Yes, the people who have taken down their MAGA signs may not have changed their beliefs, but it’s still a *very good sign and a very good thing* when former fans start becoming too embarrassed to publicly associate themselves with Trump.

(I am directing this at you, doomers).

Which is all to say, there are plenty of Buddhist traditions we'd judge as problematic if we were exposed to them

I'm a non-denominational western Buddhist, and trying to find a tradition to actually follow is such a mess if you aren't just going with westernized Zen

Look one way, oh, you believe there can only be one living Buddha

Looking another way, oh, you have a strict patriarchal, blood-based hierarchy

So fascinating.

All the pollution comes from agriculture, and they understand that. But they don’t know how to make those facts into a story.

It’s just — not — a — story without the frisson of culture-war and chattering class ressentiment added by data centers.

(worth pointing out that the Nazis committed many of their worst atrocities when it became clear they weren't going to be in power forever.)

the chances of a permanent fascist reich seem significantly diminished from where they were in january, though.

This whole thing is insane

I suggest skimming the table of contents and only reading what chapters you need at any given point in time. E.g. you likely won't need flow control or arrays if you aren't scripting. The first 6 chapters are the most valuable, plus chapter 9, and a little bit of 10.

linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

It can be a bit dense, but it has more or less everything you need to know to work with the command line, other than lots of practice.

See the chapter on permissions regarding root, also known as "the superuser"