SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
Glad to see an open minded and informed public having such thoughtful and constructive dialog after the VP debate.
Phew, #qoto is back.
@redwhitebluedude store closings, eliminating jobs for automation, and layoffs are such an obviously predictable consequence of raising minimum wage, I don't believe anyone who claims these are "unintended consequences".
Can the legislators be so stupid to not see this? No, the layoffs and bankruptcies must be the intended consequences.
"America, on the other hand, still has plenty of fight left in her. Further than that, I genuinely believe America will be the last stand for the West - for Christendom. If America falls, we all fall. There is a lot riding on this upcoming election. What a time we are living through. "
Calvin Robinson on his move to accept a new role in #michigan
#anglican #uspol
My troubled teen is about to turn 18 years old. It's been a very long journey and there's so many unknowns ahead. But I'm very grateful that he's alive at 18.
Trump is "literally worse than Hitler" per Chompsky and other democrats... and...you're glad he's okay?
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Are any Harris voters asking themselves how they came to be on the same side as Dick Cheney - a man they called literal Satan?
I assure you that Dick Cheney has not changed.
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2.2 million views in less than 24 hours. The truth about humanity’s darkest day will not be suppressed.
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If I was in #Congress, I'd propose two common sense gun violence bills:
1. Make mass shootings in gun free zones illegal. Mass shooters should not be allowed to kill people.
2. Make violating state #guncontrol laws illegal. Too many mass shooters violate #guncontrol laws to get their weapons of war, this must be stopped.
1. Make mass shootings in gun free zones illegal. Mass shooters should not be allowed to kill people.
2. Make violating state #guncontrol laws illegal. Too many mass shooters violate #guncontrol laws to get their weapons of war, this must be stopped.
It's strange that the #harris party, the guardians of #Democracy, are investing so much time and money to try to remove opponents from the ballot.
After they killed #Kennedy campaign, they're next going after Stein and the Green Party.
https://apnews.com/article/jill-stein-wisconsin-president-ballot-2024-e8cb52080dc7ba32997642e962dc0b06
@steele I found this, which unsurprisingly says that boiling down to the single factor of one individual in the white house is pretty unrelated to state by state stats, also points out there are no consistent numbers available, as reporting is voluntary and some states like California haven't reported stats in decades
"Not only has #Harris received 66% more airtime than former President Donald #Trump, but the spin of Harris's coverage has been more positive (84%) than any other major party nominee, even as Trump's coverage has been nearly entirely hostile (89% negative)."
Or as #Chesterton wrote in Orthodoxy, "We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press... It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us."
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A conversation today reminded me of something: I have come to see speaking badly about ones users as a sign of a bad programmer.
Disengagement, cynicism, callousness, suspicion… these things make bad software.
Simultaneously our industry has elevated these traits as signs of “rationality”.
Caring, empathy, curiosity, engagement, learning, compassion… these things make good software.
And they don’t get the hype they deserve.
Aside, but important: in my experience, disengagement especially, but also to some extent the others, are often an early warning sign of burnout. So if you feel you’re slipping into that, maybe get someone you can talk to, there might be more going on than you realize.
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Source: libsoftiktok
Planned Parenthood is bringing a “mobile health care unit” to the DNC and are offering vasectomies and to help women abort their babies. Demonic.
Original tweet : https://nitter.privacydev.net/libsoftiktok/status/1824970751407227249
Planned Parenthood is bringing a “mobile health care unit” to the DNC and are offering vasectomies and to help women abort their babies. Demonic.
Original tweet : https://nitter.privacydev.net/libsoftiktok/status/1824970751407227249
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Democrats: “Trump’s tariff proposal will raise prices and hurt Americans!”
Also Democrats: “We need higher corporate taxes!”
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Six months ago at a neighborhood event where Mike Johnston, mayor of #Denver, was promoting millions in spending to reduce homelessness I asked him about the cities and states with the most spending on this and how their homeless numbers INCREASED. He assured the crowd that wouldn't happen with his plan. His plan was different.
Six months and $155,000,000 later, homelessness has increased in Denver by 12%.
The mayor's response? A victory dance over the 150 net decrease in "unsheltered homeless" (yep, that math is one million dollars per person in net decrease) and a tax hike to take another $100,000,000 from tax payers to do the same thing that saw a 12% increase in homeless over six months... But do it harder.
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
