This, so much this. I also find it rather coincidental that fb cam out with threads soon after the twitter implosion. Opportunistic feasting on a dead carcass perhaps?

Marketing at it's finest, striking right into those unsettling emotions, blackmailing you with an awkward situation that all you want is to stop.

I mean, yeah? From what I've seen of Mark he seems super nice to anyone and supports everyone. The vid of the kid (fan) that won't let go of hugging him cracks me up, Mark just calmly interviewing all the while, unphased 😂.

I've gone through (I think) the whole Culture series of Banks. Weirdly enough, they got recommended to me by a barber when I was ~15yrs. Sweet guy, he had no tv & read a shit tonne. I love the philosophical and/or societal talking points overarching each of Banks book most, I'm awful at recalling the actual stories. There's identity crisis in Consider Phlebas, purpose in Player of Games, excession in the aptly named Excession, the list goes on really. Plus hyper sci-fi, so a bunch of wobbly physics and warfare situations going on. If you can't tell, I love these books lol

Add to the weird billionaire death list, with his narcissism, maybe.

Cheers on the read. The bit on oil and hazardous waste was enlightening. Corporate America really will try to weasel out of anything huh

"Don't let the flame die out!"

Or stopping the populations addiction to disposable BBQs. Fuck those things

Ah yep, an oligarch classic. Wonder how much experience she has/d before the position.

Guy looks straight out of the old mad max movies

You can watch the flight on https://kbin.social/... , a good few seconds before you see it hit.

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Ironically that probably ousts out their minimal value harder. Not a good look forcing your "underlings" if productivity was good prior, and subsequently falls flat.

Read the article, Ukrainian rifle nicknamed "Lord of the Horizon". Yeah no shit 🙀

But more context for you, I went nhs for a diagnosis (adhd) and switched to Right to Choose after waiting a year. Estimate is half year till diagnosis now, not that I trust that though. Mental health services suck in the UK for a reason, a nefarious one, to slowly privatize the whole of UK healthcare. Look at dentistry as example, impossible to get a nhs dentist.

Didn't know much on the UK post slave ban. Gives me some hope we'll turn a 180 again somehow with our current problems

Sam has a fun vid on the dairy ventures:
https://youtu.be/DF-yBAkLFfw?si=d8mwK_VIZ_jwimEz

Dude, you're name is joking about native American genocide, stfu

They transitioned to trying to be a "serious" platform the moment they removed the fun gaming related loading stuff.

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