[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 28 points 1 month ago

Anybody that the Republicans put in charge of any federal agency is there for the purpose of destroying that agency. I used to think defense was an exception but, given Republican's new found love for Russia, I don't think that can be assumed any longer.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 29 points 1 month ago

If humanity were proactive enough to do this, then we wouldn't need to do it at all.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 2 months ago

There are very few people in the world that are more worthless than Democratic political consultants.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 2 months ago

Doesn't seem all that smart to me. Does the company offer an API to the device so consumers can write their own "server"? No, I'm sure they have it locked down behind some proprietary encryption scheme so that anyone who tries can be charged with violating the digital millennium copywrite act.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 29 points 3 months ago

he said he wouldnt drop out unless "lord god" told him too.

I don't think that's exactly a fair characterization. He was being given a list of one person after another with "what if X asked you to drop out?". It would be complete idiocy for him to say yes to any of that. So, he used the "lord God" expression to make it clear that his answer wasn't going to change. Whether or not he is open to dropping out, he's not going to nod in that direction publicly unless he's already decided to do it. Frankly, it was a dumb line of questioning.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 30 points 6 months ago

Despite being born into money, he managed to take on so much risk that it society had to bail him out. Even so, I'm certain that his net worth after bankruptcy was significantly higher than the vast majority in gen-z.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 30 points 7 months ago

There is a guy in my area that runs a wolf refuge and therefore has a zoo license. Local police took possession of an illegally owned black bear cub and came to him because it was too domesticated to release and they couldn't find a zoo that would take it. He refused but then relented because the next option was euthanasia. Now his wolf sanctuary has a black bear that he raised by hand and does "wrestling" shows with. He and the bear pretend to wrestle in a bunch of different poses. The bear could snap him like a twig, but is clearly very affectionate towards him.

https://bigrunwolfranch.org/

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 7 months ago

Biden has given a massive boost to unions in multiple ways, restarted enforcement of anti-trust laws, eased enforcement of Marijuana laws / moved towards decriminalization, and has forgiven $138 billion in student debt.

I'm no fan of Biden and we should definitely demand better, but it's ridiculous to claim he hasn't done just one thing to make people's lives better. This list is just off the top of my head, except the figure for student debt. I didn't even include climate issues since there has been some bad to subtract from the good, but he's been far better than any Republican would be.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 31 points 7 months ago

Just imagine the US goes to war and Elon shuts them off because some foreign leader strokes his (let's say) ego.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 30 points 7 months ago

We had a massively underutilized golf course next to our subdivision that shut down. Within a year or two nature moved back in and it was beautiful with a thick hedge between it and "civilization". I'd go in there and see deer, and a variety of raptors on the regular. Then they ripped it all up for new homes all built in identical rows like army barracks.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 28 points 8 months ago

I agree that it's frustrating that Democrats use shitty Republicans as an excuse to be just a tiny bit less shitty. However, it's getting really annoying that you can't criticize Trump without someone chiming in with "whadabout Biden?!" and you can't criticize Biden without getting a "whadabout Trump?!"

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 27 points 10 months ago

This is the claim.

Unions have always had issues with women.

One strike from one union 80 years ago when cultural attitudes were entirely different has no bearing on that claim.

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