Next up: health insurance companies fund both the new blood tests and doritos.

Inspired by the 1930s hit radio show, “Who Wants to be a Deutschlander?”

He posted a photo to Instagram of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers “86” and “47”.

Illusions, Michael. Tricks are what a whore does for money.

Yeah, they’re trying to stop that too…

H.R. 3040: Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act:

Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A State may not carry out any election for Federal office using a system of ranked choice voting under which each voter ranks the candidates for the office in the order of the voter’s preference

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3040/text

Integrity is so… basic.

Foreign sovereigns, foreign ambassadors, foreign armies, and Native Americans were the only categories of people capable of existing both in the United States and outside of its jurisdiction at the time of the 14th ammendment’s drafting.

https://reason.com/volokh/2020/10/28/the-original-meaning-of-subject-to-the-jurisdiction-of-the-united-states/

If they were not subject to to the jurisdiction of the United States, how would the United States have the authority to deport them?

… a crown for a king

Hey there decentralized digital currency systems, you wanna… centralize?

Dorchester County council (SC) recently tipped Democratic in a special election. I hate to get all “correlated” up in here, but the last time that happened was shortly before Nixon resigned.

something, something… cooold war

Same here. I have and will always periodically reinstall no matter which OS I happen to be using. Arch is the only distro that keeps me coming back because installation and setup is such an active process. Every time around I learn something new and get more effecient at the process, which is so much more rewarding than filling a few boxes and waiting on a progress bar as is the case with most distros I have experienced.

You seem to spend a lot of energy questioning people’s intentions, inventing reasons to question whether people’s intentions toward you are genuine. Some do deserve to be questioned, no doubt. It just seems draining, and for what goal?

Do you aim to be the sole determiner of truth? To never be duped again? To sharpen your skills as an investigator?

How much more creative energy could you put into the world by taking people at their word in all but the highest risk cases?

With all of the perks the position entails.

Because the current administration is acting with impunity, meaning they don’t feel the need to explain themselves while they hold themselves above the law.

Instead of poisoned kool-aid, suffocation by spray tan.

What weighs more: the cost of taking people at their word, or the effort it takes to interpret the subtext of every interaction?

What would Altman gain from overstating the environmental impact of his own company?

What if power consumption is not so much limited by the software’s appetite, but rather by the hardware’s capabilities?

You are right. This current government is a “We the People” problem, not a “You the Politician” problem.