Doug Holland

That’s a well-written explanation, thank you, and it’s the Trump administration’s game plan on everything.

Pick a policy, any policy, from DOGE to tariffs to blocking funding on a whim, whatever — it’s illegal, unconstitutional, or both, but that doesn’t matter. If a court blocks them, it’ll take months and they’ll appeal.

Meanwhile the daily damage is done, and it’s permanent. If/when Democrats are again in charge, being Democrats, they’ll tinker with the mechanisms a little and pose for smiling pictures, but we’ll never see US AID again, and ICE’s ginormous budgets will be the norm, etc.

Oh man, I miss Loompanics.

Also (sorry, but old guy here) the nozzle sometimes unexpectedly sprays sideways. It’s no worry if you’re sitting down, but if you’re standing up you might’ve just wet your pants… or the pants of the unlucky schmoe at the neighboring urinal.

I am not annoyed by Lemmy’s constant glitches. It adds to the charm of the place.

Lemmy is a volunteer effort. You want everything to run corporate-smooth, that’s ‘X’ and TikTok and Reddit.

I can’t even get past the user interface at Discord. Rarely have I felt so uninvited to participate, even as the site aggressively invites me to participate.

Same place on desktop. It’s kinda easy to miss, though, so thanks for the nudge.

In no sense is Edge is a good browser. It is built for ads and tracking, and makes surfing the web inherently unpleasant.