Trump cannot do worse to Gaza , literally.

And just because a monster won, does not clear crimes done by others. Blinken should be held accountable, ideally charged with war crimes.

But Trump will kill more Americans than victims already in Gaza. He already has

I don’t know much about why he was picked, other than him being a sycophant who will blindly follow all illegal orders; also he is expendable, but will probably not resign.

Truly, one in a thousand

Wildly depressing!

Adding to all that, I’m not sure when or how his dementia makes him controllable by other people just as bad

Any USA president can simply use the full powers to stop the genocide. Israel is basically a client state, and although it has protections against many actions to cut off aid; there is more than one way, has been many ways, to strong arm them.

Reagan used it in the 1980s during one famous phone call that took 10 minutes, most of it waiting for other people to get to the phone, to stop the Israeli army.

The fact Biden refused to do the same, but went on to pretend to always have a peace deal on the brink, may be copied by Trump. It’s a great way to stay in the news cycle. Or he may do a Reagan, or nuke Israel, and/or Gaza, or forget they exist. Or confuse them with Mexicans.

It’s really hard to know what will happen

I guess all the corruption and moral collapse allows me, who has absolutely no clue about law, to actually have educated guesses how important cases are voted.

I simply ask myself “how would a bad person decide?”

This is the way

I see lots of money changing hands. Think about it, all the hidden and semi legal scams can now be done in the open.

Democrats should be thanking their gop colleagues more

The fact they both sided this, and feel very strongly about people reacting to it, months later… raises questions about motive and belief.

I’m not here to judge or criticize, that much. But it was very uncomfortable for me to read that and see some comments concerning it.

Too much drama here

I program a lot with both wp and laravel over the last years. Not sure what I want to say other than they are cool but different vibes and skills.

Wp can be used out in the box by almost anyone who is web savvy; laravel is always needing some assembly, at the least, so the entry there is programming or deep pockets to pay that.

Wp community and sites is probably a thousand times larger than laravel?

Maybe a little of each scenario, either way people loose

After reading that, I suppose the WP is to Bezos as Twitter is to Musk.

It’s ok to run it into the ground, it’s a tool. The institutions will probably even survive

It’s more of a lifestyle choice

It might be more than just being assholes; this could be a step towards attacking the ICC in ways that truly undermine international law.

Just because the USA is not a member does not mean it can’t make things more difficult.

But chaos in government… probably forgotten later

Bleach?

Has anyone ever ignored 15,000 doctors until now?

I’m trying to look at it optimistically: these companies could pay a hundred times that, even more. I’m thinking it’s good the entry fee for this new corruption is currently low

I used to think this was bad, all these bills to wreck the internet and control those who use it. But… I now think not only do these all fail miserably, it drives innovation making the internet more robust and healthy.

Of course, that may change, but I’m an optimist

Been watching the NYT make unforced errors for 30 years or longer

Nothing stopping meta from adjusting or hiding the vote count later. Hundreds of ways to fiddle with that thing, some really subtle and would not generate drama.

I’m pretty sure the current reason to remove the fact checking is so the company is not put on a collision course with government, a government that will lie so much daily it will break all records.

So, just because they can alter the community notes does not mean they will