I think I can see the incentive to have lawyers present, since Mississippi specifically has no laws on the books to initiate a formal recount. Any attempt from either party could be dismissed by a judge - if without cause - due to there being no formal process to initiate a recount.

People are sent to prison not strictly for reasons of violence, but because we as a society has designated certain crimes to have been painful either physically or materially to those that experienced them.

A hacker or a fraud may not be inflicting physical violence, but that doesn’t mean they are harmless.

Now what you define as violence can change things a bit, but I personally would define it as a physical or a threat of something physical.

I’m not for violence or threatening violence. I am for, saying openly, that crimes committed by leaders should be investigated and prosecuted in a court of law, should there be enough tangible evidence to pursue a case.

I think in many cases right now there’s enough visible evidence for a case to be built quickly, but as a member of the public that’s not my job to weigh that information.

I would hardly say there is consensus on topics like this, but people that see violence as a means to an end may be more likely to voice exactly that sentiment more vocally and more often.

I personally oppose all forms of violence, but I do think leaders need to be held accountable for their actions. I’m more in favor of punishments in the form of stripping wealth and/or long/lifetime prison sentences depending on crimes levied.

A more tame view isn’t that attention grabby either though. Nor do I personally feel the need to say it either since I’d just wait for prosecutors to actually prosecute the crimes.

California is its own beast.

Peoples lives have not really been getting better because of federal politics, but moreso Newsom shutting the door on progressive legislation.

Blue voters haven’t had a strong urgency to show up since the state is already blue, so people feel that showing up to vote has less impact. Big tech companies are spending millions on ads to confuse voters. Many of the measures also were seemingly written in a confusing way.

What doesn’t get mentioned more is culturally it feels like people have been fending more for themselves with all these cost of living increases. People drive and act selfishly constantly. There’s a noticeable difference in the way people from SoCal or NorCal are living compared to say Oregon or Washington. I would say people I’ve interacted with living in the later two seem much happier on average compared to the slog of the freeway ‘go, go, go’ atmosphere plaguing California.

I think the national wave of blue will do a lot of good for reminding Californians that there is hope out there. Plus, the new governor may be a bit more likely than Newsom to let some progressive legislation pass.

So many people feel hopeless in California right now. The prospects of owning a home, starting a family, and/or retiring becomes less possible by the day even if you have a good job as a young person. People still are voting, but without the progressive policies that are desperately needed it’s becoming tough. Hopefully we see progressive federal policies make it through since that could do a lot of good at making life better for Californians.

Also, California desperately needs a Mamdani style person to come to light. Someone that can motivate sweeping progressive changes through passion and care.

The industry I do have a strong distaste for, but there is a culture around it I’m wary of as well. There’s times I’ll join a discord for games and the pastime of many college age guys is to start up a game of gambling between rounds of video games.

The industry makes it easy, but culture plays in a bit as well since you might not want to be missing out. You hear more of the stories of win streaks or big payouts, but the losses in between get swept under the rug. The industry does change it from something fun to something with actual consequences though, especially with those higher buy-ins these days.

If you have self-control it’s fine like most other potential vices.

I’d personally rather avoid it to not promote the culture around it and because I know people that lost everything they owned from doing it.

Maybe opting in for the types of targeted ads you are okay with being exposed to but not personally targeted ads?

So maybe I’m okay with opting in for ads about video games or movies in my primary language, but I personally would not opt-in for ads for gambling sites. Also, I’m okay with advertiser knowing their ad went to someone that opted in to see that genre of ads, but not tying that ad data to specific individuals because that’s weird.

Dear reader,

You must dance.

There is a chance that it was not the owner’s choice necessarily, as it could have been a prior owner/breeder. Although in all likelihood it may well have been the owner that decided to dock her dog’s tail.

I’ve waited over fifteen years for something like this

I’m so sorry for your loss, sending love friend :(