The Beastie Boys famously also apologized for their early homophobic and misogynist stuff.

He has spoken for decades how he gets paid a flat fee to record as an engineer and thinks it’s criminal that “Producers” get a percentage of an album in perpetuity. I respect the hell out of him for that stance. 

Albini is famously and pointedly not a producer.

Albini has been on a tear recently. His most recent “look guys I was an immature edgelord” own-up was a really good start; it wasn’t perfect, but considering most of his contemporaries have taken to doubling down on being shitty, it’s a big move. And now this stuff; he’s stepping up for stuff you wouldn’t expect…

Canadian police had no problem going hog wild on First Nation protestors, yet they handle these turd burglars with kids gloves.

Well, sure, but I believe your points don’t take into account some subtle, lesser-known factors:

Protesting justly is great and should be lauded.

Unfortunately, that would be playing into protesters’ hands.

*is aware this is Canada, but Canada also doesn’t have a clean record for this*

POC protesting. Send in the riot police, start violence, teargas, non-lethal ordinance, water hoses in freezing conditions etc. When asked to justify, be told it was because they were violent and dangerous.

White extremists protesting. We…

I know appeasement brought the Germans to a sudden halt even before they entered Poland. Glad that was nipped in the bud before it got out of hand. /s

You are dangerously, perhaps wilfully, incorrect.

Still not enough.

This would be fine if we had proof of vaccination to fly, but otherwise it’s one half of a solution. My opinion is that if your freedoms prevent you from receiving the vaccine, then you’re free to use your car and experience America’s many miles of beautiful roadways.

This is not an accident! That building on the left could have jumped out on the street at ANY MOMENT and the car was driving defensively.

“I hit the brakes to the floor”
“Yeah, I can’t believe it didn’t stop”

Actual quote from the video. That is terrifying.

This goes way beyond shipping costs. This whole thing has opened up the eyes of companies to the consequences of adopting lean without mitigating against the bullwhip effect. This is what I’m always on about utilization rates. High utilization = high efficiency, but also extremely low disruption tolerance. Your…

Right. People around here would think nothing of re-fitting an old UHaul to cart their LeMons racer around. This is just how you scale that up for your annual trip to Sydney-Hobart.

This is the type of topic we need Fancy Kristen for.

Fore/aft motorized seats are an abomination. If it can’t be shoved back immediately by grabbing a handle, it’s already broken.

That is the Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ theory of socioeconomic unfairness.