There are some unfortunate feedback loops on this issue for countries with aging populations.

Seems like it's 60% subscribers and 40% advertisers.

www.economistgroup.com/results/2023...

I love zany energy transmission/storage ideas (particularly w/ trains). Sadly this probably isn't zany enough. Coal trains are currently 30% of US railroad traffic and they carry 27 GWh per train. Battery train replacing *just* coal generation w/ renewables requires 27x increase in throughput...

Counterpoint:

What are we doing here?

I think you've hit the nail on the head.

Well he was a new face so he got to define himself, and he chose to do so in a culturally moderate way. He pretended to love skeet shooting, be opposed to gay marriage on religious grounds, and be annoyed at seeing Mexican flags.

Okay these are all good points. I gotta unlike some bleets.

This is backwards. The only thing that put a dent in the steady increase in acceptance of gay marriage was the small backlash to national legalization. Then it got back on trend.

Kansas is revolutionizing hook ups. I assumed a promotion from FWB would be boy/girlfriend.

It's like ray-eeain on your wedding day.

It's shipping to Canada on the trade wars first day.

I hate to pick out the least persuasive part of many thousand word essay, but if you think "Honey Boo Boo" was a vehicle for elites to mock authentic hinterland culture It makes me not trust your instincts on any other cultural questions.

Hey whoa whoa whoa man. Gas prices are weakly correlated with presidential approval.

The most successful framings of anti-sprawl policies in small towns and exurban enclaves will probably sound libertarian and or center right to highly engaged liberals.

Apparently the North Dakota Public Service Commission is full of California libs.