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When they say why, why? Tell them that it's human nature.
Posted by Heebie-Geebie on 03.06.25

Human beings are so funny. You can have an horrifying and awful disaster back in 2017, and widespread agreement that it was a disaster, and then eight years later, people sign right back up to do it all over again.

Tickets to the second Fyre festival have gone on sale this week, promising a more successful experience than the first, which was the subject of a lawsuit.
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Its founder, Billy McFarland, described by Vanity Fair as "the poster boy for millennial scamming", was convicted of fraud and sentenced to six years in prison. He was later released after less than four years. A New York court also awarded $7,220 each to 277 attendees.
"I'm sure many people think I'm crazy for doing this again," McFarland said in a statement. "But I feel I'd be crazy not to do it again."

What a unique situation! Let's never learn.

(via E. Messily)

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Maybe not coping as well
Posted by Heebie-Geebie on 03.05.25

Last Trump presidency, I felt worried for others, and not particularly for myself. This time I'm starting to feel a little more freaked out personally, by things like weakening the Clean Water Act. Like, how would I know if some toxin leaches into the water table? and 10 years from now, the whole community gets cancer?

Also yesterday was wildly windy, and a fire did break out further north in our county, and I got myself all tied up in knots over that.

Is this another week of Supreme Court decisions that will make our lives worse?

(I can't find the link now, but recently I read a thing that we should stop verbally labeling clearly unconstitutional Supreme Court decisions as "the law of the land" and start calling them rogue or illegitimate decisions, or something like that.)

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How to disable Google AI summaries
Posted by Heebie-Geebie on 03.04.25

From this.

It appears to work? My attempt under the jump.

1. Normal inquiry:

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2. Implementing the strategy:

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Google AI hates bad words!

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