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Guaranteed the teams handling the landing would be there to get them home regardless, even if Trump tried to fire them.

No standard, no custom government specific distro designed for the use case and ensuring stability and consistency… every department can choose their own.

So similar fragmentation that underpins the issues Linux has with consumer confusion when trying to switch. There are too many options all with weird quirks that isn’t an issue for technical people, but is impossible for the average person to wade through to find good options for them.

Maybe they’ll specify more in the future, but at the moment it looking more like expecting each large government department to make fundamental decisions on their core IT infrastructure on their own, as opposed to a dedicated and specialized team with experience.

You’re the one that claimed Biden set the precedent of preemptive pardons, which is factually incorrect.

A lot of our current issues go back to Nixon actually. Fox News was specifically created in the aftermath so conservatives could control the media narrative. Should just scrap everything since then and start over.

Didn’t Trump pardon people not yet convicted on his way out the first time?

And even then, Ford preemptively pardoned Nixon.

You’re a bad troll.

they give the impression they are not ashamed of the actions but only worried about people finding it about it.

It’s not that there is a lack of shame, admitting dishonor and mistakes is common, but their culture is adverse to admitting dishonor to outsiders. Japan still has a massive cultural hangup based around perceived honor. Pointing out historical facts is taken similarly to an attack on the country.

They’re just doing what they’re paid to do. Your mistake is assuming they work for the people, just because their official job title says they do.

99% of politicians work for their donors. That’s where enough money to actually campaign comes from. That may match what the people want/need, or it may not.

The depressing part is how little money that actually comes down to per politician. You want to assume it’s millions, but it’s not for most of them. For most it’s under 50k per year to buy their votes.

This isn’t specific to one party or the other. This is universal across US politics.

This isn’t exactly a “mystery”, they’re obviously being killed to stop or slow their research. The only mystery is who exactly and how.

Remember that “UFO” research is essentially military intelligence.

At least China is still consistent. The US is now bipolar.

That’s kind of the point of those AR games. It’s been obvious from the beginning.

This is a surprise to no one, assuming you have been paying attention.

I feel like that was a side benefit to getting a reprieve from the Epstein files.

Don’t forget about easing sanctions against Russian oil as well. They’re making money from this too.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-eases-some-sanctions-on-russian-oil-but-crude-prices-remain-high

Don’t forget the easing of Russian sanctions because of the oil issues, so Russia is making money from this.

That’s just because there are more of them, and people read headlines with Tesla mentioned. There is a bias…

IHS Markit data shows that EVs, back to the Nissan Leaf in 2011, accounted for 1.9% of the 291 million vehicles on the road across the U.S. at the end of 2025. Of those, 43.9% of EVs on the road were Tesla. The second closest manufacturer was Chevrolet at 7.6% and Ford rounding out the top 3 with 7% market share.

On a similar note… Remember the negativity about the Chevy Bolt when they were spontaneously combusting? When parking garages were banning them? When Chevy recommended you park 150+ feet away from your home for safety?

Or all the hubbub about the Samsung Note 7 battery recall? Where it was an insanely small number of manufactured devices, and by the end all like 30 of them had exploded already?

People are dogshit at understanding statistics, especially at scale, and the media has no incentive for actually educating.

You want to lose the last remaining supporters you have over an unnecessary war that everyone knows you started with no goal other than distraction from the Epstein files? Here’s how to do it.

This doesn’t make much of a real difference from the requirement to self-enroll… But it will be definitely come across to everyone of legal age for it as being because they intend to use it.

With fizzy drinks I found it very easy to shift towards flavored seltzers instead of it’s the fizz specifically. And if it’s sodas… Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular due to the mix of multiple sweeteners. Totally different from diet sodas which usually just use one or two, usually aspartame which also has a strong aftertaste.

If possible for chocolate, higher quality products often will hit that craving better than the cheap candy bar type stuff with 5x the amount of sugar.

Where is the line between simple incompetence and assisting via inaction? Knowing and not doing anything to stop it fits both equally.

Oh, they did. It’s just buried in the middle so you miss it skimming.

In 2019, Piker said on his livestream that “America deserved 9/11,” though he later apologized for the remark. In the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Piker strongly condemned the Israeli response in Gaza and has disparaged the government in terms some Jews and supporters of Israel have labeled antisemitic.

Both are factually accurate. Just not what the various US propaganda teams (aka millionaire donors/billionaire owners) want said.

Yeah… Here is what the article lists as being issues:

In 2019, Piker said on his livestream that “America deserved 9/11,” though he later apologized for the remark. In the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Piker strongly condemned the Israeli response in Gaza and has disparaged the government in terms some Jews and supporters of Israel have labeled antisemitic.

So he rightfully called out the US for fucking around for decades in the middle east, and finally finding out. The US absolutely deserved 9/11 after over 50 years of actively arming violent middle eastern groups because it was convenient for their proxy wars, including the Taliban. It’s convenient when your country is far enough away and isolated geographical in comparison so you never deal with any consequence.

The 9/11 attacks didn’t come out of nowhere, and there was plenty of intelligence saying not only that Bin Laden was planning another attack (remember the WTC was already bombed by him previously in 1993), but also that the attack could involve planes. We had all the info and didn’t do shit about it. The “Bush did it” conspiracy theorists have a lot to work with on this one. There is a lot more evidence than usual to support that conclusion.

And calling a spade a spade for the Zionist genocide is just fucking factual. Only the Zionists and their puppets want to conflate their extremist views with general anti-semitism. Something the Israeli lobbying groups have been pushing hard since the start of all this shit, and are spending millions to politicians to ensure they repeat.

I remember reading an article a few years back about I think it was the Tomb Raider devs that tried removing the yellow paint and just using more natural indicators that fit into the environment more seamlessly.

The user experience testing showed almost no one was able to figure out where to go, what they could do, or interact with, etc. to the point where the testers were getting frustrated and actively complaining about the lack of direction and indicators.

The best solution though, is just make it a setting. Just make those textures a toggle setting to turn on and off, but leave it on by default for general usability. For those that care, they can disable them.

Of course they do. Apple Intelligence.

But even more broadly you can assume Apple is working on it if:

1. It is in any way tech-related.
2. It has the possibility of marketing existing technology as “magical” and easy to use.