The long answer is Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

This is the kind of shit that terrifies me. When Trump first came into power in 2016 it was a shock for everyone, and he wasn’t prepared. He took office with GOP traditionalists mostly in his cabinet and in his reporting structure. Several of those found him despicable and put up resistance.

This made his first presidency extremely ineffectual.

No such luck this time, every one of these fascist fuckers knows exactly what they’re doing and are eager to get to work.

It’s impressive we give so much control of our financial instruments to idiots who obviously don’t fully grasp how tariffs and protectionism work.

It’s pretty fun. But I find myself drawn more to TCG Shop Simulator to scratch the itch these days. Pokemon had it’s chance to innovate for decades and largely refused to.

Amazing, the 35% ‘best and last’ offer Boeing offered 3 times wasn’t actually the best and last, and collective bargaining exceeded the 40% pay raise the union set out for.

Union strong, bitches.

Think of all the innovative swindling we could do in an unregulated market! Think of the profits!!!

For those worried, Black Cat eventually wins this fight lol.

We use a timed feeder for our cat’s breakfast. I don’t force DST on her lol.

Read your own link.

The patient must have a life-threatening condition and be at risk of death or “substantial impairment of a major bodily function” if the abortion is not performed. “Substantial impairment of a major bodily function” is not defined in this chapter.

So, the words say that they can help, but because they (very intentionally) made the definitions of ‘life threatening condition’ and ‘Substantial impairment of a major bodily function’ undefined, there is no legal way for a doctor to bring harm to a fetus with a heartbeat without exposing themselves to the draconian Texas penalty laws https://guides.sll.texas.gov/abortion-laws/civil-penalties

Oooh I thought the last time you offered the EXACT SAME TERMS and got told to fuck off, you told them they’d never see as good of a deal again, Boeing?

Fuck you, pay them.

I modified it slightly to suit the situation.

Why do you not think a Ponzai scheme fits?

Insurance companies in the US have become a Ponzai scam instead of a service.

Linkwarden and Wallabag are both excellent. Omnivore is up and coming, but might still be difficult to selfhost.

“We absolutely did everything that was meant to be done by that contract that was never signed.

“In English law, had we taken it to an English court, maybe we would have won.

“You know, that’s unjust enrichment. ‘You know, you didn’t sign the contract, but you took all this and you’re not delivering what you’re supposed to deliver.”

Pretty fucking rich. Piastri didn’t make Alpine not sign. And if they actually had their shit together they could have chosen not to give him the benefits without an unsigned contact, but instead they acted like it was signed and expected to still get the benefits?

How the fuck do they think they could have won the case? Like, if I offered a contact to Alpine that I would shit in front of their office and they would let me drive a season in F1, and then they didn’t sign, could I bring them to court after I shat on the sidewalk and demand they let me drive? Bonkers.

Ah yes, Alonso, famously good role model who tried to blackmail his employer to gain the upper hand over his co-worker.

He can fuck right off.

Grassroots. Not Routs.

The Culture by Ian M. Banks. It’s a little difficult to approach, but an incredible exploration of Sci-Fi, humanity, AI, and life in general. Unlike a lot of other great Sci-Fi (like The Expanse, which I also highly recommend) it’s gritty, but overall The Culture is a hopeful and optimistic take on the progress of humanity and technology.

The best books are The Player of Games, Look to Windward, and Excession.

Depending on how you’re feeling, I think you can skip The State of the Art, Matter, and Inversions, though they’re worth an eventual read. They’re just less connected to the main Culture story.

It’s a series that truly changed me and my perspective on life.

I stand with my (forever) baby hippo Fiona.

No, I appreciate it! Couldn’t find a complete gif that didn’t look thoroughly nuked.