I think Trump is going to snort enough of whatever he snorts that he shows up energized. What he says will be rambling nonsense, as it always is, but he’ll say it confidently. The story on the Trump side will be that he exceeded expectations, and that he’s going to gain momentum again.

Harris is more of an X factor, but the buildup to the debate (felon vs. prosecutor) means that she has to win decisively in the eyes of both the left and the middle just to meet expectations. I hope she somehow exceeds them or has a few moments that steal the show, but it’s more likely that Trump being able to speak semi-coherently will be the top story regardless of anything Harris does.

I hope I’m wrong.

As long as a single human being is homeless or hungry, billionaires should not exist.

You pirate content to save money and protest the excesses of capitalism.

I pirate content because I enjoy singing sea shanties with the mates while seeding torrents.

We are not the same.

It’s time to raise the boards.

Fire Hydrant Turns Rolling Dumpster into Dumpster Fire

Like so many other American things, imperialist exploitation has been largely privatized and handled by colossal megacorps.

“Look, if I start denouncing Nazis and Holocaust deniers, I’m going to run out of friends very quickly. At this point, they’re the only people who even like me. I mean, maybe some other people like me. Have the alt-right incels gotten over the crossdressing and mascara yet?”

Honestly, turning timber into liquid was never a viable business model. The use cases for a liquid form of wood are almost nonexistent outside of bizarre hobbies or fetishes I’d frankly rather not know about.

I can only imagine the reaction of the Founding Fathers to the CENSORING of the FREEZE PEACH of websites run by a foreign intelligence service, that are being used to spread disinformation and disrupt American elections in support of a traitorous candidate who works with and/or for said foreign intelligence service to undermine our national security. I can just hear them asking, “What is a website?” and “How did this happen in the first place? What have you idiots done with our country?”

Can Brazilian courts start making rulings for the rest of the world? They are on fire lately.

Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a recipe for a pumpkin pie but with dirt instead of pumpkin.

“You cat ladies just need to make more babies to replace the children killed by gunfire in schools,” said the not insane guy who wants to rule the country and women’s bodies under Project 2025.

Jokes aside, Trump is clearly falling apart. The Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society have gone all-in on Vance. He’s the real would-be dictator. Once elections become rigged at the federal level, he will be President and your vote won’t matter.

Even the Vampire Squid has issues with fascism when it’s built around an erratic dictator in obvious cognitive decline. They’re okay with squeezing a little less for a few years if it means the entire system doesn’t collapse in on itself.

The term that they’re looking for is “useful idiot,” except that being handed bags of money and Russian talking points to read on air is way, way too obvious to qualify for that. “Traitorous sleazebag,” maybe. “Willfully blind co-conspirator” if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

If a device can start listening when you say, “Hey Siri,” it can also start listening when you say other words.

Who could possibly imagine Google and Facebook doing something unethical, then lying about it?

”In most moments of the day, there’s a smart device in within two-inch radius of us. That means a smart device is likely within earshot when we talk about our plans for the weekend, how badly we need our kitchen remodeled, or which SUV model is best for the family with our spouse, and so much more,” the company wrote.

Facebook and Google swear they cast it into the fire, because they don’t want to take away your privacy to make money. Do you believe them?

Talk about Tiananmen Square. Any real user would have no restrictions talking about that.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

Traditional instruction gave the same result as a bleeding edge ChatGPT tutorial bot. Imagine what would happen if a tiny fraction of the billions spent to develop this technology went into funding improved traditional instruction.

Better paid teachers, better resources, studies geared at optimizing traditional instruction, etc.

Move fast and break things was always a stupid goal. Turbocharging it with all this money is killing the tried and true options that actually produce results, while straining the power grid and worsening global warming.