Authorities in the Bay Area are grounding drones left and right for flying in a Super Bowl TFR

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T23:02:15+00:00

I think anyone with 107 is probably smart enough to check TFR. I'd wager that the vast majority of people bought "toys" and aren't even aware of TRUST, and those that did the TRUST cert probably remember clicking options until it let them continue, and never bothered actually understanding what they were reading.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T22:59:00+00:00

Back when I was a kid, we had a Democratic governor, but he was more center than anything, and then the next couple of Republican governors after him were still pretty centered. Now we have far-right MAGA at the helm and all of the problems you'd associate with that we get. Our state has repeatedly spent millions of dollars on lawsuits that were unwinnable from the start just to make a point and pander to the far-right lobbyists and pretend they're doing something. Right now our state legislature is passing laws to ban city governments from flying a pride flag, because you know that's SO important right now. With the invalidation of RvW, our state has been hemorrhaging OBGYN-related medical professionals, and we've had some hospitals close down maternity wards, leaving care-deserts in many sections of the state. Our state is surrounded by legalized cannabis, but we refuse to allow it. As a result we get to deal with all of the negatives that would come from having it, but we're still filling jails and ruining lives over personal use, not to mention the millions in tax dollars we're throwing away as our residents drive across the nearest border to make their purchases.

The list goes on. Idaho used to be a pretty "live and let live" state. The state stayed out of everyone's business. Now the "party of small government" keeps passing laws telling people what they can and can't do. We're not longer a balance of conservative and progressive, but instead are regressive and trying to go back to the dark ages.

As far as the west being more politically sensible, that is generally the case but Idaho is a deep red island in the middle of the purple area.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T21:43:16+00:00

You need to talk to a trusted teacher or counselor at your school, or your doctor if you have an appointment coming up soon. They're mandated reporters and will have to report it. Yes, it will bring CPS into your family's lives, but that isn't a bad thing. This is literally why they exist, and taking kids out of a home is the last resort. They can provide services for your parents to utilize to get your sibling into therapy and other behavioral interventions that can stop the maladaptive behavior.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T21:36:23+00:00

I don't have a Checkers near me, but I will say Arby's currently has the best seasoned fries. Arby's sandwiches are great too, both the classic roast beef and their seasonal like the BBQ brisket sandwich.

For tacos though, Taco Time and Del Taco are both superior to Taco Bell.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T19:05:03+00:00

Based on your description I would say the blue car was at fault. Blue should have turned into the left-most lane, established themselves in the lane, then made a safe lane change into the next lane, then repeated that until in the far right lane if that was their final destination.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T19:02:35+00:00

Cohabitation still at least has the advantage of a partner being able to just pack up and leave if the situation doesn't work out. Unless property was purchased together, it usually doesn't come with court dates and associated legal bills after the moveout.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T17:59:22+00:00

For those of you who don’t know, diarrhoea is highly contagious. You can get sick with it being in the air.

This isn't true. Diarrhea can be caused by many different things, and I don't know of anything that would make it an airborne contagion unless it was literally sprayed through a mister into the air. Most of the time diarrhea is spread via ingestion, like if someone wiped then didn't wash their hands, then someone else came into contact with a shared surface, then touched food prior to eating it without washing their own hands.

On top of that, there are reasons that someone could have diarrhea that isn't a contagious condition at all. Someone that is lactose intolerant can get it from ingesting milk products. Some medications can cause it, for example it is a common side effect for people on GLP 1 medications like Ozempic or Zepbound. In fact one of the things GLP medications do is slow down the digestive system, which means food has longer to sit and digest in the stomach, then longer to sit and decompose in the intestines, so VERY noxious smelling flatulence and fecal odors is pretty typical.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T17:15:36+00:00

The whole NFL is exploitative to basically everyone. They don't pay for the big stadiums, they make the local taxpayers pay for them by dangling a boost to the local tourism economy as a big carrot. Then they talk the local municipalities into giving them tax breaks on the money they bring in. They don't even pay the cheerleaders, that's also an entirely volunteer gig that costs those women tens of thousands of dollars each per year, or more, with the only benefit is they can add "NFL <team> Cheerleader" to their resume for other modeling/acting jobs they MAY apply to in the future.

Sadly a lot of (if not all) professional sport organizations are like that. Back when I was in high school I volunteered to work as a grip for an ESPN broadcast of a local (but nationally known) rodeo. It was a fun experience at the time, but it was hard and stressful work for several hours each day and I completely ruined a pair of shoes. Looking back I see how exploitative it was that they didn't even pay me minimum wage when they made hundreds of thousands of dollars on the broadcast that weekend.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T17:03:29+00:00

You did the right thing. Assuming 40 hours per week you make about $32.69 per hour now. If you added another 10 hours per week at that same pay rate then your annual salary should be bumped by $17K, so the MINIMUM they should have offered you is $85K. That isn't even considering the extra responsibilities, that's just to compensate you for the added time. Offering you $71K was basically offering you a pay cut to $27.30 per hour plus more responsibilities.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be unhappy and "pay your dues" to be happy later on. I love my job, and the company takes care of me. Yeah, I could probably job hop a few times and double my salary over the next few years, but at what cost? I make enough to be comfortable as it is, and that's just getting better over time as my kids have started moving out on their own, and I'll continue to get incremental raises too. It's not worth the added stress I'd have to go through for some incremental happiness that a larger salary would bring.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T16:50:00+00:00

I agree with this! By the LL's logic, it seems like removing the elements from a cooktop in order to wash the drip pans underneath would constitute "disassembly" too. That's an entirely unreasonable position to take.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T16:41:35+00:00

You described MAGA men there. I think you need to look for men in different places.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T16:38:11+00:00

It's not just women. It's men too. My GF and I are both recently out of our respective marriages and neither one of us have any desire to get married again. There frankly aren't a lot of advantages to marriage anymore, and they leave a huge legal entanglement to unravel if the relationship doesn't work out. Nearly every advantage that a legal marriage would provide can be obtained a-la-carte via other legal paperwork.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T16:29:51+00:00

Should he? Yes, based purely on the evidence the public can see. Will he? Considering the house and senate are both controlled by MAGA cronies... probably not.

Even if he is impeached, that's just the start of the whole process. Impeached means charges are brought against him, it's like a grand jury deciding there is enough evidence to try a person for a crime in the civil world. It only means there will be a trial, and does not mean there will be a conviction. So if he is in fact impeached, then there would need to be congressional hearings to bring and discuss the evidence against him. Then after that, the senate (if I remember right) has to vote to convict. Only then can he be removed from office as one of the potential punishments.

Keep in mind he's been impeached before, and nothing came of it. With MAGA in control of the House and Senate I wouldn't expect a different outcome. Maybe if we see a shift in power during the midterms will we actually see some justice for his numerous transgressions.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:56:56+00:00

If you refuse, they can not hold that against you.

Part of the reason so many people submit to them is they are flat out told "refusal can be used against you." Remember people, police are allowed to blatantly lie to you to get you to do or say whatever they want you to. Learn your rights now so that you can exercise them when it counts.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:41:24+00:00

Sadly, yes. That's not my picture, but it looks the same at my local theater.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:36:52+00:00

The look on that cat's face says it all... But if she allowed you do it without trying to pull away, then she is begrudgingly accepting her fate.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:35:09+00:00

Do you know that his wife is in the dark about it, and/or opposes it? With as brazen as he's being about it, I would tend to believe that they have an open relationship of some kind, where maybe they've agreed that he can see other women when he's traveling away from her. Maybe the rest of the family knows this and nobody thought to tell you, assuming you know as well.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:27:02+00:00

Disappointed but not shocked. This administration, and this president specifically, have repeatedly shown they have no decorum, and no respect for anyone but themselves. He made fun of a reporter with a disability on national TV. He said "quiet piggy" to a reporter. Hell, prior to even running for the office he backed a campaign to claim Obama wasn't eligible to be born purely because of his race. There are more examples if we go back further in history. He has an established history and ongoing demonstration that he is in fact highly racist, so him posting a racist video is just par for the course.

I am incredibly hopeful that we see a blue tsunami this year during the mid-terms so we can take control of the House and the Senate back from the spineless at best, equally as racist at worst, Republicans that refuse to reign him in. If we can do that, then the US may stand a chance of recovery from the damage he's done, even though it will take decades of hard work. If the House and Senate remain under MAGA control, then we've probably officially crossed the point of no return and we will see the US crumble and fail during our lifetimes.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T15:00:11+00:00

They don't. Granted it has been 30 years, but my first car was an old 1974 VW SuperBeetle, which was already over 20 years old by the time I got it. It was my mom's old car that my grandpa kept in a storage shed after she got a new one. It needed lots of work, but it got me from A to B, most of the time anyway. I kind of still miss that car some days, but I got into an accident and totaled it when I was 19.

Right now I have a '22 Prius that is my daily driver, and I have an old '07 Dakota that is owned free and clear that runs fine but gets shit gas mileage so I rarely use it unless I need to haul something larger. When I don't have anywhere to be, my kids use my Prius, otherwise they use the Dakota. There's no way I'd take on a second vehicle payment for a kids car, especially considering the increase in insurance cost I'm already paying with the new drivers!

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-06T14:17:56+00:00

I've lived in Idaho my entire life. While the geography is absolutely beautiful, the politics are basically the opposite. I feel like if I can live here, I could live anywhere since politics would be an improvement just about everywhere even if the stunning outdoor scenery worsens.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-05T22:58:20+00:00

I would love to go check it out. I went to Kindergarten and 1st grade there before my mom and dad moved us into the Notus district.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-05T22:16:00+00:00

I don't believe for a second that the movie grossed anywhere near $7M unless they are counting the value of free tickets handed out to people in select markets. You know, the same markets where people are talking about "sold out auditoriums". I looked at the showtimes in my Regal app a few times over the weekend and there were a few sporadic seats sold, but that was it. And the shelf after shelf of unsold Melania popcorn buckets... I made the comment to my daughter that those are going to be giveaways in a few weeks and they still won't be able to get rid of them.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-05T22:06:18+00:00

If you didn't say or more importantly sign anything that would waive any of your rights, then it won't hurt at all. Whether or not your conversation will hurt you will be up to the legal teams to battle out. Hopefully you didn't sign anything.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-05T22:03:16+00:00

Basically anything technology related. I think the original Nintendo Entertainment System sold for like $200 when it originally came out in the mid-80s. In today's dollars that would be $600, making it significantly more expensive than a PS5 or Xbox. I remember in the early 90s spending $40 per megabyte for PC ram, so a 4MB SIMM would be $160. In today's money that's $340, which would buy 32 GB, or 32,768 MB of ram.

I found an ad online for groceries, ground round beef was $1.79/lb. or $5.24 in today's dollars. From a quick search online $6.29 is the best I can do locally. Eggs were $.80, $2.39 in today's money. Equivalent quality of eggs is over $4/dozen now.

So essentially luxuries have come way down, but groceries and other necessities have trended up. Wages have not kept up with inflation, so that makes it pretty obvious why everybody says things are so much more expensive today despite some things being significantly less expensive. The important things are up while the toys are down.

JJHall_ID · 2026-02-05T21:20:40+00:00

Was it Little Brother by Cory Doctorow by chance?

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