I think climate collapse will happen before 2063. But, if I can get to a plastic bag, some tubing, and a decent sized nitrogen or helium tank I won’t have to worry about it.

But, imma enjoy the global Internet as long as it lasts, first.

We’re at work, you can just call me “Big Tuna”.

Work/life separation is propaganda from the Capital class that wants Workers to each be uniform machine parts.

Some compartmentalization is fine, but don’t forget to also be holistically you sometimes, and never substitute your employer’s (or anyone else’s) judgement for your own.

The USGS still claims, as it did in 2009, that earthquakes are unpredictable. At best they’ve been able to communicate when/where seismic events happen slightly faster than they propagate through the earth.

congress can ignore copyright for debate and argument

Analysis and review are fair uses available to everyone.

military guys claim the govt has complete fair use which I doubt

The military does have fairly broad ability to violate, or even nationalize (and then classify), copyright and patents. Technically they have to justify that with a national security claim, but those are rarely reviewed or rejected. I doubt any of the U.S. armed forces pays for a public performance fee when barracks movie night exceeds 10 individuals, even if the movie is Disney.

Policing the speech of other people = authoritarianism, yes.

Copyright is a government-granted (and enforced) monopoly. Under anarchy, no one would benefit from copyright protection, at least not the same way we have it now.

People could voluntarily police their own speech to stay in an association… but I don’t know how/if that would scale.

Works created by the U.S. government do not benefit from copyright protection.

I don’t believe either the government in general or congress in specific have the blanket ability to ignore copyrights held by others.

• Nestle, Part 1: Bad for your Food
• Nestle, Part 2: Bad for your Water
• Nestle, Part 3: Bad for your Shelter

Whatever can be destroyed by the truth should be destroyed by the truth. (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/03/13/destroy/)

No, that’s like telling the city government they can’t have cops arrest people for a law that hasn’t passed council.

That’s almost literally the opposite of what the judges actually said.

They specifically called out “the use of unfair and deceptive practices”, but ruled the FTC has to follow it’s own procedures and, in this case, did not.

Once the FTC follows it’s own processes and procedures, it can institute the same policy.

Practice. It get to Chestnut’s level, it has to be intentional.

3 popeyes sandwiches used the be a common order for me, but I try to eat less these days. Most of my practice was not with purpose of getting better, but I enjoyed the feeling of fullness even as a child and still love a buffet.

Well, maybe I’ll try again in the future but I don’t currently own a Samsung.

I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko).

Justice can be achieved without racism.

Actually, it can’t. Since racism caused the injustice, identifying the victims and restoring their losses is impossible without using it.

The pendulum swing (post-dampening) is the only practical way to get to justice.

This is especially true since we can’t know we’ve achieved societal justice without some measurement delay.

Employment is a necessity under Capitalism. Performance is not.

I agree. I don’t really see any problem with her performing the play.

BUT, I’m not sure the library should be forced to let her use the space (or be assessed civil penalties). So, I don’t think she should sue or that the suit should go her way.

I could be convinced if the library is supposed to be providing performing space to the public and the library is controlled/funded by the government. Then, I think she might have free speech protections, especially after they had done some scheduling. Asking her to change the characters definitely seems like content policing, not mere “time and manner” control.

A talented artist should combine Zohran Mamdani’s campaign photo and the movie posters for “Conan the Destroyer” and “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” to produce a “Zohran the Destroyer” meme image.

Living in the sauna that is Arkansas, I don’t usually think about dry air, but I think you are correct. If you’ve dehydrated yourself through breathing, plain water is fine for hydration.

If you can have food that is an electrolyte source with your water, that’s fine.

If you consumed the food prior to the dehydrating events, it won’t assist in restoring electrolytic balance.