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“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.”
-R B Fuller
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1·5 hours agoeducation, and a bunch of other things that are actually beneficial to society they consider a waste of money
For education, at least, I agree with the majority of (non-MAGA) Conservatives. Education should be treated like food, not like roads: government should ensure everyone has access in a diverse competitive market of providers, but not be a direct producer.
50 or 100 years ago, I could much more see the argument that education is a natural geographic monopoly. Now I firmly believe that education is suffering from lack of innovation and competition.
Conservatives who grumble about the inefficiency of government spending are not wrong
Why why why not just use Jitsi ?
People contribute to FSF to support programmers to make important Libre products like this one and give it away , seems so wasteful for a government to fund a whole new different effort
… and the statement is typical of the milquetoast “strongly worded letter” response that made Democrats into the weak hand they are now
It took me a few iterations to parse, but finally I groked the cut of your jib and noticed the reference to Musk’s X/Twitter
First – Dude, how many European or Canadian governmental entities still post on an official X account? Quite a few. We’re all working against Metcalfe’s Law here.
Second – FWIW this niche issue is one I do push on IRL. Locally there are often bills that would require our government to do things like use open source software, use open document standards, ensure all government internet services can be accessed via standards-compliant web pages (not apps that require iOS or Android), yadda. I do what I can to support those. It’s a long uphill process, but also kind of a hobby.
8·2 days agoInteresting, never heard of this till now. May become my new go-to.
Internet rabbit hole summary:
- made out of Beechwood
- subjectively ~10% softer than bamboo
- brand name is owned by an Austrian company that follows strictest Euro regulations incl:
- 95-99% closed-loop chemical re-use
- sustainable tree sourcing in European forests with neither irrigation nor pesticides
Jesus Christ, it’s like ecocide not to switch to the softer alternative.
Moreover, to my surprise, the prices are about the same. Top and bottom are each in the ~$35-45 range, or an oversize sleep shirt for ~$50-60
Down sides, apparently Bamboo:
- is sturdier
- breathes better
Anyway, ordered a identical pair off Etsy for myself and the wife. Will be fun to compare.
Thank you, Fedi Person!
… which USA would now be doing, if we had the sense to partner with Ukraine
4·2 days agoHis own personal Tyler is out there, I suspect.
Land of the free… because of the brave
… which is why they love religion so much
Objective provable reality is secondary to “Belief” … “Faith” … “I feel it”
Actually… Bovino is sending out a dog whistle to the real 2A nuts
Bovino gonna get hisself Kirk’ed
I have not had that experience.
My go-to brands have been Posh Peanut and Lil Sleepies
69·2 days agoHe’s going to wake up Charlie Kirked one of these days
10·2 days agoThis is why I own a pinephone
11·3 days agoYou may have hit this:
Hear me out:
Bamboo pajamas
I WFH so negl I am in jammies most of the time (yeah I throw on a corporate tshirt for the annoying “cams-on” zooms but still wearing jammie bottoms)
Wife got bamboo onesies for the baby. So soft. Then she found they also make adult jammies of the same material. Omfg. Where was this all my life till now?
You have not lived till you wear soft bamboo clothes. Worth every penny.
281·3 days agoAtaturk was wise enough to create a strong, secular nation.
Erdogan embraced religion as part of public life.
… and on many of them I complain again that they made a whole new project instead of just using and contributing to Jitsi , which the FSF created expressly to counter Zoom/Teams :/