Notices by Matthew Loxton (mloxton@med-mastodon.com), page 2

US agriculture sector facing long-term damage from tariff war

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3315484/us-farmers-face-tough-outlook-china-switches-suppliers-amid-trade-war

@evan
Ok, now I understand your reply. The only thing is that your reply, while well articulated and meaningful, is entirely unrelated to what I said.

I am pointing out a very real and persistent problem that the slightly more than half of the people who voted, and voted for this guy, would have groused all day and every day about Kamala winning, and a good % of those who voted for her would still have complained about this, that, or the other, because they would not have known THIS reality

@evan
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@evan
yes, both cynical and amoral, but deeply rooted in realism.

Here's a central problem with quality & safety science - if you make a change that prevents a failure and saves lives, nobody knows that but you. People won't say, "gee thanks for this improved safety step, now I won't die next Tuesday when a shard of metal goes through my eye". No, they will cuss you for the extra work and discomfort.

No matter how much we told people how this would suck, they voted for it anyway.

Wait ... so is Kristie Noem demoted now?

Want to join me for this No Kings event? https://mobilize.us/s/UzKhtq/o

@godofbiscuits
So the kids are better off after her resignation?

@godofbiscuits

Again, are the students better off if the teacher resigns than if the teacher uses malicious obedience against administration?
You raised the issue of student needs, so now answer your own question, or fuck right off

@godofbiscuits
Last chance, Jeffy, either play this straight or I will block you and you can go get fucked.

You said "well-being and trajectory of kids’ lives"

I am asking you, in the context of your question, whether resigning yields a better outcome for those kids than malicious compliance with the administration would.

Now again, either offer a useful argument, or fuck off

@SnowshadowII
Not everyone is so enlightened as you, sadly.
I had at least one sergeant major throw me in the clink in exasperation

@SnowshadowII
The watch officer usually kicked me out again after a bit

@SnowshadowII
Let's say, more than once

@SnowshadowII
Malicious compliance is a delight beyond sex or fine wine

@GottaLaff
It would be so nice if we had a party that didn't depend on gladhanding to bolster reelection campaigns, and instead just tried every day to make life better for the average citizen

If you are a really spicey person, replace the sign with one that says "Only white people are welcome here"

But then don a raincoat, because there is going to be a spittle-shower

Just a thought

If you are a teacher with a sign in your classroom that says "Everyone is welcome here", don't resign if your admin says to take it down

Rather eat up their time in a long string of meetings to understand if it was the material, the font, the size, the ink color, ... until, they are like "OH FFS! TAKE DOWN THE SIGN!"

Then replace it with a bigger sign with bold letters that says "No One is welcome here"
Rinse, repeat
Then "Only Some People are welcome here"
etc.

Hey @Salon
Calling it a "non-lethal round" is just propaganda.
Call it by the right terminology if you want to be accurate i.e. "Truncheon Round" or "Baton Round", or just use a term that everyone knows, like "rubber bullet".

People have died from this round, and the manufacturer calls it a "less lethal" alternative (to a firearm), not "non-lethal" because that would be an actionable lie

@br00t4c

@br00t4c
That is a question I have been thinking about since before the 2016 election.
IMHO we were headed towards Balkanization for a while, but TFG has accelerated it and made it far more likely. Now I am just ticking off the milestones and waiting for the trigger event to emerge

If you want to #read a free #shortstory in which a clutch of reply-guys get murdered, I have you covered!

http://eepurl.com/jgEQgo

@skinnylatte
Brilliant!

OK, may I interest you in beta reading something?
As a writer, I am REALLY unsure if the stories work for readers who aren't generating a lot of imagery

Here is a short story that fits into the series, and will give you a sense of whether you like the genre at all

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/25812196-joy-and-peeping-willy