Notices by rhua (dzaefn@mastodon.mit.edu), page 11

Whenever an American politician talks to you about some diplomatic policy or action being done for moral reasons or to bring justice to oppressors, remember the USA's illustrious and bipartisan love for Saudi Arabia and ask where the money that's being sold to you as morals or justice is.

> Donald Trump gets sweet revenge on Ted Cruz today in Texas

Uh, CNN, you do realize Donald Trump has already gotten the chance to watch Ted Cruz phoning people to support the candidate that alleged his father conspired in assassinating JFK, right?

Here I am, imagining human beings whose appetites are not so large so as to find posting pictures of food on social media normal behavior rather than hunger-inducing trolling.

@neltnerb @neltnerb I'd be curious for data on this. Either way, this convention of media helps Americans feel that they should feel more important on the basis of being American.

Every time I see a news article about a disaster in another country where the article lists how many were killed and injured, followed by how many of those are US citizens, I wonder how all the rest of the world must think about how we look at these tolls this way.

No one gets to agree to disagree when shown factually wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G025oxyWv0E

This is excellent.

From Jamal Khashoggi himself:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html

What you're really saying is a euphemism for the moral sacrifice for convenience. A convenience, not a necessity. You still could contact all the people you contact via the means that were around all along. If a friend doesn't want to communicate via these means anymore, when they totally have the capability to, how about ditching such friends?

"I'd like to quit Facebook, it's just that I can't live without Facebook."

Bullshit. It's not like you were born with a Facebook account. And unless you're really young, you probably lived most of your life just fine without one.

Someone made an ice cream cone abugida.

https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/comments/9kjntm/my_ice_cream_cone_abugida/