I feel that way every time I remember the name Lois Lerner.

I love this.

It's time for alt-baby books. I want a whole series of Curious George-style "Lil Pepes"

You're really trying to drag people into an argument that they're really not biting on. Give up.

Put it to you like this. Thought experiments can have extraordinary value. Some thought experiments have zero value. You have created the latter.

I can't say I speak for the community but you present a false dichotomy, which in and of itself is the obvious trap-laying leftist tactic. Like saying All lives matter makes you a racist, when you're trying to express the universal value of human life. I'm not playing these stupid childish games. They're boring and the outcome is predictable.

Haven't used it, but if you're looking for a good documentary you need to track down NatGeo's Wild Russia series. It's breathtaking.

Yeah, we're told to "trust the experts" by non-expert Bay Area millenials who somehow have the authority to determine which experts are OK and which should be unpersoned. They've poisoned public discourse, maybe beyond repair in my lifetime, and I think you're right. Most of them are just True Believers; people who think they're doing the right thing but lack the life experience to realize just how powerfully ignorant they are and how harmful their actions are. Then there's Zuckerberg. I'd call him a reptile, but my turtle has more empathy than he does.

Use JDownloader 2. It's my go-to for archival.

The real shocking news is that apparently Newsweek still exists.

Sounds like that kid who tampered with nuclear materials in his mom's basement.

What is a DIY vaccine biohacker

No it's mostly me. She's an angel.

Sigh. Well, I love my wife to death but she is ten years younger than me and K-Pop is one of those things where the age difference really shows.

I fucking. Hate. It. It's not allowed in my house. It's not allowed in my car. When we have company over, I had to discipline her against putting that shit on in the background, no one wants to hear it. If she puts it on in her car and I'm in the passenger seat, I tell her to pull over and I'll catch a cab home, and she knows I'm not kidding. By now I've exorcised that shit from my life, and as a compromise she doesn't have to listen to Tomasz Stanko or whatever pretentious dribble I listen to these days.

I'll give her this though - those little monkeys can dance.

Flash LineageOS?

It’s a fad, like the two decades of cheap horror movies with jump scares. That genre is now wading into artsy, sometimes pretentious territory, which is the new fad.

Very odd. What model? Other than forcing their own Moto crap, they're usually about maintaining stock Android. You should root it and uninstall Facebook, imo

Are you on an unlocked phone running stock Android, or are you on a Samsung that’s loaded with junkware?

Beat me to it.

I think it's great. It's the kind of signals as people who put pronouns in their bio. Gimme a clear signal that you're retarded so I can avoid you as quickly as possible.

Look I respect your position but I just don't agree with it. True, there's a lot of goofiness about the vaccines on all sides of the issue. But I know damned well through personal experience how private interests purchase government collusion. Pharma has lawmakers in their pocket. Legislators and executives are paid shills. Most medical organizations are pass-throughs for messaging from their parent orgs and trust networks, and higher up the food chain those orgs are bought and paid for. If most of your government is telling you to do a thing, be deeply skeptical about that thing and who benefits from it.

It's worth it. I still reread some favorite dialogues, notably the Gorgias and the Apology. Don't feel bad about breezing through some of them. There's one where Socrates speculates about the origin of words. It goes on forever and I just couldn't find anything meaningful in it.

Edit: Also, if you have the same edition I do, pick up an epub and read it with an adjustable font. Save your eyes.

Russian history has sort of perpetually floated in that "I'll get around to it later" spot for me. If you come across any really compelling nuggets lemme know.

Have you talked to a recruiter, especially one that specializes in your field?

Propaganda is now on the list. Thanks!