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  https://acoup.blog/2024/10/25/new-acquisitions-1933-and-the-definition-of-fascism/

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  I just accidentally deleted something and pulled it out of the recycle bin. I think, in thirty-five years of working with GUIs, that's the first time I have actually done that.

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  @jimgon @gedvondur I wish my local paper wasn’t such utter dogshit.

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  https://youtu.be/Vf5MThSniiY?si=LmX7fYIUNyP3jOyo There's nothing here I disagree with.

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  @jimgon if they actually tried that it’d be civil war.

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  There are blue states with tons of resources and the ability to feed themselves. I don't see the state governments in those states rolling over. I also don't see the US military being willing to enforce an authoritarian regime (what with not being as "loyal" as Hitler's generals.)

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  One fun thing about owning and using an ultra-wide monitor is apps using the old 2000s era "every app should be full screen by default" design pattern.

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  My wife and I decided that waiting for Tuesday is a bit like waiting for the results of a PET scan. The results could be terrible, or the results could be the status quo continues, but just having those results would be a relief. (Sadly, the analogy is one we've lived this year.)

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  @jimgon I know of people who had more than twenty years who got the ax where I work

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  @jimgon I always figured the admins had the safest jobs since their main job is making the exec's jobs easier.

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  Ok, I feel a bit called out by this https://youtu.be/71Ue5Qy6w1w?si=Iquaz-OKMEHq7KEH