Great precedent for a government to selectively lock up anyone they want.

Always fun to run into someone who legit isn’t aware that other countries regulate speech and function well regardless, and even gasp have protest movements.

Then again, the US’ whole brand is doing things differently than the rest of the world for shitty reasons.

I wake up to a quiet, clean house every day. Not having kids is the best.

That’s not 100% true. One can make educated guesses based historical patterns. Here are a couple of examples.

For instance, in 2008 when the markets crashed, the travel industry crashed harder and oil stocks tanked. The same happened in 2020 and the oil stock I bought at a 90% discount paid off my student loans a few years ago after the rebound. (Thanks, Permian Resources.)

Another, you can follow the portfolio of a federal legislator like Nancy Pelosi or Ted Cruz, because for them, insider trading is legal and they profit handsomely from it, and when given the opportunity to make it illegal Congress always votes it down.

You’re right that things can never be 100% predicted, but we can make educated choices based on historical info, yes. This is why every mutual fund page you look at gives you the name and tenure of the fund manager.

I had so many neat adventures growing up, in part because we just got out and explored the woods behind my parents house and the neighborhood. Kinda glad I got to have a Goonies / Stranger Things existence.

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…until you decide it’s your right to publicly espouse a terrorist ideology like Nazism.

Then fuck you. Letting you Nazi motherfuckers hide behind the First Amendment was one of the worst mistakes America ever made, and I hope the Italian plumbers of the world make it very clear how welcome you are in decent society.

We 80’s kids know the benefits of risky play well.

It’s going to be glorious.

Probably, but don’t let it distract you from the fact that crypto has boomed, almost on schedule, every 3-4 years over and over again.

Buy in a dip and hold.

Further, Daniel needs to read up on Zuck’s history. He’s been a motherfucker since he was a kid.

Israel too.

I"ve been on Pixelfed for three days and, sadly, it’s pretty underwhelming.

I’m going to give it a few weeks though and build up a feed.

There’s no wrong answer here, but I like the bow tie.

This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

Anything not foolproof definitely isn’t worth doing at all.

I am so, so glad to see that at least one country in the world is willing to tackle this problem.

Also a little depressed that every comment thread about this law boils down to: “It’s hard. Might as well not do it at all,” especially from people who (rightly) think we need to ban guns every time a school gets shot up here in the US, which would be monumentally difficult socially but 100% needs to happen.

Eh, we had a CEO get murdered, a terrorist attack, and a performance art/explosion combo at a Trump Hotel all in the last few weeks.

I’m not 100% sure there are watchlists at this point.

My eighty year-old parents have borrowed my car since April so they can drive for DoorDash, knowing full well if they can’t work this country will do nothing to help them and they’ll end up homeless.

Yay capitalism.

That’s just a good baby right there.

I love not having to throw old things I love away. I have a Star Wars shirt I’ve worn hundreds of times over the last ten years and the pits are wearing away. I just keep stitching them up, but probably should just patch them.

Yeah, I have a pair of jeans where the crotch wore out recently. Took me ten minutes to add a double-seam to it. Saved me at least $50. (All by hand, no machine.)

It’s such a useful skill!