Instead of a convertible, we get a lame attempt at a metaverse and VR goggles?

One less person saying “no” to a land invasion of Iran :(

Yeah, I hear ya. I can’t watch Jon, Colbert, or any comedian really because it’s all too depressing. Before, you had this naive assumption that it’ll get fixed eventually. The “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”, blah blah blah. I don’t know if Dr King knew just how long he was talking about.

Since this is Lemmy, I can’t tell if you’re talking Meta/X or EFF and Jon…

Trivia: Counties don’t do anything up here. I don’t think a Sheriff can even pull you over for speeding. It’s mostly a court and prison district thing.

Boston is going to be insane. The last one filled every bit of standing room across downtown. Most people weren’t in earshot of the speakers because you couldn’t get close enough.

It’s pretty fucking clear to me: Trump acts like a king and ignores the Constitution. That must be stopped at all costs.

I think what this article is failing to state clearly is that none of the government is working therefore No Kings can’t achieve its goal of reining in Trump. That doesn’t mean we stop protesting. That means we start thinking about the next step: “Stop. Or else”.

Very little of those require Congressional approval.

MAGA has effectively neutered the courts. I’m not sure a marginal victory is enough to restore 3 independent branches of government. Also, most of the above list is above enforcing very simple laws and Judge Cannon can’t preside over everything.

A more controversial item was left off: once Dems get the presidency, it must be destroyed. Rein in executive power as much as possible. It’s possible that the next GOP presidency will undo this but I doubt the Dems will hold on to power for very long. There’s a lot of damage to undo and the cleanup is going to be slandered at every turn.

“The right” here being a reactionary movement to change. Tolerance led to immigration, immigration led to poor brown refugees. The US GOP destroyed the global order in a hurry and every country is circling the wagons right now.

European immigration has always been its own thing, compared to the US. It’ll get tightened down as part of the fortifying new borders. After that, “the right” will be all about a new Euro identity, distinctly separate from the US. And suddenly nationalism looks cool again to everyone because the US is run by dicks.

I know. The world is going to change. A lot. Like “post-WW2” a lot. The show isn’t over but it’ll never look the same.

China will be the global superpower and they’re all about that face/reputation. Taiwan is an absolute goner and corporations will be very careful about public statements. The US is gonna look like Putin’s Russia: strong men promising a return to the glory days but that’s a mathematical impossibility.

Europe will probably look normal? Laid back and still enjoying their retirement from colonialism and starting world wars.

Here’s the problem with the constant stream of depressing news: you start averting your eyes to stay sane. My first reaction was: “When the fuck did we start bombing Ecuador?!”

I think we all kinda know that. The next question is harder: what’s the response? For the sake of discussion, let’s say Dems win the presidency and the house in 2028. What can be done to address the propaganda cult networks?

Here are some thoughts:

1. Full court press on conservative news:

• Modify how the press pool operates. Like Hegseth but legal and not dumb.
• Election law violations. Directing and collusion with campaigns (think PAC vs Super PAC).
• Insider trading law violations. The market manipulation is apparent.
• FCC Fair Time rule. If they want to play that way, let’s play.
• Anti-trust. Break up Sinclair.

2. Address the misinfo directly while avoiding “Ministry of Truth” vibes. Get lower ranking Dems on the news networks BUT

• Very publicly establish fair ground rules for on air discussions. Break the rules and the topic now becomes why the host is a propo shill
• Do a better job of getting lower ranking Dems together and being on the same page. GOP knows how to close ranks. We have a higher purpose.

3. Put. Them. In. Jail.

• Why is this so fucking hard.

Maybe these guys just like walking around the airport in their socks with their pants falling down? Don’t forget swabbing down your laptop with the magic Q-tip.

My tax dollars feel so much safer with the TSA.

Is there a tap to pay system that works on custom ROMs? I thought those really required SafetyNet/PlayIntegrity/Whatever-it-is-now.

I would rather not give up tap to pay but I will if I have to. It seems like trying to Magisk my way into getting Google Wallet to work would be a PITA.

3D printers are even less useful here though. The rocket bit can be replaced with a cardboard tube and some balsa fins. The important parts are the active control and circuitry.

But I guess logic doesn’t really enter into the conversation anyway.

Or “woke”. And strays so far from the definition that no one has any idea what they’re talking about.

Self-hosted Planka. I use it for personal boards and it’s plenty for me. Integrates with Authentik/SSO too.

At least 100 of those employees implemented the feature to autocorrect JIRA to Jira, just to be haughty insufferable ass.

It was always a good time to create alternatives to Atlassian products.

When I checked the Fedi alternatives were far-right hangouts. Part of that unfortunate “free speech absolutist” == “asshole” phase.

It’s not Fediverse but I like Nebula. It’s more like a co-op so I don’t mind paying for it at all.