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This is insane, cruel, stupid, and unconstitutional (Equal Protection amendment.)
Not that the MAGAts care. But it needs to be said.
Not that the MAGAts care. But it needs to be said.
February 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is insane, cruel, stupid, and unconstitutional (Equal Protection amendment.)
Not that the MAGAts care. But it needs to be said.
Not that the MAGAts care. But it needs to be said.
It's also only temporary because they *can't* truly end them. An executive order can't override funds allocated by Congress. All he can do is pause it while the blizzard of lawsuits works its way out.
January 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's also only temporary because they *can't* truly end them. An executive order can't override funds allocated by Congress. All he can do is pause it while the blizzard of lawsuits works its way out.
Go for it. Even the failures will be learning experiences. Also, as you make things, you will learn how to fix things that already exist.
Reject enshittification, become a maker.
Reject enshittification, become a maker.
January 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Go for it. Even the failures will be learning experiences. Also, as you make things, you will learn how to fix things that already exist.
Reject enshittification, become a maker.
Reject enshittification, become a maker.
In the immortal words of Sarah Palin, "Drill, baby, drill!"
January 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In the immortal words of Sarah Palin, "Drill, baby, drill!"
It wouldn't be like Poland, it would be like Soviet Russia, if the Soviets had Javelin missiles.
Trying to conquer Canada would be an insane mistake.
Trying to conquer Canada would be an insane mistake.
January 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It wouldn't be like Poland, it would be like Soviet Russia, if the Soviets had Javelin missiles.
Trying to conquer Canada would be an insane mistake.
Trying to conquer Canada would be an insane mistake.
We need to overhaul the DNC. Do what the Tea Party did in the GOP, but on the other side of the Overton Window.
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We need to overhaul the DNC. Do what the Tea Party did in the GOP, but on the other side of the Overton Window.
Better idea: we send the Christofascists there to build their "pure society" free of any interference from the faint of "sin and degeneracy." Send the billionaires, too.
Then we fix this planet without their bullshit.
Then we fix this planet without their bullshit.
January 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Better idea: we send the Christofascists there to build their "pure society" free of any interference from the faint of "sin and degeneracy." Send the billionaires, too.
Then we fix this planet without their bullshit.
Then we fix this planet without their bullshit.
Why the hell is this even a concern in Missouri? Missouri isn't a border state. It's several hundred miles from the border. These people are as stupid as they are racist.
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why the hell is this even a concern in Missouri? Missouri isn't a border state. It's several hundred miles from the border. These people are as stupid as they are racist.
Why would folks judge? Sex work is real work, Christmas time or not.
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Why would folks judge? Sex work is real work, Christmas time or not.
Exactly. There are thousands of new bots every day. Eventually, we'll probably have to establish independent professional block-list curator cadres with rules and appeals processes and transparency. But right now we're just trying to stem the tide of bots so we don't become another Twitter.
December 6, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Exactly. There are thousands of new bots every day. Eventually, we'll probably have to establish independent professional block-list curator cadres with rules and appeals processes and transparency. But right now we're just trying to stem the tide of bots so we don't become another Twitter.
Those are two entirely different people, and the backpack is different from the one the shooter was wearing. Neither of these people is the shooter. NYPD is either desperate, stupid, or lying.
December 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Those are two entirely different people, and the backpack is different from the one the shooter was wearing. Neither of these people is the shooter. NYPD is either desperate, stupid, or lying.
We have to be careful, and no system is perfect. Block lists are a powerful countermeasure to bot swarms, though, and over time we'll get better at curating and vetting them.
December 5, 2024 at 4:07 PM
We have to be careful, and no system is perfect. Block lists are a powerful countermeasure to bot swarms, though, and over time we'll get better at curating and vetting them.
I love the block lists. They're essentially a community immune system.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I love the block lists. They're essentially a community immune system.
Yup. The bots follow each other so that they can descend as a swarm.
December 5, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Yup. The bots follow each other so that they can descend as a swarm.
Hard to think about anything else right now, honestly. 😉
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Hard to think about anything else right now, honestly. 😉
No. She's perfect Team Trump material: unqualified, unelectable, and therefore utterly dependent on Trump.
December 5, 2024 at 1:18 AM
No. She's perfect Team Trump material: unqualified, unelectable, and therefore utterly dependent on Trump.
Fair enough. The core point is that the closer we got to Election Day, the more it seemed like the Dems were more worried about what Fox might say mean things about than what their own base wanted. It made them look like they didn't really have a plan at all, and that turned a lot of people off.
December 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Fair enough. The core point is that the closer we got to Election Day, the more it seemed like the Dems were more worried about what Fox might say mean things about than what their own base wanted. It made them look like they didn't really have a plan at all, and that turned a lot of people off.
Backpedaling on issues like gun control, police reform, queer rights, and fracking.
Promising to appoint a Republican to the Cabinet.
Continuing to support Israel unequivocally.
Not leaning into more aggressive plans to combat inflation and poverty.
Promising to appoint a Republican to the Cabinet.
Continuing to support Israel unequivocally.
Not leaning into more aggressive plans to combat inflation and poverty.
December 2, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Backpedaling on issues like gun control, police reform, queer rights, and fracking.
Promising to appoint a Republican to the Cabinet.
Continuing to support Israel unequivocally.
Not leaning into more aggressive plans to combat inflation and poverty.
Promising to appoint a Republican to the Cabinet.
Continuing to support Israel unequivocally.
Not leaning into more aggressive plans to combat inflation and poverty.
Nothing. That's why every time we listen to the "step away from Progressivism" people, we lose badly. Case in point, this latest election.
Where did we win? Ballot measures supporting progressive issues like abortion.
Where did we lose? Elections where we ran to the middle.
Where did we win? Ballot measures supporting progressive issues like abortion.
Where did we lose? Elections where we ran to the middle.
December 2, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Nothing. That's why every time we listen to the "step away from Progressivism" people, we lose badly. Case in point, this latest election.
Where did we win? Ballot measures supporting progressive issues like abortion.
Where did we lose? Elections where we ran to the middle.
Where did we win? Ballot measures supporting progressive issues like abortion.
Where did we lose? Elections where we ran to the middle.
He's not "bending the knee." He's salvaging something useful from this disaster.
Pentagon spending has usually been protected by the GOP. Using DOGE to achieve what's been a progressive goal for decades would be both clever and amusingly ironic.
Pentagon spending has usually been protected by the GOP. Using DOGE to achieve what's been a progressive goal for decades would be both clever and amusingly ironic.
December 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM
He's not "bending the knee." He's salvaging something useful from this disaster.
Pentagon spending has usually been protected by the GOP. Using DOGE to achieve what's been a progressive goal for decades would be both clever and amusingly ironic.
Pentagon spending has usually been protected by the GOP. Using DOGE to achieve what's been a progressive goal for decades would be both clever and amusingly ironic.
The problem is that a lot of what the Trumpublicans believe is fundamentally incompatible with basic human decency, which makes polite debate difficult.
How do you politely debate someone whose guiding principle is "human rights don't matter"?
How do you politely debate someone whose guiding principle is "human rights don't matter"?
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The problem is that a lot of what the Trumpublicans believe is fundamentally incompatible with basic human decency, which makes polite debate difficult.
How do you politely debate someone whose guiding principle is "human rights don't matter"?
How do you politely debate someone whose guiding principle is "human rights don't matter"?
Some people were genuinely shocked that he's embraced Project 2025 after disavowing it during the election.
I truly cannot imagine how they could have believed him.
I truly cannot imagine how they could have believed him.
November 24, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Some people were genuinely shocked that he's embraced Project 2025 after disavowing it during the election.
I truly cannot imagine how they could have believed him.
I truly cannot imagine how they could have believed him.