Eldritch

Gibby doesn’t do drugs. Drugs do Gibby. .

Yep, reliability and popularity. There’s still plenty of space for it. But I think piefed has kind of come in and sucked up all the extra oxygen in the room for the moment.

That and conservatives abhor thinking. They need someone or something to defer to. And LLMs can give them all sorts of moderately intelligent bullshit they’ve come to expect . From their leaders and politicians. But better and faster. With possibly even less accuracy.

Not enough money for big bird. But money to spare for a fascist private jet. Tragic

While I would love this personally. I think this is still a bit of a browser support issue Etc. But yes jpeg XL please. Smaller size for similar fidelity as JPEG. Even lossless with transparencies much better sizes than PNG. Though I know there is traction on the PNG side again and they are talking of implementing something other than lzma compression. That’s still the future. Jpeg XL is here and now. Not As tied as webp is to a single company Period and not quite as esoteric as avif is.

I’ve seen one Dunno about a large influx. But it didn’t last long.

They can’t. Not without my consent. And minors can’t not without their parents consent.

And if we’re all going to rail against things because they can have side effects. Viagra can cause heart attack and death. Boner pills kill y’all. We should outlaw Viagra or similar medications they’ll literally kill you. Puberty blockers and transitioning won’t do that. In fact generally the opposite.

I never said it was. There’s 100% side effects for every medication around. They generally don’t really impact most people however. And are often preferable to the condition they seek to solve.

And regardless I don’t think anyone should take someone implying that something is the work of demons seriously. Or give any weight to anything you say over scientists and doctors who consult with their patients. Who all say otherwise

Puberty blockers don’t do any sort of transition. They literally just block puberty. Which runs its course when the puberty blockers stop. There is no transition. But this is the thing with your type. You get indoctrinated with an concept and then imagine all sorts of crazy things to explain it.

At the very least fathered the internet we know today.

Hey now, that’s casting aspersions on his asparagus.

Too true

I generally agree with hank

If only we could have had a test drive of sorts before. That actual news media could have reported on. Instead of sane washing him. If only.

IKR? Shades of Ralph Wiggum.

If the most relevant way to describe someone is “influencer”. Then everyone influenced by them is a moron. They are just a mega moron. It’s a safety hazard any of these vehicles are allowed on the road. Let alone, driving autonomously with no actual intelligence on board.

Sadly that is absolutely what it means. So indoctrinated that they can’t even see it. I still love PBS and NPR in general. But it’s undeniable how much worse they’ve gotten trying to appeal to people who want nothing to do with them.

Yep RIP tides are no laughing matter. I was lucky enough when it happened to me I just ended up several hundred feet down the beach. Once you are in it. It can be way harder to get out than a lot of people might think.

Push back would have unfortunately been performative. For decades national Democrats and their supporters have been hyperfocused on the presidency. Ceding many lower offices to Republican fascists without a fight. Democrats haven’t held a solid legislative/judicial majority in nearly 50 years. Republicans have. Which has allowed them to neuter and negate everything Democrats have tried. Which wasn’t much.

While I would have liked to have seen Obama speak out more. The fact that he would have only been speaking out with nothing being done wouldn’t have been that positive for them and cost them a lot of political Capital they could use for other things. And indeed, in 2028 if Democrats somehow managed to win the presidency again. Without having a solid control of the legislature etc. It will be the same as them not winning. They really need to start focusing on the state level heavily. And winning back areas they’ve long since given up on. Only then will they be able to do more than just bitch and whine.

Money will definitely present an obstacle. But the fact mamdami is the parties candidate carries plenty weight itself. Outside the primaries people are largely clueless. Name recognition will count for something. Though I don’t think Cuomo’s is that good. IIRC he’s dirtied of plenty. So hopefully party recognition will outweigh.