Archive - May, 2016

The New York Catholic Church Paid Lobbyists $2.1 Million to Block Child Sex-Abuse Law Reform

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I’m not sure what the shittiest part of this is. The Catholic Church, just in-f*ckin-general; or that their defense of their attempts to disenfranchise sexual assault victims is that ‘if people sexually assaulted as children were allowed to pursue justice then they would bankrupt the Catholic Church.’ which just carries so many incredibly disturbing implications […]

What Are We Gonna Do With All The People Who Are Automated Out of Work?

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“The problem is that we may see so many jobs being automated out of existence that there is no clear place for all the people whose jobs have been eliminated to go. […] it’s possible that automation will just eliminate a huge swath of jobs for good. And that is where the trouble starts. “The […]

Fandom Is Broken

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“This immediate access to the people who create the stuff we love was supposed to be the greatest thing that ever happened to fandom. If you talk to old TV writers or scifi novelists they’ll tell you that they were often creating work in a void, not sure what people thought of what they were […]

Losers for Trump!

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“Hillary Clinton has recently been emphasizing what a risk Trump represents. That’s fine when rallying the Democratic base and appealing to genuine independents. But it will only make Trump more popular with those who already believe in him. When he says, “We’re losing our country,” it doesn’t sound overwrought to his supporters. It sounds like […]