I think right now all of the Kindle e-ink devices can be jailbroken to be less restrictive, so if you have sources for DRM-free ebooks (Baen and a few other publishers and sites sell them) they’re a lot easier to use on the device you already have.

Even all the way back in 2021, an internal study by Twitter — as X used to be called before Elon Musk bought and rebranded the platform — found that its algorithms promote more right-leaning content than left.

(Except from article cited in above paragraph):

Twitter’s research said that Germany was the only country that didn’t experience the right-leaning algorithm bias. It could be related to Germany’s agreement with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove hate speech within 24 hours.

Huh. Sounds like things got really bad quickly for German Twits. Did the hate speech policy get rescinded when Musk took over? Also, I wonder if TikTok got worse after whatever deal they made to keep operating in the US - anecdotally I’ve heard US feeds have been pushing more alt-right content since then.

I don’t think it’s just debt. Everyone already knows Trump doesn’t pay his debts and he’s spun it into a show of strength.

Musk has Trump’s Twitter messages. His connections with Epstein might be able to bring him down, and he’s dumb enough to brag about horrific things in Twitter DMs, I wonder if he actually did?

That secret service protection, for one. Trump’s pulled protection from John Bolton and others. Maybe because he was VP it might be harder legally for Trump to revoke it, but is there anyone still enforcing laws anymore?

Thank God for Mississippi.

Unless you have the misfortune of teaching middle school. If the kids loathe you, you’re still doing something wrong though.

This would also disenfranchise basically every trans person in the country, which isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Last I heard, trans people were having trouble getting any passport under the new administration.

That think they’re just going to reap the rewards of all that oil that was under the permafrost.

Celebrating his contributions to the Union victory!

I do care about the Confederate thing, I grew up in the South and saw the results of the “lost cause” rhetoric and the awful narrative rewriting the Daughters of the Confederacy types did in both public consciousness and the school history books. The name of this fort is part of that.

But I think you bring up a good point, that having two Fort Braggs is bad and annoying, and this fog horn of a dog whistle is shitty for multiple reasons.

It’s available as a Flatpak, lol.

12 hours later and I’m guessing they’re still stuck. RIP OP.

Something something velocity of money something I never took econ 101.

ROTFPML

I didn’t see most of them, but I was surprised that a local lawyer hired Charlie Berens for their ad.

Why isn’t this labeled NSFW?

I know you’re not the original creator and the post is hilarious (so I’m not the downvote), but just because it needs to be said,

White people, you don’t have a spirit animal, that’s your fursona.

The kids-for-cash judge is, imo, worse, and he also got pardoned.

I think the really nasty pardons here, by nature of how they were selected, just ended up being a further continuation of the two justice systems we have for the rich and the poor.

I will point out that Governor Walz is also an example of a politician who clearly didn’t enrich his bank account during his time in office (although there’s plenty of things to criticize him for, that’s not one of them), but yeah I think Walz is largely done on the national stage, he’s also not corrupt enough to run for president.

Where are you that still has Tim Hortons? All of the ones in the Twin Cities are no longer in business. I’m slightly disappointed, but based on what I’ve heard from Canadians if I get to try it I’ll probably still be slightly disappointed.