This. I think giving women everywhere the power to control their fertility is a net positive in all kinds of ways and the only kind of population control I could get behind.

I might be wrong, but I think this was the first strike? In which case, a very basic measurement (via Google Maps) puts them at least 2500 miles from the US mainland coastline. In a boat that two survivors could potentially flip upright? Yeah. No. That's not going to make that kind of distance.

Very true, but even less motivation for some. In some ways, it's like shitting the bed and knowing that you won't get dirty until twenty or thirty years later, plus everyone else you know shits the bed too, and some people are idolized by their ability to shit more than other people.

I think it's a lot like healthy living. Yes, we know that kale salad is what we need. But those cups are damn tasty (I'm guilty of this). If many people struggle to make good choices about their own body, then hoping they will sacrifice to save the planet is expecting a lot

If they manage to fix the damage done to the rule of law, the global reputation of America, the constitution, and all the other things this current administration has wrecked, then I really, really don't care about a stupid ballroom. Rename it, and get to addressing the real problems ASAP.

There's a blast from the past!

What a piece of shit.

Here's my list - what should I add?

*Pin dependencies

*Have an SCA tool enforce a cool-down period on new packages

*If you use an AI coding tool, tell it to scan your manifest every time it's updated via an MCP server

*2FA on your registry access

*Don't run local package installs ad hoc

Unions. Unions are an answer. How did we get the weekend, the end of child labor, and paid time off? Unions.

While knowing I'm part of the problem, it's hard not to look across a landscape mired by industrial buildings and not imagine what it might look like if we had never taken to agriculture or industry. It's a paradox–life was harder back then–but our ease has come at a terrible price.

It's been a long time since I read the series, but I seem to recall the regret and consequences of that first act running through the series. However, I should probably re-read it before commenting further.

I'm not sure he was a character we were ever supposed to truly like.

Assuming this is true (which it looks to be), I googled for strongly-worded censures from the GOP institutions, distancing themselves from him and making it clear that his views are abhorrent. I did not find any.

The thing is not that we couldn't do something about the problem that would make things less bad, it's just that we are not, and we obviously won't until it's way too late. That's what's at the core of the doom.

I'm *absolutely not* doubting you, but I'd like to know more. Will you lose access to services as local hospitals close, or do you think insurance premiums, etc., will rise?

Yeah, but rich/upper-middle-class people get excellent healthcare in the USA, so they are incentivized to maintain the status quo. Since it's mostly the working poor who get f'ed, the system doesn't care.

Am I right in thinking that these changes don't go into effect until after the '26 midterms? Surely if they are that great for the country, they should happen ASAP. No? I wonder why...

A *second* licensed, full-time humidor attendant. We can't expect them to live like poors.