JanoDev

You seem indifferent to exactly who will be doing the rebuilding. That detail seems important to me.

Imagine being a billionaire, in charge of one the most powerful, influential companies in the history of world, and prostrating yourself to Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. Sheesh.

there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.

It aired in 1990.

Are they distinguishing between “download backup” and “restore from backup”? I could see them rationalizing this as a “feature” that keeps people from leaving their platform.

It's barmy, I've been on this cycle for the past 3 months:-

1. Client wants a change to the site with this plugin
2. Client emails the plugin vendor to make those changes
3. Plugin vendor says "we don't offer this a service"
4. Client contacts me to make the changes, I quote for it
5. They refuse

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

I do think that you’re more of an interloper in this particular conversation than I am.
Thank you.

So your argument boils down to “The situation is not complicated, it’s just the exact opposite of what all evidence would suggest”? That position is going to need quite a bit more defending than just “Don’t read MSM bro lol!”

the "leftists are being hysterical" to "it's important not to scold anyone for being wrong earlier" pipeline

This is an object lesson in the importance of force and violence in politics. ICE is able to flaunt the law because they're willing to use both. Until members of Congress start showing up with breaching teams and armed security, the law is irrelevant. Just a piece of paper.

There's a level of rich you can reach where the idea of being told no becomes unfathomable, and it probably shouldn't exist.

The media is completely ignoring that Brown University just agreed to a full bathroom ban and defining trans people out of existence. Even worse, when they mention it, they're describing it as a sports ban. This is not just a sports ban.

The media is hiding what's happening here.

So far I've only heard the Mighty Crabjoys one. Would it be a spoiler to elaborate on the F4 one?

Seems to me the thread running through all of American history is we could've avoided a lot of problems by being harsher on evil sooner

Oh yes we got tunnels! Right here in River City!

I just spent a good five minutes writing an re-writing a reply to a post by someone that I don’t even know, trying to find the perfect way to present a contrary opinion without sounding like an ass.

Then I realized I could just NOT post it at all, and deleted my draft. How liberating!

Hey-ooooooh!

are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?

All this time I thought he was on Star Track.

If there is one thing I know about Mildred, it’s that they are NEVER silly.
If there were two things I knew about Mildred, I would tell you.

Counterpoint: Jennifer Garner as Electra

So *that* is what “breadtube” means!

Violent or destructive left wing protest is framed as delegitimising the protesters' stated cause.

Violent or destructive right wing protest is framed as emphasing the need for urgent action on the protesters' stated cause.

As always, right wing men are treated as elemental forces without agency.

when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it get the worm.

Well, at least Columbia is out of the woods now. Mob bosses always leave you alone after you pay them protection money one time.

Screenshot of Columbia's settlement with the White House

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

People in the replies keep calling Tuberville “stupid”, but this isn’t stupid. It’s explicit incitement to civil war. There is no interpretation for this statement other than “I think that Democrat voters are the literal enemy and should be shot.”