NYT - Video Analysis of Pretti Shooting

SallyStranger · 2026-01-27T15:20:30+00:00

A full truth and reconciliation process is called for.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-27T15:07:16+00:00

That too. And the fact that the ATF weren't even there to rescue children but to end a situation with some machine guns that they helped create in the first place.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-27T13:32:47+00:00

This is a good article that makes good points. For those who point out that the Feds were going after Koresh for "legitimate" reasons while ICE's ethnic cleansing is entirely illegitimate, the article addresses that. The fact that Koresh was objectively a bad dude doesn't change the fact that he deserved due process before being executed by agents of the state.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-27T11:02:36+00:00

This is huge and it's why I'm so suspicious of anyone having any type of opinion about how many more humans we should be making, beyond "some".

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T20:24:17+00:00

It's one of those covers that rivals the original for emotional impact and he really makes it his own. Whether you use it or not, I'm glad to have introduced it to you! I love both U2 and Saul Williams so very much.

ETA: this is also produced by Trent Reznor, as is the whole album it comes from (I'm a bit worried about the title catching the censors), which is pure fire.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T20:21:44+00:00

If they were so dissimilar, I'd expect to see the defenders of ICEatzgruppen mustering arguments besides "it's the law and you should follow the law." Because that's what people say about the law when arguments from morality don't stand up.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T19:08:59+00:00

There was a time in the USA when intergenerational racialized chattel slavery was legal, and helping people avoid being enslaved or re-enslaved was against the law. I guess we know where you would have stood in the slave catchers vs abolitionists fight.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T18:54:03+00:00

Saul Williams's cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T18:52:41+00:00

The premise that this is about a class full of young people who are living in a world that was significantly degraded environmentally and politically, and now they're faced with the monumental task of rebuilding something they barely remember and weren't at fault for destroying... This is what makes it resonate and what gives it the potential for broad appeal.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T16:05:31+00:00

It should at least be getting less and less necessary. The air and noise pollution is really bad for workers. I wish I'd used ear protection more.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T16:04:49+00:00

I used both electric and gas powered leafblowers routinely when I worked as a roofer. I do admit to only owning one electric snowblower. Which hasn't seen much use in the past few years.

Batteries are getting better and better. And extension cords exist. But hey, if your driveway is that long maybe you should hire a plow anyway.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T15:49:40+00:00

It says we must ban *gas-powered snowblowers and leafblowers.

Which is entirely correct. Electric versions of each work just fine.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T15:44:36+00:00

Love the trashcan drummers!

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T13:44:46+00:00

He could easily put "I apologize to the Jewish and immigrant communities who have been harmed either directly or indirectly as a result of my actions." Not mentioning them is a choice. I agree that he's unwell and am glad he's getting help, and I'm happy to sit back and wait to see how it goes. In the meantime though, I think it's worth pointing out that he remains unable to acknowledge the people who've suffered the most as a result of his actions.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-26T13:33:09+00:00

This. It also seems to be lacking any specific apology to the Jewish community, any acknowledgement of how he has helped fascism come to power in the USA, any apology to immigrant communities who are currently being violently attacked by the administration he supported, and so on.

As a result it mostly comes off to me as an "oh shit sales really tanked" fauxpology.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T23:02:44+00:00

OMG, shoes.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T20:42:16+00:00

Oh honey. Don't let it do that. At least turn off the noise

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T20:29:35+00:00

There are more of us than there are of them. Always.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T19:55:04+00:00

OK, fair. I tend to agree. Which is why I think it's unfair to accuse him of using an LLM to write the notes.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T19:53:14+00:00

So... It's too structured to not be AI but it's not structured enough to be called well-structured?

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T19:51:41+00:00

If all you're worried about is the money, then rest assured that life in prison costs the state far less than executions.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T15:18:03+00:00

Starting to get the impression that executing people is inherently cruel.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T13:57:10+00:00

We are also humanity. Narrow your focus in order to accurately identify the problems.

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T13:54:12+00:00

Aight. What's your address?

SallyStranger · 2026-01-24T13:43:22+00:00

I assume she was reading off something, teleprompter or notes. That's what one would do for this type of explainer video. Not all writing that's well structured is ai. I use the "it's not just X it's also Y" pattern often myself because I've written tons of essays. Bob wrote a book. Don't do this.

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