Notices by Quinn Norton (quinn@social.circl.lu), page 2

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116355757033992032

Money was a bad idea.

Fun fact, (and you always know it's not a fun fact with me) the last republican to enter office as president with an *actual* majority of the votes was Reagan.

RE: https://social.circl.lu/@quinn/116240177335095121

Imma keep talking about this until y'all read it and discuss it with me. *poke poke poke*
Content warning: um yeah it's one of *those* stories.

Hey guys I wrote this short story twelve years ago, but oops it came true. It's a dark look at the AI lifestyle, and it hits so many notes.

I would very much appreciate any boosting you might think warranted.

https://medium.com/message/agency-3d37adfc69a3

The rest of world never sees the poor and desperate America, they mostly stay in the decently rich bits of New York or California, and have no idea what a "food desert" is.

Europeans don't, maybe sometimes can't, understand the absolute crushing pressure and gaslighting that most Americans are put through to make us the way we are.

It's a decades long effort to turn most of the population into a money and power pump for a tiny elite class, all while grinding us into dust.

We're crazy and scared all the time, and have no idea what's going on in the rest of the world.

There's a reason dying of opiates seemed like a rational choice to a lot of people.

RE: https://social.circl.lu/@quinn/116222157392528718

Re-posting this because my American peeps were mostly asleep when I posted it.

It's been fun looking at one positive AI near future... Especially after all my doom and gloom.

If the whole of Europe isn't in a civilizational mad dash for renewables within months I don't know what to tell you. It's going to get real rough and even more expensive to function.

@darth_hideout @Fragglemuppet that is the best episode bar none and I can't watch it too often, it's too painful. DS9 was best trek, fight me 😁

@jzillw @cstross 🫣

For the record, I'm already falling asleep. Satan give me strength, because God wants no part in this.

SO MUCH CHEEK FILLER

If cheek filler was radioactive, all of DC would be slowly dying demon core style.

My cat isn't appreciating this deviation from our normal routine.

I know most people in my circles are boycotting this speech, but consider: he could die of a heart attack at any moment.

The most endearing thing about Americans is that we never have a clue when we're supposed to stand up or sit down.

Let's start the Like no one has ever seen before count.

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recorded history goes back about a hundred years?

ah making up shit. I can't really follow it.

He still doesn't understand that tariffs are on Americas.

Also we're the hottest country, presumably that the national mar-a-lago face