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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm not sure he's much more competent, especially when it comes to successfully undoing the damage just enough to keep the GOP in power, by the skin of their teeth, whilst still grifting everything that isn't welded down.

That, and he doesn't and likely will never have the cult of personality.

I'd wager that once he who shall not be named is removed from office, the rest of the party will implode into a self-interested factional civil war.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (7 children)

What are the chances of him being booted out via 25th Amendment in the next six months?

It might buy JD just enough time to prevent the Republicans being utterly wiped out in the mid-terms...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Unrelated, though what's with Musk, perhaps other MAGAts, wearing the MAGA hat like that in the thumbnail: barely touching their head, so much that a slight breeze would knock it off.

Is it some sort of literal 'big brain' show off thing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's quite poetic that they're painting 'wokeness', signified by the 'W' of the paint strokes, over language the machine itself is calling 'woke'...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh she's absolutely awesome!

I'm just gonna say let's call a spade a fucking spade. Especially if there were two spades done in succession based on the reaction of the first spade.

https://bsky.app/profile/thevivllainous.bsky.social

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fertilizer is actually useful. I wouldn't put Musk in the same category as fertilizer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not going to lie, it takes a lot of soul searching.

Start with what you're passionate about. And I mean really passionate about. What could you talk to someone about for hours, or the one thing in your world that you want to make better, and it frustrates you that it isn't.

Each journey is highly individual, though passion is a good place to start.

I have, without a word of a lie, watched Simon's 'Why' talk at least two dozen times. I still get threads of gold from it each time I watch it, because each time I do watch it I've had a new experience, good or bad, that reinforces why I do what I do, and why they'll likely have to drag me out in a body bag for me to truly leave what I do.

I'm just that passionate about it. However, that passion took years to develop. Indeed I didn't even know I'd ultimately land in the career I'm in today 5 years ago, which was very different to my career path then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Simon Sinek's famous 'Why' speech.

It reminds me why it's important to cut through bullshit and focus on what actually matters, by keeping in touch with my 'why', my "why do I get out of bed in the morning, and why should anyone care", and how to communicate that to others.

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?subtitle=en

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (1 children)

... who is benefitting more from social safety nets? Walmart or the worker?

For those who can think critically: Walmart, because they don't pay a living wage for full-time workers

For those who can't think critically: the worker, because they're 'double-dipping' by working full-time and are putting their hand out to receive government benefits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Some perspective.

We are talking about errors of perception measured by orders of magnitude.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Lincoln Project has the right idea...

https://youtu.be/07KHdLsofbY

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