Seen on the news article:NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s first big move—appointing Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY Commissioner.

She’s a respected 31-year FDNY veteran who led EMS through COVID and the 9/11 response…

But she has never served as a firefighter.

In the announcement clip, the focus is heavily on her being a “trailblazer for the LGBTQ community” and the first openly gay FDNY commissioner—with Bonsignore herself saying experience fighting fires “won’t matter.”

Priorities highlighted: identity, pay parity for EMS, and historic firsts.

But when lives hang in the balance during a blaze, does the leader of the world’s bravest need actual firefighting command experience—or is symbolism enough?

NYC firefighters risk everything daily. They deserve a boss who’s been in the flames, not just checking boxes.

Merit over identity—or is this the future? Another form of DEI, I presume?

I discovered a new synthpop band called BLACKBOOK and they're not AI thankfully. They appear to be a real band and touring with Mesh and other really good artists. Super cool. I'm pretty skeptical of any bands that come out post-2024 at this point. Spotify keeps recommending AI shit to me, which is infuriating and I've stopped paying for their service now. Love this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5voK5F3KmPA

You thought Disney buying Fox was bad? The fact that Netflix is now big and rich enough to buy Warner Bros. signals the death of movie theaters. Some of you might see this as a good thing, but this potentially spells the destruction of movies as we know them.

The thing about streaming media is it actually affects your perception of media. Think about why people still collect vinyl records. Yes, you could just stream something on Spotify, but it's not the same experience. You go from, "I'm gonna consciously pick out a record from my shelf and put it on and listen to some music" to "Let's just put on some randomized playlist for background noise."

It's the same thing with movies. It's a lot cheaper and more convenient to stream something than it is to go to the theater, but when you do that, you go from, "I'm gonna plan my day around seeing this movie, and I'm gonna sit there with my popcorn and watch it, and it's gonna be an event" to "Eh, let's just pick something on Netflix to kill a couple hours. We can read tweets at the same time." The convenience trivializes it, makes you less likely to pay attention, and less likely to remember the experience. When the movie ends, instead of reflecting on it and analyzing it, you just say, "Okay, that's over. Onto the next thing."

And this doesn't just affect how you watch a movie, it affects how movies are actually made. Companies like Netflix know you're only half paying attention when you stream a movie, and just putting on movies in the background while you do something else. That's why they dumb down movies on purpose (and that's not a conspiracy theory, there are leaked memos confirming this). They make dialog blunt and obvious, and they make the cinematography lazy, and their movies increasingly look the same because the color grading is optimized for viewing on tiny screens. And as streaming dominates, the dumbing down of our entertainment will only get worse.

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i got power slaped and spit on by a girl when i told her that shes hoter than a spoon in a crackhouse on payday

Will there be Economic Chaos in November, when neither SNAP/EBT or Section 8 are paying for MILLIONS of people who don't work, never saved or who refuse to better themselves?

Will we be overloaded with videos either begging for money? Demanding money? Or threatening Regular Taxpayers if we don't keep giving these poor wonderful, grateful, people of color, Illegals and fat White Girls money?

There is crazy change coming our way this November...Stay ready and strapped because many will use it as an excuse to rob or steal.

AFI released a new album and it's currently the only joyful thing of my days. Yet people at work expect me to take out my earphones to talk to me...RUDE

Either pay me fair or let me work on my bubble unbothered by stupidity https://youtu.be/5c6sMntanTQ?si=BAZlrmvrKOUZej-l

baby your hotter then a spoon in a crackhouse on payday is what i will be saying to any hot piece of ass i see around

Those lesbian boots are the wisest investment you'll ever make. Trust me, they'll pay off 10 fold in the trenches.