In some states the primary is essentially the real election. I can’t fault someone for voting in a republican primary when that determines their fate. In other states there are open primaries and the democratic candidates may be uncontested or you may want to simply vote against someone, like Trump, as many chances as you get. Suddenly you are a registered republican because of the ballot you requested.

Toledo

This joke is at least 35 years old. https://www.physlink.com/Fun/IsThereSanta.cfm

Why are you babies still playing Mario Kart when Crash Team Racing is the superior game?

Our engineers can use Linux desktop if they want, and I suppose anyone else could as well, but Microsoft Office is really what keeps me on Windows at work. I could use the browser based apps for 80% but that last 20% is nasty. And yes, I use libreoffice at home. The cross compatibility just isn’t there without loads of extra time that I don’t have.

The old universal films and hammer should be represented: Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee

George Hamilton in Love at First Bite

They trickle a little bit on cops and judges to keep us in line.

Because she is evil, facts don’t matter to her. There is no debate. No one is being convinced of anything. Belittling fascists is a known nonviolent tactic that works because they are nihilistic narcissists. I’d never say demeaning things about strangers, but public figure Nazis are fair game for anything that bruises their ego.

Keep it up. Don’t let FOMO loosen your standards. If people acted like this to you in person, you would avoid them. Do it online as well.

Sadly we interact so much online that the bad behavior of social media is now informing people how to behave IRL.

Yep, these definitely won’t get hacked

Your MENSA card has shipped.

https://youtu.be/T6fO3xYJR30 it’s my Cadillac Hour

Email is never private, even with encrypted email, headers give away metadata. HOWEVER, Tuta & Proton are not scanning your emails to market shit to you and train AI. That’s the main advantage.

That’s great. Canada has very strong credit union adoption. The US is often more predatory. Banks can put people into minimum balance type accounts and fee you until the account runs dry. Not all, but some do. If you live in a rural area, you may not have many options. There’s a host of reasons. https://www.fdic.gov/household-survey

A surprising number of people don’t have a bank.

The backend of any service is “trust me” even if it’s FOSS. Tuta has blogged about this

Welcome to Michigan. Come buy some cannabis. Signs every where

My spouse didn’t get it until she watched Meredith Whittaker’s SXSW talk. I just wasn’t eloquent enough. She admitted I had made the same points, but not as well. Show people that video. https://www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP-JOg

“natural monopolies” should be state owned.