♲ @clacke@libranet.de:Some people have been asking, why are some people so upset about the forms of communication and not the fact that the US bombed near a hundred people to death? Why are people hung up on court orders and civil rights? Why do people care what DOGE is doing, when Republicans just got massive tax cuts sent to the Senate?
The reason people are so upset about Signalgate and not so much the bombings, the reason people are upset about Trump defying court orders and not so much the tax breaks or actual immigration policy, the reason people care whether DOGE bros have security clearance, have actual authority and follow procedure is this:If you don't have rule of law, policy discussion is moot. If you don't have competent professionals in place, anything can happen very quickly, the functioning of the state will erode, and even if you get in power you can't just change policy and go back to where you were. The structures they are destroying every day took a century to build up.
When Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton were bombing people, you could always say, well, I wish they didn't do that, but the US has put itself in the shoes of world police, and a lot of factors have to be weighed, you don't want to leave a power vacuum, yada, yada. Rumsfeld could say "mistakes were made", and it was obviously a cop-out, but still you could have the feeling that it's complicated, difficult decisions are made, and we don't have all the information. Innocents were killed, but to some extent it was still people who lived by the sword that died by the sword, many people in the world, even if not all, could realistically make a choice not to get caught in the crossfire. The rules were unfair and one-sided, but there were rules.
But with these people? They aren't taking anything seriously. They don't know and don't care to know how to run a country. They don't know and don't want to know how to talk to foreign leaders and build trust and alliances. They are fucking toddlers and frat bros with nukes, and that's more terrifying than anything.
The Supreme Court hands a rare loss to gun companies, in Bondi v. VanDerStok | Vox
The Supreme Court hands a rare loss to gun companies
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s “ghost guns” opinion is extremely narrow, but it is correct.Ian Millhiser (Vox)
It's a day fit for a king
Now here's one you don't expect a cover for, though modern swing is the right style for it, no?
Atari bets on retro appeal with new 2600 smartwatch | Laptop Mag
Not exactly a smart watch, but rather a 2600 on your wrist, which just goes to show you how powerful computers are these days.
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Atari bets on retro appeal with new 2600 smartwatch
This wearable is going to take customers back in time.Oscar Gonzalez (Laptop Mag)
Anheuser-Busch exits PrideFest 2025 sponsorship; grass fundraiser launched | ksdk.com
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Anheuser-Busch declines to sponsor St. Louis PrideFest after over 30 years, organizers scrambling for funds
Pride St. Louis is asking the St. Louis community to help bridge the funding gap with a grassroots campaign.Osama Ayyad (KSDK)
Coca-Cola Just Recalled Over 10,000 Cans of Soda
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Coca-Cola Just Recalled Over 10,000 Cans of Soda—Here’s What to Know
There is an active recall on Coca-Cola cans due to a possible foreign matter contamination. Read on for more information.Danielle DeAngelis (EatingWell)
Ottawa blocks rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future subsidies - National | Globalnews.ca
Ottawa blocks rebate payments to Tesla, bars it from future subsidies
Chrystia Freeland said the Elon Musk-owned company will not be eligible for the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program in the future.Uday Rana (Global News)
Time to jet
This is from the Armageddon soundtrack, and I can't really say why I have a copy of that, I haven't seen the movie, but I must've heard something from the soundtrack and decided to get it, and it wasn't this song, rather this was a pleasant surprise from it. I can't say that it's better than Peter, Paul and Mary's version, but it's a fine version.
Attorney General Urges 23andMe Customers Delete Their Data After Company Goes Bankrupt | HuffPost Latest News
California Attorney General Urges 23andMe Customers Delete Their Data After Company Goes Bankrupt
A company spokesperson told HuffPost that 23andMe isn't changing the way it stores, manages or protects customer data.Ryan Grenoble (HuffPost)
Nearly 30,000 Pounds Of Chomps Meat Snacks Have Been Recalled | HuffPost Life
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Nearly 30,000 Pounds Of These Meat Snacks Have Been Recalled. Here's What You Should Know.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Safety Inspection Service said it's concerned that consumers may still have the product in their pantries.Kimberley Richards (HuffPost)
DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy – @tonicusrex on Tumblr
Thread includes info about removing your info
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Time for a strange cover
Not much of note in this one, original was by The Doors, whose keyboardist produced this version
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Seattle gas station has some of the funniest signs ever and here are the best 25 of them - Scoop Upworthy
Lots of fun ones in here, more than a few I've seen before, but always fun
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Seattle gas station has some of the funniest signs ever and here are the best 25 of them
The sign's punny messages and cheeky wisecracks have amassed a substantial fan following online.Jisha Joseph (Upworthy)
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Time to get crazy
Finally having to dip into my collection to come up with songs, not bad for twenty-three days in, right? I've got three versions of this in my collection, Queen's original, Dwight Yoakam's, and this one, though I should try the Stray Cats version as well and see how it differs as Brian fronts both groups.
Speaking of the Stray Cats, my alternate choice for today was Rock This Town, but would the Brian Setzer Orchestra version even count as a cover?
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