For the asshole, I would have gone with Dawkins

Afaik they’d have to go through customs for the country they’re trying to enter. I can’t recall ever having to deal with US customs when leaving the US, it’s always been the country I’m traveling to.

Not enough

Approving the post and then locking it before anyone could comment would be a hilarious and fitting way to answer the question!

Could you be more specific? Because the only safeguard I’m aware of is impeachment and removal, which requires both chambers of Congress to act against Trump and I just don’t believe that’s going to happen while Republicans control both chambers and impeachment certainly isn’t going to “kick in” as if it’s some automatic process.

So I’m genuinely curious about what’s got you so optimistic

Wasn’t the stated goal to eliminate 2 trillion in spending? So, he’s destroyed the government’s ability to function and compromised the security of the government’s computer systems he’s only reached 2.75% of his stated goal? But not actually?

I want off this ride

They either have a death wish, they’re stupid or there’s something else

You know what they say. Everything that comes out of their mouths is either a confession or projection!

Yeah, hypothetically anyway. I technically count as being “in the thousands” because I own my home and car but I have no savings, no retirement, and have only 3 digits in my bank account which will go down to 2 digits soon enough.

That’s the tricky thing about “net worth.” It can be a very descriptive deceptive way of measuring things.

Edit: is the autocorrect error why I was getting down votes? I can’t figure out what else people would be objecting to :(

Agree 100%

The biggest reason we (the USA) are losing to fascists is because half of Americans are fascists, whether they realize it or not. And it’s been that way for a hundred years (and they were proto fascists, aka Confederates, before that)

Hence “with all due acknowledgement” because I understand that 10 mil is nothing, comparatively.

But I also understand that, to the Amazon warehouse worker with a net worth of a few thousand, or the disabled person who isn’t allowed to have a net worth greater than 2 thousand, 10 mil is a a fuck ton of money. You know, comparatively.

Man worth 10 million dollars warns of rule by the rich.

I guess he would know.

(With all due acknowledgement that 10 million is chump change for the likes of Elan and Musky)

The cold war was against the Soviets. We’re losing to fascists.

Which is much worse (imo)

Not me!

I cry in the shower at night after work.

What’s taught in schools: the parents should have a say! Don’t let the government decide what to teach our kids!

Books in libraries and content on the internet: the government must step in and make certain content illegal!

Of course, fascists don’t care if they’re hypocritical. They say whatever gives them the most power in any situation, so calling out hypocrisy won’t stop them. It’s still good to do, though.

It’s standard procedure to deny that a sale is happening untill the moment of no return because public reactions to the sale can impact negotiations. Rumors like the are denied no matter what, even if they’re true.

So we can’t believe them, but we also can’t say for sure their lying. Basically we just have to wait and see.

Here’s a direct link to the video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD46f6UI46y/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Steinmeier: “Elon is a threat to European democracy”

Elon: “No, you are!”

Here’s the richest man in the world, but he still can’t buy better comebacks.

Some virus

Iirc the increase in pandemics has been an expected result of global warming.

For my money, there are three existential threats to the human species. You’ve already listed two: global warming and nuclear war. IMO the third is microplastics (although PFAS could be combined with microplastics to make a category I think we could reasonably call “forever chemicals”)

I would LOVE to see this prosecuted, not because I want people who are hurting from the loss of a pet to be hurt more, but because not enough people consider raw milk dangerous and they really should. Even if the punishment was super small (because these people obviously didn’t understand what they were doing) it would hopefully help prevent future incidents.

But the disturbing thread running through all these requests is how easy it’s become for copyright trolls to leverage the DMCA to intimidate providers

I remember this issue being pointed out by the more vocal critics of the dmca when the bill was working its way through Congress. They warned that “remove first, ask questions later” would be abused by corporations in this exact manner with effectively no recourse for people who can’t afford a lawyer for every single time there victimized by a wrongful takedown request.

And here we are, decades later, and it’s been a problem this whole time.