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Country before self

Thank you, President Biden, for being the extraordinary President you have been. Now let’s get behind Kamala Harris. Let’s make history.  

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Colorado has a good spring snowstorm

And I am so happy to see it. I amused myself by making snow ducks as you can see below. Then there was so much snow overnight that my Ducktans were buried and vanished. Also, the top of one of our trees broke off and fell into the streets. There’s a lot of that around town; the arborist services will be busy for some time. News reports say Nederland, up in the foothills above Boulder, got 53″ (!)…

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To any Baby ARMYs, know that BTS ARMY were the ones who started the "trend" of Korean fans and international fans respecting, liking and getting along with one another.

So, know that when you see open slander on the TL, it's very likely coming from the "kpop" mentality, which we, BTS & ARMY, have worked towards breaking for many years. This is a major aspect of why we are what we are and how we conduct ourselves.

I love, respect and appreciate our K-Diamonds 💎

K_Armys_love_I_Armys

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반랑둥이수고도우리가알아

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BTS ARMY

Video source: Koreans React To BTS' Success In America | ASIAN BOSS 🔗https://youtube.com/watch?v=RuFjcKlRcIY

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What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

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Advice for trans people

Thoughtful advice for trans folks on one way to help protect your true gender identity, in the face of some states trying to erase you. Provided by Anna on Mastodon. Anna @nami@tech.lgbt If you are #trans and a US citizen, you should absolutely, 100% apply for a passport this year, whether you plan to travel or not. Yes, it costs $$, but you can self-select your gender without bureaucratic BS…

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50 years of abortion rights, rescinded

Yesterday was the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade that granted abortion rights to women. Last year in their Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court reversed itself and took those rights away. In every election since, women have turned out to restore those rights, including elections in very red states. It’s very clear that this will be a primary issue for all Democrats…

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About NATO

As I pointed out in the previous post, Trump never liked NATO and did not want to be tied down by those strategic alliances. This article from Politico shows it clearly, reporting on a time Trump said exactly that to world leaders while he was President. Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official says ‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US…

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Thinking about the Korean Peninsula

If you’re not familiar with Pod Save the World from Crooked Media, it is where Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes, both of whom worked in the Obama administration, discuss world politics and all sorts of other affairs. It’s consistently interesting and informative, one of my favorite podcasts and I recommend it to you without reservation. Embedded below is the episode from January 10, 2024. If I’ve done…

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Three years ago today

Never forget, and don’t let the Repulicans gaslight you about the truth of what happened.   The New York Times put together a visual timeline of the assault. You’ll have to click through to see it on YouTube. Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol

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It's intentional.

They're weaponizing pregnancy- keeping us under constant threat of forced, unsafe, financially burdensome pregnancy is a great way to roll back lots of women's (and anyone who can get pregnant) ability to be independent and not be trapped in unhealthy relationships for the sake of survival.

I want to be clear- I don't think that every single boots-on-the-ground prolifer is a raging misogynist. I *know* that a lot of them are well meaning, but uninformed people who have not been exposed to or educated on this issue in a nuanced and fact based way.

But the politicians and preachers who stand up on their podiums and push for their laws?

They *resent* women's lib and feminism. They resent the way that divorce laws and birth control and Title IX and increased education and career opportunities for women have led to a culture where it is possible and common for a woman to live a comfortable life without being married, where marriage is a choice among equals rather than an obligation and survival necessity. Where a woman can leave a relationship if she wants to with relative ease. Where being a mother is an option, not a duty. It takes away so much social power that men used to wield as a weapon. It used to be that a man just needed to be a better choice than homelessness and they could get a built in cook and maid and nurse, rather than having to be an actual viable partner. And abortion access is a big part of that.

(And you better believe that they absolutely see forced pregnancy as a way to prove that anyone who CAN get pregnant is obviously a woman and should be treated, poorly, as such. Their transphobia, misogyny, and bioessentialism are deeply entwined.)

I say this often, but the ability to get pregnant makes us a uniquely vulnerable class of people. It opens us up to a lot of potential abuse and risk, physically, financially, in our careers, in our relationships. And the tools we have to control our reproduction, if it happens, when it happens, ways to make it safer when we want it- birth control and abortion and prenatal care and safe c sections, paid parental leave, protections against work discrimination over pregnancy- help us manage and mitigate that.

So of course states with the states with the most horrific anti-abortion laws also have the least support for pregnant people. The *goal* is for people who CAN become pregnant to be increasingly reliant on their husbands (and oh, you better have one of those) by making a potential pregnancy something that is nearly impossible to get through alone with your quality of life in tact.

The cruelty is a feature, not a bug.

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And now I do have COVID

Thought I’d mention that. After three full years of careful isolation and masking, some time with family brought COVID to me. Mr Jnfr is fortunately still testing negative. We are quite lucky and quite privileged to have a home with plenty of space to divide the house for isolation purposes for a week or so. I also have had all the main vaccines and boosters, including the last variant…

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Read the indictments

I am so glad to see that Jack Smith has finally brought forth his charges against Donald Trump in the matter of the Jan. 6th insurrection. Now we will see whether our system can still serve justice to a powerful, wealthy, well-connected man, when that man has committed clear and monstrous crimes. The full text of the indictments can be found here (.PDF file). It’s very much worth your time to…