Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

Be crime, do gay.

Everyone likes to shine, but nobody likes to polish.

The "Good Cop, Bad Cop" trick is a popular technique because it works even when you know they are doing it. The contrast between the 2 operators makes the less extreme one look mild in comparison, even though they would appear anything but mild in another context. But it doesn't work only with police. It can take the form of "good pope, bad pope" or "good Supreme Court Justice, bad Supreme Court Justice", or even "good media outlet, bad media outlet". Now that you are aware of this trick, you will see it everywhere.

NEW: The Supreme Court will decide whether states can choose what kind of emergency medical care women can receive — and if they can block hospitals from providing life-saving abortions to patients in danger. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-states-emergency-abortion-1234945425/

If you are a subscriber to Heather Cox Richardson's brilliant, must-read newsletter, you should be aware that she is using a platform -- Substack -- that mocks her essential save-democracy message.

They lured her there before it became clear that they were willing to host right-wing extremists.

Please implore her to leave for a more honorable place.

Did you know Privacy Badger replaces embedded tweets, video/audio players, and comments sections with "click to activate" placeholders?

Although potentially useful, these "widgets" often track your browsing. The tracking happens regardless of whether you interact with the widget. If you see a widget, the widget sees you back.

Privacy Badger blocks the widgets to protect your privacy, and replaces them with placeholders to put you in control.

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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn’t; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
-The Man Who Was Thursday, G. K. Chesterton

It takes 2 seconds to pick up a penny. That's technically $18 an hour.

An old scholar is like a medicine jar. Reach inside and you will find something that can help.

A knowing smile doesn't actually require knowledge, only a mouth.

If one human year is equal to 7 dog years, then that means that when you are gone for 8 hours, it feels like two and a half days to your dog.