My S10e is cracked but only all over the backplate. Which is also no longer really attached to the phone. I’m driving this thing into the ground.

We are all Lysistrata now

He’s not going to “fail” in his second term. If anything, we should be glad his first term failed - that due to the chaos and incompetence of his administration they failed to achieve any of the horrific shit he had discussed on the campaign trail. His only legislative win was a tax cut for the wealthy.

Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 will make sure that doesn’t happen during a second administration. They will purge the civil service and restaff with party loyalists who won’t be held up by due process or legality.

The terrifying thing is not another Trump failure. The terrifying thing is if he and the Christian nationalists backing him succeed.

Yeah that combined with him checking every single risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea.

95 Dems voted yes. 92 voted “present,” 13 voted “nay,” and 13 did not vote.

Republicans - who again control the chamber - voted 216-1 in favor.

I stand by the accuracy of my comment.

This is happening in the House that is controlled by Republicans. Unfortunately a lot of Democrats voted for it too, but the only meaningful opposition also came from Dems. So Dems are split while Rs are all in on the genocide.

Unpopular opinion but the simple fact is that you’re right. Turnout reflects enthusiasm and “status quo” and “you’ll be voting against the other worse guy” simply do not turn out voters.

I’m going to vote, I always vote, but I am deeply concerned about the Democrats’ electoral strategy. Trump promises to blow things up. He’s full of shit and his plans will make everything worse for a lot of people, including his own voters, but the promise of radical change in itself is enticing for a disaffected electorate.

The promise of more of the same is exactly the opposite of what motivates a disaffected electorate. The sometimes-voters will stay home if they aren’t given any reason to be enthusiastic.

There is no truth to this. A win in Oregon does not increase or decrease the chances of a future win in Oregon. The probabilities are fully independent of one another. There is no plausible means by which the probability of a future drawing selecting a ticket held in a particular state is affected by the residences of previous winning ticket holders.

The idea that “X just won, therefore X is on a roll and will continue to win” and “X hasn’t won in a long time, therefore X is overdue for a win and should win in the near future” are both examples of the Gambler’s Fallacy.

But people won’t want to slave away for my megacorp for starvation wages if we pay them not to work!

Sick list, but I’d point out that Dopethrone came out in 2000. One of the greatest sludge records of all time, and I’ve heard it called the heaviest record ever cut. Absolute banger.

Counterpoint: that’s exactly what a supervillain would want you to think.

That only disbenefits the consumer if the economy goes through deflation. If the economy more typically sees inflation then it disbenefits the lender.

The problem isn’t change in purchasing power of the funds, but death by a thousand cuts. An extra $30 a month sounds reasonable - just a dollar a day - but when you layer on several of these at once then it quickly adds up.

Surge pricing for Uber and Lyft is partially passed along to the driver and used as an incentive to get more drivers on the road. Drivers get a special notification on their screen that rides are worth more than usual, which might cause them to start driving if they’re not already on the road, which decreases the wait times for riders.

The equivalent for Wendy’s would be if they also increased employee salaries during that time to encourage more workers to come in and make burgers faster, not just to gouge the customer.

Though even when surge pricing was active I made shit money when I was side hustling Uber and Lyft.

*north

Ah, an adult rhino. A unit I work with on a daily basis and can easily comprehend, unlike arcane measurements of pounds or kilograms.

I saw a poll last month that said 50% of Biden voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Either way, it’s a substantial enough fraction to cause a notable change in messaging from Democratic leadership.

Wasn’t she claiming that pro-Palestine demonstrators were Russian plants all of three weeks ago?

Maybe someone finally showed her a poll as to what fraction of the Democratic party opposes Israel’s slaughter of Gazan children.

Presumably Lennon being a domestic abuser to his first wife though I’m not sure it comes through in their music.

More confused about Radiohead. If Radiohead isn’t just broadly misanthropic then what is?

Driftwood probably wouldn’t form the best cabinet though

Cost of living has risen far more than minimum wage, which doesn’t keep up with inflation, and business owners are shifting the burden to their customers in the form of tips rather than set menu prices that reflect real costs and pay servers the real wage value of their services. That trend started in the 80s but especially since the recession has become far more pronounced.