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16-minute run, 12 pull-ups coming at the bar from the side I'm usually not on.Comments
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This is a somewhat satisfying and plausible answer to "Why are people idiots about ___ despite evidence?"Comments
In the piece, sociologist Brooke Harrington argued that vaccine resisters were a classic example of a mark — and legitimate victims of a con. She said that, after realizing they’ve been conned, they double down and act as if they’ve been in on the scheme from the beginning “as a way to save face and avoid the “social death” and the humiliation that would accompany confronting the ways in which their belief system had failed them.”
This essay was about older people who are angry that younger people are not going for the same career system that they bought into, but it refers back to another one about vaccine hesitancy, which includes this depressing bit:But the right messenger and the right message could move meaningful numbers of politically-motivated vaccine refusers. Harrington suggested that if pro-Trump politicians and news outlets changed their messaging to equate vaccination with ‘owning the libs,’ it could begin to change some minds.
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14 pull-ups, 20 burpees.Comments
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I semi-subconsciously turned my resume into just whatever I thought it should be, but now I guess I gotta make it into whatever recruiters want.Comments
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I started a textbook discussion group that had its first meeting tonight. To prep, all I did was note a few things I thought was interesting in the chapter we read and mentioned them and asked if anyone else wanted to talk about what they noticed.Comments
No one said anything. It was awkward.
There was some interesting chat about audio software standards, though.
I realized in the middle of the meeting is that the key to these things is that you do the exercises in the book. That way, you actually have something to talk about. So, for the next meeting, we are doing that. -
21-minute run, 13 pull-ups.Comments
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Whoa, Katt got one of those job that (we think) is both low-key yet interesting! A lot of things are coming up Milhouse for her.Comments
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Huh, the things you learn from class action suit emails:Comments
This antitrust lawsuit alleges a nationwide conspiracy by CWT and its members to limit the production of raw farm milk by prematurely slaughtering cows, in order to illegally increase the price of milk and other fresh milk products. Defendants deny any wrongdoing or liability for the claims alleged.
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I cleaned up and posted some notes on problems I ran into while getting into Pure Data and JUCE.Comments
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I've felt like I've had a lot of energy these past few days. Maybe I'm incredibly seasonally-dependent! Or school-dependent.Comments
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What’s Joe Rogan up to now?Comments
Spotify’s Joe Rogan and anti-trans writer Meghan Murphy peddled extreme rhetoric about trans people and spread false claims about coronavirus vaccines during the August 20 edition of The Joe Rogan Experience. Responding to whether targeted, anti-trans attacks are acceptable on his show, Rogan said, “You can say whatever you want. We're on Spotify.”
And of course, more of this:During the podcast, Rogan falsely asserted that mRNA vaccines are “really gene therapy” and lied that it is “not logical, it’s not rational, and it's not supported by science” to advise people with natural immunity to get a coronavirus vaccine.
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Days since learning someone I respect and thought was a decent person started working for Google: 0Comments
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Hey, Bandcamp allowed me to have larger tracks! So, I re-cut The Sound of the Far Future into five large tracks. It wasn't the biggest deal in the world, but I wasn't happy with having to cut it into ten small tracks because it was hard to find track divisions that made sense to me. So, go ahead and re-download it if you like to maximize contiguity!Comments
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The Bowman family was confronted by security for stealing six apples at Connors Farm in Danvers.Comments
Cambridge School Committee member Rev. Manikka Bowman and her husband Jeff Myers, describe what happened this weekend after they spent $100 to pick apples with their kids at Connors Farm and were headed to the farm store to pay for the six extra apples they discovered their kids had picked that were six too many for the bag they had: They were confronted by security and a manager who accused them of trying to steal the apples.
Then, of course, the cop that came to the scene accused this Black family of “playing the race card” while they tried to explain their situation.
And then, when they asked for the owner's contact info, the manager called police.
This family lives around here, and I have chatted with Jeff. They’re really friendly, and no, I do not think they need to have their children steal six apples.
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I was looking through the archives for the name of a Pergolesi piece that I liked, and I came across this this. The guy was very small, three years ago. I was the same; These guys were the same.Comments
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Re: The Pure Data question from earlier: I found out from the Discord that you can right-click on every object in Pure Data to get help on that particular object.Comments
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12 pull-ups.Comments