Survivorship bias…

Frankly, he is supremely lucky to have not had an “accident” already.

More “lucky” to be working for Russia instead of against it.

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Most of my wish list have nothing to do with safety because I’m a straight cis white guy and so my experience of Mastodon is that its userbase is painfully anodyne.

This sounds so backwards to me. Do you know how you could create an environment for a less painfully anodyne userbase?

You can. There is a capital ‘R’ in ‘Replying’ (or ‘Ross’ in the previous message if you think it’s a different font) for reference.

His geopolitical worldview is disappointingly Kissinger-esque.

That’s a surprising take for some one on Nixon’s list of political opponents

Likewise with Palestinian and Hamas.

People seem to struggle so hard with this but it’s so obvious I have to assume it’s willful ignorance.

I absolutely love Chatuchak market, but man that place is a disaster in waiting. It’s a miracle this wasn’t more tragic than it was.

I actually agree. I would cite the Playdate as a counterexample.

Huh - so it turns out people liked how smartphones consolidated all their various devices into one?

I guess the era of the hardware app is over…

Purrfect

People have been so trained to pick a team and stick to it that the basic humanity of the situation has become difficult for some folks.

It’s not hard. Killing or harming innocent people or causing death or harm to come to them indirectly is bad. Conflating different groups of people to justify harm or death is not an excuse.

Turns out the beds are filled with the discarded shells from shucking peas. This is Pod Racing…

When I say “better” what I really mean is “more socially acceptable”.

Carrots are also more socially acceptable than my finger…

Countercounterpoint: Baba Ghanouj

Better than just sticking my finger in the blue cheese dressing tho…

Awwww…🥺

Wait. What was she polishing?

But haven’t they been in power for like 10 years or something?

That may be more of a condemnation of their opposition than of them…

Maybe I’m missing something. In fact I’m sure I am as I don’t follow UK politics closely at all. Mostly what I know is from scrolling past headlines like this one.

Confusing thing #1: My understanding is the Conservative (Tory?) party is struggling so the PM called for a “snap” election.

If you’re not doing great, wouldn’t it make more sense to try and weather the storm and work to make things sunnier before the next election rather than call for an election amidst the storm?

Confusing thing #2: If you are in said storm and now looking down the barrel of an election, wouldn’t that be the opposite of the time you would want to announce your unpopular policy ideas?

This really sounds like someone who is trying to get fired instead of quit.

So what am I missing?