Diplomjodler

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Diplomjodler ,

I used to be an atheist, but I’m a believer now.

Diplomjodler ,

This is the real answer. It’s all about managers finding it harder to play their power games when people aren’t present.

Diplomjodler ,

“Conservatives” hate this simple trick!

Diplomjodler ,

I disagree with the idea of billionaires. So there.

Diplomjodler ,

But they couldn’t buy an XBox! Checkmate leftists!

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Diplomjodler ,

Also, if you live outside of Europe, you’ll be waiting very long.

Diplomjodler ,

Haven’t seen this one yet, but Wendover did a reality good one on the same topic recently.

Diplomjodler ,

I just realised that DS9 started literally 30 years ago. Man do I feel old.

‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars ( www.theguardian.com )

In the environs of Phoenix, Arizona, on a 17-acre site that once contained a car body shop and some largely derelict buildings, an unusual experiment has emerged that invites Americans to live in a way that is rare outside of fleeting experiences of college, Disneyland or trips to Europe: a walkable, human-scale community devoid...

Diplomjodler ,

Right wing assholes won’t move to a neighbourhood like that which is probably a factor in why people are happier.

Diplomjodler ,

They get pretty few actual votes. They can only win elections through voter suppression and by maintaining the blatantly undemocratic US election system. In any democratic system they would have been wiped out decades ago.

Judge tears apart Republican lawsuit alleging bias in Gmail spam filter ( arstechnica.com )

A federal judge yesterday granted Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC), which claims that Google intentionally used Gmail’s spam filter to suppress Republicans’ fundraising emails. An order dismissing the lawsuit was issued yesterday by US District Judge Daniel Calabretta....

Diplomjodler ,

And rules only apply to the people they don’t like but never never ever to them.

Diplomjodler ,

The real estate thing is definitely one of the major reasons. But there’s more to it than that. Managers become managers because they’re good at power games, not because they’re competent. Those games become much harder or even impossible when people aren’t physically present. Many of them also enjoy bullying people. That’s also harder to do on a video call.

Diplomjodler ,

Pretty emblematic of modern day US politics.

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