Careful there, trumpy boy, you’re fucking with your own propaganda machine. The US government gets to dictate movie scripts and values in exchange for allowing access to military equipment and vehicles, though dipshit probably isn’t even aware. How can a group be so incompetent at being intentionally awful human beings?

Alcatraz is about messaging and symbolism, not any practical purpose. We already have a highly developed and funded prison industrial complex with very effective supermax prisons that prevent escape. Alcatraz was notorious for its cruelty, though I’m pretty sure it was the last location of a “successful” supermax escape in the US. Alcatraz was shit down for a reason, and it wasn’t due to any humanitarian concerns. This old man is just reliving his childhood tales of danger and daring that he grew up with while sending a message of cruelty and disregard for humanity at the same time.

This is the only use of ai that I approve of. Angering Maga pissbabies.

I’m in the “death before El salvador” gang, personally.

I’m not sure why people downvoted instead of educating. To answer your question: no, it isn’t. It has been awhile since I’ve used torrents, so this may be a little out of date, but typically, within your P2P client you’ll have active “seeds,” including while you’re downloading. Some people immediately delete files from “active” after their download is complete. It is generally considered proper etiquette to leave the torrent active (at least) until it you have uploaded approximately 2x what you have downloaded. This helps keep torrents active and relatively quick, while not placing the bulk of the bandwidth burden on a few seeders.

Well, isn’t that great! Fish the species into oblivion and decimate the ecosystem!

This feels like when fire alarms go off at work. Literally, no one gives a shit. There are a few people who basically go “fuck yeah, I’m gonna go stand outside until someone collects me,” but most just continue with whatever it was they were doing. This is not the attitude you want emergency services having towards reports of active shooters.

I certainly will! Thank you for the recommendation! I’m actually not far from their roaster, so it should be within the ideal range on arrival.

I have little faith that the increase will find its way to the people on the ground. I say this as a “coffee snob” that doesn’t buy beans from my favored region because the workers aren’t fairly compensated.

That isn’t great for anybody. Hopefully, the rumors about putin’s health are true, and his successor is less interested in territorial expansion.

I made the same mistake without noticing the community. It is unfortunately on the forefront of my mind.

While it isn’t the top export by gdp, we are the largest exporter of arms. Furthermore, much of our top exports are vital in carrying out warfare, including oil. You may not have been completely serious, but you weren’t far from the mark.

This is a really cool mission! I’m glad they’re on track, and I hope it will be like the rover and last longer than the years planned.

Looks like they’re twice cooked 😎

If they can sue for “damages,” then I believe that the rest of us should be able to form a class action suit. It is established that the fuel producers were aware of climate change caused by their product and saught to obfuscate the discourse surrounding it. This action has had actual measurable damages that would bankrupt them if they were actually held to account. The federal and state governments also have cause to sue because much of this burden has been borne by tax dollars. In fact, California should file a countersuit to recoupe the costs on public health, increased fire danger, economic losses caused by drought, lost tax income from early death, etc.

It’s incredible that this administration fails to meet even the lowest bar of competence. Fortunately, that is often, though not always, to the benefit of everyone outside the death cult.

Well, I’m just glad my government contributed to and validated these militants’ claims so they could execute a renal patient who went off the reservation after they funded and trained him. Now, children can continue to suffer and die from this entirely preventable disease.

But they do believe in the state’s rights to legalize slavery and a racist structure.

Some people, yes. I’m not interested in being nice. I’m interested in putting an end to 400+ years of racist trash making life difficult and creating as much suffering as they possibly can.

Life in prison is not enough. That may have been an option after the civil war if they had done what needed to be done at the time. Unfortunately, this go around, there will need to be more drastic measures, and this doesn’t just involve the officials, but the supporters as well. There is a blood debt that will need to be paid if we’ll ever move beyond this for good.