No. A year ago I would have said yes, but I’ve come to realize some uncomfortable truths.

The Internet is dying, the parts that will remain are able to manipulate users, and actively doing so to create a global rise of distopian authorization surveillance states

I think we can either have an underground Internet of technical minded people, or you get a weapon that will be used against the people

There’s also the offers of artificial insemination… When he asks his employees to have his kids, it’s not the natural way

I’m shocked.

On a side note, how often does this have to happen before being a ultra conservative political figure becomes probable cause?

You say that like it’s an escalation from the previous rhetoric… It’s literally a call against violence

Our military is being given orders to turn on our people. So far, they’ve managed to maliciously comply. Instead of menacing they smile and wave, instead of martial occupation they pick up trash and have to be ordered to carry weapons, and somehow every last one of them suddenly forgot how to march when it’s time for a parade

The military following their oaths instead of their orders is the very last line of defense. A surprising one, but one that is holding so far

What do you mean for now? Fascism isn’t a coherent ideology, the abuse of power is kind of baked in

Why? They were underlings and family members, it worked just like nepotism. It’s not anything exciting, it’s a small historical detail

Oh I’m just talking about his show… Yeah, Disney is definitely going to suffer for this one

I watched, but I have zero interest in watching him again. It was basically just comedy slop, the only joke that landed for me was the “I agreed to read this statement, to renew your subscription…”

But based on the fact I never would have watched him, and some people would probably find him funny, it’s got to be a net positive - 6 days for global exposure? That’s the holy Grail of marketing

I mean, not really. Barely anyone is alive who remembers these things viscerally, and people don’t pay attention to history at all, if they even know the broad strokes

There’s no digital ID in my system, there’s digital disclaimers and parental locks on the devices

The way we’re going now is digital IDs, they would try to throw it in regardless, but under my plan there’s no place where it could come into play

You could go further than that… Mandate that all new devices and app stores must have a parental lockout available out of the box

Then when you get your kid a phone or computer, you just set up the permissions. This already exists to a large extent, this would just standardize it all to turn it into a usable system

I think they did the thing everyone has been doing with Trump and re-announced a deal already in place as if it were a concession

But if you find a link to the contrary I’d be interested

They said no one comes out of that prison, and he’s back in the States

They’re still trying to pull endless bullshit to get their way, but they’re doing it through the courts

It would be nice, but we live in the worst timeline. Not losing can be a win if your expectations are low enough

Know what? Me? Because that’s the whole point, I show up without a problem once in a blue moon and just chat

And when I do have a problem I call and it’s all business, but we know each other already so neither of us are walking on eggshells

If they were serious about protecting children, they would have a device level lock and force web pages and apps to positively affirm they are “safe” for minors

That would work, this clearly won’t. This is just censorship, you can’t sanitize the Internet, you can only carve out walled gardens

I mean, it’s not like he’s a progressive warrior. He’s a general appeal late night talk show host, his job is to read out comedy slop about current events

I’m just happy he didn’t apologize

This is why I wander down to IT every once in a while on a slow afternoon. I just figured that it must suck to have every conversation start with a problem, so I’ll be the one person who occasionally shows up just to talk

Abrego Garcia is back from El Salvador. When it came down to it, they hemmed and hawed, but then they backed down before it got to a standoff

And that’s the pattern so far…a lot of stuff is getting undone in the background as it works it’s way through the courts

Not anymore they’re not… Unless it’s all talk, but they have seriously backed away from this. It’s a proven bad investment