So Russia is going to illegally ‘annex’ part of Ukraine and then look like absolute ass clowns when they’re unable to defend those same occupied territories. “This territory is now part of Russia but we’re incapable of controlling it,” is a weird strategy.
— Ally Maynard (@allymayn) September 20, 2022
To Ian Welsh, that is the very definition of Russian victory!
.@JoeBiden Now is the time to resurrect the Subaru Baja. Do this and Dems will sweep the midterms pic.twitter.com/J74d2yAqTG
— Guy Freire (@guy_freire) September 20, 2022
It’s been done; saw my first one today:
Putin's announced mobilization of 300,000 "reservists" was jaw-dropping to me this morning, but not for the reason some might suspect.
Why? Because know how Russian soldiers are trained, in basic training & in their units.
A brief 🧵 on some fun facts. 1/
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) September 21, 2022
Those guys gonna die.
One thing I like about Ireland is there seems to be more inter generational integration. Old folks, young folks sharing spaces pic.twitter.com/Ih24MtYI56
— Angie Schmitt🚶♀️ (@schmangee) September 21, 2022
In the US that would be considered “creepy” and “sus.”
Do you really want to know how Iranian morality police killed Mahsa Amini 22 year old woman? Watch this video and do not allow anyone to normalize compulsory hijab and morality police.
The Handmaid's Tale by @MargaretAtwood is not a fiction for us Iranian women. It’s a reality. pic.twitter.com/qRcY0KsnDk
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 16, 2022
The idea that the hijab is “feminist” is falling apart utterly and that is nice to see.
The more I play with AI image generation the more convinced I am that it is akin to photography. You move around in latent space by using keywords (or vector transformations, if you are so inclined), you find a nice spot, and you take a snap. pic.twitter.com/977vvETJmr
— François Chollet (@fchollet) September 21, 2022
Interesting that AI image generation is turning everyone into Platonists. Me, it’s doing the opposite. But too long to explain why now.
Starbucks says it is ending sick pay for #COVID19 starting October 2, ending paid time off for COVID illness, self-isolation and vaccine side effects.
The average Starbucks barista salary is about $34,000 — less than 2% of what the CEO makes ($20.4 million last year). pic.twitter.com/MfDyz2xMUU
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 19, 2022
It’s much less than 2%. 34,000 is 0.167% of 20,400,000, not even close to 2%. I see people make simple math errors like this all the time and I’m supposedly bad at math. Interesting how that works.
The first ten on (mostly) yesterday’s playlist:
i did not know there was a cat who was also the metatron but that sounds about right https://t.co/44MbgKrFML
— Bo Bolander (@BBolander) September 20, 2022
I used to watch that show while reading a book, because it required half a brain cell or less.