Less paper relative to an in-person vote

Same. I imagine it’s how most Christians feel about their loudest supporters as well

Very nice UI. Pleasantly surprised (even if I’m staying w/ ansiweather)

koreader, tracker control

Also, they’re new but opentimelimit and unlockmaster for productivity

Just want to reiterate that the IRS get their marching orders from the party in charge which is why they targeted rich people under Biden: The IRS has recovered $1.3 billion from rich American tax dodgers since the fall of 2023 — relieving a painful burden from ‘ordinary citizens’

#BothSiders often end up repeating Republican talking points

That’s how I watch it as well. I think the benefit of the YT clips is that the editors crop in news articles to bolster his claims w/ factual evidence. It’s like a built-in fact checker confirmer

I agree re: China. Terrible takes.

I’m a fan and catch YT recaps of topics he covers that I find interesting.

I will say though that he, as a political influencer, is beholden to his target demographic in the same way that Fox News captivates/gets held captive by its more fervent supporters. It’s a crude analogy, but my understanding is that the ideals of journalism is to follow the news, while influencers follow the engagement.

It is interesting getting his insights and hearing a knowledgeable person speak on the issues, but it isn’t the same as getting news from a true blue journalist imo

I agree 100%. Liberals retweeting how Elon is losing money is actually making him money

There’s an irony seeing Redditors creating threads and complaining about it as if they did anything during the API-gate saga

Yes. Widespread nihilism certainly will not have any negative consequences

I see what you did there

Any rando lofi channel on YouTube/Spotify/Online Radio Stations

Arrested Development & Frasier for wit.

Friends and also the Chicago version of Friends (Happy Endings) for familiarity, knowing and growing w/ characters.

Their current userbase is not their target userbase. They are trying to reach a more mainstream audience but all of their attempts to monetize are seen as useless by their current userbase.

• They want to increase revenue w/ ads - A loud swath of FF users are tech savvy and have adblocking enabled
• They want to pivot towards AI - A loud swath of FF users see AI as gimmicky

Repeat ad-nauseum

I asked Claude and it said look into The Ash Tree Man by Daniel Harms