Yeah, the guy had a real fetish for surrounding himself with smart people, especially considering he was (based on the evidence in the files that have been released so far) a remarkably dumb person.

“Journalism is printing something that someone does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”

Orwell understood that power and authoritarianism were the issue, not so much the supposed ideology underpinning the powerful.

I don’t know for certain but given the fact I’ve seen German riot cops with helmets and shields I’d bet the answer is “yes of course.”

I think they deserve the same consideration anyone with an opinion does. If their opinion is clearly uninformed or just vile, it can be discarded.

This should be disqualifying for any elected official. Regardless of party or other ideology, the most basic function of an elected official is to serve the public who elected them transparently.

Awful person was awful. Film at 11.

I feel like there is a genuine concern to be addressed there. Let’s say we have a massive shift in the country and abolish all police at every level. What stops a bunch of now-unemployed militarized bureaucrats from just becoming petty tyrants over small fiefdoms across the country?

You mean “experts” who have even the slightest understanding of how software works?

But if they do that, 99% of people will select “show posts from the accounts I follow in chronological order” and where will the poor billionaires be then?

Measles will destroy your existing immunities so it’s definitely not vaccination.

Cheaper than the Makhno look with the $900 pants.

Straight up mafia tactics.

If no one buys these shoes that fall apart after breaking their toes, the growth of the Shoes-That-Injure-The-Wearer industry could really take a hit!

Imagine if 90% of the time, Spotify would only play an album if you asked to play it twice, unless it was an album in the billboard top ten, and sometimes it would decide to not play an album at all, and it had made deals with every record company that made physical media versions of albums cost $5,000. That’s what health insurance is like.

Except there are zero contracts in place to actually build those data centers, nor is there enough power generated to run them. I really wish tech journalists would do the background to determine if what these documented liars are saying is even possible, never mind likely.

Not surprising that the evidence contradicts the administration’s claims, because they constantly lie.

The US got deference in so many aspects of foreign policy for so long because it was willing to use soft power to protect allies. Why the hell should any of our traditional allies support us if we plan to throw them under the bus whenever support is inconvenient?