Lucky for you, now’s a great time to snap up cheap, used Teslas without giving a cent to Musk. Plenty of people that already bought them now want to sell them because they are worried about vandals. But if that’s not a concern for you, then good news!

He gets angry at being called out, then uses those victims’ anecdotes as an excuse to express that anger without getting attacked for it. It’s all calculated, one of many manipulation methods that bullies use.

Important update - he “postponed” this tour. (Here’s a Lemmy-based link about it.)

Now, the article uses the word “postpone.” But we all know that’s just a coward’s way of saying something is “cancelled.” Which is why it perfectly tracks for Schumer and I’d be willing to bet he never actually goes on this tour at all.

Had those missing voters participated in good faith in 2024, Trump would not be president today.

The problem with this argument is that it ignores the effects of Covid-19. A not-insignificant number of people who voted in 2020 didn’t vote in 2024 because they had died since then. I did the math once, and it’s buried somewhere in my comment history (I’m at work at the end of my break. I’ll look for it when I’m able to.)

EDIT: Found the comment where I did the math. In the end, over 716,000 people died of Covid in the United States between 2020 and Dec 2024 (the time that comment was written, and the closest I could find date-wise at the time.)

His administration won’t let NOAA provide accurate forecasts so that the farmers can plan ahead.

He’ll also deplete irrigation water in the off season so there’s less of it available when farms need it.

Not to mention, a significant chunk of the farm workers are/will be rounded up.

Thankfully, there are some designs that improve on this! Here’s what’s in my kitchen:

The brand is OXO, for anyone curious.

It sounds like they mean a certain procedure that’s done to animals that cuts them off from the influence of hormones.

before we enter the twilight of American democracy.

Twilight already started. Look around at the anti-woke crowd, urging us to go back to sleep. Shhh, calm now, strong daddy government will totally keep us safe. If you think you hear anything scary going on, don’t worry - you’re just imagining it.

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For themselves. They only care about what will impact themselves. If the power grid got cut in the poorer parts of town, but their own power stayed on, most rich people wouldn’t give a damn. Just like with lead water pipes, or budget-starved public schools, or the myriad of other issues that impact millions of non-rich people, they will let this shit happen for as long as they’re not affected by it. No benevolent rich people are going to come out of the woodwork to save us.

As far as ways to filter for such positions, maybe look for roles that require traveling? At the very least, you’d be in a different location throughout your week.

By this logic, the less predictable your daily life is, the more “alive” you are.

So for a lot of us, to be “alive” is to experience constant anxiety about what’s about to happen.

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Actually, that tracks.

Archive link to avoid paywall.

So much for ending emails with a simple “thank you” at the end. Damn offensive pronouns.

Anyone else remember Neopets? They had a filter that was extreme and multilingual. I can’t count how many times I’d write a friendly message, the filter would block it, and I would end up editing chunks of text trying to avoid whatever word or series of letters the filter thought was inappropriate. Sometimes it’d be a few letters embedded in another word (like “associate” being banned for the letters a s s.) But sometimes, I was truly stumped. The only explanation I can think of is that some letters in English words matched up to swears in other languages.

Anyway, fun fact - I met my first boyfriend through that site. We decided to see how dirty we could talk while still getting messages past the filter. We used innuendos, slang, and other turns of phrase with each other just to see what we could get away with.

In the end, all that filter did was make us more creative at communicating forbidden topics. Whoops ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

This needs to be its own post, if it isn’t already.

aliens and predator

With the way this year is starting, I wouldn’t be surprised if even they show up.

Get ready for sov cits to find a way to apply this to themselves.

Looks like neonazis are unaware that Hitler was vegetarian (from 1938, til the end of his life.)

Not that I expect neonazis to be knowledgeable about history, or capable of recognizing their own hypocrisy. It’s just somewhat amusing that if this meme holds true, even their Fuhrer’s dietary choices would’ve upset them.

It’s ideal for when you want to have hot, steamy conversations about all your deepest, darkest desires. Like popping CEOs, overthrowing the oligarchy, and making enough money to afford all your basic human needs.