M.
loudplaces.bsky.social
M.
@loudplaces.bsky.social
Tech loser and tv watcher.
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“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.”

My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts.

Sorry, but it has to be said:
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."

Lina Khan really is That Girl.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The debilitating feeling of dread I get whenever someone comes up to me with a totally fake statistic and/or made up news 😭 IT IS NOT THAT HARD TO LOOK SHIT UP ughhhhhhhjj
January 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
David Dobrik’s tongue always gets in the way of his smile and it is incredibly annoying.
January 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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During times like these I swear I can see the effects of social media radicalization on people I’ve followed for years in real time
January 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Honestly, the Let's Encrypt folks don't get nearly enough credit for basically protecting the entire fucking internet, by making it absolute bog standard to encrypt everything. It happened so fast and so many people were skeptical.
VPN vendors have huge budgets to advertise on your favorite podcasts.

We don't have marketing for the IETF, browser and OS security teams, CAs (Let's Encrypt), CDNs, researchers, open source authors, website builders, digital rights activists...

We made the web secure and didn't tell anyone.
December 20, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Barry Can’t Swim absolutely crushed it at the O2 😭. Wish I’d been there
December 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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(mournfully) Mamma mia
December 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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It really is quite touching.

I haven’t seen something bring people together like the UnitedHealth CEO assassination since the release of Pokémon Go.
December 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I know this is a silly thing to point out right now but …… Chelsea’s 🔥 outfit 🔥ok slay
Trans rights activists -- including Chelsea Manning -- are staging a protest in a women's bathroom in the Cannon building (a House building) next to Speaker Johnson's office.

"Trans rights are under attack! What do we do? Act up! Fight back!"
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
The news about Flore leaving L’imperatrice due to abuse from the band are bumming me tfo. Ironing the bands clothes on tour like are you freaking kidding ME!
December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Anyone with a Marshall speaker actually using the Marshall app? i find it a bit useless but i also have the cheapest pocket sized speaker (Willen) not sure if that’s important to my point 🧐
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers.
The U.S. is facing a youth mental health crisis. These skaters want to help
The Skate Mind Project is working to bring psychological first aid to the skatepark — promoting stronger relationships within skating culture, and emphasizing parks and shops as community centers.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no
November 30, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Open bar gender reveals r the only gender reveals that should exist
November 30, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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I like it here!
November 25, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I love watching Dr Mike Israetel even though irl all I do is go for walks and jogs 🥺 here’s to hoping one day I’ve watched enough vids to get me started on lifting weights lol
November 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
This street is so clean omg 🥺
November 23, 2024 at 2:39 PM