Floyd @Floyd@qoto.org

Question: why are politicians regarded as strong leaders by how much they can punish the most vulnerable? Beating up those without the resources to fight back seems to be the weakest option to me...

Goodbye, everyone... RIP
#vaccines

Formally and formerly...

Doing training in Snowflake Database this week... Kinda disappointed that no one has mentioned lite beer

Wow... I just got this email from the lecturer who marked my Master of Analytics Capstone assessment.

Australian Government review blasts political meddling in #science. Four ministers, all from Coalition governments, have used their power to block Australian Research Council (ARC) grants since 2001.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/government-review-blasts-political-meddling-in-science-20230420-p5d20c.html

Avoid using public USB charging stations or a charging cable you've been given

https://www.fcc.gov/juice-jacking-dangers-public-usb-charging-stations

Richard Nixon on marijuana legalization via antisemitism:

I mean one on marijuana that just tears the ass out of them. I see another thing in the news summary this morning about it.

You know it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob, what is the matter with them?

I suppose it's because most of them are psychiatrists, you know, there's so many, all the greatest psychiatrists are Jewish.

By God we are going to hit the marijuana thing, and I want to hit it right square in the puss ...

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Yes, he recorded all his White House conversations.
http://www.csdp.org/research/nixonpot.txt

You’ve read it a few times by now but it’s good to see on a map: The land border between Russia and NATO doubled in length now that Finland is a member. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was a fail on all levels. Probably the biggest fails in post war European history.

The traditional Passover Pork

I just looked outside my window and saw a bird getting a worm.

It's 13:30
Screw being an early bird.

@crswa @futurebird

Exactly... Instead of arguing one or the other, we should be considering where that balance should lie. And the optimum position of that balance will change from industry to industry and over time. It's a nuanced complexity that doesn't suit the modern narratives

It's heartwarming to see the evangelicals praying for everyone who slept with porn stars right after their wives give birth.

They are the ones God should be protecting in these unpresidented times.

@futurebird

All modern countries are part capitalism and part socialism. The mix varies

@futurebird
Socialism doesn't need government involvement at all.

Capitalism attempts to avoid those regulations under the idea that the free market will sort out the bad players.

@futurebird @mike805 @freemo
Unions just give workers a more fair playing field than they would have without them

@futurebird
Socialism is when the collective (usually the state) regulates the means of production or supply of goods or services.

So, requiring doctors, pilots, lawyers, etc to be qualified is socialist. Same as requiring companies to not pollute the water you drink