Tinidril

@Tinidril@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too. I’ve had a sinus headache for over 10 years straight. I don’t even remember what it’s like to not be congested. Three surgeries and more drugs than I ever knew existed have done nothing. Good health is definitely underappreciated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relationship goals⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are bidet attachments for standard toilets that take up almost no space at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s an accurate summation for my understanding as well. Things that the judge should look at when considering a minimum sentence are defendant cooperation, displays of genuine remourse, and indications that the defendant is unlikely to continue breaking the law. If the judge can find any of that, it’s beyond me how.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  None of his current convictions are expected to come with a custodial sentence

  Strict adherence to sentencing guidelines actually would see him jailed on his current convictions. If he isn’t given some kind of imprisonment it will be because the judge was afraid of the aftermath.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not so sure he’s much of a security risk, unless he is still in possession of sensitive documents. I sincerely doubt he is capable of remembering anything in the way of valuable secrets. Anyways, even if he did, any adversary would be daft to trust he remembered correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marvel’s Most Exciting Franchise Could Be in Big Trouble⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  After End Game they stopped being Marvel movies and started being Disney movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Democracies can learn lessons from Taiwan to counter cognitive influence operations, according to a new research⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their interests aren’t generally all that aligned, so that helps. It’s pretty obvious that the garbage coming out of the cable news networks is at a minimum deeply sympathetic to American corporate interests, if not straight up misinformation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Democracies can learn lessons from Taiwan to counter cognitive influence operations, according to a new research⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From a US perspective, I see these tactics being used far more extensively by wealthy individuals and corporate interests than I do Chinese interests. Unfortunately, our government and especially our politicians are often directly involved in spreading misinformation and suppressing the truth. We need strategies that function outside of government to close the gaps between reality and public perception.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jamie Raskin is a prominent Democrat in the same way AOC is a prominent Democrat - not because of his influence over the party, but because he stands out for having a backbone and some integrity. He is sadly not representative of the party as a whole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the Democrats are too spineless to ever do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volcel says what?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Name one example of a serious problem being faced by humanity that isn’t solidly rooted in undue respect for unchallenged ideas. I think that any philosophy that inherently encourages that kind of behavior is dangerous. I know full well that some people think that makes me an asshole, but I also know they will never try to actually support that belief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volcel says what?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone respect an opinion? I respect your right to have an opinion. I respect your right to advocate for an opinion. Opinions themselves should have to earn respect.

  This is a perfect example of the kind of harm that magical thinking must do to society in order to preserve itself. Your words sound egalitarian, but they make you an asshole without your even noticing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Volcel says what?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really. Detaching one’s self from reality is inherently hostile to humanity’s future. It’s an asshole thing to do.

  To be fair, we’re all assholes far more than we like to admit, religious or not. Being “spiritual” is not especially worse than a whole lot of other behaviors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Ukraine would win if we gave them bigger planes?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure that Ukraine sees this as a test war, but I get your point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe Ukraine would win if we gave them bigger planes?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They do, but these drones are far cheaper to build than the missiles usually used to shoot them down. They are also being produced in massive quantities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did Obama Becoming President Make People Hide Their Racism?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My experience as a suburban white kid growing up in the Reagan era was that racism was just something to learn about in history class. Part of me really misses being that naive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A night at the theater with Neil deGrasse Tyson⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here are some that I like on YT

  PBS Space Time PBS Eons Fermilab Anton Petrov Fraser Cain Sabine Hossenfelder (good, but often goes against mainstream science with mixed results)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A few years ago when I was working from home and on the phone all day, I much preferred my landline. My cell service was decent, but the landline was better. No dropped calls, no static or garbled audio (from my side anyways), and no latency causing me to talk over other callers. I always hated getting on calls when I was remote from my home office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Merry Christmas⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  List them all then. It won’t matter. The plural of anecdote isn’t data. The one example you gave is clearly the exception that proves the rule, otherwise you wouldn’t have to go back 80 years to when pretty much every public institution mistreated and disrespected women.

  You are not an honest actor, and I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. It sucks that assholes seem to worm their way into every corner of the Internet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Merry Christmas⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the claim.

  Unions have always had issues with women.

  One strike from one union 80 years ago when cultural attitudes were entirely different has no bearing on that claim.