“AI” image generation actually takes a lot of human knowledge and understanding of the models to manipulate outcomes. It is a different kind of effort, but the issues with it are based in human use of the tool.

Militant leftist, in the most basic sense.

But anti-leftists tend to co-opt the term to replace ‘fascist’ or ‘nazi’ in their discourse.

What is sad is the American people DID vote for progressive policy. The problem is American politicians represent their donors, and turned their backs on their constituents.

There is no expectation for an elected Democrat to align with their party platform. Likewise no one can or should expect a Republican to break from their party. Any reliance on either is a fool’s errand.

I mean about 70% of Americans support at least a public option for health insurance. Yet there is no pathway forward for 70% of Americans with either party.

So it sucks that such an intransigent faction isn’t even representative.

I wonder how many of the dyed-in-the-wool DNC supporters would stay home or vote third party if Biden wasn’t the candidate chosen at the convention.

Real patriots demand private investment in carbon capture only.

The disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima are symptoms of a greater issue: construction and maintenance of an extremely volatile and sensitive process reliant upon the integrity of infrastructure and quality of manpower.

Nuclear requires a stable society and economy flush with resources and education and little to no risk of political stability.

Those places are welcome to invest heavily into nuclear while CO2 concentrations build up as emmissions continue unabated.

The global leader in solar and wind is China. As a result those things are now communism and we can’t have them.

Crying broken shell of an art student not pictured.

Fewer turns? I am almost positive there are two sections of switchbacks across two mountain passes in that ‘alternate’ route.

Patrice O’Neal has a good bit on this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYYX13uB4E

I’m sorry, Jon.

They found the entrance on their own? I had a session never leave the introductory setting. I ended up dead and just chilled for the back half because my reroll was gonna be at the actual start.

If memorizing age of consent laws by region is achieving socialism, then sure.

Cereal is $7 to $11 per box at my grocery store.

Then after a few weeks they go on sale down to $2-$4 each as long as you buy 3 or 4 at once.

Infuriating shit.

Ah don’t be ashamed of not having known though. I used to work for a health department and did a lot of outreach in rural communities. It’s amazing how little knowledge of wastewater systems there is out there. Education on private infrastructure is lacking. People might learn about public treatment plants (seriously Ms Frizzle’s Magic School Bus is the primary common point of reference) and assume their house is served by the same: even when miles out side a city off a forestry road.

Reduce FOG. Fats, Oils, Greases.

Especially if you’re on septic. You can have clean pipes and a bricked tank or even worse clogged drainfield.

Sewage backing up into the home, or surfacing in the yard, and now the house is posted for non-occupancy and a 20-80k repair or replacement.

Gotem.

Maybe so. Though I feel it was likely just the natural result of clout chasing, which I think is more on Jaime.

Rogan just went full covid brainrot. I used to listen regularly during his early podcasts and especially the redban era when it was mostly just the wasteland feeling after Occupy Wall Street failed. Jamie curbed to show down the alt right pipeline and it felt less like comedians hanging out.

It’s been weird where it’s been about a decade since I listened and it feels so remarkably different when I see a clip after he hits the news with some nonsense guest.

That’s how he lends credibility to everything that airs on his show. It is disarming enough to help the listener extend that sentiment toward the guest long enough to explain whatever lunatic theory.

And then you’re listening to the guest, not Rogan so…

He’s been doing the podcast since 2009.

The Tim & Eric episode he directed was wild even by Tim & Eric standards.