InputZero

True but through buying Twitter he also obtained the ability to suppress other people. Xitter hasn't been replaced as the global town square. It's starting to become obvious that a lot of the accounts of people who directly criticize Musk, or say things he and his buddies don't like will be suspended. There's no way he could keep his money and stifle other people's free speech, because that's what he bought. He didn't buy Twitter, he bought complete control over the ability to suppress speech in the global town square.

I can't recommend it either way, I can't immerse myself in it because I can't see the meta commentary it is on that point in time. It was released in September 2001 meaning it was written and filmed prior to the September 11th terrorist attack. So it really showcases the attitudes people had for the future immediately prior to and following the attacks.

In the series, before the zindi arc, while the crew of the Enterprise are meeting aliens, they can usually find common ground and resolve the conflict. Once the zindi arc starts, suddenly there are new aliens that are existentially different than the crew. The whole zindi arc is literally the trauma of September 11th, playing out on screen, in space. I can't suspend disbelief enough to really enjoy it.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

It's worth watching CGP Grey's video on The Rules for Rulers. In it he explains why allies of the new rulers are tossed out when the old rulers are deposed. What makes a person good at grabbing power doesn't necessarily make them good at keeping it.

USB-c cables can vary drastically. Power delivery alone ranges from less than 1 amp at 5 volts to over 5 amps at 20 volts. That's 5 watts of power on the low end to 100 watts of power on the high end and sometimes more. When a cable meant to run at 5 watts has over 100 watts of power run through, the wires get really hot and could catch fire. The charger typically needs to talk to a very small chip in the high power cables for the cables to say, yes I can handle the power. Really cheap chargers might just push that power out regardless. So while the USB-c form factor is the one plug to rule them all, the actual execution is a fucking mess.

Any body of water, so lakes, swimming pools, the ocean are packed with parasites. Food, a lot of it has parasites in it, we just cook them to death first. Worms in the dirt. My own bed. The list goes on.

Don't have to be a meat tank when you can just trick the meat tank to die for you.

Grape vapes?

It actually works the other way around. Most governments around the world practice Sovereign Immunity , which is a legal doctrine which says the government can never be sued. So most governments around the world have banned their people from suing them in most situations. So this really is just non-news cause that's the way it's been throughout all human history.

Don't forget about big money. The Democrats, Republicans, Harris, and Trump all avoided pointing the finger at what's to blame, it's big money in politics. Trump and the Republicans have openly accepted all the money from the big donors and the power that gets them. Elon Musk was a huge part of his campaign while they blame immigrants. The Republicans know how to work a broken system, just get more money.

Meanwhile the Democrats and Harris have to thread the needle of accepting big money too but not showing it. They can't outright say it's the billionaires that are screwing you, so they say Trump is, and that he's a fascist. All true but Trump's second presidency isn't the cause of America's facist decline, he's a co-morbidity of it. Then they are shocked when the system they refuse to fix is broken.

The Vice President does have a powerful voice, but except for very specific situations they don't have any power. So while Harris may have more or less supported Israel's war, as a Vice President she can't do anything about it. She also won't become the president so this whole discussion is mute.

Leopard Eating People's Paces

I just pictured a leopard that would pounce on people's footprints and eat those. Like dirt and all, I loled.