I wish it had a d-pad rather than the left trackpad, but otherwise yeah

If only mine weren’t broken 🥲

Currently, our collective behavior is parasitic and destructive to the environment, yes. But it’s important to draw a distinction here - a virus or bacterial infection or a parasite are locked into their respective strategies. They cannot help being what they are.

We don’t get that excuse. Humans are the ultimate generalists; we specialized into learning and communicating new behaviors between ourselves. Unlike the flu or a ringworm, we have the capacity to change how we interact with the environment.

Alberta Premium, nice

The French city of Lyon has taken a major step toward digital sovereignty by officially starting a move away from Microsoft software. . The city is gradually set to replace Microsoft Office with open source alternatives like ONLYOFFICE and switch from Windows to Linux-based operating systems to reduce dependency on proprietary offerings.

never heard of ONLYOFFICE, any good?

Trying to reach the “I don’t do politics” crowd with “harm reduction” doesn’t really work as a strategy.

Like, they’re already admitting that when something is an unappealing and controversial, they’d rather check out than engage. Going on to explain the gritty strategy for approaching unappealing and controversial politics is just adding more reasons onto the “I don’t do politics” pile.

It’s a crass comparison, but it would be like if someone said “I don’t play MOBAs” and the response was to immediately launch into an explanation of League’s current meta-strategy. Don’t be surprised when they immediately check out of the conversation. (Yes I know games are frivolous and politics is life and death – but the people who “don’t do politics” don’t see it that way)

More than that, nearly all of the “I don’t do politics” people are almost certainly never going to see this image. We’re in an online forum dedicated to talking about politics. The only people who see this are the people who already choose to spend their personal time on the subject. So ask yourself, is this image really about the people who are checked out of politics? Because, practically (regardless of intent) all this really seems to be is a thought-terminating cliche to throw at anyone who points out that running a “We’re the lesser evil candidate!” doesn’t actually engage or activate anyone who’s already checked out!

For that to actually for real happen, there would have to be a campaign and a candidate to convince enough people to do that. “We’re the harm reduction option” clearly isn’t that campaign.

It’s when you start including structures within cells that the complexity moves beyond anything we’re currently capable of computing.

Self Driving is only safer than people in absolutely pristine road conditions with no inclement weather and no construction. As soon as anything disrupts “normal” road conditions, self driving becomes significantly more dangerous than a human driving.

speaking of an unrelated chip on one’s shoulder…

No argument from me. What Constantinople was to Rome, the US is to the British.

People are right to say Dems are different when it comes to domestic policy, but they agree with Republicans on almost all foreign policy decisions. A significant portion of the criticisms Democrat representatives made of the recent Iran bombings amounted to, “Hey, you didn’t give us a chance to agree wholeheartedly!”

And most of this “slide into fascism” is just taking foreign policies and applying them domestically. In that sense, Democrats hold a lot of the blame as well.

There was a bit of a moment after the USSR dissolved where the US was just kinda spinning its wheels without any clear purpose. We still had all the institutions for weapons manufacturing, intelligence gathering, financial strong-arming – they were still doing their thing, but without an overall narrative to give a unified sense of purpose.

You can almost imagine 9/11 being somewhat of a relief – like, oh thank god a clear external enemy, now we don’t have to struggle justifying our continued existence. And, of course, now our leaders can’t agree on weather we’re in existential conflict with Russia or China or both. This go round, we are the crumbling gerontocracy.

what if the mobsters unionized

Everyone’s always quick to declare the beginning of World War 3, to pass every event through that lens. Inadvertently, it provides cover for the fact that Cold War 2 already started.

you’re life decisions aren’t gonna change anything, sometimes you just grow up to be a moth

Terrorism is internationally recognized as when a group or organization unaffiliated with a recognized government uses violence to achieve a political goal. “Terrorist state” is a contradiction in terms.

Netanyahu is leading a genocide and starting wars, all to avoid the regular democratic and legal process of Israel. Why are you carrying water for him?

so is there an approach you wouldn’t dance around the R word to describe?

No, the BPAs in it disrupt the endocrine system and lead to cardiovascular disease. I’ve also heard it’s carcinogenic. Really should not be described as anything like synthetic estrogen.

I don’t wanna jinx it, but

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

You’re talking about interacting with people on a real level, but you are doing it over the internet. You actually want to make a change? It starts offline.

Also, this is an overall post about how Israel demands international law protect them while binding anyone they choose to bomb. Democrats, actual party officials and leadership, agree with those demands just as much as Republicans.