A blue AG? Does that mean Ken Paxton might actually get prosecuted for his crimes?

He already ruined his own life by ruining those of others. It's not wrong for him to face consequences for that. That these @ssholes are more concerned about his life is ridiculous.

Also, maybe he can put on his big boy pants, accept responsibility, accept that there're many, many things he's disqualified himself for in this life, and take the consequences as just. Do his time. Accept exile from whole sections of the community if he gets out. He'll never be able to give back what he destroyed, but he can spend his life trying his best to make up for it as humbly as possible though he will fail. That's the only moral path open to him.

This reminds me of a section from a favorite book of mine:

The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With.” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,” with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent. Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica that had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand years in the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came.

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)

Sam Altman is a mindless jerk who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. He'll be right after Elon.

Believe it or not, this was literally their motto. If you didn't know, you'd never, ever think it was possible, right?

There was a time many tech companies were owned by idealists with fairly good intentions. Then they got rich, then they got greedy, and here we are.

You can absolutely debate whether their intentions were ever good, but that was their public face, at least. I think at least some of them meant it, personally, but maybe I'm still naive after all these years. I'm not the only one who took the statements at face value, though. Many employees at companies like Google have tried to stand for the old ideals and gotten shoved aside and/or fired.

So the people in charge of the elections allowed the election to be stolen from them?

Yeah, that checks out. /s

The party of hurt feefees.

Every time I get a call or text or see an ad like this for a political campaign, I try to respond in a way that even idiots like these might be able to understand, something like: "The country is pretty much on fire, people are hurting all over, and you idiots want me to worry about gender and sports?"

Putting aside all the important arguments about bodily autonomy and liberty, I think it's best to meet these people with the argument that what somebody else chooses for themselves has nothing to do with the welfare of the country in any way, shape or form. Even if it were an issue, and it is not, we have far bigger fish to fry what somebody else chooses to do that affects no one else.

"Where is My Mind" - The Pixies

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If you like rpgs, Skies of Arcadia was pretty fun on Dreamcast.

I watched the whole series a while back and enjoyed it immensely. I recently started watching the universally derided Netflix live adaption, and I have to say, for all that it's definitely weaker then the original show, I enjoy seeing some of the same stories and definitely the characters in a live action format. I feel the actors for the primary roles got their characters mostly right. Sometimes, the show even gets the vibe from the original series. Rather than hating it, I'm just seeing it as a lost opportunity on the part of the riders and showrunners.

All that being said, I never did watch the movie so I guess this is my cue to go ahead and get that done. If it's anywhere near as good as the original series, it's going to be well worth it.