I’m glad you’ve noticed.

Though I do agree that Schumer should have fought more instead of capitulating. The feds who were suffering were still up for the fight.

Then they should leave Ukraine.

Is it the ones blowing the dog whistle or the ones hearing it that are too dumb to make it subtle?

That one doesn’t fit their current objectives.

Their current objective is Dems are responsible for everything the Republicans do.

I mean, I was going to make this joke, but this kind of ruins it. Though, maybe if the joke is seen first…

You’re literally here. Did you think we were immune?

Just like nuclear technology is no longer a threat to humanity, right? We’re dang near a hundred years there.

I expect they’ll probably follow code anyway? Because you know as soon as dipshit is out of there, they’re going to have to inspect that thing for safety reasons. And the contractor probably doesn’t want the reputation of building absolute crap.

On the other hand, if he’s as good as picking construction contractors as he is at picking lawyers or cabinet positions, well…

If you really want a community to take off, you have to basically schedule yourself to make content there.

The lessons from every group I’ve grown (and haven’t) is that consistency is key. You have to develop the habit in other people, and it might take a long time to start.

If you want to be a Twitch streamer, for instance, you have to do it at the same time every day.

Kind of. I don’t think the Internet will ever return to the heyday of Reddit.

Once governments and groups recognized that social media actually does move public opinion, that was the end of good, anonymous social media.

The ways to bring some of that back aren’t great. A community where everyone’s verified is much better, but it’ll be quite different from the Reddit days where you’d have (usually real) ridiculous subject matter experts chiming in on random threads.

You don’t get that with a small, verified population. And when you don’t have verification, well forever now have effectively psyops intending to influence you.

My thought to reconcile it was all the counter culture.

made as few changes as possible to the one Republicans had adopted.

Vote in primaries. And then vote in the general.

Don’t tell other people not to vote, implied or explicit.

Delusional half-truths from lemmy.ml, and no one was surprised.

The Democrats are doing whatever they can to win elections. If you don’t want them appealing to billionaires, stop fucking letting billionaires influence you and people you know. Get off of Twitter. Get your family off of Twitter and Facebook. Find ways to reach out to people.

This both sides bullshit is sabotage to prevent people from useful voting. Vote for whoever you want in the primaries, but in the general, vote for whichever isn’t a fascist. Yeah, if you’re a neolib and you’re scared of communism, whatever, vote for Mamdani anyway. Have this stupid fight in the primaries. The general is against fascism.

Well, they’re better than WaPo now. The only real issue I have with the NYT is their Israel bias.

Yes, but no.

It turns what should be a good, bittersweet moment into… resent, envy, and chiding.

And for what? Because so many cancer survivors campaign against cancer research and helping people with cancer? In my experience, they’re not exactly the pull up the ladder types.

Just a podcast.

Do you know what good mass transit could do though? Imagine cities without parking lots and garages. Imagine having spaces that are much safer and more comfortable to walk. Imagine solving the housing crisis, since you can now build downtown complexes where those parking garages were.

Imagine getting most semis off the road and reducing road repairs by more than half.

Trains could do a lot, and it doesn’t take much imagination.