Derek Powazek 🐐

I used to make websites. I wrote “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more.

Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products for https://milkbarn.farm. I take care of 30-something chickens, 12 goats, 5 dogs, 2 cats, and my wife and myself in Boring, Oregon.

Nazis, TERFs, and Republicans can fuck off. Do not explain capitalism to me.

He/him.

#fedi22 #community #goats #communitydesign #farmlife #design

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2025-11-19 23:27:22 UTC

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@nprofile…y70r me trying to say “rows.” iPhone: rose Roz rose rose Roz.

2025-05-14 17:15:59 UTC

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@nprofile…gu7x Ha! Sorry for vague posting. It’s Andor!

2025-05-14 04:29:26 UTC

Kind of amazing that the best Star Wars since the original trilogy, and the best mainstream antifascist media in years, is a prequel to a prequel to a movie from 1977.

2025-03-21 00:47:25 UTC

If his daughter can maintain this attitude about Elon, so can you.
“He's a pathetic man-child. Why would I feel scared of him? Ohhh, he has so much power. Nah, nah, nah. I don't give a f**k. Why should I be scared of this man? Because he's rich? Oh, no, I'm trembling. Ooh, shivering in my boots here. I don't give a f**k how much money anyone has. I don't. I really don't. He owns Twitter. Okay. Congratulations.”
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth

2025-01-10 01:54:02 UTC

They'll boil the oceans for the promise of free labor. That's what's driving all the AI bullshit: a bunch of rich assholes who don't want to pay workers.
https://gizmodo.com/41-of-employers-worldwide-say-theyll-reduce-staff-by-2030-due-to-ai-2000548131

2025-01-08 01:18:04 UTC

Now that's a good headline.
"Zuckerberg Announces New Measures to Increase Hate Speech on Facebook"
https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-meta-announcement-hate-speech

2025-01-06 23:56:24 UTC

Delete your Instagram account before they make AI slop with your face on it.
https://www.404media.co/instagram-begins-randomly-showing-users-ai-generated-images-of-themselves/

2025-01-03 22:18:51 UTC

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@nprofile…6lxc @nprofile…asfu So you're a Daily Active User, which helps them sell more ads at higher rates.
If you wanna do something to hurt them, stop using them. That's the only thing that hurts them.

2025-01-03 21:45:37 UTC

Meta has been horrible for years so I don’t know why today’s shit is the bridge too far, but it is. I deactivated my Instagram and Facebook accounts.
Fuck Meta entirely.

2024-12-30 18:02:11 UTC

Any user-generated platform that’s introducing “AI” shit now HATES their users. Hates them! Wants to be rid of them. Lives in a fantasy world where perfection can be achieved by replacing all of us with software.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-planning-ai-powered-users

2024-12-27 00:12:36 UTC

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If you look at every investment in “AI” as the ruling ownership class trying to find a way to make profit without having to pay actual people, all of their enthusiasm begins to make sense.

2024-12-27 00:11:58 UTC

Lemme translate this for you. When they say that the definition of an “AGI” is that it will generate “$100 billion in profits,” what they really mean is that they want “AGI” in order to avoid paying $100 billion to employees.
https://gizmodo.com/leaked-documents-show-openai-has-a-very-clear-definition-of-agi-2000543339

2024-12-20 19:28:12 UTC

To everyone who called me crazy when I said Elon was a nazi: I was right, you were wrong.
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-endorses-germanys-far-right/

2024-12-12 17:34:57 UTC

Hey just a reminder that our small farm is having a big sale, so if you’d like a better night’s sleep or a little extra calm during these trying times, and you’d like to support a small farm while you’re at it, hit me up.
https://milkbarn.farm

2024-11-27 18:47:56 UTC

if you need an algorithm to tell you that someone you pay isn’t doing anything, the problem is you.
(Also OMG this is such anti-worker bullshit. You wanna know who gets paid a lot to do nothing? 90% of the C-suite.)
https://www.404media.co/are-overemployed-ghost-engineers-making-six-figures-to-do-nothing/

2024-11-16 17:48:54 UTC

Morning head skritches with Hershey. #goats
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/493/887/556/346/521/original/c67ec243c185ebf5.jpeg

2024-11-13 21:03:29 UTC

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Yeah so. It turns out, nothing matters.

2024-11-07 23:18:22 UTC

The world is pretty scary right now, but please remember that you are loved and needed in the fight ahead. Take good care of yourself so that you can take care of others.

2024-11-03 21:05:59 UTC

Cynicism is easy. It asks nothing of you or the world. Cynicism delights in despair.
Hope is brave. Hope takes work. Hope makes you take responsibility for doing your part, however small, to steer the world toward where it should be.
Do something brave. Have hope. And then do your part.

2024-11-03 19:55:41 UTC

This really is the “does anything fucking matter?” election. One candidate is an escaped dementia patient with a Hitler fetish and the other is a moderate Democrat with a nice smile.
Does anything fucking matter? Vote like it does and maybe it will.

2024-11-02 18:35:48 UTC

This is the very definition of "don't threaten me with a good time."
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/414/800/041/809/123/original/b9565fb2f2810735.jpg

2024-10-27 00:47:40 UTC

No matter who wins this election, I can tell you this: I’m gonna remember who said it didn’t matter. I’m gonna remember who said they were both the same.

2024-10-26 21:49:04 UTC

“Embarrassingly enough, I like this country. But everything good about it has been the product of centuries of people who had no reason to hope for better but chose to believe that better things were possible, clawing their way uphill — protesting, marching, voting, and, yes, doing the work of journalism — to build this fragile thing called democracy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/26/washington-post-endorses-kamala-harris-satire/

2024-10-25 22:48:57 UTC

Since some of my repliers seem to be having trouble with this: the fascist is the one that praises Hitler.
Half the idiots in my stupid country have figured this out, so I'm sure you can, too.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-fascist-concerns-poll/story?id=115083795

2024-10-25 20:36:13 UTC

Four years ago, when the choice was between an old white man and a fascist, WaPo found the courage to endorse the not-fascist. But now that the choice is between a Black woman and a fascist, they're "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates." Interesting, huh?
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165353/washington-post-presidential-endorsement-trump-harris

2024-10-25 19:26:13 UTC

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2024-10-25 19:16:33 UTC

Refusing to pick a side when one of the sides is fascism is picking the fascist side.
It's not brave. It's not moral. It's just surrendering in advance.

2024-10-24 20:05:37 UTC

Today, on my drive to the vet, I passed 2 MAGA flags, 1 Trump yard sign, and a truck flying 5 US flags.
Those people are all gonna vote. Are you?

2024-10-24 00:47:35 UTC

If you think fascism is already here in the US, I hope you never find out what fascism really is, you sweet little stupid flower.

2024-10-21 15:13:35 UTC

Any American who refuses vote for Harris because of Gaza is choosing a genocide of black and brown, gay and trans, and anyone else Trump hates, here in the United States. That’s what “mass deportation” means - an American genocide. They’re being very clear about it.
That’s the choice. I hate it, too, but that’s the choice.
Choose wisely.

2024-10-17 17:54:00 UTC

This is some petty, petty shit. Automattic CEO is redirecting emails from Blind (to himself!) so his employees can't register with the site (where they might speak ill of their employer).
Petty, petty shit.
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/

2024-10-17 03:44:42 UTC

Trump.
Would.
Be.
Worse.
That’s it. That’s all that matters for the next three weeks.
Trump would be worse for Americans. Trump would be worse for Palestinians. Trump would be worse for the world.
We’re at the doorstep of fascism in this country, right now, in the next three weeks.
We will get Harris in the White House and then we will work to push her to the left because we will still have a democracy where we can.

2024-10-14 23:46:31 UTC

If you don’t think it matters who gets elected in three weeks, you’re suffering from a toxic level of privilege.

2024-10-13 19:18:03 UTC

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Actually, Twitter isn't just a room full of nazis. It's a room full of nazis in a building owned by a nazi who is currently working to get a nazi dictator elected, where your participation helps the nazi cause.
So, yeah. Gonna remember that.

2024-10-11 02:33:57 UTC

Sticker Mule continues to be the absolute worst. Do not use them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/10/nyregion/sticker-mule-trump-sign.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE4.9buJ.iAa6Q9wDcN_1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&tgrp=cnt

2024-10-08 18:24:04 UTC

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@npub13vv…0sze Yeah I genuinely hate how the design of the masto site basically says "posting is unimportant, so we shoved it in the corner."

2024-10-08 18:21:11 UTC

Grouping notifications at last! This is good.
"Unlisted," which has always been confusing, becomes "Quiet Public," which I guess is an improvement. At least it's clear that it's also public.
The posting interface gets some minor tweaks, but my biggest gripe remains: shoving the posting interface into the leftmost 25% of the screen is not awesome. When you're posting, that task is 100% of your attention.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/mastodon-4.3/

2024-10-08 03:33:34 UTC

Absolutely love to see this. Pre-roll ads on porn sites telling viewers in swing states that Trump and Vance want to make porn illegal. (Yes, it’s in Project 2025!)
https://mashable.com/article/adult-creators-launch-hands-off-my-campaign-against-project-2025

2024-10-03 17:28:49 UTC

This is what it’s like to do morning chores with me.
http://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8RtfGKX/

2024-09-11 16:26:24 UTC

This is now my most-viewed video on TikTok and maybe the most-viewed thing I’ve ever put on the internet and I regret nothing.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8JnvUEq/

2024-09-10 17:01:30 UTC

Arguing with people online is not The Work. Arguing with people online is not The Work. Arguing with people online is not The Work.

2024-09-06 02:29:10 UTC

Reality has become indistinguishable from The Onion.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/088/241/711/138/018/original/ae51185594c86625.jpeg
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/088/241/700/217/500/original/32a1e75f871edd8f.jpeg

2024-08-06 23:50:48 UTC

Hot take: Kamala Harris is good at politics.

2024-08-06 15:51:20 UTC

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@npub13vv…0sze yeah I feel the same. Just exhausted by purity test leftists.

2024-08-06 15:28:58 UTC

Great. Now that Harris has picked Walz instead of Shapiro, all the antisemites and leftists who just happen to sound like antisemites, can shut the fuck up.
Just kidding. They never shut up.

2024-08-05 02:56:23 UTC

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@npub1yf4…3jc8 1. The guys who care about whiteness don’t count me as white.
2. You have absorbed a lot of right wing bullshit. You should look into that.

2024-08-05 01:28:57 UTC

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People say I shouldn’t shame others for not voting, but fuck that. We have this one lever we get to pull. This one task. If you can’t make that bare minimum requirement to participate in a democracy, I have no goddamn respect for you. You’re not more morally pure for opting out, you’re just a petulant child.
Voting isn’t everything, but it’s the first thing. If you have this right that so many fought and bled for and you don’t use it, shame on you.

2024-08-05 01:11:57 UTC

What if voting wasn’t something you did to express your personal preference? What if it was something you did to protect the people you love?

2024-08-01 04:49:04 UTC

It’s funny how Republicans are pretending they don’t understand how Kamala can be both Black and Indian when they fully understand how to be two things at once: weird and creepy.

2024-07-31 17:09:40 UTC

There’s a word for people who fund, advocate for, and vote for nazis. You know what that word is? It’s “nazi.”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24204706/marc-andreessen-ben-horowitz-a16z-trump-donations

2024-07-31 02:56:12 UTC

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@npub1avc…pq29 aw! She lasted much longer than predicted.

2024-07-30 03:44:29 UTC

Repeat this daily for at least the next 100 days: don’t fight friends, fight fascists.

2024-07-27 19:08:15 UTC

Fun with community guideline malicious compliance.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRo5FkrB/

2024-07-25 15:44:33 UTC

Like a cold class of water after 8 years in hell.
https://youtu.be/sHky_Xopyrw

2024-07-23 05:51:08 UTC

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Live cam here: https://milkbarn.farm/pages/titan

2024-07-23 05:45:12 UTC

It’s starting!
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/834/215/971/753/623/original/951bb6d8eeb98a53.jpeg

2024-07-21 20:01:45 UTC

I definitely should have made those THE DEMOCRAT 2024 bumper stickers.

2024-07-18 18:12:38 UTC

Reminder: strongly held opinions are not facts.

2024-07-17 21:23:11 UTC

We need to go HARD on this. Make the Republicans defend the weapon that was just used to try and assassinate Trump.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1x4xjvrgdo

2024-07-16 19:09:28 UTC

Democrats have an old candidate who whiffs a debate and we have a weeks-long ongoing national freakout about replacing him.
Republicans have an old candidate who is so loathed that a registered Republican takes a shot at him and they all double down on him and declare that criticizing him is off limits now.
The two parties only have one thing in common: they both beat up Democrats.

2024-07-14 16:18:29 UTC

Every Republican who talks about the attempt on Trump’s life should be asked about photos like this.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/785/744/250/930/235/original/b045d3814132abd3.jpeg

2024-07-09 16:37:30 UTC

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@npub13vv…0sze it’s such an obvious design problem with such an easy solution it mystifies me that they haven’t done it in the main branch already. All the various third party clients change this as like the first thing they do.

2024-07-03 14:54:49 UTC

Finally. A community company acting in a pro-community way and protecting their people from AI bullshit.
“Vimeo will not allow generative AI models to be trained using videos hosted on our platform without your explicit consent, even if you use our free offerings. In addition, we prohibit unauthorized content scraping (by model companies) and continue to implement security protocols designed to protect user-generated content.”
https://vimeo.com/blog/post/vimeos-position-on-ai/
Props to Vimeo.

2024-06-28 03:08:43 UTC

People who didn’t watch the debate checking in like
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/692/039/951/731/365/original/0d0a3546876e4e93.mp4

2024-06-28 02:25:05 UTC

Two old men talking about their golf scores. I can’t think of anything worse for the future.

2024-06-28 02:05:07 UTC

This is what happens when we don’t study fascism.

2024-06-24 18:48:15 UTC

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@npub16yk…gh74 indeed

2024-06-24 18:39:34 UTC

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@npub16yk…gh74 social media can be something other than the terrible examples of the past.

2024-06-24 18:05:33 UTC

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@npub16yk…gh74 that’s not the only option

2024-06-24 17:09:40 UTC

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@npub16yk…gh74 That’s the opposite of my point. I want people to flock to new ones when the old ones suck.

2024-06-24 16:02:14 UTC

For a long time I couldn’t imagine a world where Twitter wasn’t a daily hangout for me, and now my account is deleted. I couldn’t imagine a web without Google and now I don’t use it because they ruined it. I never used Facebook much, but it was a powerhouse for years and now it's a shit-filled shambling zombie.
These digital behemoths, they’re temporary. And their time is almost up.

2024-06-20 23:45:21 UTC

I love this. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/nearly-half-of-dells-workforce-refused-to-return-to-the-office/

2024-06-19 18:50:58 UTC

Mastodon feature request: an automated process that tells instance owners how many people blocked users on their instance, or their instance entirely, per day, with warnings when the rate goes up significantly, and a roundup of the most-blocked people.
Admins need tools to better manage their communities and know who on their servers is ruining it for everyone.
Call it Bad Apple Detection.

2024-06-19 04:58:22 UTC

Everyone got a little seaweed fertilizer today, as a treat. #hempfarm #MilkBarnFarm
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/641/510/276/636/643/original/4b400a68ea95847d.jpeg

2024-06-18 18:34:33 UTC

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This post brought to you by a lifetime of me saying I don’t like horror movies and then listening patiently as people try to convince me otherwise.
It’s okay if you like things I don’t. I like a lot of things no one cares about! We’ll find something else to talk about, I promise.

2024-06-18 18:31:43 UTC

When someone says they don’t like something, don’t try to convince them they’re wrong. Just believe them because they know their feelings better than you do!

2024-06-10 05:34:00 UTC

154 plants in!
#hemp #MilkBarnFarm #FarmLife
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/112/590/689/425/686/356/original/f802e7152cc62d12.jpeg

2024-06-07 17:07:57 UTC

Three things:
1. Jack Dorsey has always been stupid as fuck. He ran Twitter into the ground and then handed it to Elon. The reality we live in now where Twitter is the new stormfront is entirely because of him.
2. Nostr is garbage and no one should touch it.
3. If your free speech ideology keeps putting you in league with fascists, you don’t have a free speech ideology, you’re just a nazi who likes plausible deniability.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-fiatjaf-nostr-donation-2024-6

2024-02-19 22:47:15 UTC

At this point, if you're publicly enjoying art made by nazis, or using a social media site owned by a nazi, I'm just gonna assume you're a nazi.
It's not my job to differentiate between flavors of nazis. They're all just nazis to me.

2024-01-11 02:20:47 UTC

“When you respond to comments from the fediverse on your blog, they will now be federated. This allows you to finally engage in (threaded) communication back and forth directly from the comment section of your blog!”
So, we’re doing context collapse as a service, then.
Fuck this is such a bad idea. Blog comments have a context. You remove comments from that context, you harm your commenters and your sanity.
https://fediversereport.com/wordpress-activitypub-plugin-updates-to-v2-0/

2023-12-15 04:54:49 UTC

Netflix goes back to spending money at the nazi bar. https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-resumes-advertising-x-elon-musk-controversy/

2023-12-14 22:06:47 UTC

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@npub1uw8…88kr Well it started with understanding that the cannabinoids need a fat molecule to bind with, which means we start with a coconut oil base. Then we needed something to firm it up, so beeswax. From there it was trying out scents that were strong enough to cover the smells that come along with all that. It was honestly months and months of testing different combinations to get to where we are, and we’re still always trying new things (hence the new stick format).

2023-12-14 21:45:31 UTC

Reviews like this are why I do what I do.
https://milkbarn.farm/products/spiced-salve#judgeme_product_reviews
#MilkBarnFarm
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2023-11-29 00:24:29 UTC

He is eepy and needs a smol sleeb.
#goats #GoatsofMastodon
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/111/490/979/599/272/717/original/091e4f843ddd2f9c.jpeg

2023-09-05 20:07:40 UTC

Why are they called Community Managers when "Fight Attendant" was right there?

2023-09-04 06:08:43 UTC

Someday you will see this on your drive somewhere. What will you do? Make a plan now.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/neo-nazis-florida-march-1234817532/

2023-08-31 17:47:18 UTC

The ACLU was wrong when they supported nazis, and the EFF is wrong when they support KF. There are some people you just don't go to bat for, and the mere idea of a "slippery slope" is not more important than actual lives in danger.

2023-08-31 17:37:35 UTC

Old enough to remember when the federal government went after Microsoft for shit like this.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23851902/microsoft-bing-popups-windows-11-malware

2023-08-31 04:45:48 UTC

The Biden administration is finally, actually, really doing it! Cannabis is going to be moved from Schedule 1 (like heroin) to Schedule 3 (like Tylenol with Codene).
https://mjbizdaily.com/biden-health-officials-say-marijuana-should-be-rescheduled/

2023-08-30 20:25:48 UTC

Giuliani is guilty, McConnell is glitching, and the sun came out.
What a great day today is.

2023-08-23 16:59:27 UTC

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It also shows how important it is to have a showrunner who wants to say something about our current world. Andor was amazing because it was made from the vantage of someone outside of the huge galactic goings-on (Andor) and made by someone who was outside of the Disney machine (Tony Gilroy).

2023-08-23 16:55:32 UTC

So I watched eps 1 and 2 of Ahsoka and it made me realize what a key role Favreau played on The Mandalorian. Filoni is so in love with the Star Wars lore that every shot is framed like it's Huge and Important, but the show just hasn't earned that yet, so it comes off slow and ponderous. Filoni really needs a co-creator next to him saying "this is boring, how can we make the audience care?" That was Favreau for The Mandalorian and his absence in Ahshoka is palpable.
#StarWars #Ahsoka

2023-08-22 16:31:38 UTC

Gosh it's so weird how, when you build something for "Christian conservatives" it always turns out to be full of nazis. Isn't that just so weird?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/christian-crowdfunding-givesendgo-white-power-problem-1234809799/

2023-08-19 19:07:40 UTC

Any organization fully dependent on Facebook for traffic is a poorly managed organization that has already abdicated their duty to build their own community. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/media/facebook-referral-traffic-reliable-sources/index.html

2023-08-18 17:44:23 UTC

I know this is just dancing on a grave, but everybody who promoted NFTs as a way to support artists was a fucking conman and a lot of us tried to tell you so. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/17/23836440/nft-creator-royalty-fees-are-dead-opensea-optional

2023-08-15 23:11:19 UTC

Everyone who thinks that general artificial intelligence is right around the corner can kiss my ass.
https://xoxo-media.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/110/896/154/154/371/441/original/e48d0f0683fc2f76.png

2023-08-15 02:48:35 UTC

Fucking depraved. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/new-probe-confirms-trump-officials-blocked-puerto-rico-receiving-hurri-rcna749

2023-08-14 21:24:18 UTC

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People have to take tests and get expensive insurance in order to drive, but corporations get to shove unstable tech behind the wheel of a 3-ton machine and let it roam the streets autonomously and we're all supposed to pretend this makes sense when we know that when people are inevitably hurt or killed by these things, the corporations that made them will say no one could have predicted it and they're not responsible.

2023-08-14 21:18:17 UTC

Really glad I moved away from SF before driverless cars were a thing because I would absolutely be in jail right now for throwing rocks at them. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-12/cruise-robotaxis-come-to-a-standstill

2023-08-08 22:12:13 UTC

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@npub1mdk…aptk I definitely follow people who reply well - including you!