All of those are true but the likely biggest reason that he’s also a Russian puppet. No one wants a destabilized NATO more than Putin does. Putin obviously can’t make Merz say disparaging things about Trump but he can certainly play Trump’s ego and get outcomes he wants when things are in motion.

Okay, that would be shitty but no empathy for the guy using fucking Waymo.

I’m no politician. I’m just a fella. I think that beer should be cold and boots should be dusty. I think 9/11 was bad. And freedom, well, that’s just a little bit better.

I have been wondering about this. Many ships have gotten through during the US “blockade”. I wonder if our Navy captains didn’t refuse some obviously illegal orders and the lack of food is punishment.

Honestly a lot of Mexican food looks kind of rough. Molé sauce looks like something you’d have to eat during a fraternity hazing. Birria, looks greasy and almost violently red. Nachos even, are not the most appealing food. But they’re all amazing. So much flavor. The texture is exquisite despite appearances. Largely we’ve learned to maybe adapt our visual palates, I feel.

Close the iris!

There are a lot of people who want this level of destabilization and interruption of goods and energy security. Techno feudalists want this. Trump needs to feel powerful, so someone like Peter Theil who is trying to bring about Armageddon could easily convince Trump that this move makes him look powerful instead of a target by the rest of the world.

It doesn’t really matter, if any part of it gets built, we’re going to tear it right the fuck down.

The better question is, why are they doing all of this without an actual purchase contract?

Small birds. Their tiny little dinosaur motions. Jerky and predatory. I have monkey brain issues with them and it takes all I have to override it.

Civ players are still waiting for their turn to start.

They built a bridge over a sewage pond apparently.

Do you think that’s RSS you’re reading?

She was saying it publicly at the time of hearing. And was basically saying “you can’t shut me up!” as the hearing was going on. The sentence is what finally shut her up as she was attempting to erode democracy. She was the example being made because of her loud, unrepentant public statements. It was the right call at the time. Just because the sentence was effective doesn’t mean we should go back and undo the effective sentence.

Are you using wireless? I’m guessing your router is occasionally being oversaturated with traffic. I would turn your streaming quality down to around 2mb and then stream to your device. You can open up Jellyfin in a browser and check the steam information in the Jellyfin Dashboard to check the speed. Keep bumping it up if you want better quality.

If you’re trying to prevent transcoding, then I suggest downloading or ripping lower bitrate content.

If you happen to have a spare router, I would try adding it as an access point and keep your Jellyfin source machine and streaming device on that access point. That should keep the traffic from going through your primary router.

It’s artificial for sure, but I’m pretty convinced it’s part of the tech bros attempting to create their feudal states. I think they’re convinced they just need a bit longer to get AI to be able to replace most workers and overplayed their hands too early this time.

In reality, they created a large force of people who want to tear down the current model where most current jobs (which are just pushing money back and forth or supporting buying and selling in some way but not creating anything) will go away anyway. Only, they’re going to keep their autonomy and power and the tech bros will have none.

“We’re 100% certain the one responsible for destroying the eucalyptus bush is either you or this koala. Why don’t you just admit it now and save yourself some trouble?”

Everyone has their preferences and that’s cool. I think we can respect their individual choices. The important thing is that they’re not talking about using Arch.