"I won't vote unless my very specific, personal requirements for your platform are met, period" is baby-brain engagement for lazy assholes. You don't bend the will of the machine when you withhold your vote, you give them permission to ignore everything you say from that point forward.
Not exactly in-category but someone just rec'd Our Share of the Night and I'm excited about it
What’s the smallest historical event you could change within your lifetime and still have massively consequential ripples throughout the timeline?? Like “redesign the Florida butterfly ballot in 2000” is one, but think EVEN SMALLER.
Steal/destroy Anthony Wiener's laptop before it becomes part of a federal investigation.
This is a first: our paper is covered in Salon, which yes, has a science section
Reminder: we will be doing a group read-along of Gravity's Rainbow from September 1 - October 13 on the Rainbow Connection feed. Ask me if you want to join in! bsky.app/profile/did:... 🚀 (more details in thread)
Is tripe kosher, I asked Google. This is what I got. I'm so glad AI knows that cows are religious. It's such an important part of the answer.
This actually seems like a great general test of AI engines over time as it will be out of the main focus of tech startups