Not sure if it's accurate or fair to compare a city council's size with (checks notes), a civil liberty that's been adjudicated by the SCOTUS.

One would presume it became that way because the citizens of that city wanted it like that, so yeah it probably is an undemocratic...something

// Cries in Knoxvillian

...and a number of my very left-wing conspiratorial-minded friends swallow Russian propaganda without salt or even chewing. Got a few that are still telling me that Ukraine is filled with Nazis and Putin is just doing what he needs to in order to protect Russia... It's bonkers.

They are like the national manifestation of narcissistic abuse.

Could also be the increase in appetite regardless of delivery method.

I get the problem with how it's being labelled and why it's (at best) a gradation between bad and worse. I also know that some significant fraction of people will only be swayed by economic arguments. So, if it's not energy-positive (or even just break-even), it's likely dead in the water.

All that said, if it did work, it might be interesting if we started converting plastic into energy that had to be used to scrub carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in a way that doesn't tend to produce microplastics. That would require improved tech and a functional regulatory system, but, let's dream for a while.

Right. I brought up the question because I suspect many are only moved by economic arguments, rather than environmental or health-related ones.

Cancer risks aside, is this fuel source actually energy-positive? Does it produce more energy than it requires to manufacture?

No, they'll flee and raise real estate prices in higher ground cities and states across America. We need to build a wall.

His followers enablers don't give two turds about hypocrisy. They want power, status, and dominance; and he promised it to them. Thus, they can look past his treason.

Cheney is nothing if not organized, competent, and driven by a lust for power. He definitely doesn't care if Trump is evil, but likely recognized that a chaotic evil clown is a threat to order and the power structures he influences.

> It is already very much AI's generating the vast majority of content people consume.

Um, can you provide a source for this claim please?

I have to imagine mirrors still work if your head and neck don't.

Right!? How are people taught to drive anymore?

Not cut all their trees down. 🤷

As long as we're reporting anecdotes, most of the right wingers in my life are xenophobic and have expressed anti-Chinese sentiments--often in coarse terms.

For anyone seeking some non-anecdotal data:

• https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/30/republicans-see-china-more-negatively-than-democrats-even-as-criticism-rises-in-both-parties/

I do a lot of woodworking (east coast) and have never seen almond lumber on the market. I assume it's similar to cherry, plum, apple, or pear? Curious to see what people are doing with it.

Former slave colonies. Brazil and S. Africa come immediately to mind

Or Amores Perros