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Got a quick response from Sen. Warner on abolishing ICE comment. It's a bit of mixed bag, but I get the impression if enough peopel push for it he might very well be onboard with kicking ICE's shit in legislatively. Probably for cutting their funds but might be possible move him to abolishing them.

Going to try to send a letting to my Congress critters and state governor at least twice a month this year. Maybe once a week, tried it last year. For the federal ones, today's letters were about the need to abolish ICE and hand that murder investigation over to the city of Minneapolis.

Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...

A good quality we rio version is now widely available.

Shout out @renegadecut.bsky.social for the rip & Cublex for the upload to the Internet Archive!
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It says a lot about many employers, when their response to workers demanding fair wages and working conditions, is to funnel money into AI research in hopes of getting general AI. That they then won't pay & will treat badly. Bonus note, they also don't get how their system of economics works.

I have a better idea because the GOP won't do jack about healthcare. VA needs to follow OR and have its universal healthcare, instead of waiting for the federal gov't. This would also have the other benefit of showing voters what the democratic party can do for them, when they have the gov't.

Given I'm seeing the whole "Let's do a 3rd party," we're stuck in a defacto 2 party system because of 1st past the post. We need rank choice voting to break the 2 party system & that is best achieved by taking over the democratic party in primaries. Not splitting the vote on the left under FPTP.

Last night proved that the Senate is a useless institution that needs to go. It's always democratic senators caving to the GOP or letting the GOP use the filibuster, that keeps our side from getting anything done.

The US should do what everyone else does when the legislature can't pass a budget. Hold a new round of elections because if the current government can't do that, they can't do jack shit to govern. Yeah, that means more powerful parties, but at least we'd know what we're getting from our candidates.

We also need campaigns to be publicly financed because unlimited money just allows for unlimited corruption and the wealthy to silence the masses. Furthermore, there should be strict limits on how gov't officials interact with the stock market and they can't own a business or BS crypto.

The court system needs reforms. Right now, SCOTUS is an aristocracy with super legislative powers. People get in for life, never have to worry about being removed and have plenty of ways to shut down any legislation they don't like without going calvinball.

Second, the founders hosed us by refusing to admit that parties are a natural result of democracies. Thus, we have a system incapable of properly dealing with them. We need rank choice voting so that we move beyond having just 2 parties. 2 parties that don't have much incentive to do better.

First, the senate needs to go. It was always an undemocratic body. It doesn't scale with population. Its were initially chosen by state legislature, rather than the people. Also, most times when progress hits a roadblock, while the liberal party is in power, it's a result of the Senate.

The US system of government is a failure; it doesn't meet the needs of the citizens. It has too many damn veto points that the wealthy and the conservatives can use to prevent anything from going in a positive direction. It is not a sustainable system and needs reforms.

As a starter, the Trump admin should be forced to spend money that was congressionally mandated to be spent on certain things before the government re-opens. Also, any bill that reopens the government, should force the GOP to make concessions. If not, the GOP can burn the filibuster for their crap.

The GOP and the Trump admin are lawless scum.

I see, solve one issue by creating a new set of issues in the process...

Extra Credits had an episode talking about how people aren't imagining things with remakes looking worse than the original. It's fascinating to look at how media is made to take full advantage of the tech at hand and how that falls apart when new tech is used.

Oh look, another group of liars playing the game that the republicans have no agency. Well f that, I'm not playing that game because republicans do have agency and this garbage was passed solely off of republicans in Congress. It passed because of republicans.

This guy just passed the first part of his CompTIA A+ certification. Now to spend the next 2-3 months prepping for the second part.

Fun being one of the first people doing CompTIA A+ 1201. I'm hoping they fix some issues with their e-books. Because there is a weird format, where some bolded terms didn't get a space between them & the next word. Also, examples are in French for an English e-book.

If we somehow have a republic after the orange fascist trash. This country needs to go to rank choice voting, needs to kill the EC, abolish the senate, lifetime judicial appointments and the presidency.

For those keeping track, everyone that has tried our system ended up with a dictatorship.

Probably screaming into the void, but the US workforce needs to carry out a general strike.

Also anyone working in the service industry should stare refusing service to members of the republican party, members of the corporate media and members of the oligarchy, such as Elon Musk and Donal Trump.

Yeah, I really dislike the modern internet. Useless search results, when you get into more esoteric things. For instance, trying to find resources as an individual with a disability that doesn't fit the stereotypical mold that the public thinks of.

Also feel that the algorithm fosters drama.

YouTube video by Technology Connections Algorithms are breaking how we think

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

I hate how my biggest worry these days is not that I'll struggle to get back into the workforce and create a better network.

It's the the right is going to destroy this country in a naked pursuit of power and expressing their hatred towards minorities.

For those not in the know, the first two groups of minorities that that Nazis went after were the trans community and individuals with disabilities.

The Trump administration going after both these communities is no coincidence and both his transphobia and ableism are nothing new.

There has been a lack of media literacy. To set the record straight for many fools that voted for Trump.

They aren't ST DS9's Bajorans, but the Cardassian Union.

They aren't SW's rebel alliance, but the Empire

They aren't Middle Earth's Last Alliance of Elves & Men, but Sauron's forces.

Passed the CompTIA ITF+ test. I hated how they worded things, didn't get as high as I would like, but 80% is still passing and had almost 70 more points than the lowest grade.

Now to help others in my group pass and start working on whatever I land on doing next. Either A+ or a programming.

So probably late, but just a heads up. Got a text from an outfit claiming to be Publius Polls today around like 5:30. So spent a bit digging to see who they are.

I'd recommend anyone that gets anything from them block and report.

My issue with the TikTok ban has always been that it does nothing to address the problem. No company should be allowed to collect, amass and sell the amount of private information that they currently are.