One comment I saw eons ago explained it, it went something like this

“Imagine theres a group called Team-No-Bad-Guy. They gather to yell to stop people doing bad guy things. You don’t like those people that they yell at, but you don’t like the non-yelling methods Team-No-Bad-Guy uses sometimes. Team-No-Bad-Guy hears you say this and calls you a bad guy and begin yelling at you. You realize that they can call anyone bad guys and you wonder how things would be for you after the big bad guys were gone.”

First time I heard it. I doubt Seed stopped production but maybe the place you ordered from decided to not stock any more at the moment? Odd.

Yeah I just wanted to emphazise your point

And I agree efficiency is about speeding things up without losing the quality of the end result. And I think anyone that has been to a BMV can see the need for that kind of change but that’s not what they are after. They seem to just charge through the red tape and warning labels to do what they want

imo the questions about efficiency and commitment to the constitution isn’t that crazy to ask upfront. If I remember right all federal employees have to swear an oath when they are hired. It also matches the one military officers say.

“I, ____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

But note that it makes no mention of loyalty to the President directly, unlike the oath of enlistment military enlisted members say (see below). That’s what I find most odd about these questions on USAjobs and what I think is crossing a line leaning towards political loyalty over constitutional loyalty.

I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1887-1.html

ADSB exchange is the go-to

Now is my chance to share a useless fun fact! If there is a V-22 Osprey on the map the icon will change from helicopter mode to plane mode depending on airspeed

MARCO!

I’ve never seen an artist so over AND underrated at the same time

(I don’t know the lore and don’t care to but in my opinion she’s okay. Not great, not horrible, just okay. And that’s okay)

Oh man this made me dust off an old memory

There was a PS2 game my dad had called Dirt to Daytona. It’s a racing game where you’re supposed to play the career mode going from driving dirt track beaters to modifieds, trucks and finally becoming a pro nascar racer. You can tweak the cars, paint them, and try to get sponsors to fund you before your money dries up.

It was a cool game, but all I did was play the quick race mode. I would turn off all the caution flags and played it as a crash and pit manuver simulator lol

If you’ve never played it, totally worth it!

For having a dedicated topo setup I would recommend OSMand. CoMaps/OrganicMaps does contour lines too but you can configure things way more in OSMand and it makes a huge difference. I have both apps so here are screenshots of the same place to compare

I have one sitting next to me right now! Good battery life and surprisingly good range for such a tiny node. Just don’t lose those fancy charging cables!

If you don’t want to use a phone because of privacy concerns there are also stand alone meshtastic devices with blackberry style keyboards too

I’m not against them, but I wonder how EVs will hold up in the long haul. Like in 20 years will there even be a feasible used market or will the batteries and motors be too shitty without a crazy expensive replacements to keep them practical?

And then there’s the scrapping process for batteries too. Can batteries be refurbished, scrapped or recycled in a way that most regions can do it?

Like LEDs I know they CAN be built to last a long time, but I know companies often don’t

This is similar to how the hunger games ends. Generations of people suffered and died in the meadows where little kids could now play in peace.

In this case of the comic it’s tourists discovering a mass grave of people that used to live where they are vacationing so yeah changes the tone a bit

It’s setting the stage. It doesn’t do much on it’s own but if you recognize them as a state rather than just some people it gives leverage to use more diplomatic tools.

How much difference will it actually make? No idea.

It’s amazing how tankies think everyone else is so incredibly stupid and gullible

…but not them

So what would be your recommendation instead?

A lot of people use substack

Indubitably