Hurvitz

Objection to the use of my personal checkout history may seem like a small thing, but it essentializes how oppressive political regimes oppress. I had a friend who lived in the former Soviet Union who explained to me that the most private thing about you is what you read

I mean sure, I don't want to be spied on for profit. But jfc she just haaaaad to sneak a jab at the USSR in there. It's like its contractual for these people, any criticism of US capitalism has to include an "imagine how much worse it would be in bad country" segment

I don't think this is actually a school. China-knowers feel free to correct me, but it seems like a public market or cafeteria with facial recognition for payment (probably through alipay or one of the other big players)

Here's a little background on facial recognition payment systems in China: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/08/china-releases-plans-to-restrict-facial-recognition-technology.html

They seem to have sprung up and become popular quickly, spread to other sectors (like apartment entry), and now the government is setting some limits on their use to serve the public good:

The draft did not specify the law’s requirements, but said businesses should not require people to use facial recognition to receive better services.

Building management cannot use facial recognition as the only way for people to enter or exit, the draft said, noting if individuals don’t agree to facial recognition, management should provide other “reasonable and convenient” methods.

Is this actually a school, though? the propagandist posting this didn't bother to check certainly (edit: and didn't even claim it specifically). It doesn't really look like one to me, and facial recognition would make a lot more sense as payment, not as school ID.

soon to be more embarassing

Does it bug anyone else when they say "World's richest billionaires"? Like yeah no shit captain redundancy, there's a word for them though, it's "people". They're just people. This billionaire identity building/mythmaking language has got to stop. Plus its just a way to not normalize gender neutral language/a drop in replacement for "world's richest men" that is technically gender neutral but carries an implication...

the clickbait worked (yes, it was a boeing, a 737-800)

my cousin is taking nothing but cherry juice for his hereditary case of gout and refusing to go to the doctor, but he's a rural slumlord not fuckin royalty

https://counterculturecoffee.com/

a cafe I used to like served it

there's also counter culture coffee roasters which aren't bad iirc (not as good as zapatista coffee though! )

also works with joints/blunts

or like chicken nuggets? idk thats what some of my friends did in high school

I guess at least some of them are getting a nice view, but yeah no kidding