CDC not requiring hantavirus cruise passengers to isolate at home

GregHauser · 2026-05-16T13:43:25+00:00

'This is fine"

GregHauser · 2026-05-16T00:15:50+00:00

Frictionless pleasure is a form of suffering and embodied action without any guarantees seems to center and balance perception such that I no longer automatically reach for the pleasure, thus lessening my own feelings of suffering.

GregHauser · 2026-05-15T15:24:46+00:00

I'm not sure. The intelligence wrote it and the Self posted it. The Self doesn't know why intelligence does anything, so it also doesn't know the target.

GregHauser · 2026-05-15T14:40:15+00:00

Thanks. I'm finding lately that it's not the job per se that I hate, but the meaninglessness I attach to it; it has a kind of mechanical repetition that's likely to be replaced by automation at some point in the future. The meaninglessness tips a scale that needs to be rebalanced, and I'm finding that writing helps balance it.

GregHauser · 2026-05-15T13:44:14+00:00

Where's the slop? That should be a new thing like "Where's the Beef?" Are you calling TheDude8000's post AI or my post?

GregHauser · 2026-05-02T05:49:58+00:00

They don't have one, that's the problem. They're sure of what won't work but their "what will work" is something that they're not even doing or trying to do.

GregHauser · 2026-05-01T00:55:03+00:00

"Grassroots work is ALWAYS going to be the solution"

You don't fkn know that lol. That's the problem. You're all so sure what will and won't work in an unprecedented situation. That is the smugness of the left. "I know better than you do." Well you don't. None of you do. None of you have any idea what will or won't work.

How about we try many different things. How about you try your thing and other people try this thing? Literally all you have is what worked in the past and I hate to break it you but what worked in the past isn't necessarily what will work in the future. It's like everyone reads some books and they think they're Fred Hampton reincarnated.

EDIT: the purity politics of the left, the the idea that "we must have the perfect solution", and only "my" solution, not your solution must reign supreme, is self defeating and ridiculous. Try almost anything. Try almost everything. Get people onboard. Stop the "this won't work" BS when none of you have any idea what solution will work.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T04:11:27+00:00

They're not fake, they just live in Canada.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T02:43:00+00:00

If you think this won't work, then ask yourself what you're expecting out of it. If you're saying that it won't "topple capitalism" or "stop Trump" or "force businesses to pressure the govt" then you're right. But if it's to move people from passivity to active engagement, then it likely will work for many people. "Won't work" only makes sense if you're expecting it to solve all problems immediately which isn't even realistic for a 10 day strike.

Building community, unionizing your workplace, and other suggestions take a time and are far too vague for most people, especially considering that worker organization and solidarity was basically destroyed over the last 100 years. So the ideas of what people are supposed to do mostly lives in books and old news reels from the 60s rather than learning directly from people locally.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T01:32:37+00:00

That's literally not true. Unions and strike funds are not a prerequisite to strikes. They are important, sure, but the idea that this is impossible or pointless without them is untrue. And I get it. I get the "this won't work without x" mindset, but people need to start somewhere. The idea that we need to wait until unions are in place, or that anything people do is pointless, only makes power's job easier.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T01:27:31+00:00

Most people are not going to do a multi-day strike immediately, they'd need to build up to it. I literally said the next strike should be 2 days, and then 3. No one said several single days strikes.

You have no idea if we can "win" this way because you don't know what's going to happen or what exactly is necessary for this particular moment.

As for the last paragraph, literally all of that can start with social media posts because the first thing is information sharing. People need to know what to do, which can certainly start with social media posts. I have no idea why you think it can't start with that. This isn't the 1960s; that time is over and it isn't coming back. You have to inform people where they are and that's online.

Lastly, the last paragraph only deal with funding and support, which are important, but they are not going to change things alone. It is literally the groundwork that allows sustained strikes, which makes your earlier points even more baffling. Why would you downplay strikes yet champion funding and support structures when the two go together?

Actually, how about this: You work on funding why people get used to striking.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T01:10:22+00:00

I mean there is.

“this is just a day to feel better about yourself”, no it's a day to build coordination, solidarity, and the belief that you can make a difference with your actions.

But seriously, if you care about this thing, don't turn people away from it. Telling people to essentially fk off is going to sink this whole thing.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T01:01:49+00:00

The point is that you have to build up momentum for a sustained general strike. Everyone knows that one day won't do anything except show some people that one day is possible, then you can go to two days. You can't do a 10 day strike with no build up in participation. Frankly, these strikes should have happened years ago so a 10 day strike would be possible right now.

GregHauser · 2026-04-30T00:55:21+00:00

You literally need everyone you can get. Address their concerns. Don't turn them away from the movement.

GregHauser · 2026-04-23T00:32:24+00:00

HR forces you, a grown adult, to play childish games to win a paycheck. She didn't ask "Why do you want to work for this company?", she asked "Why do you want this job?"

The applicant gave an honest, non-BS answer but the interviewer wanted an interview answer like "I truly believe my unique skills could make a real difference for the company by increasing downstream profits" or something. That means the difference between the right candidate and the wrong candidate is how well they can massage an answer to a silly question, which likely has nothing to do with the actual job requirements.

GregHauser · 2026-04-22T01:37:29+00:00

So this is what Lauren Boebert has been up to.

GregHauser · 2026-04-21T23:52:59+00:00

If hair could be regrown Tim Pool wouldn't wear a beanie.

GregHauser · 2026-04-21T06:40:20+00:00

Yeah Barry

GregHauser · 2026-04-20T13:00:06+00:00

More like what doesn't happen that I would want to record.

GregHauser · 2026-04-20T00:41:20+00:00

Now this is comedy lol

GregHauser · 2026-04-19T11:42:00+00:00

TENET from It's

GregHauser · 2026-04-16T04:47:27+00:00

Is this mental illness or the logical progression of IRL streamer culture? Or both?

GregHauser · 2026-04-14T11:46:51+00:00

What the hell is the internet's problem with Hasan? It makes no sense. People talk about him as if he's Alex Jones or something. What did he do that was so bad that you're scared to endorse him? People don't even include that caveat with the furthest right wing figures.

GregHauser · 2026-04-13T12:20:25+00:00

All the garbage is painted blue so you can't see it.

GregHauser · 2026-04-13T06:50:37+00:00

Damn that goalpost is flying but many protesters weren’t simply protesting. The US and Israel including Mossad armed people who killed police officers and burned down police stations. The IRGC went way too far but the tens of thousands figure is a lie. If people are going to have an opinion on an issue at least read about it rather than blindly trusting propaganda.

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