants, he likes company

Noooooo!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/05/suddenly-realize-where-i-am-trapped/ https://octodon.social/media/TOBWa3HBRVuWUFbzAAs

WHY AM I PUNNING THIS HARD TODAY

GOOD LORD

IT'S CATURDAY NOT PUNDAY DAMMIT