brandon
@brandon@piefed.social
- Comment on Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care 4 weeks ago:
You know, I don't recall Medicaid being mentioned once in the bible.
I do seem to remember something about giving all of your possessions to the poor though. But maybe I am imagining that.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 1 month ago:
It's hardly surprising that these people are out of touch when they're constantly surrounded in a bubble of yes-men, cultish AI sycophants, VC investors and other "dark enlightenment" enthusiasts.
It's a pathology, really. A kind of shared delusion in service of global capital.
- Comment on IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It 1 month ago:
They are referring to some fringe "tax protester" conspiracy theories which dispute that the 16th amendment was properly ratified. You can read about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_Sixteenth_Amendment_arguments#Sixteenth_Amendment_ratification
Suffice it to say, these 'theories' have been largely rejected, including by the states themselves, and by the SCOTUS.