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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • That’s a ridiculously low bar, but it’s also an important distinction.

    Do I want Gavin Newsom to be the Democrat nominee for 2028? Hell no! He’s revealed himself to be a shallow political opportunist and an ideological chameleon. And I think that party can do better.

    But regardless, would he be an improvement over Trump? Hell yes!

    Another question is: is he - a supposedly populist liberal from California - even electable on a national stage? I don’t think so. But then, we live in very ‘interesting’ times. So who knows.

    The third question is: will we have a fair enough election in 2028 (or an election at all)? That remains to be seen.



  • Apparently images alone don’t work. It has to be a video following a very specific set of instructions (looking to one side, then to the other, then straight ahead - or something like that).

    But your point still stands. Apparently a lot of kids are getting around this by using AI generated videos, or having a parent do it for them, or just drawing giving facial hair onto themselves.

    Yes, it’s definitely worse than Discord. Discord without age verification is still mostly usable. Roblox without it isn’t.

    The silver lining for me is that my kids have basically abandoned the platform now. I told them I’m not sending their IDs in because there’s such a huge risk of a data breach.












  • I agree with you on Biden’s accomplishments (at least in the first half of his term - he kind of tailed off in the last year or two). But I know some people feel very strongly that he didn’t get anything of note done.

    My point is that regardless of whether he got a lot of things done, and regardless of either you after with what he did… he and his staff did it quietly and calmly. And as a result America (and the world) weren’t flooded with insane crap. And I really really miss that.