I think the reason people get desensitized to it is that it just happens so frequently that it turns into background noise.

This, but also a, “WTF more than I’ve already done am I supposed to do about it?” attitude.

The billionaires are still globetrotting in their private jets. The corporations are still spewing out pollution in the name of shareholder value. And our political leaders are, at best, saying, “Golly, maybe we should do something about this,” and at worst, actively denying that there’s a problem and doing everything they can to block any attempts to fix anything.

So you can’t really be surprised when regular people just throw up their hands and say, “Fuck it! I did my part. I need to prioritize protecting myself and my family now.”

That’s absolutely not the point. I was criticizing the journalism, not technology. 🙄

It’s right there!

without human help

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responded to and learned from voice commands from the team

🤨🤔

You’re still getting paid a white collar salary and benefits

That’s not generally what “volunteer” means. From the article,

Amazon office workers in New York requested to donate time over to Fresh delivery process during firm’s busiest time.

Thanks for the clarification. Fixed.

Who did I scold? You lied. I just pointed out the lie.

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67 watts is 1.608 kilowatt hours per day. In California (one of the more expensive states for electricity), electricity costs $0.31/kwh. That would come to just under $0.50/day or $15/month.

Is rainbow sprinkler lady back?

Waggle your finger at the Nazis a little harder, Chuckles. Maybe this time they’ll stop.

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called coverage of one reported kidnapping a “hoax” in a post Tuesday on X and said: “ICE does not employ bounty hunters to make arrests.”

I’ll take that as official confirmation that ICE is, in fact, employing bounty hunters to make arrests.

O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.