Thanks for naming the artist!

This is kinda how it goes every mid-term election. I’m used to it by now. The way the US government is designed is hostile to progress and dragging its feet the whole time. The few moments when any party gets multiple seats of power, they sprint as far and fast as they can before the gears get clogged again.

You gotta just play the hand you’re dealt. If democrats win a majority, but not a supermajority, their job is to at least stop things from getting worse for a while.

This art style is right up my alley

I’m actually kind of interested after I heard a synopsis. I just don’t really go to movies these days, and I think a lot of other folks don’t go as much either.

Well… they aren’t really doing anything to improve that.

I’ve heard (anecdote only) that this accounts for some foreign countries believing he’s more well-spoken than reality. Translators, for the sake of clarity, might clean up much of the meandering. It’s difficult to convey poor English in a translation.

I feel like it’s significantly easier to track the sale of certain equipment than trying to prevent the knowledge from getting around.

I feel like one problem is that AI trained on real people. So I find it hard to believe that real people will never sound like AI. I think these sorts of analyzing tools can be useful, but shouldn’t be the sole source of evidence that something is generated.

CBS is reporting cancer as the cause of death. Just dropping an update.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/sean-grayson-former-sangamon-county-deputy-dies-in-prison/

I think part of the trick is more just growing what already grows well in your area. I have a cherry tomato plant that I didn’t buy seeds for—I just tossed a few old tomatoes in the garden and it popped up subsisting off excess water from the lawn sprinklers. These last couple of months I’ve been able to step out every morning and pick a few to go with my breakfast. I haven’t had to spray for bugs because the local lizards keep them clear. I think more passive gardens like that might be the way to go.

I’m starting to look at those old cars just to not have built-in trackers on my vehicle.

Making a note to myself to review bomb later kthx.

I love it Can I have the artist so I can follow them? It’s cute

Oh—yeah, I probably don’t know much. Admittedly I think I’m a lot less tech savvy than most of the people I interact with here, I don’t even get most of the Linux memes. I just know it’s less toxic than Reddit (not a high bar admittedly) and there seem to be fewer bots. I have an app called “Mlem” on my phone that I got when I was trying to get off Reddit and that’s as much as I know about how I got here >.> I know there’s some related recommended lists but I haven’t converted over to any of them yet. Always open to suggestions though if there’s something you’d particularly like me to check out!

I don’t regret switching This app has been significantly healthier for my mental health. No infinite scroll, just what’s important.

This is oddly soothing to think about.

I honestly didn’t know the worth of copper had gone up so much.

Ya know. When I was a kid, I was horrified reading a reveal in a book where the queen was actually a corpse that was being puppeted around to hold off a succession war.

Every once in a while I think about it again

I feel like it’s a potential grey area, but reading the article, it seems like the line was walked well. I wouldn’t want someone pulling out a “church of Satan” card outta someone’s wallet and giving the death penalty for it, but it looks like that isn’t what was going on here. This seems based on art and writings that indulge in violence and violation of consent. As with Christians,“freedom of religion” shouldn’t be used to excuse glorifying harm to others. (Even if our society often does excuse Christians. Still shouldn’t.)

Very valid