The Donald vs Big Tech

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Would you still think it was as bad if the cartoon was a white lad at the Canadian border?

If the cartoon was based on a photo of a clearly distraught and, based on appearances, most likely impoverished Canadian white lad crying their eyes out over being arrested, would I still think it was an inexcusably inhuman, crass, and puerile way for anyone, let alone an official government channel, to communicate?

Yes.

[astfgyl]

Fair enough.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/03/25/florida-child-labor-law-bill-2025/82657143007/

Florida SB 918 is the latest bill lawmakers have put forward targeting child labor laws in the state. If passed, it would allow children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts, and allow teens to work overnight jobs during the school week.

[astfgyl]

Great idea. It should also distract them from the evils of constant masturbation 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

MAGA is out to make the world a stupider place, exhibit 18732A-Y:
https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3lloctu7l422q

[Ducky]

Revelling in their own acts of cruelty. MAGA FUCKSTICKS are sub-human detritus.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Cory Booker is well into the 22nd hour of his filibuster senate speech. Record is 24 hours and 18 minutes, set in 1957 by a segregationist protesting the civil rights act. Whatever else, quite a human feat.

Edit: Record beaten, and he's still going.

[Bürggermeister]

So many profoundly disturbing little bits in here

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ypdy05jl9o

[Thorn]

That photograph alone is terrifying. What a world.

[Eoin McLove]

Pronatalism as an idea is laudable enough I think. The problem with any good idea is that when it comes into contact with politics it instantly becomes toxified, or it at least loses credibility with 50% off the populace.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Is pronatalism (whether good or bad) not inherently political?

In other news, looks like Musk's million dollar checks attempt at voter fraud to swing the Wisconsin Supreme Court to MAGA didn't pay off.

[astfgyl]

I wouldn't have seen pronatalism as inherently political, but there's no doubt it will be now. The alternative is a little bleak in places with ageing populations but then of course all those new people will have to eventually get to pension age and the new births enough to support that etc and so on.

Could be a good use for AI, to figure out exactly how many are needed to keep it on a reasonable level, and then offer decent supports for those who do choose to be the baby makers and those who don't, well that's their choice and they won't have to pay for the kids.

Anyway, whatever, watch it being weaponised like everything else lately.

I'm thoroughly impressed with the lad beating the filibuster record. Fair play to him. He should have steamed it on twitch or something

[Ollkiller]

I wouldn't have seen pronatalism as inherently political, but there's no doubt it will be now. The alternative is a little bleak in places with ageing populations but then of course all those new people will have to eventually get to pension age and the new births enough to support that etc
and so on.

Could be a good use for AI, to figure out exactly how many are needed to keep it on a reasonable level, and then offer decent supports for those who do choose to be the baby makers and those who don't, well that's their choice and they won't have to pay for the kids.

Anyway, whatever, watch it being weaponised like everything else lately.

I'm thoroughly impressed with the lad beating the filibuster record. Fair play to him. He should have steamed it on twitch or something

https://youtube.com/@ushouseclerk?si=jn0C-FrqetFsVyX-

Clerks office has live streams every day. Other channels do too. Fair play
to him. The mad fucker.

Today's Liberation Day. Otherwise known as stupid fucking tariff that helps no one day.

[astfgyl]

By the sounds of it over here, it will liberate us from having a few bob in the pockets, but I haven't seen any details of anything so far

[Black Shepherd Carnage]