There’s a lot going on in the news, very little of it good. That’s the way it always is, but you and I and everyone knows it’s gotten worse. Not as bad as it’s going to get, though.
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Elections are coming in the US, and fascism is polling quite strongly.Climate becomes crueler, and crop failures seem not merely possible, but likely. Imagine empty store shelves, not for a week due to supply chain issues, but long-term because there’s not enough food to stock the shelves.The ocean currents are well out of whack already, and getting worse.Russia vs Ukraine.Israel killing Gaza.Experts tell us the economy is doing well, and it is, if you’re rich.Artificial intelligence, and less of the real thing.Are we ready for another pandemic, while the last one’s still hitting us?Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!And I’m not joking. Like never before in human history, we live our lives atop a house of cards while the wind is blowing. When one or two things go wrong, everything’s going to collapse.Will that be this spring? In the summer? Seems entirely possible. Or, maybe we’ll be lucky and the world we’re accustomed to will last into the next year, or the year after. However long it lasts, it’s only a matter of time. Our days are numbered, and the number is dwindling. My strategy for survival is, I’m old and hope to be dead before everything is ruined. For the generation after me, though, and the generations after that, there’s nothing that’ll save them.
In states with laws targeting LGBTQ issues, school hate crimes quadrupled
Again, this isn’t an accidental side effect. This is the whole point — Republicans want gay, bi, and trans kids dead… and gay, bi, and trans adults, too.In community after community, US hospitals are closing
That’s how capitalism works, when health care is run for profit.
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Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more
Excellent. If a company’s business model is built on paying less-than-livable wages, that company shouldn’t be welcome, or even allowed to exist. Texans scramble for VPNs after adult sites go dark: Here are some great ones.
With or without porn, any VPN is a good idea for those who prefer privacy.
An unpaid plug: I use Mozilla’s VPN. It’s about $60 p/year, installs with two clicks, and it simply works.
Deadspin is sold, to be gutted
Deadspin wasn’t the finest in news, but it was in the top few dozen. If there still are a few dozen.In a first, Vice President Harris tours Minnesota clinic that performs abortions
This is the first sorta smart move I’ve seen from the Biden campaign. It signals which party might give a damn about women’s rights.
On the downside, of course, the clinic Harris visited will undoubtedly be firebombed soon.
AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warns Without informing you, automakers are selling data on your driving habits to your insurer
Mississippi Governor to pardon all simple marijuana possession charges Republican
nominee for North Carolina schools superintendent shared violent
fantasies about killing Biden over masks and televising Obama execution
Right-wing weirdos are eager to buy TikTok after House votes to force Chinese owners to sell it
Facebook is killing misinformation analysis tool, as election nears Musk sits for interview with Twitter’s Dom Lemon, then fires him
Why the world cannot afford the rich • Amusing, Interesting, Outrageous, or Profound
AIOP is my Lemmy page, for anything that’s (in my opinion) amusing, interesting, outrageous, or profound. It’s mostly a rough draft of this page, but you’re invited to stop by.
♫♬ MUSIC ♫ Aerobique — Richard Simmons Everything I Own — Bread In Spite of Ourselves — John Prine with Iris Dement Outsider — Chumbawamba Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper
⚰️ OBITUARIES ⚰️Percy Adlon
moviemaker, Bagdad CafePaul Alexander
polio survivor Brian Ashheim
forgotten man John Barnett
aerospace engineer, Boeing whistleblower Ron Busniuk
hockey player, Thunder Bay Twins Eric Carmen
rock’n’roller, “All By Myself” Joe Camp
moviemaker, BenjiMichael Culver
actor, The Empire Strikes BackConnie Eaves
cancer researcher Ernie Fields Jr
session player, saxophone Jerry Foley
director, Late Show With David Letterman‘Protest’ Bob Hansen
homeless advocate Molly Holzschlag
“fairy godmother of the open web” Herbert Kroemer
physicist, semiconductor heterostructures Doris Ann Ladner
civil rights activist Roberto Leoni
screenwriter, Santa SangreGerald Levin
🖕 merger maniac, AOL-Time Warner Jim McAndrew
baseballer, New York Mets David Mixner
gay rights advocate Bill Plummer
baseballer, Cincinnati Reds Pete Rodriguez
boogaloo, “I Like It Like That” T.M. Stevens
session player, bass Misha Suslov
cinematographer, Black Moon RisingKarl Wallinger
rock’n’roller, World Party
3/15/2024
Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally
offers a kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me
smile or snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited. Tip ‘o the hat to the AVA, BoingBoing, Breakfast at Ralf’s, Chuff, Dirty Blonde Mind, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Lemmy.world, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, Miss Miriam’s Mirror, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce,
Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra
special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and
proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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