phughes
@phughes@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Judge Rules That Trump Administration Defied Order to Unfreeze Billions in Federal Grants 1 week ago:
The unanswered question is: what are we going to do about it?
Unfortunately the answer looks to be: Not much.
- Comment on The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Official Teaser [1:37] 2 weeks ago:
Oh, that exposition dialog is… not good.
- Comment on FBI Nominee Kash Patel Vows to End Censorship Collusion, Slams Wiretaps, and Pledges Section 230 Work 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that was my point.
Elon called himself a free speech absolutist, but once he took over twitter even the people dumb enough to believe him could see that it was bullshit. Just like everything else that comes out of his mouth.
- Comment on FBI Nominee Kash Patel Vows to End Censorship Collusion, Slams Wiretaps, and Pledges Section 230 Work 3 weeks ago:
He’s probably a free speech absolutist like Elon. i.e. Against censorship of ideas he likes, but in favor of censorship of speech he doesn’t.
- Comment on American Airlines CEO expresses 'deep sorrow' after midair collision | Fox News Video 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Crocodile Dundee | New 'Encore Cut' removes footage from original film 3 weeks ago:
I saw the headline and immediately knew what scene they had cut. I remember almost nothing about the movie, since I haven’t seen it since I was 13 years old, but I remember that scene.
- Comment on USA Question | How much is a dozen large eggs near you? 3 weeks ago:
$6 for a dozen large eggs. $8.50 for 18 at PriceRite.
- Comment on Meta Censors #Democrat when searched for 4 weeks ago:
At the moment a search for #democrat on my facebook page returns a bunch of posts saying that searches for #democrat are blocked and a bunch (more recent ones) saying it isn’t.
I was skeptical that this was an outrage campaign but with a real news source having a quote verifying the behavior from the company (the above referenced article was on the Der Spiegel front page and the update is at the bottom.) I’m less skeptical.
Pushing through a change doesn’t happen by accidentally clicking on a button. Where I work it’s a multistep process requiring manager approval. Even if the block happened by mistake it still means there was a mechanism in place to make it happen, configured so that it only censored left leaning hashtags. This is “not good.”
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
My brother, a right winger, brought his kids up to visit me last summer.
It was at the end of the week that he told me that I hardly work at all. I’m like: Yeah, I have fucking guests in my house. I was still at my desk when I wasn’t trying to keep 2 teenaged girls entertained.
He moved his family 1000 miles away and 20 years later is lamenting that they have no relationship with the people he moved away from. (I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this lines up with the rise of “Family” talk from right wingers.) This same guy calls other people “Sheeple”.
