I am not really in the know about Shapiro's position on the ongoing genocide. Previously, I thought the campaign against him smelled off.

I'd like to take this article at face value, but given the publication's track record of indirectly supporting genocide through false equivalence and whataboutism, I can't. Unfortunately for Josh Shapiro such a defense will inevitably have the opposite effect, though I doubt he asked the Atlantic to run this piece.

I switched back to VLC a while ago after trying others. Not fancy, but it tends to just work.

This is not a drill. This would mean Beehaw would be at risk of being held liable for content users post. A single bad apple, intentional or otherwise, could end this community. Or any other fediverse instance.

Not to mention all the other dangerous "ministry of truth" type stuff they're trying stuff into the bill.

It's a tight race, the ADL straight up defended a Nazi solute (that was repeated for emphasis). They never took back that support either, merely regretted the "framing".

They did after the great depression aside from a couple 2 year periods. Then Gingrich took out a Contract on America.

The KGB was very much around in 1987 when Trump visited Moscow and began pushing Russian interests in America and generally criticizing US alliances.

I hear that.

For a concurring perspective, I'm not a fan of gender roles either. But I can't imagine the way to solve the problems gender roles create is to somehow remove a related gender identity. Trying to repress a gender has never worked well, and I don't think repressing a masculine gender would be any different. Gender identity has existed for all of recorded human history, and even seems to have taken some form in prehistoric times (fertility idols and such). I think the way forward is to let a thousand flowers bloom and let anyone who wants to explore or define their own gender to do so.

Imagine if they privatize the postal service and repeal section 230. We'll be hard pressed to organize and communicate.

Right? Imagine being the white man chosen to go to the moon based on skin color and gender, knowing that more qualified astronauts had been passed up and that you are effectively propaganda. That would not be a great moment.

There is bad clickbait out there and we do have to remain skeptical. So much is actively harmful.

To dismiss good content because it seeks an audience is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Indeed, by dismissing higher quality content as clickbait you can unintentionally elevate the true clickbait by putting them on the same level. I'm sure you don't intend this.

Headlines, titles, thumbs don't really matter if the content is valuable. This video really was pretty good! I'd rather 14 y/o nerds or whoever watch this than some SpaceX worship or whatever other similar junk might be out there.

An important part of media literacy is understanding sources and context. This YouTube creator is anything but clickbait on the topic of orbital mechanics.

NY desperately needs a recall system.

Yeah for sure. And regardless, I know some great security engineers who are ADHD.

Yup. Courting the Cheneys, supremely unpopular politicians, likely lost more votes than it gained.

It's yet another systemic issue, reflective of wider systemic issues. It's not helpful to place the blame or demands on individuals.

In 10 it was possible to turn it all off and leave it off. In 11 it's almost impossible to do so.

This seems unfairly dismissive of someone who's proved themselves time and again. The article might not be about what you wish it was about but it's insightful about the topic it covers.

Doctorow has been on a roll recently. Not that he ever really stops

In that case, I suggest you stop throwing dirt at GN.

Yes, California does do controlled burns. This senator is being disingenuous as are any other talking heads claiming they don't.

The state has increased the budget for and amount of controlled burns (as well as creation of firebreaks which both enable controlled burns and reduce spread of wildfires) in recent years, including after the federal government under trump reduced maintenance of federal lands. Voters have supported this through propositions as well including one last election.

Controlled burns also require a lot of care and resources or they can turn into wildfires, so there's only so many the state can do at a time. The past few years have actually allowed for more than previously.

LA had unseasonably low precipitation and high winds that contributed to the rapid spread of the current fires.

Should California do more controlled burns? Probably, but the state is very much doing what it can.

But, it's easier to point fingers at the very people taking preventative measures than help your countrymen in a time of need.