BANNED USER: Persistent culture warring and petty antagonism
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
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User ID: 1266
Banned by: @Amadan
I wish we'd gotten some formal acknowledgement from the "if you're not zero-covid you want grandma to die" people that the "sensible position that all sensible people agree on" has reversed.
Because I still see them bring it up when they want to bash anti-lockdown people, blaming their noncompliance for COVID not being eradicated.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
You should ping the people here who said that this wasn't happening and would never happen, but that they'd be against it if it was. Maybe they'll have some advice.
In theory everyone has staff each reading a small portion and summarizing anything important for them. In practice they just hear from lobby groups and get peer pressured by other congressmen.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
You've talked about several artists by name. I believe zaush(?) was one, but if you really want to make me dig I can find it for you. Just thought you'd be willing to come out and say it because you were so forthright about it before.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
Hang on, I'm confused, haven't you officially said you're in favor of censoring problematic art that people draw? Like, several times you've brought up Problematic Furry Artists needing to be forced to stop drawing problematic things. Surely this pressure is no different than furaffinity banning things.
"Your father said he only had four daughters"
"Four wonderful daughters," correted Makareta
ok, this is pretty good.
Edit: never mind, that was gibberish. What the fuck was that entire ending.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
I watched every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic up to season 8 and can't stand any of the fanfiction, so maybe you'll be lucky and have the exact opposite reaction. That makes sense, right?
30MW is chump change sadly. They're knocking down a dam that provides ten times that with no plan for replacement. (it'll be gas turbines or blackouts, depending on how much power the greens get)
Never, and I think the only purpose of these constantly raised hypotheticals* is as a foot in the door to make people accept in principle what they can then be conditioned to accept in practice.
*Seriously, isn't this the same as yesterday's prompt?
The heuristic requires that the candidates' identity not be considered until the final choice
University systems now screen out 80% of faculty hires on "diversity" scoring before even passing the remaining resumes on to the hiring committee to be judged on merit.
Just so we're clear that this hypothetical is entirely theoretical and has no bearing on diversity hiring as practiced, since it started by defending a real world example.
Predicting AIs policing people's bathing ration is only "an uncharitable smear" if you think it's bad, apparently. Funny how that works.
Furthermore, the Covid-19 crisis brings many lessons learned for the future adoption of personal carbon allowances. The Covid-19 crisis, has risen awareness on the interconnectedness and effects of individuals' actions. During the Covid-19 pandemic, schemes for individual accountability and responsibility that were unthinkable only one year before have been adopted by millions of people.
Arguably, the increased awareness of individual responsibilities on today´s global sustainable development issues, together with lessons learned on Covid-19 tracking, could pave the way for the adoption of PCA schemes for climate action.
When we point out that this is their goal it's a boo-outgroup conspiracy theory, even if we quote their own fucking words.
That's a non-sequitur, because nobody's asking for that. We're just pointing out that they are out there setting leftist policy; just look under any article about how "only radical action can solve the climate crisis."
There is a pattern where people here make completely accurate predictions about what the left will do and get banned for it. Then when it inevitably happens the mods who banned them just shrug, go along with it, put the pronouns in their bios, eat the bugs, and cut their daughter's breasts off because the school said so.
See the people going "ok I've deleted my master branch, but abolishing the colour red is a step too far and I will never stand for it!"
Photovoltaics are the mechanism that turns "decarbonization" into "winter blackouts". Replace 50gw of coal with 50gw of solar (CF-adjusted), arguing that these are equivalent. Next winter your grid will collapse and rationing based on "social value" can begin.
See this graph of current germany power production showing solar and wind delivering nothing during the highest loads of the year. (Note this doesn't even include heating, because sky-high kwh prices mean they still use coal and gas for one of the largest winter loads!)
If you talk to any of the greens pushing "fundamental cultural changes", they are all targeting degrowth.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
Want me to link dozens of leftist "climate warriors" saying exactly the same thing but without the sarcasm?
I've had a copy of Riverworld sitting on my shelf for years, worth a shot? Hearing about the later books sorta put me off trying.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
Absolutely none. Here's an archive link to the article. https://archive.vn/RpOby
In October (2022!), the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain waded in, declaring that Mr. Webb engaged in “entirely unacceptable” behavior. The society instructed that no astronomer who submits a paper to its journals should type the words “James Webb.” They must use the abbreviation JWST.
Why ever tell the truth when you can just keep lying and punish anyone who calls out the lie? The dogged stubbornness in imposing lies doesn't make them look worse, it makes them look powerful. It's just:
A black woman invented the telescope. You might disagree. You might even have some evidence to the contrary. But you have to ask yourself: is this really worth losing my job over?
A black woman invented the telescope.
They are already counter-attacking and gloating that dissenters will be punished, along with threats against anyone who might be thinking of speaking up:
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: We are potentially going to be seeing a lot of things like this today, so let’s talk about this (reported) op-ed by Michael Powell, which is masquerading as an article. The claim that my tweets are about someone who has not been named in them without evidence? That’s literally conjecture being reported as fact. Opinion. The bad news: multiple scientists who have appeared in the press have Title IX stories following them around
There was no reason to involve Peter except to try and make me look bad. I don’t. I look principled, tenacious, and focused on upholding values that are important.
Couldn’t find a woman to agree with you, eh, Michael? That’s interesting.
It was anonymously pointed out to me that Powell has a history of writing articles that are transphobic and this piece should be seen in context of those prior pieces.
She's started calling Jim Gates a race traitor for "helping a white man attack my integrity"
She is being boosted in this by a who's who list of powerful science bureaucrats, like the UC system astronomy chief and a Science magazine editor, the chief editor, and the chief editor of Scientific American. Plus a horde of ass-licking sycophants with pronouns and shibboleths in their bios. "Thinly veiled anti-communist misogynoir by the New York Times" is a new one, I have to say. The American Astronomical Society is also tripling-down in response.
What chance does the truth have against that?
Wow, it's amazing reading the histories of those accounts. Most are still active 9 years later (none I've checked have been suspended, which is a first), and literally every single one is ranting about how only mass murders will crush capitalism to solve the climate crisis. If they really are the trendsetters for the modern internet, we're in for an even worse decade.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
Yes, name is the first thing I look at reading any post.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
Jesus I'd forgotten all about that show.
If only we could find one with an insatiable fetish for reprocessing high level nuclear waste, we might actually get something done for once.
Bernd
Fighting algorithmic racism like John Henry
3yr ago
I'm trying to think of something that's gotten less scandalous in currentyear outside the queer umbrella... Fat or muscle chicks? Gilfs?
I started wondering a few hours ago, because the rule seemed so obviously ridiculous. Is he trying the... is it called the "door in the face" trick? The same way that last year twitter updated their rules to ban all "media of private individuals without the permission of the person(s) depicted." Which they then quickly walked back and started only selectively enforcing on people they didn't like.
Is he doing a reverse Machiavelli's governor deal by focusing hatred on himself and then appointing someone else to head Twitter?
Have you seen what the reactions are? I assume the same people who would normally be outraged by this are calling it another nothingburger?
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