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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canva charges you to make a circle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You catch on too quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canva charges you to make a circle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can no longer choose the shapes, AI hallucinates them for you. If they don’t fit your desired shape you can pay-per-side-polygon to have a fixed number of sided shape added. mS pAInt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollywood Doesn’t Make Movies Like ‘The Fugitive’ Anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I read an article about how the Atlantic, owned by Steve Jobs widow, employs a leader who is ex-israeli military and that their coverage of the conflict in the last year has been one-sided and horrific. It was damning.

  “The reason it’s called the Atlantic is that it belongs at the bottom of the ocean” was the title. I was convinced and disappointed, I remember them having interesting articles back in the day but am done reading them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lebron with the lefty dunk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And it looks like he was also back to make the steal off the outlet pass. Just wow at his age. The decision was what 15 years ago?!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's fucking ads in board games now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  -you won’t believe this shit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's fucking ads in board games now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a money maker. Now just as AI to it and you’re set with your 2025 business model

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's fucking ads in board games now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just wait until toilet paper real estate starts being used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | Enough With the Land Acknowledgments⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “might have outlived their usefulness.”

  As they were mostly non-commitment, no-cost virtue signaling without any benefit to the harmed, of course they never had any usefulness other than allowing the opioid of having run the progressive gauntlet of ideas and become somewhat fashionable so as to rid consumers of horror, guilt, doubt and the complex feelings that should be associated with genocide.

  There is always a place for education about horrors committed, but as an also-ran, a brochure cover footnote or something read before a Drunken Shakespeare play you are out to see on a Friday night, they are all offensive to the tragedy of what happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon adds Dirk Nowitzki, Blake Griffin to NBA studio coverage: Sources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting personalities. Blake can take up a whole stage himself, will be interesting to see how he would share it long-term with others. Course I guess if Shaq managed it somewhat, Griffin might make it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Patience with people trying to overthrow governments is not advised.

  Ironically, An American

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | Is America Just Going to Abandon Its Towns Falling Into the Ocean?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course not, America has a rich history of allotting tax dollars to wealthy enclaves near coasts. Now if you’re poor…yeah you’re fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Beck] Heat suspend Jimmy Butler for seven games.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  PG has more miles left on the tires and can also be a #1 offense and defense guy on a playoff team as he showed just 2 years ago with probably the strongest showing of his career.

  There is definitely a market for Jimmy though; someone who can get a bucket and isn’t afraid of any moment will always have a spot as a 5th/6th man on a playoff winning team, and I think yo be fair to Jimmy he’s more than only a 1-dimensional Jamal Crawford type.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe, just maybe, a company that refuses to give you time off if you have a bullet inside of you is a really really shitty company⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Appropriate, as Amazon is one of the major companies trying to have the NLRB,which gives unions a modicum of pushback against corps, declared “unconstitutional”. Id expect a full press on that in the fist year if successful, id expect major portions of the NLRA itself to be targeted.

  Lots of blood and sweat and tears of the 19th and 20th century being washed away right now that will have to be shed again to get these rights back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has the USA turned into an oligarchy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Late 19th century. There was some pushback, some anti-trust laws with teeth, and then decades of bloody union battles to secure rights workers and their elected officials have thrown away for 50 years.

  The concentration of wealth and influence of 10-16 people trumps that of hundreds of millions and is as bad or worse than it was during the robber baron era.

  Political representatives are bought and paid for which means the poor have no voice against the wealthy.

  We have a justice system that is incapable of prosecuting the wealthy and powerful, when it isn’t being stocked by ideologues.

  Meritocracy is dead; Birth has much greater correlation to wealth and power.

  Media is fully captured by the wealthy; they own the vast majority of media consumed: TV, film, news, social junk.

  Nice country you got here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jimmy Butler Remains Away from Heat amid Trade Rumors, Illness; Status TBD vs. Hawks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Butler would be a massive upgrade defensively to toro Beal but he’d be the only one playing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jimmy Butler Remains Away from Heat amid Trade Rumors, Illness; Status TBD vs. Hawks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Suns would be a waste…he’d be an upgrade from Beal sure, but Suns would still have the same problem, lots of talent and no plan or strategy. If I’m Butler I’m not sure if that’s a better situation though maybe better than carrying a whole team oneself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jimmy Butler Remains Away from Heat amid Trade Rumors, Illness; Status TBD vs. Hawks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So where does Jimmy go/fit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why The Long Kiss Goodnight is a great alt-Christmas movie⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have always loved this movie and never understood why it wasn’t as big or even more than die hard–even for dudes who can’t deal with a badass woman, Samuel L is still awesome, just doesn’t make any sense it wasn’t more popular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shams: Jimmy's Xmas wish - out of Miami before trade deadline⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they’ve been coasting on fumes for a few years since he frigging carried them to the finals. They didn’t get anything around him and I wondered how long he or they were going to keep running it back when the finals was way over-delivering. Milwaukie upgraded, Boston, Cleveland…Miami has been sliding because others have improved. Miami’s just older.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear of job loss hits its highest point in years—but workers won’t accept less than $81,000⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  starting to feel?

  Pacific is a puddle of water then eh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nuggets searching for offensive help via trade, eyeing Bulls’ Zach LaVine: Sources⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OOTL–did Murray fall off or get injured again? Haven’t watched much in a year or so, surprised to hear his name being bandied about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber for Nursing: How an AI-Powered Gig Model Is Threatening Health Care - Roosevelt Institute⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There isn’t a struggling industry that venture capital money and lobbying can’t make much worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silver: NBA looking into 3-point volume critiques⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From people who can’t shoot them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Royal Mail remains based in UK in deal to bolster key services⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For a whole 5 years…then it can move its operations and taxes offshore.

  US businesses wetting their lips for raping what little of the public services are left in US under trifecta trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This app requires access to your contacts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For the basic plan, based on usage though it looks like you’d save more with our premium tier that allows unlimited flushes per day and includes our smellfesh scent subscription.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Americans Feel Good About Their Job Security but Not Their Pay⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Arts orgs were devastated by the pandemic and have not made it back yet largely to prepandemic attendance/membership/etc. lots of non-profits are dependent on government grants and programs which may have ended or been reduced after funding that kept them afloat during the pandemic. Other than that what non-profit areas are you seeing cutting in?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If billionaires and CEOs feel like they need to start paying for large security details, would that be an example of trickle down economics?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Up voted for the dark humor but sincerely it’s Feudalism. A central state nor laws cannot be relied on for order nor process so those with the means purchase or are anointed with safety and power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Filmmaker Oliver Stone on studios releasing older films on 4K Ultra HD⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Watch cruise in Magnolia too. I get what you’re saying and you’re generally right and I’m not much of a fan of his “cruise” films but the dude can act.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KD Has Calf Strain⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “breaking news” 😞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Luka Doncic complete this pass?? - ESPN Video⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing it as a bounce pass, with the ball moving up when received allows some of the inertial energy that is bouncing up rather than just literally to be used by the receiving player to take it up for the layup or dunk rather than have to corral that portion of the lateral energy in and still finish. Basically it’s the best way to move the ball as quickly to get it to that spot before defender notices and potentially intercepts it. Being a bounce pass also lowers the chance of control being lost as the lateral force is too great to handle quickly while also recipient is at speed.

  Complex reasons why it was the perfect pass; doncic didn’t think about it, at this level it’s just intuitive that a chest pass is less ideal for a recipient on this cut. You see le ron make chest passes like this while misdirecting his eyes but those are often when the recipient is already on the block or more open.

  How players pass in sports is often one of the best indicators of their skill: it can show not only awareness of the passer but when it’s perfect for the recipient it shows completely empathy and understanding of the recipients situation and takes it into account. E.g. in soccer, when an offensive player checks back/shows for the ball they often have their back to a defender coming at them; the passer however can often see the coming defender, and if there is a high level of trust and competency between passer and recipient, the passer will tell the recipient which way to turn their body when they receive the pass to avoid the defender’s tackle–simply by which foot/side of the body of the recipient the passer puts the ball on. There is not time for much verbal exchange and is all on trustz timing and feel, the advantage gained can be enormous for the attacking team and can lead to easily spinning around a defender for the pass recipient when executed–or a trip to the hospital if you’re an amateur. Passing matters.