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By way of elaboration, a very popular opinion in the US right now is that the world would be better off without me in it, and that violence is justified in achieving that outcome. I would very much like if voting systems didn't fairly represent the idea that I should just die.

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Because I'm [REDACTED], instead of doing what I need to be doing, I just went down an almost hour-long rabbithole on Wikipedia about voting systems.

It really strikes me that the idea that voting systems should accurately represent the opinions of the majority is just taken as sacrosanct.

"For me it’s time to take a stand, small as it may be, and to distance myself from the Royal Society until such a time as it has the moral courage to specifically denounce the actions that Musk is taking to undermine science in the US and elsewhere."
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🚨I promised I'd say more on the Royal Society and Elon Musk, so here it is. 🚨

I've resigned my position as Associate Editor at Royal Society's journal Open Science in protest at their lack of action over Elon Musk.

My op-ed in the Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfree/
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if i right-click on a pad, i get a menu with three items

- Done
- Oops
- Cancel

what the fuck is "Oops" and why is it bound to an Fn-key

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ukpol, "benefits fraud" 

it's astounding to me about how every conversation about disability benefits has to include a disclaimer to the effect of "of course there's undoubtedly some fraudsters taking advantage of the system". like: this is no more true of benefits than it is of any other system? statistically benefits fraud is vanishingly low. and yet no one feels compelled to add this admonitory caveat to any discussion of banking, or employment, or business management, or governance, or or or

drawing tablet had a noticeable layer of dust on it so I cleaned it off and attempted a mechagirl. bit too technical for me and i still struggle to get line thickness consistent (I should probably reduce the sensitivity in #krita ?) but a fun 'quick' (two hours!) draw.

@anon_opin Musk turning up the dial marked “electrocute elephant” while looking back to the audience for approval

It's a travesty that Elon Musk's car company is named after the great Nikola Tesla, when he has much more in common with that prick Thomas Edison.

I HOPE THE BELLY-CRAWLING FASCISTIC TROGLODYTES WHO NOW FEEL FREE TO SPEW VACUOUS EDGELORDISM IN MEATSPACE WILL DISCOVER HOW CHEAP AND FLEETING THEIR HACKY LITTLE THRILLS ARE. I WANT THEM TO SUFFER THE PAIN OF KNOWING THAT THEIR DREAMS AREN'T SATISFYING.

Nice to watch a hopeful video about the climate 🙂​

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Does that advertisement thing Mozilla is doing to Firefox now bother you? Simply switch to a browser that respects your privacy, such as:

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Nextdoor neighbour was babysitting me when I was 6 but had to pop back home for a few minutes. I welcomed what I thought was a red setter dog into our home and fed it from the babysitter's snacks. Babysitter returned and was horrified to see a fox eating her cheese.

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