I'm one of those filthy American gaijin in Japan. Came here in 1995 when it was clear that there was no stopping the US from going full Christo-fascist. I predicted that white "Christian" nationalists/supremacists would achieve most of their goals in 20-30 years. Their Fanta Fรผhrer was sworn in as "president" at the 22 year mark and as dictator at the 30 year mark, right on schedule.
Israel has confirmed its soldiers will not be joining the US in the ground invasion of Iran, due to the concern that they would have to fight grown men, rather than unarmed women and children.
And the crypto-bros, also too. These PACs haven't supported a winning candidate yet. ScamCoinโข, AI, and AIPAC are all toxic for candidates. And people are paying attention.
People have a real love/hate relationship with AI. It seems like people generally don't like it, but occasionally I'll here someone say, "They should make an AI video of that."
I think porn should be the backbone of AI, just as it was for print, photography, video and the internet, at least until it reaches critical mass. Maybe it already is?
I might be about to start a fight, but OK. I see the same people whining about us having drones who whined that Obama should not have used them and should never have been awarded his peace prize because he used them. We don't have that technology because of ourselves.
Trump has backed down on his threat to stop nations from supplying oil to Cuba. trump confirmed on Sunday that he approved a Russian oil tankerโs passage to Cuba, despite his administration enforcing a virtual oil blockade on the island since January.
Bernie's datacenter building moratorium will (most likely) will not get anywhere, but it *is* opening the conversation about all these AI datacenters and the impacts on water and power. Communities and states are standing up to the tech-bros on this *finally*
Those are both good ideas and can work. I don't believe they can provide all the power/cooling for the datacenters these AI whackos want to build, though.
Agreed ... it would put the brakes on the stupid, overspending hubris. But ... then again, I REALLY want to see those sniveling weenuses scraping up rent money by having to speak at local Rotary clubs across the rural midwest.
I was reading how this one going up now plans to dump something like 200k gallons down this one intermittent creek into a lake (all our lakes are man made so of course the property values people are really up in arms) and they had hired some "environmentalist" to tell everyone how it was cool because they treated it...and I was like...then how come they don't build their own cooling pools and reuse the water?
One of the reasons for this push is that if you delay algebra until high school, ypu cannot take AP calculus in school. You need, usually, algebra is 8th grade, then geometry, algebra 2, pre calculus and calculus. You want AP for the grade point increase to keep you competitive for top colleges.
85mph, on a moped! Who knew? Sure hope his tires were rated for that speed...
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. - A Glendale Heights man is being held in custody after prosecutors say he led police on a high-speed chase while drunk on a moped...
Police say the incident began around 12:49 a.m. Friday when an officer responded to a panic alarm at a Circle K...
...When the officer arrived, prosecutors say Burgett stumbled out of the store, appeared belligerent and began yelling at both the clerk and the officer.
Authorities say Burgett ignored commands to stop, got on a moped and took off...
...he allegedly reached speeds of about 85 mph...
...authorities say he jumped a curb, tried to get back onto North Avenue, lost control of the moped and crashed into a passing vehicle...
My first paycheck jerb was as a golf cart mechanic, we made some fast carts, internal combustion and electric. Tires were the limiting factor, reach that rating threshold and they come apart. It can be spectacular
I did read the NYT thing on the deeply ugly and architecturally bizarre ballroom/monstrosity ordered by Captain Criminal Drooling Should Die In Prison Dumbfuck. Many issues. The stairs that go nowhere one detail that stick out and seem somehow emblematic for how the entire junta thinksโor doesnโt.
There will be speculation of course this is because of underground bunkers or whatever. While I put nothing past these criminal looters and I wouldnโt be surprised if they threw one of those in if some subcontractor can convince them it will look sufficiently expensive, I think this probably slightly off the real reason, this kinda at an angle to that kinda thing.
โฆ as in yes, the suspicion is correct that itโs never really been about the stated purpose of the thing, but then again it kinda is. Idiot dictators build idiot tacky grotesque badly designed stuff like this all the time. To show off their power to waste the nationโs money on their own bad taste. The sheer crass stupidity of it is pretty much from a textbook. You may remember Saddamโs many incredibly ugly palaces. He really just had them cranked out. Mostly also pretty badly built, deeply embarrassingly so, even.
The specific textbook, I do own, and I canโt remember if it was the author (Peter York) or Douglas Coupland in the foreword of Dictator Style writing this observation, but when despots build this stuff it becomes tangled up in their psychology, their hamfisted mythmaking. In my words: orange drooling numbnuts will never be good at anything but maybe lying (I mean no one really believes him but it doesnโt seem to matter, so I guess maybe thatโs a skill) and this stuff especially he will be painfully bad at because he is constantly trying to impress. He doesnโt want a building anyone really wants to use. He wants something big to wow Ma and Pa Yokel and the equally tacky criminal idiots who pay to infest his equally tacky beach house. It has to be big and gaudy and look like what he imagines shows itโs expensive, and like a kid drawing a house in kindergarten he imagines if he just keeps drawing more windows and sticking more statues and cars in there his picture must be the best.
And it wonโt. It really wonโt. But he will use up some crayons.
The next *real* President will be rebuilding the White House East Wing and, yes, it might include a bigger room. But not the fake gold filagreed "Small Peen Palace" รl Dipshit wants to build.
Maybe a Las Vegas style triumphal arch-let will be installed on a golf course somewhere. We can bury him under it. The sticklers will want to wait until he's dead, of course. Killjoys
Based on what I've read, it'll be a Roman-style arch topped with a gold imperial eagle, situated between the Lincoln Memorial and the bridge across the Potomac that leads to Arlington Cemetery.
"Trying to decipher whether theyโre actually viable candidates for the role is very time consuming. You have to be more rigorous."
Hah! No shit.
These idiot companies deserve AI slop. They long ago turned hiring into slop. Now they don't like the taste of their own cooking.
I've never been able to get through an "HR" process. So when I had jobs, I'd go to a small business that needed help and talk to the manager. I often finished the day working the job.
HR people I've talked with have many "One Weird Tricks" to select applicants. They have to, because they have no idea what the jobs they fill entail. They have no idea who can do the job or not. So they select on other criteria.
I taught my kids how to get work the "old-school" way, and it's paid off for them too.
Both my kids tried the HR approach. Both had their identities stolen. Both discovered fake postings for jobs already filled, or nonexistent, as HR drones filled quotas instead of positions. Both eventually got their foot in the door the old way and have never looked back.
There are no shortcuts. Given enough time, every corporate attempt to cut labor cost will fail. HR is one such.
Though I have to admit, being good with people made my HR experiences kinda easy for me. I only did not get one job I interviewed for, and that one was because Ew Girl Parts! Like dude even told me straight up he was afraid I was not strong enough for the job.
I probably should have made an issue of it but at the time I was too poor for lawyering
I'm one of those filthy American gaijin in Japan. Came here in 1995 when it was clear that there was no stopping the US from going full Christo-fascist. I predicted that white "Christian" nationalists/supremacists would achieve most of their goals in 20-30 years. Their Fanta Fรผhrer was sworn in as "president" at the 22 year mark and as dictator at the 30 year mark, right on schedule.
Do we need to start engineering a Two World Trade Center?
Israel has confirmed its soldiers will not be joining the US in the ground invasion of Iran, due to the concern that they would have to fight grown men, rather than unarmed women and children.
And the crypto-bros, also too. These PACs haven't supported a winning candidate yet. ScamCoinโข, AI, and AIPAC are all toxic for candidates. And people are paying attention.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ $๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ + ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฝ'๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/29/ai-pac-midterms-trump
(** of course it took Americans getting beat to shit to get us to move forward)
Is the strategy of poli-crypto to just bank the contributions and walk away with them when "their" candidate loses?
Wouldnโt you?
People have a real love/hate relationship with AI. It seems like people generally don't like it, but occasionally I'll here someone say, "They should make an AI video of that."
I think porn should be the backbone of AI, just as it was for print, photography, video and the internet, at least until it reaches critical mass. Maybe it already is?
Trump's AI agenda
Sure.
That is what it is
https://bsky.app/profile/wylddane.bsky.social/post/3mi7nxw4bpc2s
"NO AMERICAN CHILD FROM THE BLUE COLLAR OR THE MIDDLE CLASS SHOULD HAVE TO DIE IN IRAN. LET THE EPSTEIN CLASS FIGHT THE EPSTEIN WAR."
CANADIAN POLITICIAN WAB KINEW
Tyger, Tyger cheeks burning bright. What the fuck did you just tell me?
https://bsky.app/profile/deathofbuckley.bsky.social/post/3mibdbppjxc2r
I might be about to start a fight, but OK. I see the same people whining about us having drones who whined that Obama should not have used them and should never have been awarded his peace prize because he used them. We don't have that technology because of ourselves.
Trump has backed down on his threat to stop nations from supplying oil to Cuba. trump confirmed on Sunday that he approved a Russian oil tankerโs passage to Cuba, despite his administration enforcing a virtual oil blockade on the island since January.
Comrade Krasnov wants to help his boss.
Missiles of March? Doesnโt work.
Russia oil to Cuba only. I thought there is supposed to be a new order to the world. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
*some restrictions may apply*
Backed down or let Russia through because they own him.
Tomayto/tomahto
Itโs the second thing.
So tomahto then!
TAPAS - Trump's Always Putin's Ass Slurper
Bernie's datacenter building moratorium will (most likely) will not get anywhere, but it *is* opening the conversation about all these AI datacenters and the impacts on water and power. Communities and states are standing up to the tech-bros on this *finally*
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Ratepayer Protection Pledge is unenforceable without hard numbers, Warren and Hawley argue
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/senators_datacenter_power_consumption/
Elon said something about off-worlding them. Thatโs acceptable.
I 100% support sending Elon off to colonize Mars. Good use of his time.
It could even be accomplished in installments.
How about we put them all up Pee-lon's ass?
Make them get their own solar panels and geothermal cooling. (No, I don't know what I'm talking about, just doing some of that conversing.)
Those are both good ideas and can work. I don't believe they can provide all the power/cooling for the datacenters these AI whackos want to build, though.
So I'm told. But if we stop giving it to them, they will just have ask the AI for a solution. By enabling them, we are holding back the singularity.
If each center had its own?
I like your solar thing. There's no reason they can't solar up those gigantic roofs of theirs at least
This would be a start.
A datacenter moratorium would be a f'in lifeline for the tech douchebros.
They may not know it yet.
Agreed ... it would put the brakes on the stupid, overspending hubris. But ... then again, I REALLY want to see those sniveling weenuses scraping up rent money by having to speak at local Rotary clubs across the rural midwest.
I say they should not be allowed to tap into any municipal grid.
Those companies have billions: they can build their own fucking infrastructure.
Both for electricity AND water.
These centers are terrible for the environment.
True that.
I was reading how this one going up now plans to dump something like 200k gallons down this one intermittent creek into a lake (all our lakes are man made so of course the property values people are really up in arms) and they had hired some "environmentalist" to tell everyone how it was cool because they treated it...and I was like...then how come they don't build their own cooling pools and reuse the water?
Wait - Warren AND Hawley?? I guess politics really does make for strange bedfellows.
It's hilarious and sad how terrified these Republican men are of intelligent women.
Just you wait you little assholes
She's gonna tie him up and peg him!
He can run, but he can't hide.
Nice times.
๐๐จ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐
๐โ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 2024, ๐ โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ . ๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐กโ, ๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
๐ผ๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐. ๐โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐กโ-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐กโ-๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐ฃ๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐, ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.
๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ-๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ท๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐โ โ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ . ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ โ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐กโ.
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ฆ๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐. ๐โ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2026/03/no-pressure-saturday-school-introduces-springfield-students-to-algebra.html
One of the reasons for this push is that if you delay algebra until high school, ypu cannot take AP calculus in school. You need, usually, algebra is 8th grade, then geometry, algebra 2, pre calculus and calculus. You want AP for the grade point increase to keep you competitive for top colleges.
I just want kids to lose their fear of math, and learn that math is useful every day.
You need math to be competitive for top machine operator or carpenter, nevermind colleges...
True story: Algebra was the first maths class since like 4th grade where I went...wait a minute. Maybe I CAN do math.
The letters made the transposing stop for whatever reason.
Maga in malaise: โthereโs a malaise in our partyโ
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/the-incredible-shrinking-cpac/
Maybe they should consider not being the party of pedophile protecting fascists hell bent on robbing the entire country blind for their own pockets?
That's their entire identity.
You got your party in my malaise!
You got your malaise in my party!
85mph, on a moped! Who knew? Sure hope his tires were rated for that speed...
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. - A Glendale Heights man is being held in custody after prosecutors say he led police on a high-speed chase while drunk on a moped...
Police say the incident began around 12:49 a.m. Friday when an officer responded to a panic alarm at a Circle K...
...When the officer arrived, prosecutors say Burgett stumbled out of the store, appeared belligerent and began yelling at both the clerk and the officer.
Authorities say Burgett ignored commands to stop, got on a moped and took off...
...he allegedly reached speeds of about 85 mph...
...authorities say he jumped a curb, tried to get back onto North Avenue, lost control of the moped and crashed into a passing vehicle...
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/glendale-heights-man-held-without-release-after-high-speed-moped-chase.amp
Nah, that 85 MPH is what the cop saw on his speedometer while catching up to him.
My first paycheck jerb was as a golf cart mechanic, we made some fast carts, internal combustion and electric. Tires were the limiting factor, reach that rating threshold and they come apart. It can be spectacular
Strange things afoot at the Circle K!
"drunk on a moped" is the name for my next ska-klezmer fusion quartet
"Drunk On a Moped" is my favourite Who deep cut.
(gets a bite of breakfast, randomly clicks on the MST3K live stream on YT, and oh joy it's 'Red Zone Cuba')
Very timely
I was singing along with John Carradine.
I did read the NYT thing on the deeply ugly and architecturally bizarre ballroom/monstrosity ordered by Captain Criminal Drooling Should Die In Prison Dumbfuck. Many issues. The stairs that go nowhere one detail that stick out and seem somehow emblematic for how the entire junta thinksโor doesnโt.
There will be speculation of course this is because of underground bunkers or whatever. While I put nothing past these criminal looters and I wouldnโt be surprised if they threw one of those in if some subcontractor can convince them it will look sufficiently expensive, I think this probably slightly off the real reason, this kinda at an angle to that kinda thing.
โฆ as in yes, the suspicion is correct that itโs never really been about the stated purpose of the thing, but then again it kinda is. Idiot dictators build idiot tacky grotesque badly designed stuff like this all the time. To show off their power to waste the nationโs money on their own bad taste. The sheer crass stupidity of it is pretty much from a textbook. You may remember Saddamโs many incredibly ugly palaces. He really just had them cranked out. Mostly also pretty badly built, deeply embarrassingly so, even.
The specific textbook, I do own, and I canโt remember if it was the author (Peter York) or Douglas Coupland in the foreword of Dictator Style writing this observation, but when despots build this stuff it becomes tangled up in their psychology, their hamfisted mythmaking. In my words: orange drooling numbnuts will never be good at anything but maybe lying (I mean no one really believes him but it doesnโt seem to matter, so I guess maybe thatโs a skill) and this stuff especially he will be painfully bad at because he is constantly trying to impress. He doesnโt want a building anyone really wants to use. He wants something big to wow Ma and Pa Yokel and the equally tacky criminal idiots who pay to infest his equally tacky beach house. It has to be big and gaudy and look like what he imagines shows itโs expensive, and like a kid drawing a house in kindergarten he imagines if he just keeps drawing more windows and sticking more statues and cars in there his picture must be the best.
And it wonโt. It really wonโt. But he will use up some crayons.
McMansion Hell is supposed to be a critique, not an instruction manual.
https://mcmansionhell.com/
bad kings build monuments to themselves to pretend they are good kings
/forget what fantasy book that was from. Might have had dragons.
That ballroom isn't getting done.
The next *real* President will be rebuilding the White House East Wing and, yes, it might include a bigger room. But not the fake gold filagreed "Small Peen Palace" รl Dipshit wants to build.
I doubt the triumphal arch will be erected either, or if it does he might kick the bucket before it's completed.
Maybe a Las Vegas style triumphal arch-let will be installed on a golf course somewhere. We can bury him under it. The sticklers will want to wait until he's dead, of course. Killjoys
Across which road will he have his Saddamesque crossed swords arch? Crossed Sharpies clenched in his tiny fists.
Based on what I've read, it'll be a Roman-style arch topped with a gold imperial eagle, situated between the Lincoln Memorial and the bridge across the Potomac that leads to Arlington Cemetery.
"The Disasterburg Gate"
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Good morning, Diane!
Morning...
AI blasting out cover letters and rรฉsumรฉs is going to force IRL recruiting again. Good.
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐-๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ โ๐๐-๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐โ
Employers wading through job applications are returning to in-person and practical assessments
https://archive.ph/HahNl [Financial Times]
"Trying to decipher whether theyโre actually viable candidates for the role is very time consuming. You have to be more rigorous."
Hah! No shit.
These idiot companies deserve AI slop. They long ago turned hiring into slop. Now they don't like the taste of their own cooking.
I've never been able to get through an "HR" process. So when I had jobs, I'd go to a small business that needed help and talk to the manager. I often finished the day working the job.
HR people I've talked with have many "One Weird Tricks" to select applicants. They have to, because they have no idea what the jobs they fill entail. They have no idea who can do the job or not. So they select on other criteria.
I taught my kids how to get work the "old-school" way, and it's paid off for them too.
Both my kids tried the HR approach. Both had their identities stolen. Both discovered fake postings for jobs already filled, or nonexistent, as HR drones filled quotas instead of positions. Both eventually got their foot in the door the old way and have never looked back.
There are no shortcuts. Given enough time, every corporate attempt to cut labor cost will fail. HR is one such.
poor babies. They have to actually work!
Though I have to admit, being good with people made my HR experiences kinda easy for me. I only did not get one job I interviewed for, and that one was because Ew Girl Parts! Like dude even told me straight up he was afraid I was not strong enough for the job.
I probably should have made an issue of it but at the time I was too poor for lawyering
It's the path to getting to the interview that they've gummed up in their quest to automate things that shouldn't be automated.
And, legalities (and decency) aside, do you want to work at a job where the boss doesn't want you?
I do find it amusing though how "human resources" want to take the human out of the equation.
It is practically zen
And even more amusing, even despite their title, they can't figure out why it never works to take the human out of "human resources."
On the positive side, the HR industry does provide employment for people without discernable marketable skills.
unforseen
lol
โ๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ขโ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ค โ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐กโ๐๐๐, โ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ , โ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐๐ข โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ โ.โ.โ.โ๐ผ๐กโ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐โ.โ.โ.โ[๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐] ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ .โ
Huh.
Doing exactly that at my main client got me permanently kicked off the interview loop by HR... they didn't want to hear about that stuff.
40-odd years ago, that's how I was taught to do interviews.. but that was right about the time "Personnel" became "HR"..
We're just a resource
Well, sometimes more than that.
ms.tek was my "HR Rep" at my first professional job.. that's how we met ;)
HR Rep and Benefits Coordinator are real jobs. The people filling positions they don't comprehend themselves do not have real jobs.
Did you rescue her from the evil empire?
She went off to do many many other great things, but I was at best only a catalyst..
We were both working for The Best Tech Company Ever.. which ceased to exist almost 30 years ago :(
DEC? Great, except for VMS. Their Unix offerings were really good...40 years ago, sigh.
:hugs: The enshittification started a lot sooner than people think