I never became a discord guy, but it seems like IRC (not federated the same way lemmy/mastodon/etc are but functionally similar) would meet the requirements.

No, it’s one of the first Linux distributions

He’s already talked about “work camps” for people who are “addicted” to things like SSRIs. He was mask-off Nazi before Musk was (if only by a few weeks.)

He’s a disgrace to humanity.

That multiplier should include sledgehammers in some way.

I think that’s actually a pretty common view, just not often loudly professed by people with power or platforms.

Yeah, look at any number of things (including Medicaid implementation) that have been left up to the states and what a complete dumpster fire they are.

ITT: people who don’t understand that Medicaid is not Medicare, and that means-testing means a service isn’t “for all.”

Editing to add: Medicaid is funded mostly by the federal government, 69% vs 31% funding from the state. So even if it wasn’t means-tested (one has to have an income below a certain amount, or be disabled to a certain degree before qualifying) it would not meet OP’s definition, a single payer health insurance system funded by the state.

To answer OP’s question, a state funded single payer health insurance program would likely run afoul of the Commerce Clause of the constitution which states the federal government has jurisdiction over interstate commerce. UHC, Aetna, and other nation-wide insurance companies would absolutely sue over the state programs interfering with their right to conduct interstate commerce, and they would almost certainly win, even without a hard right SCOTUS like the current one.

Funny story, if it cuts off at a certain income level, it’s not for all.

I can’t imagine making a survivable go of it in New York for 28k/year.

Sounds like the beginning of the Cory Doctorow novella “Unauthorized Bread.” Cloud service goes down and the main character’s toaster won’t work without them.

I’m glad to hear you’re moving forward with better understanding of how your brain functions and (hopefully) how to address some of the challenges that can present.

Please don’t insult sex workers by comparing them with billionaires.

If I pay a stripper she’ll give me a lap dance. The terms of the deal are straightforward. If I give a billionaire money they’ll just fuck me over and ask for more money.

Group therapy has been shown to be as effective as one-on-one therapy for a lot of people. It’s worth it to try just a couple times.

If he was Epstein Netflix would have written off the money and given him some c-suite no-show job to keep him quiet.

I’ll have to check out Swindled. +1 for 404 Media and Better Offline.

You can always listen to the weekly omnibus episode that only has ad breaks between each full segment. Or get good with your skip forward button.

Not just Evans, but Mia, Gar (sp?), James, and their other contributors.

Behind the Bastards

BtB’s counterpart, Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

If Books Could Kill

You’re Wrong About

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

The Dollop

Depresh Mod

The Daily Zeitgeist

Oh, you say genocide and use of starvation as a weapon of war is against international law too? WE CANNOT HAVE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ISRAEL QUESTIONED.

Yeah, he has the ability to articulate what I was already thinking about LLMs and bring in hard data to back up his thesis that it’s all bullshit. Dangerous and expensive bullshit, but bullshit nonetheless.

It’s really sad that his willingness to say the tech industry is full of shit is such an unusual attribute in the tech journalism world.

When I was a kid public and semi-public pools would have signs that said “welcome to our ool. Notice there is no P in it. Please keep it that way.”

Years later it occurred to me it might make more sense to have a sign that said “welcome to our L. Notice there is no poo in it.” And so on.