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lennybird

@ lennybird @lemmy.world

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  • Return-to-office mandates are killing workplace trust

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  • The data is clear. Workers are happier, and more productive at home. Huge benefits to society and environment as well.

    The only exception seems to come from those who live alone and where work is their only physical social contact.

    My work lost decades of experienced workers forcing people back to office with long commutes.

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • Hey you know what, I thought it over. I don't like coyful bullshit like I pulled and only do that if I think the other side is being insincere (I have little problem fighting fire with fire if I'm convinced they threw started it). But looking it over, I don't think you're like that, so I'll be straight as you already knew: I lied. Sorry for that. I think we misunderstood each other from the start but ultimately believe we have more in common than what divides us, and share a similar vision.

    I'll just leave it at that, but sincerely, have a good rest of your day.

  • AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

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  • Of course; though contextually that could've meant the latter paragraph, too. I was slightly thrown off as I don't know how one would exploit hard age limits, but instead it also seemed exploiting the cognitive assessments would be an easier thing to exploit.

    Either way, something must be done of course. Hopefully consensus continues to rise on this.

  • AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

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  • Yeah I'm amicable to term limits as one method of helping solve this, I just have concerns and will have to do more of a deep dive on the pros and cons. Sadly the issue with so many of these good ideas is that it still puts the cart before the horse. We know what needs to be done, but since the likes of term limits require literal Constitutional Amendments, that requires both widespread public consensus, and an ability to vote together and for legitimate representatives willing to play ball -- which, naturally, is the very problem we're trying to fix in the first place.

    So we have the 3rd and 4th step... But how do we get there from here?

  • AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

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  • Sorry, can you clarify -- disagree with blanket age caps as we already have age mins, or disagree with a cognitive/physical annual assessment as we often as private employees are subject to already?

  • AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

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  • The problem is that there are multiple problems, and some of the solutions aren't close to the root cause. I'll try my best to explain.

    One can say that age alone isn't the problem; it's corruption. I'd personally say the problem isn't term-limits; it's the ignorance of the electorate in discerning who is ready to go.

    Yes, Sanders is an outlier that proves that old age isn't always a problem; but he's also proof that term-limits have negative consequence -- for he has been an exceptional Statesman for decades, and we would've lost him long ago, if we had term limits.

    So in my opinion in terms of corruption, we are chasing symptoms instead of the root cause, which is helping the electorate identify when a politician is useless. Examples of this: Kentucky for McConnell, California for Feinstein, New York for Schumer, and Maine for Collins.

    Independent of corruption, old age is certainly an issue though. But even from a corruption standpoint, these senile geriatrics know they're not long for this world and have little stake in the long-term future of the country, or even being worried about being held accountable and spending years in prison. That alone matters.

  • AOC says Mitch McConnell should resign if he cannot provide health update

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  • Need age caps -- or at the very least -- a rigorous cognitive and physical assessment from a panel of independent medical experts after retirement age that is made COMPLETELY public (because you're a public servant, after all), annually.

    It's too much of a national security risk to have these geriatrics in office. I mean they're easily-scammed by phishing emails and scam phone calls. Dementia is a high risk at that age. Sudden strokes, heart attacks, or sudden aneurysms as in Graham's case are too much of a liability.

  • What I Learned Debating Fascists on a Phone Sex Hotline

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  • I think the more pressing matter here is who's still paying $2/min for phone sex?

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • so its really easy to show you’re lying lol

    Unfortunately, lying requires proof of intent, and we all can all mis-click or just out of habit when you see absurdist comments. How silly, right? Probably just like how this far-right extremist outlet with known low credibility and zero other corroborating sources may have just dropped that video and audio into AI, and reveal something opposite to what Snopes itself was able to ascertain.

    But yeah, yeah... Keep defending fringe right-wing outlets cited as "LOW CREDIBILITY." You keep coming back for more, yet I'm the one crashing out?

    Here, I'll help a fella out and give you with the last response:

    Edit: Oh, and before I go, I'll even toss in another upvote (check and make sure that's from me, too, though. Can't be too sure). You have a nice rest of your day as well.

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • Oh oops. Let me correct the misclick. Tell you what. I'll even upvote you, since you clearly care so much!

    Also, thanks for confirming you're fucking weird lol.

    Can you see what I tagged you, too? ;)

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • Brother in Christ, I didn't down-vote you, but also, I don't give a shit enough about your opinion anymore to care to read the rest of it. Sorry. Just being honest! I know the sort of tankies and righties alike on here and take zero stock in their down-votes lol. In fact, sometimes I see that is a net-positive :)

  • Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn

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  • Isn't that even what DSA wants to do? You need to unite the working-class, which means also reaching out to those people and bringing them back into the party. Whether or not that means appealing to their ignorance, or reframing the problem is ambiguous, but I think pointing the finger at Schumer (as opposed to say, Mamdani) is a good sign.

  • Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn

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  • For whatever fucking reason, Maine seems to love conservatism (case-in-point, Collins reelected since forever).

    I guess at least Jackson is younger than Collins

    And at least he says he won't support Schumer's reelection, big win for me:

    Troy Jackson, who is expected to become the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, said he would not support Senator Chuck Schumer of New York to continue as the party’s leader in the chamber. Mr. Jackson also said that he was not sure he would want Mr. Schumer’s help in the general election.

    Mr. Jackson made his most definitive rejection of Mr. Schumer to date in an interview on Monday with The New York Times.

    “The Democratic Party needs to have a different approach — getting people back in the party, getting working-class, everyday people back in the party — and I don’t believe it’s going to happen with Senator Schumer,” he said.

  • Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn

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  • The sad thing is Platner still was the more ethical choice.

    Hopefully Troy Jackson can catch up..

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • The truth is, their point is made weaker for using a far-right trash source with low credibility. Why they used that specific source should raise serious eyebrows.

    In fairness, I simply asked a question; how they responded reveals so much more. Though if you're regurgitating the most fringe fucking garbage right-wing media points that just so happens to have wedge-drive the left, yes, I think that raises some red flags.

    I will continue to call such people out, and if they instead turned around and went, "Hey yeah you're right, this source is dogshit and Snopes couldn't even verify what was said in the video, so sorry for spreading this bullshit nazi trash" I'd say no harm no foul.

    Edit: By the way, I never said they were center-right; I was citing MBFC. Please, I encourage one to read more carefully. Though anyone with half a brain knows by the standards of Overton Window, that means far-right in US politics. If you disagree, then congratulations, you're enabling fascism or should review the rightward trajectory of the Overton Window.

  • Why is blocking so common nowadays?

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  • this right before

    hahahahah what? This was made 10-month-ago, and I never blocked anyone. Maybe stop parroting right-wing misinformation, and you won't be so upset when called out.

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • Take a break from the internet, spend time with your family. You have cancer as you said yourself, dude. Get offline and stop wasting time being a blow-hard for nazi propaganda lmao

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • lol you righties keep trying to make this stick but it's not going to work.

  • Gretchen Whitmer caught on hot mic bragging about ignoring locals — ‘We’re used to people saying fuck no and doing it anyway’

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  • No facts.

    • LOW CREDIBILITY
    • SNOPES: "However, the audio was too distorted to definitively confirm the specifics of the conversation. "