Is this one better? Perhaps to convey the absurdity of our times.

You're right, every bullet should be on the blockchain. Two options though. The first is to use real bullets and fire them after your transaction is processed. The second is like that Star Trek episode where instead of fighting a real war they run a simulation—that could be on the blockchain too.

If I understand it correctly, then it's interesting how similar the argument is to the one Seth Ackerman presented with this chart.
jacobin.com/2023/09/yimb...

Star Trek is weird.

"Democrats need to do the things they have been trying to do but basically all Republicans have been voting against. Quick."

Almost all Republican congresspeople voted against the PRO Act. Same with the temporary welfare policies whose expiration, some people argue, boned the general election.

Good article, thank you. Of course there is a difference between objectively measuring the state of the economy and discerning why certain people voted the way they did. But on the former @mattbruenig.bsky.social made a similar case back in 2023: www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2023/12/04/o...

The Congressional Research Service seemingly describes it as a possibility. www.law.cornell.edu/constitution...

That ending, man. More than a decade of emotional investment in a video game continues to pay off in a big way.

"Relatively small definitely isn't tiny." lmao.