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Cake day: December 6th, 2024
  • jupiter2643@lemmy.mltomemes@lemmy.world•I'm movedEnglish
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    5 months ago

    To me its a story about becoming, recognizing identity, even if you don’t have the words to know.

    Here’s the passage I like. That visceral recognition from your very soul without even knowing what they are.

    One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the bushes. The duckling had never seen any like them before. They were swans, and they curved their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shown with dazzling whiteness. They uttered a singular cry, as they spread their glorious wings and flew away from those cold regions to warmer countries across the sea. As they mounted higher and higher in the air, the ugly little duckling felt quite a strange sensation as he watched them. He whirled himself in the water like a wheel, stretched out his neck towards them, and uttered a cry so strange that it frightened himself. Could he ever forget those beautiful, happy birds; and when at last they were out of his sight, he dived under the water, and rose again almost beside himself with excitement. He knew not the names of these birds, nor where they had flown, but he felt towards them as he had never felt for any other bird in the world. He was not envious of these beautiful creatures, but wished to be as lovely as they.

  • jupiter2643@lemmy.mltoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Blindingly Obvious.English
    362·
    8 months ago

    Since wards are liabilities, there is no business case for retaining them in their present, ambulatory form. Therefore, the most profitable disposition for this dubious form of capital is to convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses.

    Okay, just kidding. This is the sort of naive Randian thinking which appeals instantly to a geek like me, but of course has nothing to do with real life. The trouble with the biodiesel solution is that no one would want to live in a city whose public transportation was fueled, even just partly, by the distilled remains of its late underclass.

    However, it helps us describe the problem we are trying to solve. Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to genocide. That is: the ideal solution achieves the same result as mass murder (the removal of undesirable elements from society), but without any of the moral stigma. Perfection cannot be achieved on both these counts, but we can get closer than most might think.

    https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

  • jupiter2643@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.world•I made some points to talk about "Mass Data Harvesting"English
    11·
    10 months ago

    I’m reminded of this:

    Snowden added that people who use the “I have nothing to hide” line don’t understand the basic foundation of human rights. “Nobody needs to justify why they ‘need’ a right,” he said. “The burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the right.”

    If one person chooses to disregard his right to privacy, that doesn’t automatically mean everyone should follow suit, either. “You can’t give away the rights of others because they’re not useful to you,” Snowden said. “More simply, the majority cannot vote away the natural rights of the minority.”

    We also see the willingness of companies like ring to hand over footage to law enforcement without the consent of the camera’s “owner”.

    We see Facebook making shadow profiles for people who never signed up based on data from people who know them.

    We see state attorneys general in the US subpeana apps that track periods to enforce anti-abortion measures.

    Having nothing to hide falsely supposes a just system of governance. Data collected from you could put others at risk, and could put you at risk whenever the law decides.

    Also… These companies mishandle our data all the time. The 2024 at&t data breach comes to mind.