We dropped them for good old blocklists, and so far we’ve actually seen less spam for our clients.

:(

So, when Social Security gets gutted, we’re all getting the money we put in back, right? …right?!

Stuff like that is always a distraction. They know their base are a bunch of conspiracy theorists and morons who will willingly throw away their rights for the promise of stuff like that.

No, they knew that, and they like(d) it.

Also, remember that Russia is watching this, too. Putin is an asshole, but he’s not so stupid as to not notice how quickly Trump has torn down trust with not just Ukraine, but all of our allies. Absolutely nothing to stop Trump from doing the same thing to Russia, and Russia doesn’t have the economy or the military to stand up to the US.

It’s all really fucked up.

My original theory was that they wanted this on camera so they could point the finger and say, “see, he’s not serious about wanting peace, he won’t listen to us.” But, the more I watch and read, the more I’m convinced this is solely meant to tear down trust between the US and its allies. Trump has always wanted to be an isolationist president, and a wartime president, and he’s trying really hard to make that happen abroad… And at home.

Donald Trump wants civil war—he wants the opportunity to tell US troops to kill US citizens—and Hegseth and Patel are right there with him.

Nice finds, and thanks for sharing!

I don’t think the irony of prohibiting certain opinions in opinion pieces in the name of “free speech” is lost on Bezos. He just doesn’t give a shit.

With the current Ames SCOTUS case, I think we’re heading for a “fairness over equity” court system. Life is about to get a lot scarier for minority and (previously) protected classes.

I don’t expect this to happen in my state, but if it does, what’s the best recourse? Stock up on fluoridated toothpaste and brush extra? Get fluoride treatment at dental checkups? Something else? I don’t have kids, but if I ever do, I want their teeth to be healthy.

I never really understood…

Have you tried learning about it?

It’s a feature, not a bug.

Trump’s second term: literally too confusing, too extreme

I’ll admit that I was in that position, once. The difference is that when I did it I voted for McCain, not a failed actor and businessman with a clear plan to tear apart our democracy.

It’s great that people are waking up to this, but the damage is done. We’re going to all have to fight tooth and nail to stop and undo the damage, if we can at all. Hang on to your butts, people.

So, I was only able to find data on federal prisons, but as of 2024 there have been a grand total of… Two, two prisoners given gender affirming surgery.

One of the amazing crises the US is fabricating.

Yeah, no, they won’t give two shits. They’d all happily be Putin’s lapdog. They find his leadership inspiring.

I’ve really been struggling with seeing everything and just, at the end of the day, there’s nothing I can do. I will continue to vote and donate and protest, but… I really don’t think it matters anymore. The system is so out of whack, so built on trusting people in certain positions to act in a certain way, that when people don’t there’s no real guardrails to stop it. Maybe I’ve just grown nihilistic, but… Sure seems like we’re fucked.

Sadly, no, though I’m curious how the other lemming changed their polling rate. I used Piper, so maybe different methods have different effects? Idk. I’ll have to keep tinkering.

Fair enough! Thanks for sharing that. I think there’s a beauty in photography that we can each create in our own way, and that the process is part of the photographer’s expression, despite the viewer knowing none of that.

Interesting! I’ll give that a try.