Emerald

That isn't a forecast... that's current conditions

I thought that was the FreedomBox logo at first. I was confused why Billy's dad would be mad at the kid making a freedombox to run federated systems.

https://www.freedombox.org/

It is very similar

When again are americans using their right to bear arms to protect themselves against an authoritarian government?

Our arms don't exactly match theirs. The military has a lot more budget than citizens.

So nobody is going to ask about the rotary phone?

I'd rather not. It's literally a Dell workstation machine from the mid-2000s. It's like Wolfgang's Channel kryptonite

It's been so odd seeing Trump cabinet picks come in because it feels like he is just picking conservative celebrities, rather then actual politicians. Like it's still kinda crazy that fucking Elon Musk is gonna be in government.

I always thought about how interesting it is that handing things to people is so reliable. We just kind of know exactly when the other person has grabbed something enough for us to let go.

And then there's ones that don't have much of a modern-day effect but are still stupid. My English teacher truly believes that the Titanic was sunk on purpose for insurance purposes.

She also believes that a Secret Service agent might have shot JFK

So you might've been going west, but not westbound. Roads curve often in the USA (i'm guessing you are from the USA because 911)

the story seems like a good candidate for “missing reasons.”

Which is interesting as it's coming from reason.com

I’m 36 next month I haven’t accidentally raped anybody even once

I do not