That’s some “she was asking for it with the way she was dressed” shit.

Or more like “she was asking for it simply for existing”

firing a prohibited “Dragon’s Breath” incendiary shotgun

Knew what it was going to be as soon as I read the headline.

While parents certainly have an influence on their children’s ideologies and political leanings, it isn’t deterministic. Those children do still have agency, and external factors such as education (which yes, I know is under attack) and urbanization matter. Or even just simple youthful rebelliousness.

Regardless, I wouldn’t advocate left-leaning people to have more kids in some ill-advised attempt at a reproductive arms race. Among other issues, we are still staring in the face of environmental collapse.

It’s not about feeling better. It’s about calling out bad behavior (i.e. misogyny).

It’s about risk management, first and foremost.

I suppose you might get a second look from a 4B-practitioner if you had a vasectomy (i.e. to remove the risk of pregnancy), but I’m a man so I can only speculate on this. And of course this isn’t such a great option if you do plan to have kids some day. Then again, despite the anti-abortion rhetoric of “don’t have sex if you aren’t ready to reproduce”, planned pregnancies are much more dangerous under abortion bans.

Completely reasonable response to Project 2025.

No sarcasm, I’m quite serious. This is the play.

Also: set a nonstandard finger in a weird way as your finger unlock if you wanna use that

I actually do this. 3 wrong attempts and the phone requires a password.

I consider it a very light measure and not something to rely on alone, but it’s a bit of a no-brainer for how easy and unobtrusive this is.

or can move your finger to the fingerprint sensor).

Good luck guessing which finger and on which hand. You have 3 tries before a password is required.

🎶 I want to see your adblock-block-block

🎶 Your adblock-block

Been using Firefox for as long as I can remember now. Never had a reason to switch away, and I’m feeling rather vindicated.

I think enshittification is a one-way street.

Totally fair

Where, if you don’t mind me asking?

The U.S. even has a designated area to test all this shit out on before bringing it home.

To the surprise of absolutely no one. Tech companies are going to force this shit down our throats whether we want it or not, and Trump is going to pave the way for it.

AI is the new “smart connected” that they are going to shoehorn into anything and everything. No one is asking for AI on Notepad.

Support from local and state governments does make a difference though. While federal agencies can still enforce these laws, local/state agencies could look the other way. Cannabis is still federally illegal, but some states have basically said “no thanks, we’re good as long as you stick to our rules on it.”

It comes down to how much state governments want to go to bat for their constituencies and how much the federal government wants to press the issue. All else being equal, I’d rather be in a state that stands up for my rights than one that doesn’t.

Especially Israel

Why? They rolled Iran’s proxies, and (if western media is to be believed) Iran itself has been shown to be a paper tiger. Their big ballistic missile attack was neutered, and the big air strike on their soil was reported to be very devastating to air defenses and missile construction.

So we have a situation of Schrodinger’s Iran. They are simultaneously super dangerous, and to quote Kamala Harris “Iran is greatest U.S. adversary.” Or they are no match for Israel’s superior technology and intelligence agencies.

This is why I’ve argued that technology, in terms of actual benefit for people, peaked many years ago. I won’t try to pinpoint a date, but we have past peak technology from this perspective.

After that peak, advancements in technology have mostly just served as means to control the population or extract more from us (see enshittification) and have not been of benefit to the average person.

Technology allows for actual hard power to be concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer. I don’t mean like a dictator with an army behind them, but a dictator and small group with enough tech to control everything. You are right, and it’s extremely concerning.

I’ve seen stirring of it.

Paywalled link, but you can see enough: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emilyhoeven/article/newsom-trump-democratic-party-19893871.php