Seattle-based software engineer with an interest in urbanism and global affairs. Anti-fascist; statist social democrat. Advocate of the Butlerian jihad. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🇺🇳
ngl living in NYC vs. growing up in the burbs has made me a bit more “tough on crime” in the sense that I see firsthand how even if 99% of people follow the law, all it takes is one person to ruin it for everyone, particularly with public transit (vandalism, harassment, pulling emergency brake, etc)
this shit was always annoying even in cases where it was maybe technically correct, but now with Trump doing lots of unprecedented bad shit the ‘heh, you rube, you fool, politicians have always been corrupt’ gimmick is both wrong on the merits and much more pernicious.
Widow's Bay DSAThere’s a kind of guy on social media who acts like you’re a moron for believing in gradations. You say we’re teetering on fascism, they go “umm we were founded on genocide” You say Musk is having a racist breakdown they go “umm he was always racist” Truthers for the concept of things getting worse.
Fake outrage bait takes oxygen away from real issues and acts to delegitimize those raising awareness about them.
Jason KoeblerInstagram influencers are repeatedly going viral by making fake cease-and-desist letters from Flock that suggest they are at risk by talking about surveillance. These videos have millions of views. Meanwhile, useful projects like DeFlock got actual cease-and-desists www.404media.co/the-rise-of-...
In other words they are doing their job
Atlanta's New Bike Barriers Are Flipping Cars and Sparking DebateIf you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don'twww.motorbiscuit.com
Us: "Hey, if you don't like the output of your ambiguous asks, maybe try documenting expectations more explicitly?" Them: "No."
McSweeney's"I just can’t keep reminding you to do things I haven’t told you about. I don’t know how many warnings I’ve given you now. How many have there been? You should be keeping track of this. This is the problem right here. Why aren’t you anticipating?"
