[–] 4 points 19 hours ago

You can write to them (email or paper) and it can apply pressure indirectly. Their interns read it and "tally" the types of issues mentioned. They will send you a bullshit canned response that re-states their already engrained positions, whether it aligns with what you want or not.

But arguably it can move the needle if enough people put sustained pressure around very specific bills. Probably more direct influence than voting.

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  • [–] 2 points 19 hours ago

    You could see a scenario where they pressure/rush Alito into retirement and force a replacement vote before the current Congress term ends. Not likely but possible. I think a more likely scenario unfortunately is that the parties take turns "reforming" the court every time they control the Senate and the Executive.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago*

    At this point we need a trusted company with some manufacturing leverage to make a privacy-first TV. I think Framework would be a good candidate. They can actually secure supply chain of panels and whatnot. They should be able to offer a TV that's a dumb panel or with minimal optional inputs or modular components. It'd be difficult to do the product engineering from scratch but if you already have done it with laptops...

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