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Just loaded it overnight, no explosions yet

They can vote to “waive the rules” but that requires 60 votes - so Sen Wyden is making a motion that says - hey, this is breaking the rules - and the republicans will respond with - ok, we want to waive the rules - but they will need 60 votes (including at least 7 Democrats) to succeed.

Just the cute ones

Once an employer shut down there was now the choice to stay home - no need to go out and find other work to make that months rent. If it could have been better calibrated to reflect actual cost of living that would have been grand - but that’s what happens when you underinvest in human services.

Faced with that choice most of those folks are going to show up to work. If the death rate turned out to be higher than it ultimately was that would have meant millions of additional deaths. I don’t know how anyone could encounter that situation and not see a moral imperative to act.

The middle class and up could afford to turtle with their families and stay home as soon as their offices closed - but folks working paycheck to paycheck and the service industries had to either work or begin to starve/lose the roof over their families heads - all based on an unknown risk

It’s important to understand the motivation behind the payments. We had no clear idea how bad the pandemic was going to be at that moment. .1% death rate? 1%? 10%?

Can’t even remember what the original abbreviation was supposed to be but it marks posters who said something interesting and it’s worth keeping track of their future comments

No, unfortunately. Once Sen Booker yields the floor the Majority Leader (Republican) has the privilege to reclaim the floor and manage floor time again.

Senator Wyden has already made clear that he is running for reelection at the end of this term. There’s far too much work to do (and things to undo)

It is impossible to explain something to someone if their living, agenda, or ideology depends upon not understanding it.

There’s even a pickup truck the size of a mini cooper being made by the guys who actually created the Tesla

Hatchbacks are making a comeback - and not “coupes” with all sorts of extra unnecessary bodywork where rear glass should be. The Rivian3x, the Ioniq5, the VW 1 and 2 and a host of other cars are adopting the old glass box, highly efficient style. .

The Controversial Gay Priest Who Brought Vigilante Justice to San Francisco's Streets In response to anti-gay violence, the Reverend Raymond Broshears formed the Lavender Panthers, an armed self-defense group, in 1973

Growing up in the Bay Area in the 1970s as a cis/straight kid Broshears was a legendary figure who gave lie to every depiction of gays and trans people as weak and deviant. A tragic figure as well. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

Yup, saw it as a woman too. Something about the way the author wrote about their protective instincts came across as more feminine than masculine. I always saw the character played by charlize theron. Given the dearth of good female lead roles in sci-fi it’s a shame they didn’t see that

Wired has been doing a good job covering this DOGE fiasco, did that leave you any time to check out the book?

I just have to reiterate how proud I am that literate folks have put us in this company

Certainly Ron Wyden. He must be aware the Senator has a book coming out in a couple of weeks that doubles down on his call for the court’s attempt to invalidate the approval of RU486 to be ignored.

What do you think of the Section 230 chapter?

He’s not retiring anytime soon

Don’t feel bad, you’re just an engineer opining about art. You’re about as successful as an artist trying to write elegant code

Harrumph!

Library Futures | The Kids Online Safety Act Denies Young People’s Freedoms of Expression and Priv... Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

Yep. Listen to these librarians. KOSA is like book banning for the whole Internet https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/kosa

No offense, but that’s the House of Representatives free throw shooting champ - 47 out of 50. I’d bet on that one going in

FWIW, it wasn’t autocorrect, it was abysmal handwriting recognition