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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • $150 billion out of $1.7 trillion…

    A 40% reduction in emissions that we are no where near on track to meet.

    Income inequality down for the first time since '07, largely due to the middle class wealth stagnating. The ultra wealthy increased their wealth the fastest of all groups.

    I’m more invested in not sending weapons to Israel tbh. And this isn’t even picking apart the mass amount of issues both political parties align on or simply ignore.

    I’m voting for Kamala. I’m super stoked that Biden dropped out. I believe Trump would be worse on all of these fronts, and I think Kamala has a better chance to win.

    But a lot of people are still rightly disappointed in the Democrats, and to write us all off as Corporate shills and Tankies is alienating a group that you probably agree with on many levels.












  • This is one of the dumbest takes I’ve seen in a good while. A vast, vast majority of people didn’t care about climate change until it started to affect them. A vast, vast majority of people don’t care about internet privacy until it affects them personally. A vast majority of people didn’t care about seatbelts, or drunk drivers, or asbestos, or corporate lobbying, or lead paint, or the wealth gap, or countless other “minor inconveniences that only obsessed people care about”. And yes, a vast, vast majority of people don’t care about Apple’s anti consumer behaviors, but it still negatively impacts the whole market. This kneecapping of USB-C speeds will affect anyone who uses a hub to connect peripherals to their device, and is an unnecessary and malicious way to make the Pro model “better” by making the standard intentionally worse.

    Folks who push back improve the situation for everyone. Folks like you who tacitly defend the status quo allow things to continue to get worse. And when they finally target a feature you personally care about, some shill will tell you no one cares.

    Edit: This is why I should read the article before complaining too much. The headline is misleading, they are shipping with a shitty cable, the port will follow USB C standards however. Still not great, but my point about using hubs is null and void in light of that fact.