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   Masonic Cowgirl (julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 01:44:18 JST Masonic Cowgirl

   TIL that "meritocracy" comes from a dystopian novel about a smug, self-congratulating technocratic elite that had convinced itself that it was in power because it deserved to be

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     Masonic Cowgirl (julieofthespirits@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 01:44:51 JST Masonic Cowgirl

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     • Julia REPL stan :julia_lang:

     @miguelraz_t when the "controversy" section in Wikipedia includes subsections on both "Eugenics" and "COVID-19 Pandemic" you know it's time to buckle up

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     Julia REPL stan :julia_lang: (miguelraz_t@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Nov-2023 01:44:58 JST Julia REPL stan :julia_lang:

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     @julieofthespirits yeah, the failson of the author who coined it got dunked on the origin on twitter at some point. great day.