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  as a younger reader, i'm not sure i fully appreciated how the one ring tempts its targets, not with generic fantasies of wealth or power, but with *specific* fantasies, often of doing good. i was riveted to be sure, and i certainly appreciated that people can do evil while telling themselves they are doing good, but i think i underestimated how real-world temptations prey on good intentions almost as vividly.

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  looking at political news lately and starting to think the world may not be the elaborate machine to validate my preconceptions i had hoped for.

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  there's some discourse on bluesky about MAHA and to what extent legitimate concerns about the medical system draw people in. my suspicion is that people with legitimate concerns do sometimes see themselves as part of MAHA—at least if you're casting a broad net—but they don't have especial allegiance to RFK or even the label "MAHA." like if you address their concerns and aren't overly hostile about people who label themselves MAHA i'm not...

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  does anyone with zfs experience have tips on dealing with, uhh, multiple drive failure? i think the data is either unimportant or backed up elsewhere, but i would still like to swap drives over while losing minimal data from the pool.

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  advertising that your organization dedicated to adjudicating journalists' claims is staffed with ex-military and ex-intelligence kinda of feels like you're trying to appeal to a child's understanding of what an investigation is. that being said i think what they're really doing is trying to name people who will seem neutral (or favorable) to technofascists but who they can sell as being picked for their investigative prowess rather than their ideology.

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  I‘ve been making more diagrams over the past few years and trying to hone my abilities so it is a bit depressing seeing models come after that skill. and it seems like it would probably be worse if i were younger and didn‘t have as much experience of learning other skills?

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  who called it ‘breaking a 20’ and not ‘affecting change.’

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  i might be able to marshal some sympathy for Trump voters or SUV purchasers struggling with high gas prices but not people who did both