Serial number generation. They have to be wholly unique, and they have to be large enough to be secure. Sort of like, well, crypto tokens. To elaborate: these serial numbers are usually pre-generated in large lots and distributed to digital stores. Get a large enough run on demand, and those lots get used up, and the…

I’m pretty sure one of the first thing the soldiers of the Revolutionary War did was to build statues of King George and all the symbols and trappings of British Rule for, like, ‘historical’ purposes, too. In fact, I’m also reasonably certain WWII veterans were only to happy to build monuments to Imperial Japan in…

There was nothing that wasn’t ‘good’ about it. It was better than the typical perfunctory fantasy schlock. It was reasonably well filmed and presented. There just wasn’t anything outstanding about it either. Which is the issue with Netflix and most streaming services — if you can’t show outstanding viewership and…

“You mean, like, in the toilet??”

I see less causation and more correlation. Because generally speaking, people who choose not take care of their teeth *already* have mental-health issues. We’ve known for centuries how important dental health is, so refusing to care for your teeth is not any different from refusing to eat anything but dirt or garbage.…

The only real instance of election tampering was done by the Postmaster General, on behalf and at the request of Donald Trump, by attempting to make millions of mail-in votes (ie, predominantly not Republican voters) disappear or be delayed long enough to prevent them from being counted. It literally doesn’t get more…

That is, in a nutshell, what they’re all terrified of. And if America’s real history (and its present) shows us anything, it’s that angered Americans are bloodthirsty and ruthless when provoked. Which is why wealthy Republicans are desperately scrambling to redirect all that festering rage they’ve kept simmering for a…

A couple things that were also dangerous: speaking out against the King, and taking up arms against the King. And yet, many thousands of people did it, were willing to *DIE* for it.

I can’t think of a better encapsulation of it.

There are certainly things that need to be changed regarding housing, real estate, properties, and so forth. We’ve made a lot of excuses about all the far-ranging and detrimental excesses, selfishness, exploitation, and the like that’s built on it. And enough of us allow those excuses to stand, so the problem keeps…

And it’s only going to get worse. And more frequent. But don’t do anything to interfere with profits. That is unacceptable.

All part of the ‘Kemp Plan’ — Keep America White.

Giant underground tunnels in an area that is one of the most flood prone in the country...what could possibly go wrong with that idea?

“The temperature today is a scorching 108f, folks. Stay cool as best you can, and for those of you going outside, put on sunscreen. You’ll need it.”
— regular forecasts

US history is filled with lots of (less-than) half truths like that. What’s being taught about American history now is only just starting to expand into something resembling a more cohesive story that includes some of the most repugnant parts of “God-Fearing America” that fragile, white conservative America would like…

After spending how much money to successfully reintroduce a keystone species, one that we decimated *for profit* once before, a species that, as a keystone species, kept the whole ecosystem healthier...

“We can’t use this because it’s not certified by the oversight committee.”
 — Olympic swimmers

If they’re going to bar athletes from competing because they had some weed (in whatever manner they choose to partake of it), then, yes, they should bar them from having alcohol, cigarettes, aspirin, etc, etc. Hell, they shouldn’t even be allowed to ingest water! Talk about a performance-enhancing substance!

Yeah, this whole thing reeks of self-righteous ignorant bullshit. Weed is not, nor has it EVER been, a ‘performance enhancing’ substance. Water, ie proper hydration, has a greater impact on an athlete’s performance. Should we start barring athletes from competing because they drink water??

...and who wants to bet the people making this decision totally aren’t (read: totally are) ‘Women have no bodily autonomy’ crowd, acting punitively against a woman who defied them and their demand that society bow to their belief (that’s also a bunch of hypocritical bullshit).