Notices by Sean Kleefeld (skleefeld@mastodon.social)

@jwz Yup. This is precisely what terrifies me, because I see some version of this happening regardless of the name of who Trump gets to install of Sect. of Defense

Wow, Mace is an unabashed, absolute piece of shit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/nancy-mace-defends-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-says-absolutely-targets-sa-rcna180805

@ajroach42 This strikes me as WHY so many people have problems understanding this. They're still operating under a social contract leftover from days gone by and don't realize businesses have absolutely burnt that contract to ashes. People are working under the belief that there is a fair system in place and it should benefit everyone equally; they don't recognize it's DESIGNED to massively advantage large corporations at their expense.

@mekkaokereke @rasmus91 I've seen this video dozens of times, and I never tire of those two cymbals over his shoulders. He only hits them twice in the song, but it's always (for me) a more badass visual than his stick twirls.

This is a good piece from the standpoint of media literacy. I think virtually everyone took "The Crying Indian" campaign at face value back in the '70s precisely because media literacy itself was a new concept and not well understood. While the approach still works today, it takes considerably more effort for corporations to hide their intentions. And the more people are aware of these types of campaigns, the more difficult it will be for corporations to promote them.
https://theclimatehistorian.substack.com/p/the-individualization-of-responsibility

Trump's declaration yesterday that he will send the military after anyone who disagrees with him reminds me of this quote...

"Our findings show that when speed cameras are doing the ticketing, the proportion of tickets issued to Black and white drivers aligns closely with their respective share of roadway users. With human enforcement, in contrast, police officers stop Black drivers at a rate that far outstrips their presence on the road."

Good to have data, but this should surprise absolutely no one.
#ACAB #DefundThePolice
https://theconversation.com/police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets-new-study-from-chicago-238170

My Gamora by The Knack
#SuperHeroASongOrPoem
#HashTagGames

Another article from the NYT talking about mass shootings: What Harris, Trump, Walz and Vance Said After Georgia School Shooting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/us/politics/trump-harris-georgia-school-shooting.html?partner=IFTTT
This is absurd. The only reason for guns is to kill. We need to ban ALL guns!
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org

Another article from the NYT talking about mass shootings: The School Shooting Horror in Georgia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/opinion/school-shooting-georgia.html?partner=IFTTT
This is absurd. The only reason for guns is to kill. We need to ban ALL guns!
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org

It's cute* when people think that just because a rich person commits a crime there's actually a possibility they'll face jail time.

* "Cute" meaning that it's both surprising and depressing that people are so naively optimistic despite mountains of evidence to the contrary.

@RickiTarr I can't speak to how high you are, but I know it's not "Flippin L" -- it's "Flipping Hell." But since they frequently drop their H's, it sounds like flippin 'ell.

Talked to a coworker today whose wife is pregnant and is due in about a month. He mentioned that he'll be taking paternity leave from Nov - Feb to stagger against his wife's. If you do some quick math, you might notice that implies her maternity leave is only about two months. And she can only take that long because she's dipping into her PTO.

All of that sucks, right? Here's the kicker: she's a nurse. Working at a hospital.

🤬

@multiverseofbadness I appreciate what agile tries to do, but I've never seen it work the way it's "supposed" to.

Another article from the NYT talking about mass shootings: John Hinckley Jr. and the Madness of American Political Violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/magazine/john-hinckley-jr-president-reagan-assassination.html?partner=IFTTT
This is absurd. The only reason for guns is to kill. We need to ban ALL guns!
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org

@multiverseofbadness I don't watch The Boys specifically but the past couple years, I've been having more spoiler problems from shows' own marketing teams than anyone else.

If I had drawn this myself, I would absolutely make it a pinned post.

Mind boggling to me that people show up to old posts from a blog that clearly doesn't get much attention and try to pick fights in the comments section when there are literally no comments there to begin with. Even if they're just trying to be trolls for the sake of being trolls, it's not even mediocre trolling if you're doing it somewhere where no one is even looking!

@multiverseofbadness Oof, that definitely sounds way worse than my folks. Best of luck with all of it!

@multiverseofbadness I haven't had to deal with that yet (thankfully) but I have given it some thought. Dad keeps claiming he's getting things sorted so my brother and I won't have to deal with as much, but I have yet to see any evidence of that.