I really think the difference is those who listen to Drump and those who don’t. If you’ve voted Republican all your life and same for all your friends and family members, and don’t really pay attention to the news, have never seen the decades of cons, most importantly never listen to an actual speech, you may think he’s conservative. Tells it like it is. Good for the economy (because of course republicans are).

It’s only those of us who pay attention who are horrified

The problem is to not just that. Up here in New England we have no coal, no nuclear, insufficient gas pipelines, and taco Don Quixote keeps tilting at our windmills

My dishwasher uses high speed jets of 160° water to scour and sanitize.

Weekly? Every couple weeks? So you’re good standing in pee for a couple weeks, or you expect no one else to take a shower for a couple weeks?

Sure it all leaves through the same pipe, but it’s not like you stand in the toilet, no one ever lays down and soaks in the toilet, most of us don’t put children in the toilet.

Stephen mliller, life sentence

what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department

Have we already forgotten DOGE?

Suntan, believe it or not, were mist responsive but they also earned their scamminess reputation. I would never do business with them but they solicited through my neighborhood while I was getting quotes so I said fine. They wouldn’t stop trying to sell me PPAs though, even after I made clear I was only interested in direct purchase , and of course never named what they were or gave actual facts about them

I read it as the judge thinking they have a good case so hand over most of it to keep them operating, then see how the case plays out

So we’re assuming someone who makes $89M is

• getting all her income through onlyfans
• is not incorporated
• has no deductible business expenses

I get some of these simplifications for the sale of discussion but the federal corporate income tax rate is 21% (yes, at least half of us are subsidizing corporations)

You’d expect her to being paid some salary as an employee of her corporation, and depending how the wrote it, it’s possible only that would be subject to sin tax, and it’s relatively insignificant

Nice. I’m a bit jealous.

I finally saved up a bit to install solar (without a loan, PPA, or lease), but my older house has too much shade and companies were too scammy.

• all the quotes would only install enough to cover half my usage and most never replied when I tried asking questions
• I swear solar salesmen are the new used car salesmen, I just felt so dirty and used every time I had to deal with them. I never did find an installation company that I thought was being honest
• then I just ran out of patience and eventually the incentives expired

The huge egg price increases always were meaningless (to politics) and regional. It’s all local shortages from rolling culling events to stop avian flu.

I let my Costco membership lapse for a bit so now have

• a small container of dishwasher detergent that was the same price at the grocery as costcos much larger
• tiny rolls of paper towels that are in a similar sized case and similar price as costcos much larger
• I had to get “family” sized cereal box instead of “mega” and it’s just not enough for me as a single person
• 2 out of 3 grocery runs so far this year, there have not been “jumbo” eggs at any proce

If I can give an overly pedantic answer, it’s not him. I certainly never give such a vile human being a pass but …… his advisors have their own agendas. At least some of the evilness is their agenda and Trump is either the sock puppet, was bribed, or just doesn’t care about anyone besides himself.

It’s an extra step. Sometimes that’s the best you can do

Seems like it ought to be another easy win in court, assuming we ever restore rule off law

You can’t, and shouldn’t try. Spending time in moderation is more important, so limit that. Sure when they’re little you have to open restrictions over time but keep the focus on recognizing ai slop and understanding the issues with it.

Sooner than you think, they’re watching is out of your control so it quickly becomes critical for them learn about

In any just world we’d be able to hold up a mirror

Sure and maybe it’s all of our fault for accepting that. It’s easy to say they can abbreviate due diligence when you’re picturing them chasing people who are in the process of physically sneaking across the border. Especially when it’s balanced with people already established were generally treated as a civil infraction and with a defined process rather than violent criminal infraction

More accurately I’m more pessimistic about direct resistance. Even if you’re kidnapped out of the country, at least you’ve survived and have hope. That law is on your side, so if we ever get back to following laws ….