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Not really. That's why it turned into a phone call.

That means it wasn't a good book.

Sounds like one of those times where the other person is just so astoundingly stupid that coming up with something to say in return that's appropriately sarcastic is pretty much impossible.

Yes. You won at Shabbat.

@gavi Yeah same.

@gavi Yeah same.

South Africa can go fuck itself. Has anyone asked them what they think is an appropriate response to Israelis being murdered and raped and having their country invaded by terrorists? I'm pretty sure it's something along the lines of "Just roll over and let yourselves be killed" but I'd appreciate it if they'd just get it over with and say the quiet part out loud because maybe I missed it but I don't remember them uttering a single word to even remotely criticize Hamas.

South Africa can go fuck itself. Has anyone asked them what they think is an appropriate response to Israelis being murdered and raped and having their country invaded by terrorists? I'm pretty sure it's something along the lines of "Just roll over and let yourselves be killed" but I'd appreciate it if they'd just get it over with and say the quiet part out loud because maybe I missed it but I don't remember them uttering a single word to even remotely criticize Hamas.

We put our grocery order in early because there's more sleet coming tomorrow I think.

We put our grocery order in early because there's more sleet coming tomorrow I think.

@kenogo @serge They still have a responsibility to point this stuff out if for no other reason than to discourage the kind of conspiracy theorizing that's inevitable whenever this comes up. And that requires pushback, not a sign-on.

Yeah it's been pretty brutal in central PA. We're right in the middle of it.

@levjoy @serge EFF signing on to this is disappointing because anybody who is anywhere remotely close to the content moderation space could have told these orgs that automated content moderation sucks specifically because it is unable to determine context and has trouble with things like regional dialects, and also that huge centralized platforms are unsustainable when it comes to content moderation. See also: content moderation at scale is impossible to do well. CM-adjacent folks have been saying this stuff *for years* every time conservatives try to play the "it's-a-large-coordinated-effort-to-silence-us" game and it's all just as applicable here as it is there.

Honestly this last 3 months has been the worst version of "Worst person great point". With that said I think it's vitally important for those of us who are glad that people who we wouldn't normally agree with are pointing out the double standards and speaking up against antisemitism also make it clear that just because we agree with them on this one thing doesn't mean that they're right on things like trans rights/trans people and other stuff. 👁

Honestly this last 3 months has been the worst version of "Worst person great point". With that said I think it's vitally important for those of us who are glad that people who we wouldn't normally agree with are pointing out the double standards and speaking up against antisemitism also make it clear that just because we agree with them on this one thing doesn't mean that they're right on things like trans rights/trans people and other stuff. 👁

Sorry correction Win+period.

Ctrl+period.

I have a friend who works there in their disability rights office, but other than that and BSD I'm done with Berkeley at this point.

Yes. Very. You'll need proper ear protection, like the whole ear coverage kind not just earplugs.

Yeah I figured it out. I was basically trying to post locally to this instance and it torns out you have to use the actual emoji, not just the text form of the emoji.