Hey all of a sudden I've got an idea how the US could go back to being a premiere tourist destination again...

Of course, because a bold but incisive plan that looks to go against conventional logic is not what the board wants, and that's ultimately who this person works for.

Those broad abstractions are the easiest thing to get agreement around at a shareholder meeting. Anything more complicated requires and actual understanding of global economics and business; so obviously, you can't count on that.

C-suite makes a lot more money sticking around putting on a pony show that lines up with investor expectations than they would making an unconventional move that looks dangerous, let alone if it actually doesn't work out.

I got tricked into buying the software version of the one about colonial era ships, because the person working the book fair told me you could launch cannon balls and blow up the dude in the toilet, like it was some kinda wacky action game, and I was a wacky little action dude at the time so of course I had to check that out.

Turns out it was closer to Encarta but without the Mind Maze part. The guy blowing up was a tiny little animation, and you could not, in fact, fire the cannon at all. Something something disappointment immeasurable etc.

To be fair, it was a much more effective electoral strategy than the follow-up:

we're not going to do shit if you vote for us!

actually, doing nothing would be way better than what we were planning, not to mention way harder to buck our lobbyists that want us to do the terrible things, so we're going to fuck things up pretty bad if you vote for us. but the other guy might fuck things up slightly more, and it's your fault either way! but we won't do anything to stop it, because that's too hard/we don't care, ~~good luck~~ fuck you!"

Just use the same "inflation" math the grocery stores and fast food restaurants use, and you'll find you're owed just shy of $10.8 million.

Tag yourself

No, I absolutely will not.

Really such a bizarre way to word a policy initiative.

Like, "oh we need to give billions in bank bailouts in order to protect the wealth of all the ~[black]~ hedge fund managers! See! We're doing this for racial justice!"

Maybe I'm missing something, but I've found it very strange the concern over this change. I mean, it's only for public posts, which they could see if they just logged out or switched to a burner account anyways? Like, if it let them send a message or comment on posts, or see posts for followers only or something, I'd see the issue, but it doesn't seem like that aspect of the feature was all that meaningful anyways. Am I wrong?

I mean I assume if it's a big public priority of it's probably something terrible, so there must be more to it than how I'm understanding it currently.

My favorite line on this subject: only call the police when the situation would be improved by the addition of an easily frightened maniac with a gun.

That is to say, usually don't.

God this game looks so good. It's on my shortlist for sure.

There will be no upward mobility—revolution will be the only way out.