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They also commission half-baked slop from session musicians for a fixed rate and then feed it into playlists to reduce the payouts due to artists.

Between churning licenses, AI and session slop, it’s not a usable platform nor one worth supporting. It didn’t even start as a music platform — it was advertising first and music was determined to be an affordable draw.

What McDonald's condiment does the US president rub on his face?

Nothing like launching a crypto pump and dump right before you enter office.

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

Particularly given Zuck's recent public demonstration of unwavering fealty.

Because the next administration is going to do 0 years of governing in 4.

My kids are too young to use it and I'm hoping all said companies have failed by the time they're of age.

And the solution is? More privatization?

I wasn’t aware the government owned SCE.

I’m not aware of any republican policies to address the issue. Last I saw they were complaining about ASL translators being available during news conferences about the disaster.

That's not the fault of the party you're blaming it on. The utilities fail to do so and have (and continue to) face lawsuits and repercussions. If the state were to intervene with their operation further I imagine you'd take issue with that meddling.

It's certainly not caused by Delta smelt or a failure to rake leaves in the forest either.

It's not. There are often limits on watering frequency and more folks are switching to native plants/drought tolerant plants.

I was referring to complacency as it relates to guns and the horrific violence inflicted with said guns.

Bullies are everywhere. One runs X. You deal with them.

I never saw any drug dealers or gangs and the rest of what you’re describing sounds like what I’d expect as a normal part of growing up.

One of our many societal shortcomings (or outright failures) is that we treat poverty as a moral failing, not with any sort of kindness, interest in understanding the root cause(s) or meaningful attempts to address the issue.

Yeah, I took advanced placement history and government. Things were taught clearly, factually and without bias.

Students aren't going to benefit from hiding inconvenient truths about this country's history and founding. We certainly don't need religion forced into classrooms either.

I went to public school (not in SF) but the only "wokeness" was historically accurate — erm — history classes. We didn't have books banned in the library or English courses either.

The lack of physical safety is a product of policy (or rejection of) by the same people whining about "wokeness".

It's just a hub at the moment.

This sounds like hell.

Oh certainly. He has no interest in governing, he's interested in preserving (and assuredly) increasing the handouts subsidizing his businesses.

X is a political project being run at a loss. It's his blog, the remaining users are commenters.

Truth Social and Gab are quite similar, but smaller still. The intent here is clearly to punish foreign influence, not domestic and that's the first amendment carve out being used to push this through.

X, Truth Social and Gab are all malign (and arguably little better than 4chan or 8chan as homes for civil discussion) but are domestic in origin.

I'd rather wade into the ocean than join any of the above, but they aren't subject to the same legal carve out.

I suppose that'll lose them the case with the public but have no impact on the outcome of the case proper.

Has the government made that case? I'm indifferent to TikTok's fate, but I've only heard vague allusions, not a concrete case.

I'm not sure we should ban TikTok. I am sure we should pass proper privacy legislation, but lack the will to do so.

My grandmother developed vascular dementia and spent the last half decade or so of her live non-verbal. My grandfather had Alzheimer's and eventually forgot that she had passed. They were exceedingly kind and frugal and had a strong support system, but that doesn't make it easy.

I'm unwilling to judge anyone's decision. Old age can be awful depending on your circumstances.

It's a great day to unsubscribe from mailing lists that you didn't know you were on.

The lifetime appointments clearly aren't working. They should draw from lower circuits on a per term or per case basis and discard the whole lot.

Alito, Thomas nor any of Trump's appointees have the scruples or decency to recuse themselves.

It's remarkable the speed at which the court has discarded any semblance of legitimacy. Perhaps future administrations should simply ignore them and dare them to act.

It's remarkable the speed at which the court has discarded any semblance of legitimacy. Perhaps future administrations should simply ignore them and dare them to act.

I just 403 them as best I can.

Maybe they could just not roll it out at all.