Powderhorn @ Powderhorn @beehaw.org

Unemployed journalist, burner, raver, graphic artist and vandweller.

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I've lived in Minneapolis. Delightful people. Don't fuck with them.

I thought I recognized some Goebbels.

https://tenor.com/view/inherent-in-the-system-come-and-see-the-violence-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-holy-grail-gif-8934431646789595432

Inline linking isn't currently working. Or it's a Tenor thing.

As to Nr. 1, no. That's for boomers.

As to Nr. 2, no. That's also for boomers.

As to Nr. 3, if you can't pay your own bills, no.

The GOP only wins by convincing people to vote against their own best interests. And they are very good at it.

Abusive relationships are very common.

Never having to admit fault has long been one of Trump's selling points. It's easy to see how his supporters also believe that applies to them.

I'm very much an Xennial if we use the definition of 1978-1981. I don't remember a time without a computer in the house. Sure, it was an Apple ][+, but I grew up as a digital native, coding and all, which is not considered standard for Gen X.

This could get spicy.

It's telling that Gen X is virtually ignored in all generational discussions. Boomers fucked us; millennials and Gen Z never expected to live as well as their parents.

But we were raised in conditions where working hard did in fact get you ahead. Pensions, bonuses, annual raises, healthcare fully covered, rollover PTO for extended vacations, no annual round of layoffs.

Promotions actually happened from within instead of hiring an MBA with no experience or knowledge of your industry. People were still getting fucking gold watches on retirement after 30 years of service at the same company. Housing was affordable for a family of six with two cars on a single blue-collar income.

We're the ones who got to watch the decline in real time, and we're being excised from the narrative. Millennials and forward had no such expectations to be disabused of.

He has concepts of a plan.

Well, you don't want applicants training your model until you've vetted them.

It would be a pretty significant design flaw if not.

Hey, there's some good money in insider trading.

Why do you think their reservoirs are all depleted?

Protests are happening here at scale; we just don't tend to burn cars and throw Molotovs. Give it time.

In some ways, it's nice to see capitalism finally drop the mask and admit "we're only here to fuck you all."

It's cute you think Congress is still relevant.

I'm not going to make a redundant post, but I thought this quote in The Guardian was of note:

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Tuesday: “I assume that we are now witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime. When a regime can only maintain power through violence, then it is effectively at its end. The population is now rising up against this regime.”

It's time to play everyone's favourite game: Was he referring to Iran or the U.S.?