still hopeful that, if trumps idiocy does not directly blow us all to hell, an economic downturn may give us another COVID style environmental breather. silver linings and all that.

elbows up, my friend. elbows up!

old info? have things flipped?

we seem to like it dirty.

[…]our refineries were designed to process oil coming from Mexico and Venezuela. “And a lot of that tends to be relatively heavy and relatively high in sulfur,”

based on proven reserves it looks like venezuela is gonna get canada’d harder than usual.

good observation. wonder how texas and louisiana “drill baby drillers” are doin’ right now…

was at my local post office on that day. postal worker was watching it on her lunch break. ended up in a really good convo about the current admin, probable doge action against USPS and civil resistance in general.

it was a social connection between two people that reinforced personal conviction. to me (and perhaps her as well), that was priceless.

and, as trump shrinks us soft power, whats left? the chance of direct US military involvement against non-trivial opponents is skyrocketing. remember, trump declared himself a “wartime president” last term - he loves this shit.

ediit: missing word

Current soy volumes being shipped do not yet reflect the effects of the new trade war, the analysts said. They believe an escalation will direct more Chinese demand to Brazil over time, as was the case in 2018.

slow motion footgun is the best footgun.

anonymity is hard and easily broken by human mistakes, but parents comment is absolutely on point.

the methods and tools you use depend on your threat model, but now is always a good time to begin getting more comfortable and improving your digital hygiene. as parent points out, while privacy (like security) really cant come in a box, tails is a great start.

anyone who has never experienced the joy of destroying hardware with a misplaced address access is, at best, translucent. magic blue smoke or bust.

ouch.

I know, right! millennia of boring European history. nothing ever happens over there.

understood. looking back in my history, I have upvoted a few of your posts :-)

we’ll get there, eventually.

…be the change you want to see on lemmy?

post. comment. repeat.

c-band satellite dishes and videocipher II’s. fun times.

As Elon Musk, Trump family members, and others become increasingly implicated in potentially illegal activities, their incentive to preserve democratic processes diminishes proportionally.

so far only the lower courts have been tested and held as best they can. the military has not been tested… yet. interesting times. :(

honestly, these days can we be absolutely sure they are not?

regardless of the probable misuse of the term, this story (if otherwise accurate) has fucked up my day in an outsized way.

because you’re not alive to be kidnapped after

here in america there are strict reconstruction era lynching standards to uphold and pass along to future generations. yessiree bob! a fine US export, to be sure.

this machine…