Bear Gulch is in Washington.

They want Washington to burn down. So when they want to perform their Gestapo arrests, stopping firefighters fighting an active fire is just a bonus.

I read that autistic people are almost exclusively left leaning voters who are naturally resistant to propaganda and authority figures. It’s not just that we’re a conveniently sized minority group to target (Nazi style), but we’re also an obstacle (and an extremely convenient scapegoat) just because of the way we are.

I’m also very prone to catastrophic over-thinking, so I’m hesitant to believe they’re planning on killing us. But despite what I might tell myself to make this easier, it’s painfully obvious what’s happening.

I hope you’re right. Trying to live through the complete collapse of American society won’t exactly be pleasant, but it’s better than dying in a concentration camp.

As soon as I saw RFK’s “speech” about his autistic person database, hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I haven’t felt safe since. I have an autism diagnosis from a doctor which I used to apply for federal disability a few years ago. I am absolutely on their list.

Well, this is… wildly disturbing. Is this leading to the American Holocaust? Or am I just being catastrophic again? I had the same thought when they started their database of autistic people.

Yes! It always does the loading spin animation for like 10 seconds before it shows me my downloaded album. And some albums just never work at all. I have to go online and then offline again just to make it work at all, which defeats the purpose of being offline in the first place.

I just started my free qobuz trial though, and canceled my Spotify account. I mentioned their CEO as the reason I canceled.

The offline features on Spotify are abysmal. Half my downloaded albums don’t even work. It’s the primary reason I’m looking for an alternative. How can an app with such a high market share be this shitty?

I recently added CPSTD and OCD to my collection. Woo.

You’re both right. Capitalism accelerates climate change but so does the outrageous electricity requirements of LLMs.

I live in Washington and every single campsite in this state has an illegal fire pit. Even the sites above 3500 feet elevation where fires are always illegal have them.

People are selfish assholes and just don’t care about anyone else. Risking burning down the entire state is worth it to them so they can have their stupid fire in the woods. It’s only a matter of time before it all burns down, and when it does, it will be started by some asshole with an illegal bonfire.

It probably was an .ml comm, yeah. This was when I was just starting out on Lemmy and was actually excited to talk to the “leftists” on the communist comms. I was hopelessly naive.

Fuck. I used it for the first time last year and it was incredibly easy. Now I have to go back to being charged by TurboTax for something that should be automatic and free.

I actually agree. I’ve always considered her to be a progressive (or at least what’s considered progressive in the United States), but the last time I brought her up on Lemmy I got jumped on and told she’s a liberal.

I love those clips of her when she was grilling CEOs as member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. She has fantastic “get to the point and don’t fuck around” energy which is desperately needed in US politics.

I really like Porter. I’ve seen leftists label her a liberal, but her time in Washington showed that she cares about the working class, so even if she’s more of a centrist than a lot of us would like, she’s still an improvement.

I was on trails the entire hike. I have yet to do any of the style of rock climbing that people do with ropes, harnesses, and helmets, but I might look into that when I’m ready for it. I do some lighter/easier rock climbing without equipment occasionally, like ridgelines, which do have some danger of falling.

The Cascades aren’t too different from a range like the Rockies, except there are more volcanoes and you start at a lower elevation. I do snowshoeing in the winter when the avalanche risk isn’t too great. Rainforest trails are accessible year round but are crowded in the summer, so I do those in other seasons. The PNW is just stupid gorgeous.

Foot. Biking would be exceptionally dangerous on the steep trails I was on. Although there are no rangers in wilderness areas so there’s no one to stop people from trying.

I got back from a 40 mile hike on Thursday. The hike was in the Cascade mountains and had a total of 10,177 feet elevation gain.

I am on day 3 of my (somehow sustained) natural high, and wondering how long endorphins last. Being sore is so much fun when you’ve earned it.

Absolutely! Alltrails just added AI which means I need a new trail app.

Leaving would make it worse. Every single person who wants to leave as a result of this is the opposition. Without us, they have free reign.

Only if it’s profitable or they’re forced to do so through legislation. Otherwise they won’t even try.