spaginal

18 ms·

121.
by spaginal 8y ago
In my youth I was training to be a portrait gallery artist and studied privately in artist studios throughout my twenties. I largely didn’t go that route professionally because 2008 happened and other opportunities presented themself, but l
122.
by spaginal 8y ago
Do your own thinking then and exercise criticism towards all sources of information, mainstream or not. Free speech isn’t about holding your hand and establishing a standard, it’s about laying out all the information, real or not, and letti
123.
by spaginal 8y ago
That’s a utopian view though. Institutions that were trustworthy became untrustworthy over time because of their own current actions. Who is in charge of establishing truthiness? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes. Who watches the watchmen. The
124.
by spaginal 8y ago
As others have said, hollow points do cause more harm, but it’s a physical side effect of trying to stop the round in the target. If the energy of the round wasn’t expended into the target, it would simply shoot through and continue into th
125.
by spaginal 8y ago
That was simply the first example I grabbed. Gab was deplatformed amongst others in the same manner.
126.
by spaginal 8y ago
Is the only food store in town, who is ran by a racist, allowed to starve black families by refusing them service because of their skin color? Are tech companies across the board allowed to shut down, disenfranchise, silence, and marginaliz
127.
by spaginal 8y ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2017/08/13/godad... Domain providers are beginning to police content they deem as unacceptable speech or ideas. Are you going to remember IP addresse
128.
by spaginal 8y ago
The question is, how would Facebook treat reverse bigotry that aligns with their personal biases and values? Would it recieve the same hate speech designation, or does “hate speech” end where your own personal politics begin? That’s my issu
129.
by spaginal 8y ago
Quick fix. Using Brave Browser on mobile, search bar is losing focus on each letter entry. Great resource, thank you for your work.
130.
by spaginal 8y ago
I would imagine this should be a primary concern for a lot of companies operating in Google, Microsofts, and Amazon's cloud. You are dealing with companies that have the power and money to become your main competitor overnight, and you
131.
by spaginal 8y ago
A muslim shot up a gay night club, we don’t ban Islam or mosques or deplatform Muslims from the internet for holding similarly antisemitic views. To suggest such an action would be roundly decried and the person drummed out. Similarly, as m
132.
by spaginal 8y ago
That was the impression I was getting. They were trying to make the point that these insular platforms are something conservative Republicans are cooking up on their own, but the behavior of the other major social networks attempting to ins
133.
by spaginal 8y ago
Why abolish ICE? What specifically is the issue with ICE short of news and celebrities demanding it because it’s in vogue? They serve a legitimate law enforcement function in our country, which by last check doesn’t have open borders and pr
134.
by spaginal 8y ago
Unfortunately this is a false assessment. CNN has been caught plenty of times lying about stories and making up news, many examples on Youtube can bear this out, as well as recent stories they’ve had to retract. I’m no fan of Fox News, but
135.
by spaginal 8y ago
Amen.
136.
by spaginal 8y ago
Do something else.
137.
by spaginal 8y ago
That’s a much larger argument I agree. You could also argue the high level of citizen taxation combined with record deficit spending in our country could be further evidence that the goal posts simply shifted.
138.
by spaginal 8y ago
The British used indentured servitude well into the 20th century. Sure, it’s not the same kind of slavery movies enjoy depicting, but the practice was just as inhumane and brutal in many respects. Indians were particularly affected by it. A
139.
by spaginal 8y ago
If a state the business doesn’t operate in imposes the requirement to collect sales tax on your business out of state, you do have a multitude of costs and issues as a small business. If the federal government wished to circumvent this with
140.
by spaginal 8y ago
Or just allow the free market and our courts to punish the offenders when they do bad things. If Google and Facebook violate privacy, sue them. If Mattel caused harm, sue them. Get the information out there that the service is bad or the to
141.
by spaginal 8y ago
Regulations are written by very big companies in that space of the market. The EU isn't immune to this, and our government in the US definitely isn't. I know this seems counter intuitive to people not familiar with barriers to ent
142.
by spaginal 8y ago
If you want to reduce corporate influence, reduce the size and influence of government. The more a central authority takes and dictates, the more lobbying and money will be the influence that runs them. When you have a powerbase of politici
143.
by spaginal 8y ago
Couldn’t agree more.
144.
by spaginal 8y ago
We view education and information as a pathway to solving social issues now until firearms are involved, then ignorance and stigmatizing turns back into the solution of choice again, yet the issue continues and worsens in certain demographi
145.
by spaginal 9y ago
If he bought a home through hard work, I’m fairly certain he’s aware that he’s paying taxes through the nose to support these programs as well. I know I am. Get off your high horse about the government charitability towards homes, the gover
146.
by spaginal 9y ago
I installed extra lighting temporarily in the corner of my garage/shop. By using a zwave outlet controller, zwave light switch, and Home assistant, in about 10 minutes I could turn those lights on or off with the main lights without ha
147.
by spaginal 9y ago
Zuckerberg wants to fully combine his wealth and access to information about us into a presidency and then what? If you say the wrong thing about him on Facebook the IRS suddenly audits you? Criticism of Zuckerberg flags you in government d
148.
by spaginal 9y ago
Naivety is thinking you can open the Pandora's box of government limiting speech based on what is popularly acceptable in an emotional moment, and not eventually having any speech against government or incumbent politicians or ideas ev
149.
by spaginal 9y ago
On the internet these days take it as a badge of honor honestly. You hear people chant speak truth to power when they repeat the safe narrative and everyone pats their back. The fact that the media, large corporate business leaders, online
150.
by spaginal 9y ago
The stock and trade of our national media and the federal government with the participation of both political parties is identity politics and division. The event this weekend was a classic example of this and now every 12 year old on the i

More ›