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A new photo I just uploaded to Flicker:

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I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.

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Study finds since June 2022, companies offering hybrid or remote work have seen a 0.6% growth in job listings, while companies that require a full-time office presence have only seen 0.3% growth.
https://glassalmanac.com/companies-that-ended-remote-work-are-struggling-to-fill-vacancies/

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Sen. Cory Booker has the floor.

The image is a screenshot of a social media post by Laurie Hardman (@LaurieLyricalG
), posted 14 hours ago. The post features a photo of a sidewalk with a message written in white chalk: "THIS IS NOT A LEFT OR RIGHT MOMENT, IT IS A RIGHT OR WRONG MOMENT," attributed to "- SEN. CORY BOOKER." The photo is credited to @karinschall
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Wisconsin fought and clawed to get out from under the thumb of the Kochs and Uihleins who had bought and paid for gerrymandered Republican dominance for years. And then another rich motherfucker showed up and the whole state said not today.

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Cory Booker just obliterated Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest Senate speech.

The old record was set by a white supremacist trying to kill civil rights.

The new one?

By a Black senator fighting for them.

That’s the headline.

Senator Cory Booker stands at a podium in the U.S. Senate chamber, wearing a black suit and tie with a small American flag and gold ribbon pinned to his lapel. He has a serious expression, with one hand in his pocket, framed by marble columns and ornate architectural details.

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It pains me there are younguns who weren’t there to see what an absolute piece of shit Storm Thurmond was his whole life, stinking up the Senate and America like a turd in a punch bowl until 2003. 2003.

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Get in the Signal group chat, loser, we’re doing war crimes.

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End-to-end encryption is secure because it protects the contents of your communications in transit between the endpoints. If you make one of those endpoints an editor at The Atlantic, no amount of encryption is going to save you from your own stupidity.

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#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration

A small raft sits in the middle of a large body of water. The sky and the water are a bright sunny mix of red and yellow; it's not clear where the sky ends and the water begins. There is a suggestion of fog. Dominating the scene is a vast black pirate flag—a ragged, grinning skull and crossbones, hoisted on an extremely unstable-looking flagpole that is cobbled together from smaller pieces of wood. The pole leans rightward at a slight angle. Standing on the raft to the left of the flag is a much smaller figure that looks like it is wearing a suit. It is raising its right hand and brandishing a pirate sword. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

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Britain: "voting for Brexit is the greatest act of national self-harm in a generation"

America: "Hold my beer"

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That is correct, Mr. AI Overview.

Al Overview

“Get in, Loser - We're seizing the means of production” is a phrase attributed to Karl Marx.

A new photo I just uploaded to Flicker:

https://flic.kr/p/2qNRwcE

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Let me give an example.

As flawed as the fedi is, it provides a starting point for a digital infrastructure that can permanently break the reliance on centralized platforms.

Communal data sovereignty isn’t a pipe dream. It’s close to becoming a reality if we can work out the kinks and make it accessible.

The challenge isn’t the tech because it’s there. The challenge is getting people to believe we don’t need centralized platforms because we can do better without them.

Extrapolate that concept to education, healthcare, housing, etc and we have the beginnings of a completely new way to think about the world and how we exist in it.

We already have the skills. We always have.

The question is do we actually believe we can change our circumstances.

I believe we can. We just gotta try.

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