When you've got to the point where things are too bad to bear, it is too late for you to travel, too late for you to take this option.
@mpe
There are no arguments against AD, it is about *Body Autonomy* and palliative care is just death by morphine overdose (and yes, not all pain can be dealt with opiates). I lost both parents in palliative care from morphiine overdose. It’s not a dignified way to pass. It tore my heart to pieces and am damned sure it wasn’t easy street for mum or dad.
Fuck christofascists and they holier than thou attitudes. They are nothing but religious hypocrites and a bunch of bigots.
Take care Paul
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Republicans in the House and Senate had no clue that Trump was going to promise $5,000 checks to the American people, but they say that the idea is already dead. LOL!
Trump’s Promise Of $5,000 Checks Is Already Dead
https://www.politicususa.com/p/trumps-promise-of-5000-checks-is
#TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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@nantucketlit nope
｢ science fiction horror film. The film follows the discovery of a mysterious, sweet, and addictive substance becoming a popular dessert in the United States but soon begins attacking people and turning them into zombies. Cohen cited consumerism, unhealthy foods, and potentially hazardous products as his influences for writing this film's story ｣
N7628 Landed in Austin, Texas, United States.
I think it's incredibly hard to run a big internet thing in a welcoming way while also being a poster, full stop. A few people are built for it, most of us are not.
Hell yes I will delete for a typo. This is yet another reason I am not cut out for Big Posting.
Critical commentary on Strange New Worlds episode 4.8 by Murray Leeder https://latestartrek.substack.com/p/snw-47-the-care-and-feeding-of-badmirals
Christoph Becker
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On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, @alex and I will being talking with @keoni of Te Hiku Media about language technology and big tech saviorism.
Tune in for what should be an amazing discussion & note the unusual day:
Tuesday Sept 15, noon Pacific
https://twitch.tv/dair_institute
For those in Aotearoa New Zealand, that’s Wednesday Sept 16, 7am.
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Keeping Watch
A bald eagle surveys its domain atop a weathered piling in Garibaldi, Oregon. Rusted bolts, moss, and loops of disused cable give the perch a distinctly lived-in look. The current occupant lends it so
Angela Antunovic
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I've been really enjoying the sci-fi series Silo.
And so naturally I had to read the books it was based on.
Now today I learn that the author of the books got so sick of all the current word processors and writing software that he made his own novel writing word processor.
How to hold the darkness – notes on living through uncertainty https://t.co/Cjquw4jac7
I think it's incredibly hard to run a big internet thing in a welcoming way while also being a poster, full stop. A few people are built for it, most of us are not.
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Were any of y'all paying attention to the #Houthis in #Yemen? Cause I'll be honest, I'd did not have Houthis control the Suez Canal on my bingo card.
This means that #Iran and her proxies now control chokepoints of more than 35% of the world's total oil production. They've said they'll only attack #Saudi ships, but they've still put a claim on the Red Sea and the #Suez. In the game of Risk, that's a bold move.
It raises the heat level of the conflict zone considerably.
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Work with me! The English Department at Davidson College is hiring a tenure line in Creative Nonfiction. The department is a thriving faculty and student community of critics and writers and weirdos like me. https://fa-exci-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2/job/1040/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share
Project Blinkenlights
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49666146
#HackerNews #Project #Blinkenlights #light #art #technology #creative #coding #urban #art
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n8chz 🩎
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Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.
Once we open our eyes to the damage done by the #WarOnWalking, it’s impossible NOT to see it.
And when we finally try to improve things, giving more options for people to get around our cities, and decreasing car DEPENDENCY, they have the audacity to claim that’s a #WarOnCars.
This is our new campaign by the Urban Truth Collective. https://www.urbantruthcollective.com/
Time to achieve better cities for EVERYONE.
I'm reading a lot of books and other longform content for my research.
I won't be lurking around that much. Time is vice.
Shit is getting too real for me.
Just some cringy puns here and there to keep myself from going insane.
Send hugs and amazon gift cards.
Thomas Fuchs
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There's a lot of folks complaining (rightfully) about the money being thrown toward Omarchy while other FOSS projects are struggling for funds.
I'm not a tech billionaire or millionaire (thousandaire, maybe?) but all this reminds me I could do better at donating to things I use myself. So I'm going to throw some money at two projects I use, and try to remember to keep doing that more regularly. I humbly suggest other folks do the same. It'd be great to see a few FOSS projects report a big bump in donations as a protest against DHH.
A lot is being said about DHH's politics and the silliness of throwing money at what amounts to a pile of configuration scripts -- but there's something else at play here: it is an us-against-them play by a minority of wealthy folks who like keeping other people divided.
FOSS isn't about that: open source became mighty because of its community. If we lose that, we lose everything. A handful of people with too much money have managed to funnel something like $13 million into Omarchy for the next few years. What can millions of people do? Let's see.
