Rob Ballenger @robballenger

@GovPressOffice @GavinNewsom This is why people don't vote democratic . Worse than nothing

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function". - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Donald Trump has done nothing but MAKE AMERICA MORE EXPENSIVE: Inflation is UP. Beef prices are at an ALL TIME HIGH. Coffee prices are UP 20.9%. Electricity bills are UP 10%. New car prices just eclipsed $50,000 for the FIRST TIME EVER. And healthcare costs are about to TRIPLE.

Here are the words Trump doesn't want you to see: “When someone says, ‘Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,’ it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products... Markets shrink and collapse, industries shut down and millions of people lose their jobs.” - Ronald Reagan

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@BASEDballBuff Not the small maket pitcher

What frustrates me about a lot of right wingers is their dishonesty. They have to lie to me because they are also lying to themselves. They will claim that they are always against destruction of property or violent protests, on principle, yet they’ll claim that the January 6 riot is a different, special case. I just want you to be honest with me. You don’t oppose violent protests; you sometimes oppose WHO does them and what causes they stand for. You cannot have a rational discussion with someone who cannot accept the truth. The thing is, leftists are honest about this! They say that violent resistance is okay against things that they deem bad enough, like fascism, but then they are looked down upon by right wingers. These guys genuinely believe that leftists have political opinions on “feelings” rather than fact, and they don’t realize that they are doing the same thing. Your basis on whether or not a violent protest is acceptable is based on whether or not you agree with the ideas, so stop virtue signaling as if you always care about the destruction of property, if you can’t be logically consistent. Just be honest with me! Until you start being serious, I cannot take you seriously. The reality is, that most of us have a threshold in which we think acts of violent resistance against the state are warranted, but we have different beliefs and different thresholds. That subset of MAGA is fine with riots as long as it’s something they believe in, just like leftists. But they want to pretend like it’s their principle to always oppose violence. They want to make it seem like everything they do is governed by logic, so that they can condescendingly look down on leftists, but they are not being honest with us—or with themselves.

Couple of billionaires having a hissy little catfight. Who gives a shit? The world actually has problems.

I use this line all the time at work; I haven't even seen the movie.

The problem isn't that AI is actually capable of replacing software engineers. It isn't. Not even close. The problem is that there are a bunch of ignorant, foolhardy people in leadership positions who *think* that AI can replace software engineers. This is causing real harm.

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@xgigglypuff AI in tech

@xgigglypuff Good avocado toast is not just for breakfast anymore

@housecor If you were to start over, what would you do differently?

@xgigglypuff Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their knowledge and abilities

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