Yes, higher education should be free, but this kind of logic is a trap, as it normalizes nationalistic logic which only helps the worst of the extreme-right. Besides even countries that have free higher education need to hire qualified immigrants because not everyone wants or has the natural inclination to do all the jobs that are required for the local specialization hub.

The alternative is it being an Hitler salute.

His attitude is understandable. His job description included always being ready to be the herald of the apocalypse, something silly and innocent like kids writing to Santa is a great anchor to keep someone in that situation grounded and sane.

I worked in retail when I was younger. Most of humanity is fine, some of it is even outright pleasant. The problem with working retail is that there’s no bottom to how low a few people can go.

Have you seen the kind of people these kinds of jobs attracts? We aren’t talking about Starbucks workers, we are mostly talking about people that get off on power trips.

It’s like all the media that think they are defending Brian Thompson by saying he was less horrible than the average healthcare CEO. Sometimes I wonder if they are making an argument for resurrecting the guillotine industry.

Usually yes, but that term could be confused with car-specific mechaphilia.

Are we talking about “Seinfeld”, the slightly overrated comedy TV series, or “Seinfeld”, the horrible human being?

You are looking at job applications from the wrong perspective. You are seeing the job description and seeing minimum requirements, when in 90% they are describing the ideal candidate that will probably never show up.

And I want to emphasise, you shouldn’t lie, you shouldn’t pad your résumé, but you should also not volunteer to testify against yourself.

I’m not telling you not tell the truth, I’m telling you to consider that list of skills on a job description is a wishlist and only answer what is asked in the interview.

I’ve interviewed more people than I can count, leading to more hirings than I can count, and I don’t remember any case where the candidate met all the checkboxes on the ideal skillset. Because what goes in the job description is the perfect candidate not the minimum.

You don’t lie, lying will get you into trouble. You just don’t mention it if they don’t ask. And if they don’t ask it’s probably not that important. Most job descriptions are like Christmas wishlists anyway, they will be happy if they get half of it.

HTS seem to be pragmatists and they need someone to sell them replacements for most of the equipment Israel is bombing. I think this is in the hands of the west to fuck up, but since Israel is involved, that’s almost a given.

By some reports they are still trying to negotiate with the HTS to keep their little port.

So the US has a slightly lighter propaganda ritual than an actual nationalistic dictatorship. Their religious nutjobs are also slightly less evil than the Taliban. What a country! /s

Elon Musk openly daydreams about being Ma Huateng. What does that tell you?

Except Xi Jinping is not oppressing owners of capital. China has lots of oligarchs that in some ways have a tighter grip on society than their western counterparts. He’s oppressing people that are “inconvenient” to him.

Thou shalt use proper pronouns and not be lazy recycling plural pronouns in the singular. What next, are thou planing to use a singular “we” like inbred royalty?

What issue? I fail to see how that impacts you negatively in any way.

Hunting for ISIS rats.

Like some professional investors are not breathing in more cocaine than air to trade 24h around the globe. The current gap is on weekends.