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I was so confused who thought chicken parm with rice and beans was a good idea until I finally figured out that's salsa.
The "Democrats would rather lose" theory really rains on your parade.
Apologies for AI summary, I couldn't find my favorite real human explanation.
The donor class overlaps. Democratic Party leadership and their biggest donors (Wall Street, corporate executives, defense contractors, private equity) often benefit from the same policies Republicans enact — tax cuts for the rich, deregulation, endless wars, weak labor laws. 2
If Democrats actually won big and enacted the popular progressive platform they campaign on (Medicare for All, $15 minimum wage, taxing the rich, etc.), it would directly hurt the financial interests of their own donor class. 3
So they self-sabotage. The party puts forward weak candidates, runs milquetoast centrist campaigns, and makes unpopular tactical decisions — ensuring they stay just competitive enough to raise money and exist, but not so successful that they'd actually have to deliver on real change.
The blame-shifting mechanism. When they lose, they blame Republican obstruction, gerrymandering, the Electoral College, voter suppression, or the media. When they win narrow majorities, they use the filibuster or "moderates in their own party" as excuses for why they can't pass anything transformative.
oh! i figured the big new feature was the keyed download!
maybe it's... a shared drive mediated by WoT?
If voting changed anything they would make it illegal.
Free as in beer.
Free as in freedom.
Free as in you should have read the terms of service.
The mini-PC merely needs software done. With any luck flirc will mean I can use my same remote.
I can do all myself but I do need a high WAF for the finished product. So it begins.
chinese ai models, bisons, taco bell - 2026 is turning out to be a pretty great year.
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For those that failed polisci, that's called fascism.
Flock at least backed down on their plan to send armed police when you don't buy your toddler a candy bar.
#fuckflock
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/victory-flock-ends-rollout-audio-distress-detection-human-voices
The Jellyfin app on roku is nice. The hardware was literally just a Jellyfin player to me. The number of ads I see and clicks to get Jellyfin launched are my primary metrics for hardware quality. Both have gotten worse since purchase with 2 obvious step change "updates" in the last month or so.
I have an n150 and flirc remote, just haven't done the work. It wasn't worth it for 3 clicks and 1 ad. 7 clicks and 20 ads or whatever it is up to is worth it.
Dear Roku
I bought the roku because it had the fewest ads. You have quadrupled the number of ads on the device after I bought it. None of the updates have added value or features that benefit me in any way, only additional ads.
I will never buy from your company again. GFY.
Sincerely
Apparently the last American consumer with any self respect.
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Just for the joke, don't actually do this because it is still trackable.
Your continued faith that the system can produce any positive outcome is kinda cute.
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I wonder how much this plays into the ghost jobs narrative. The job is real but the managers running the hiring are too cheap or incompetent to hire someone.
I once had an interview where the hiring manager aggressively and repeatedly told me I was unqualified for the job. They refused to talk about anything I'd done in the last 10 years and just kept asking questions about my first 2 jobs on my resume, which probably shouldn't even be there it was so long ago. When I went bullet point by bullet point down the job description showing I was overqualified for every item on the description, they just said "yeah but you are unqualified for the job." I asked them to point to a single requirement I didn't meet and they said "education." I pointed out the job description listed no education requirements and I had a masters. They just got more hostile and ended the interview early.
I know some would say I should have walked out. It honestly was just a curiosity to me once I realized how they were acting. I haven't applied to another role at that company again and I can't see any reason I ever would.
I had a feeling you'd blame my position on knee jerk anti Trump position.
Once again I hate them all. Trump gets the hate today because he is the president today and committing the crimes today.
Statistical analysis I've seen makes it seem like both 2020 and 2024 presidential were stolen elections. The lack of interest in the 2024 anomalies looks sus AF as the kids would say. Unless of course the goal is Republicans win and not honest elections that reflect the will of the people, then it makes perfect sense.
3rd party polling confirms my theory that republican support in the population is literally dying and yet somehow the party isn't losing seats or power. How big can that spread get before the general public catches on? Fair elections aren't in their interest so I have sincere doubts that is what they want.
Any time, though there is a fixed reset time.
I've found some bugs for sure. I can't log in or post from the app, I just copy paste results into my normal client.
The Republican party is demographically doomed, with their base dying faster than they make new recruits. Election fraud is a pretext for them to begin tampering with election results. They know that jerrymandering will only get them so far and they need a backup plan for staying in power.
That plan sure as hell will never ever be serving the will of the broader American population. So, election tampering it is.
A large chunk of bitcoiners say freedom when they mean right wing authoritarianism. It shows when they turn on a dime to align with only certain politicians.
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Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley did.
I always confuse Kaku with Giorgio A. Tsoukalos who is definitely a quack. I class Kaku and Tyson as not quacks personally. Mostly quality though admittedly dumbed down, gotta make some concessions if you choose to try to speak to the masses. In a world with guys like Tsoukalos and Kruse, quack is a bit aggressive for Kaku and Tyson.
Had this conversation with more than 1 recruiter.
Recruiter: So lucky to have found you. This job requires such an unusual combination of deep skills. Would you be interested in doing this type of work?
Me: Absolutely. What's the pay?
Recruiter: Slightly less than a checker at the gas station down the road from you.
Me: We're so far apart that negotiating would be a waste of hot air.
Recruiter: Do you know anyone?
Me: I wouldn't insult my friends like that.
Cop buddy not needed. Anyone can use these to spy on anyone at any time.
I saw you just took your kid to the hospital, this seems like a good time to call your spouse and the grandparents demanding an emergency wire to pay for a life saving treatment.
#deflock
https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/flock-safety-cameras-exposed-no-password-2026/
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I don't know how it works on wisp either. I just see some comments that my replies are weird from time to time.
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Sweet, can you publish that?
It's truly amazing how many people will show up on social media to tell you taking a moment to focus your own mental health and personal growth is a bad idea, not worth it, and they couldn't be bothered.
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The one smell that is arguably more associated with potheads than the actual smell of weed.
You know how when they release the new LLM they nerf the old ones to free up compute? I'm becoming convinced that a hot new simulation has been released and all the compute was stolen from our existence.
I used to do 84 hour fasts. I would meal prep a lb of bacon for breaking the fast around 72 hours in. Never even licked my fingers. My willpower is unmatched among mortal men.
The skill of metacognition is under rated and under discussed. A journal and a mindfulness practice are the best ways I know to practice metacognition.
I don't know and I don't profess to know, but that is the difference. Nothing you've said really contradicts the big fat hole I poked in the "pole shift is definitely happening in our lifetimes and it means apocalyptic disaster" story.
Sadly no one is lining up to pay me half as much for factual levelheadedness as they'll pay the guy selling poorly supported panic.
A lesson most people need to learn, is to just leave well enough alone.
Don't forget to do a little meth to keep that hollow cheek look.
Me: This person is a meth head who hits themself in the face with a hammer daily. We should stage an intervention and fit them for a straight jacket if that doesn't work.
Society: But they are so pretty. Maybe we just worship them instead?
I get what you are saying. I mean compared to? Compasses haven't even existed "for a long time" in terms of the geological scales we're talking about measuring.
The time scale of the processes allegedly predicted compared to the time scale of human ability to measure it alone should make you question.
Unless I'm mistaken there aren't any solid ways to get a historical record with any precision. Ignoring interpretation which is a whole other landmine I don't want to step on, compare measuring gas concentration in old ice cores. We can get modern accuracy of historical data. No equivalent techniques for magnetic fields exists. The precision of the historical record is 0 pre compass and only ever as good as the tools and record keeping of the time. The pole could have been moving 4x as fast 200 years ago and no one would know.
We intend to visit a few more next week, so I will hopefully have more to share then.
Looking down on the rest of the castle from the top of the keep.
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Do you wash them down with Surge?
As an outsider to that field, my question would be about precision. I'm assuming the measurements have become more precise and that the need for precision is increasing as easier fields are depleted.
Seems like that could explain the need for more frequent testing to me and more frequent testing with more precise instruments will show more change.
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#foodstr
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My issue is its just clear disaster porn. Hear me out.
"Overdo" means nothing on the scale of time we're talking about.
They have no records or justifications to back up that timeline anyway.
The level of disaster if they are right is beyond anything you can prepare for without destroying your ability to live a life today.
Combine those 3 and my conclusion is that it is a distraction psyop. Anything to prevent people willing to act from acting in a way that harms the powers that be.
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