But that’s the thing: they almost always show up to the vote with a hint of bootleather already on their breath. The optics are terrible whether McCarthy gets it or not. They either wasted days trying to prevent the inevitable and prove that they can’t get even the simplest of tasks completed, or they prove that it…

We’re probably still getting McCarthy in the end. I mean...no one else is stepping forward and challenging him. At least no one with the clout to get the remaining 20 votes he’s missing. They’ll cave eventually and then unite behind the guy. One thing is consistent with Republicans: no matter how badly they might hate…

Bravo to this man. Now get to fixing the broken mess our country has devolved into. Please and thank you. 

Better than the other fiction books that most of them use to swear in on.

What about people born with XXX chromosomes? Or YYY? XXY? YYX? XXYYY? YYYYX?

She’s entitled to her views. So are the people who don’t like her. So your point is really a zero sum issue and irrelevant.

It is ridiculously naive, but not less so your claim that it doesn’t matter. It isn’t like somewhere, abstractly, up the line there is a bad actor here: JK Rowling is a prominent part and directly benefits. Much more so than most scenarios, and she has used her influence to continue to hurt trans people. It also isn’t…

The whole “if you give your money to someone you are responsible for their views” thing is just... ridiculously naive. If anyone believes that, you shouldn’t be on this website, because The Herb and crew still reap any rewards from this site’s success. It’s a sad fact of the world that 90% of all money you spend is,…

With a name like “Proletariat” the question is why aren’t they already unionised?

Turning into a gossip website...

Huh that’s pretty interesting. I wouldn’t have guessed my click habits are that far off the mainstream, but as a daily reader I’ve only opened about half of these.

Ugh, you had me excited for a second. Kotick still sticking around like gum on the bottom of a shoe.

And to those people, I say: “Come on, really? Come on.”

Seems to me that’s what VinFast was expecting.

Very interesting article. The craziest part to me is the price. at $30k, the low slow speed and ride quality might be excusable. But at $70k+, you’re competing with Teslas, Base Taycans, Mach-E GTs, and other very impressive cars

This is a pretty fascinating write-up. I’ve been to Vietnam several times, and one thing that constantly struck me was how friendly, open, and accommodating the people were. Sometime that accommodation jumped over into more of a desire to impress and dump only the most premium experiences on me. Every luxury resort…

A sidebar question: are mobile players considered gamers?

Welcome, but if you create one slideshow you will be ostracised forever.

You went for the personal attacks too quickly. A shame. You had some thoughts to share. But no matter, I could sweep that under the rug and pretend you critiqued the topic itself, and not me. But even then, we very clearly disagree on most of the fundamentals. And thus there is no basis for debate. If you say the sky…

We have to agree to disagree on that. If you read further down my comments, I do share my take on the point. In short, I don’t believe that AI lifts art, as much as it uses it as a foundation for practical inspiration. Similar in a simplified way to how artists have always used real life inspirations and references…