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cosmicgadget··on Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature
I guess because endangering its ability to function here endangers its ability to funnel data?
cosmicgadget··on Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature
> young people

We were all idiots at that point in our lives.

cosmicgadget··on No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record
Hurricane sharpie guy maybe.
cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
You (pl.)
cosmicgadget··on Russia's Return to G20
> The United States, who as hosts made up the guest list, did not invite South Africa, last year's G20 host. Spain, with which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to halt trade, was also absent.

Hopefully just a one-off. Super shameful though.

cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
To be entirely honest, I haven't drafted the full text of the amendment. The key is having such an entity, the specifics of appointment and recall could follow any number of templates.

If it were me, agency commissioners elected by popular vote to a six year term, subject to recall by vote and impeachment by Congress. But that's orthogonal to the purpose of the branch.

cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
Independent from the other three branches of government.
cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
He might be limited to geological features under federal or split jurisdiction. So maybe the Cascades will become the Mountains of America and DC will become DT.
cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
Hey it's me, ur Google. If you didn't want geography to be politicized, why the hell did you elect the guy who politicizes canned fucking beans?

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

cosmicgadget··on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
We need a constitutional amendment codifying the existence independent agencies like the Federal Reserve, CFPB, social security administration, and USGS.

I wish Google and others weren't telling the emperor how regal his clothes look but it seems reasonable to remain synced with the USGS.

cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Your link refers to a single robbery which explicitly requires that you threaten another individual. "Thieves" encompasses far, far more than robbery, crimes where you needn't threaten someone else and carrying an illegal firearm becomes a liability.
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
I thought robbery required a victim person be present.
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
> because they most likely are.

This has to be made up.

cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Civil forfeiture, sure but the property taxes are presumably to offset the lack of income tax, neither of which is thievery outside of a Zerohedge comment section.
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
At best. What I got from it:

Our task force made x cat theft arrests

Our task force used flock y times

Flock isn't their only investigative tool, cats aren't their only focus.

cosmicgadget··on Meta Project OT plan to replace employees with AI agents
Zuck would be the richest man on the planet if he had just let someone else take over 15 years ago.
cosmicgadget··on Meta Project OT plan to replace employees with AI agents
Everyone was bloated by covid incentives. Twitter showed that if you have a moat you can cut your workforce down to keeping the lights on (for the most part) at the cost of innovation and growth. Many companies have to innovate or at least turn out product revisions to stay competitive.
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Based on the cited document, "leading to" seems entirely made up.
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Doesn't seem especially likely, does it? People report the thefts in unmonitored neighborhoods. The police... check the nearby intersection cameras for any vehicles passing between 11pm and 4am?
cosmicgadget··on Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
Sounds like Texas is the place for you.
cosmicgadget··on USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida
You can get 30k pounds of beef from 50 cows?
cosmicgadget··on USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida
They are, leads me to wonder if something was found and the limited hangout is a paperwork snafu. Considering the administration is loudly trying to bring beef prices down via imports, it would look doubly bad if tainted beef came from Trump's bff.
cosmicgadget··on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Which shows how remarkably easy it is to manipulate the American electorate.
cosmicgadget··on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Dammit maybe that is the play. Bait Ontario into renaming itself America so we have to become "Magastan".
cosmicgadget··on US Aims to Revive Civil War-Era Court to Claim Iran Oil as Prize
Unfortunately the removal process is based on a political agenda. Stare decisis is dead.
cosmicgadget··on US Aims to Revive Civil War-Era Court to Claim Iran Oil as Prize
"... long-forgotten maritime courts..."

Five Supreme Court justices excitedly enter the chat.

This is so happening. I'm going to apply for a letter of marque when they are available if anyone wants to join my crew.

cosmicgadget··on U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications
I definitely said we should make his (law clerks') dissents inaccessible.
cosmicgadget··on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
And 21st Amendment if that doesn't work.
cosmicgadget··on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Well Ontario can't become "America". "North North America" is available though. "Lake of America, the Province"?
cosmicgadget··on Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Should be obvious by now he has little appetite for an occupation. He has a big appetite for talking about an occupation, but that is entirely in-character.
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