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The corporate christofascists and their GOP stooges are doing everything they can to stop electric vehicle production and adoption in the US. They’re doing the same thing with renewable energy. It’s all about keeping the money flowing to the rich for at long as possible no matter what the long term costs to the country, the planet, or the non-wealthy. Most ofter countries not run by corporate fascists are adopting EVs and renewable as fast as they can. The US is going to become a dirty, underdeveloped country run by theocratic dictators and there is very little that can be done to stop it and very little time to do it.

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That’s just their cover story for their base. It’s actually about protecting the US auto and oil and gas industries and keeping profits flowing to the right people.

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Biden is NOT a liberal or progressive. He’s just less of a fascist than the GOP. He lives in a world where more than 100 million people swallow anything the GOP forces into their mouths.

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Well…

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Well…

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Well…

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Are your hands often wet? It could be athletes foot or another fungus.

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It tends to stay in places that are wet. If you wear gloves a lot and your hands are wet a lot it could just live on your hands. It wouldn’t hurt to try Canesten cream on your hands.

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But but but…he completely eliminated climate change from Florida just last week!

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“Nothing to see here!”

All this christofascist virtue signaling backfires.

Ban books? Bible gets banned. “No, not like that!”

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I learned yesterday that Waffle House pays some of its employees $3/hour.

That low?

For comparison, in Ontario, Canada minimum wage for tipped servers are:

$16.55 per hour - General minimum wage; including liquor servers, bartenders and waiters.

$15.60 per hour - Students (someone who is under 18 and works 28 hours/week or less*)

But…FREEDOM! Am I right?

The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours (www.stereogum.com)

“Who can afford to go to multiple shows?” says the anonymous tour manager. “Two tickets to a show, you’re talking probably about $200 with fees and everything. You go to a meal around the show, you’re talking at least $100 or $200 for a nice dinner. Then you got parking and babysitters, then you add the VIP stuff to...

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I won’t pay $1,000 to see anyone. Make ticket prices $35 and the places will be packed.

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I work in information security.

Don’t use biometrics to secure your devices. Biometrics are a convenience feature to make it easier to access your device. Biometrics are NOT security. You can be compelled to unlock your device by having it pointed at your face or your finger forced onto the reader. Don’t do it.

Use 2FA/MFA everywhere you can. If it’s an option, turn it on.

Use a password manager that generates strong passwords and use a different password for every service you use.

Update, update, update. Allow your devices, OSes, and software/applications to update automatically.

Talk to your parents about safe surfing. Tell them that their bank won’t send them an email or text asking them to send personal information. Set a password with your family to identify them if they are in trouble and need help. Tell parents and grandparent not to send you bail money to get you out of jail in Morocco.

Teach your kids that everything they post on the internet is public and permanent. Teach them that if they do something that they think will get them in trouble and someone is blackmailing them that it’s better to tell you and ask for help than to give in to the blackmailers.

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I always have a firewall inside the ISP device. I also have segmented network with the devices I mostly control on one network and the devices that the manufacturer mostly controls on another.

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That’s my expert opinion. Take it or leave it. It’s your device.

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Yup. Also having an agreement that an X from any family member means they are uncomfortable or in trouble and you should call them in one minute, tell them that there is an emergency, and you need to pick them up right now. Get them safe and don’t ask questions unless they want to talk.

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Something like that. Hardened personal devices in one and things like TVs and game consoles in the other.

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You’re exposing yourself to unpatched vulnerabilities for convenience instead of updating or deleting the app. If you lose half the functionality because of an update it’s time to find a new app in my books.

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That’s a threat and risk assessment. You’ve decided you’re willing to accept the risk of anyone being able to unlock your phone. For me, I’m not really worried about someone in the street strong arming me. I’m more worried about a state actor, border guard, police officer, etc demanding that I unlock my phone. They can physically compel you to unlock your phone by pointing it at your face or putting your finger on the pad but they cannot compel you to give them your password.

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You’ve done a threat and risk assessment and decided that the inconvenience of uninstalling or disabling the app is with accepting the risk of your device being competing and your data stolen or ransomed, your banking or other credentials being stolen, your friends, family, and other contacts being targeted, and your employer being put at risk if you use your device for work. That’s an acceptable way of handling the situation. You can always accept the risk.

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The other problem with biometrics is you can’t change them. With the OPM breach a few years ago they lost 5.6 million finger prints. Those finger prints are now useless since they are in the wild and can’t be changed. Not a problem for your average phone user but in my world that’s a really big deal. In my world biometrics are a convenience and convenience is bad for security.

As long as you’ve considered and accepted the risks you’re good.

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Can I use my dick head?

“You want me to unlock my phone? I used the head of my erect penis. I’m not going to get it up myself. Knock yourself the fuck out.”

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I watch women’s hockey because I love hockey and women’s hockey is more technical than men’s.

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My son started playing hockey when we was 5. There were an essentially equal number of girls and boys across the teams in our league with many hundreds of players across all the teams in all of the associations in the league. As they got older the number of girls started to drop off. Through U13 and into U15 the boys went through puberty and on average got bigger, stronger, faster, and more aggressive. In U15 we were down to 3 girls on our team. Going in to U18 we will have one. Some of the girls lost interest in hockey. Some left because they couldn’t compete at the same level as the boys. Our best girls went on to play girl’s hockey where they would have a more even playing field playing against other girls.

No, I don’t, “throw a shitfit” when I see a male athlete playing against female athletes (and frankly, labeling anyone who doesn’t agree with you as, “throwing a shitfit” completely devalues your position) but I do understand why those female athletes who choose to play female sports because they want a more even playing field and to play against other female athletes might see it as unfair to be forced to compete against a male athlete.

I absolutely believe in social equality for everyone but identifying as a woman socially and being female are two very different things.

(I’m happy to discuss this but if you start hissing and spitting about my being a TERF or a transphobe I will ignore you and block you and never give you or your opinions another thought.)

Watch: Adobe angers artists with new Photoshop terms (techcrunch.com)

Artists got an unpleasant surprise when they opened Photoshop this week, as they were shown a pop-up window asking them to agree to new terms of service. Among the changes: Adobe now says it has the right to access customers’ content through “automated or manual methods.”...

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I’m still running Photoshop CS 4 and don’t have any issues.

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I used Director.

Southern Baptists are poised to ban churches with women pastors. Some are urging them to reconsider (apnews.com)

From its towering white steeple and red-brick facade to its Sunday services filled with rousing gospel hymns and evangelistic sermons, First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, bears many of the classic hallmarks of a Southern Baptist church....

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The Alabama Taliban strikes again.

EDIT: The Missouri Taliban already requires female state legislators to keep the hijab.

MapleEngineer ,
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Alabamistan

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Up next, van lots of good old boys driving around harassing women who are out in public without a male escort or who aren’t dressed conservatively enough. The right wing is playing right out of the theocratic extremist playbook.

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We have it in Canada. Do you want to borrow ours?

The reality is that the US uses the metric system but everything is translated into freedom units for the general population. Another situation where you believe against all evidence that you have something that you really don’t have.

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You were so sure you got me. Sorrry.

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Good news, everyone!

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Who the fuck cares what that fetid fascist sack of pustulant assholes says?

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You’re not supposed to say the quiet part out loud! -Isreal

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Yup.

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions (apnews.com)

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state’s restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the U.S. to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned....

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Get ready, America. Van loads of morality police beating women on the street for not dressing conservatively are in your future.

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They knew all along.

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The Republicans are going to do their very best to kill as many people as possible again.

MapleEngineer ,
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Remember when they said, “They can’t charge everyone.”

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Did that line get you laid a lot?

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So many scams.

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Not yet. Our son isn’t quite 16 and our daughter is 18 and into girls. It may take a few years yet.

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She told me she talked to a guy who just wanted to talk about WoW and his favourite Linux distro. She gave up when he didn’t make a move and decided to look for a real man. Was that you?

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Ah.

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Uh…no. It was all about sex. The whole getting married thing was an accident.

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This is why the US is working so hard to stop renewables. Rich people don’t make any money when power is free.

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You are free to believe whatever you want to believe.

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