Except, yeah, it was, dumbass.

If they were really free speech advocates, we wouldn’t be dealing with “Don’t Say Gay” bills and Critical Race Theory bans.

Since they’re using Mastodon, they really don’t have to build the tech, just configure it to their needs. I expect that the EU’s goal here is just to have a place where official news can be pushed out, doesn’t really need the latest and greatest features.

Half of New York City spends a week every summer in Vermont, and the other half heads up there to ski in the winter; I have trouble believing it’s one of the least visited states when North Dakota is still in the Union.

My thought exactly. I would bet fewer people are planning vacations to Kansas than Yellowstone.

All of these seem like just small population states, as opposed to states especially off the beaten path of tourists. You’re not gonna feel like you’re on the road less traveled at Yellowstone or Glacier during the summer.

The value is going down likely because of Musk’s increasing investment in the company, which is not just a signal, but an outright statement that the shareholders believe that Musk buying the company is bad for business and bad for their money.

Pfft. yeah that’s definitely what Elon wants. Come on.

I’ve always thought those disclaimers were a CYA move by gyms so they don’t get sued if you drop dead during Zumba, rather than an actual medical recommendation.

Another way to look at the question is this: What is the likelihood that a “pre-exercise” health exam by a provider (doctor, nurse, PA, whatever) who doesn’t know you and your history already, will uncover a medical condition that will put you at increased risk over not exercising. IMO, for someone without any…

So let me get this straight: I’m supposed to spend the 20 minutes it takes to preheat an oven to 350 and then make toast in it, instead of just having a toaster do the same job in 3 minutes, with almost no effort, and likely a small fraction of the fossil fuel energy consumption?

I agree, although there are possibly relationships where there’s a sensible reason (I can’t think of any offhand, but life’s a rich and varied tapestry so who knows). It could easily be that he pitched it as something reciprocal but he was the one using it to control her behavior. It’s the kind of thing where it could…

Because it was an abusive relationship?

Yeah. I’m tired of living in a period of history that will be in the textbooks. I wanna go back to living in a decade that the history books skip over because it is so boring. 

It’s interesting how fast the ideals of free market capitalism get shit canned when Republicans feel discriminated against.

mRNA had over a decade of research, and the mrna vaccines also had years of research behind them, because scientists were already trying to use it for other things.

“Rarely it doesn’t work, so that’s why I choose 100% failure by not getting the shot in the first place” really summarizes most americans’ brain rot.

CounterPoint: Failing to vote, or voting GOP will make things 100x worse. Blaming “Dems” as if they are a monolithic group where all should be punished for the stupidity of 1 or 2 (Manchin, Simema) seems short-sighted and childish.

I guess I don’t understand how they can act in the current environment without a supermajority. Doesn’t the right just filibuster?

If you think Democrats have a super majority I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya. This defeatist ass nonsense sure is exhausting.