The NRA is entirely capable of defending themselves. They do not need the ACLU's help. The ACLU is choosing to use their limited resources to help a white nationalist organization that's dedicated to the right of white Americans to murder people of color with impunity.
They could simplify file an amicus brief. They could say a supportive thing in the press. They could say nothing. But, instead, they're all-in, allowing the NRA to save money on lawyers. This is shameful.
Me, a guy with 1,200 board feet of red oak that he milled and dried: “You know, this reminds me of the 1,200 board feet of red oak that I milled and dried”
I often see folks say that developers should “just” turn empty downtown offices into housing. I have a bit of experience there, and that’s actually extraordinarily difficult, frequently more expensive than razing and rebuilding. Modern office buildings are *terrible* for housing, in every possible way. Here’s a great 99 Percent Invisible episode that covers this really well! https://overcast.fm/+yIOx6rEm8
One weird and off-putting thing about Mastodon culture is the idea that one should use hashtags not for discoverability, but for the opposite—so that people need not be exposed to concepts that they aren't interested in…but for some reason they follow people who boost such uninteresting posts.
Here somebody suggests that I use a hashtag about US politics to keep him from seeing something I wrote that has nothing at all to do with US politics.
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The actual mechanics of complying with this supposed norm are dizzyingly impractical. Which aspect of a post might strike people as uninteresting? Through which lenses might they not want to learn about what I'm writing? Crafting hashtags for discoverability is one thing, but for *anti*-discoverability? Am I to red-team my own posts?
I receive these cheerful suggestions any time I write anything that’s widely-boosted. I've ignored them so far, and intend to continue to ignore them.
TIAA has a vendor named PBI, who hired a vendor named Progress Software, who makes a product called MOVEit Transfer. MOVEit had a SQL injection vulnerability, which was exploited up the chain until my TIAA records were stolen. 60 million other people have also been affected. In response, TIAA provided me with free credit-monitoring services.
I have free credit-monitoring services 10 times over, from every time this happens. That's useless. We need federal regulations here.
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