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"And it was called 'the nameless horror'"

(seems a bit hypocritical, no?)

@TheEddieShow

Honey u are gonna be haunted.

@LightFIAR @waitworry

"Why are you gay"

@minmi @benroyce @MaryAustinBooks

That's very silly. Consumer boycotts are mild sauce and also kind of obvious. To me they are very similar to voting. It's obviously not enough but kind of the bare minimum if you are serious about anything at all.

(And if there is no one worth voting for still show up and just write something in. It shows that you exist.)

@burnitdown

Oh. Yeah. Hadn't seen that angle but it wouldn't be surprising if that's part of what she's on about ugh.

"Consumer Activism" is one of the least effective kinds of activism. (Though, I think one should do everything possible. Boycotting Amazon can make you feel tiny, but it's still worth it.)

But, put your money out there if you can. If you could pay Disney or Amazon why not a person who really makes the stuff you enjoy?

If you can. (and if you can't that's not a big deal)

@aSweetGentleman

No. I'm really not certain at all. I worry about this often.

I canceled my two streaming services and I have been giving that money away to particular writers and youTube creators.

Creepy Stories
Insect and Science Content
Interesting Political Commentary
Crafts and Arts

Your list might be different.

I look for anyone with fewer than 100k followers. Ideally under 30K.

IMO It would only take maybe 50,000 or so people doing this to have a massive impact on what kind of media is available.

@sewblue

Consider a tax on speculative gains that starts high and decreases the longer you hold a stock. All the way to zero. (and to be nice it’d only be on gains over some fat threshold say 100k)

@davidho

Basically why is this a rumor? Why not brag about it? Automation is amazing when it finds the right applications. I do not doubt they are looking for ways to automate. But this idea that they are on the verge of replacing thousands of jobs but want to keep it a secret is very very silly.

@davidho

“leaked” is anyone buying this? Seems like a self-serving rumor from a company that isn’t ready to go on record about plans for futuristic automation (wise as I don’t know if *any* recent developments in robotics or automation that would make this any more likely to happen now than ever) they know investors see a large workforce as a kind of liability and so they spread a rumor. (also they may hope it will scare the nacent trade union they have been developing)

@paulc

Her face is very round and blunt so this happens all the time, although the wide food dishes we got for her have helped.

@wavesculptor

To be more clear those who are invested in stocks benefit from the disconnect between stock prices and the ability of the company to make money and pay dividends if the market is going up due to speculative trading. They make money by selling the stock rather than through the dividends.

@jakemiller @burnitdown

Let me run it. I will do it for 300k and I will do a better job— For public relations I can use #picaTheCat — she is very popular.

Normally I’m not so glib about saying I could do the job of someone with more experience— things are often harder than they look. However I think most people here could muddle their way to better results.

@burnitdown

When conservatives first encounter a phrase like “environmental racism” it can break their brains. They have no idea what such a phrase could mean. They assume it means the left has gone mad and thinks trees and air are racist.

(of course “environmental racism” is real— “racist urban planning decisions” might be more clear.)

I bring this up because— could we be missing something here? Is there some kind of “discourse” context that would make this sound less bonkers?

@burnitdown

My sister in christ. This is the meritocracy ya’ll have been crying and keening over. This is “the natural intelligence of the market” !

@APBBlue

This is exactly what I've been talking about!

Imagine if my mouth went all the way back to my ears.

That sounds kind of awesome. I can't really blame her. But I just think there should be more awareness of this since so many people are just knee-jerk Pica defenders on here.

I am exposing Pica‘s dark secret. Many people think because she has big eyes and a small button nose she also has a “cute little mouth.” This is a lie. Pica‘s mouth goes all the way back to the corners of her head, practically to her ears and she can hinge her head open like a hamburger.

and given the chance she will!

#PicaTheCat #catsofmastodon #picaExposed #catCrime #secrets #whistleblower

The whole pretext is that public companies provide the capital that allow companies to take on large projects and make money. This makes their stock worth owning since they will give you some of the profit in the form of a dividend.

This description of markets is so quaint and out of line with what is really going on that when I say it people don't respond, they just start hyperventilating and laughing.

But, come on! Isn't that supposed to be the whole point?

I'm so disappointed.