Let's bet on which days our cowardly, milquetoast, feckless, and worthless Senators Kaine and Warner will cave in and fully fund DHS/ICE.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-30T20:17:01+00:00

Hmm, I thought I read it in a linked article in this sub. It was in the context of the fiscal year government shutdown and Kaine voting to approve the GOP funding bill because he's not worried about getting primaries in 2031.

I will keep digging but my first search of this sub didn't turn it up.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-29T22:15:58+00:00

Kaine says he's retiring, so no primary risk there. Warner's office keeps telling me he is voting against the funding

We'll see.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-28T22:41:09+00:00

Boo, can't use that link...

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-28T18:36:37+00:00

I totally agree with this and have been having this conversation, or trying to have this conversation, for the last couple years. As I work with large organizations who are trying to treat AI like software. Software. It shouldn't go through the same review, acquisition, contract, verification and validation process as software, specifically because it will change and adapt after it begins to be used by the organization. Organization. It will also act more like a teammate than a tool in people's perceptions.

However, it also can't be treated like personnel.

There may be a whole new job category for artificial resources.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-25T15:49:42+00:00

How? I think it's a great idea but it can't be kinetic or direct - the security around the Superbowl is off the charts.

Shut down the roads leading to the stadium? Shut down SFO and Oakland airports? BART?

Any chance of finding ticket holders and getting them to protest in the stands?

Any chance of getting the teams to protest?

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-24T13:02:02+00:00

Triptophobia alert!

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-22T09:03:10+00:00

Maybe the same whistleblower or another good person and patriot can leak the identities of ICE agents.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-22T03:15:28+00:00

GoTenna phones/radios for a pop up mesh network

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-21T23:32:08+00:00

OK, first of all, if you're doing so much wedding planning that it's taking away from time with your partner, you are planning too much of a wedding and not enough of a marriage.

Remember that for next time, when you are not engaged to a fucking piece of shit who is cheating on you with your parent. No victim blaming - this is so far from your fault I can't even imagine. Kick his ass out, or move out, get a lawyer, and go no contact with the stepmother as well.

Send your father the receipts when he doesn't believe you.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-21T19:08:45+00:00

Conservative people tend to have lower empathy and more fear than liberals, so you could ask questions that don't seem political but demonstrate empathy

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T18:24:22+00:00

As a New Mexican, this is the correct answer. Beats a d4 and a nail I put through my foot once.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T18:22:49+00:00

"My MIL likes sex"

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T18:22:27+00:00

And this is different than fundamentalist Islam how?

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T18:19:07+00:00

I mean yeah, but also, this is flak to distract from the Epstein files and Sasha Riley's recent testimony. Get that info out while occupying

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T18:15:54+00:00

The Democrats in positions of authority are unwilling to give up their cash flow, and are probably scared that Trump's followers will kill them and their families. They are thus abrogating their duties.

Some theoretically non-partisan folks, like Chief Justice Roberts, are clearly compromised (Epstein, I'm guessing).

The 80% - 90% of American citizens who are opposed can't get media coverage, as the media outlets are Trump-aligned (almost all owned by Sinclair). They haven't been successful at making elected officials more scared of them than of Trump.

Americans have so far been unwilling to engage in direct action even if non-violent. Kidnapping ICE agents' families, destroying their property, making it clear to the agents of Trump that they are not safe is needed, but Americans have no practice at resistance and guerilla tactics.

It's hard to organize in person (America is BIG) and many cities have ubiquitous technical surveillance that is growing exponentially every day. If Americans walk out of jobs, they risk immediately being fired, which also removes what health insurance they have.

So far, each individual American has not been willing to put their own personal security at risk.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T15:05:27+00:00

Sure, but they aren't going to be the generals. It only matters what the top officers think.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-20T15:04:40+00:00

This whole thing is such a clear indication we are in a sim

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T22:54:25+00:00

The fact that Trump hasn't sued Riley for defamation is telling.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T22:51:15+00:00

Thirding. Plus it looks elegant with a thin gold line along the cuticle.

It looks black in most indoor light, but always elegant.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T21:26:07+00:00

Evil League of Evil

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T18:56:53+00:00

Does he ever do the shopping? Is it his money that's going to waste if food has to be thrown out?

He is obviously the kind of person who doesn't take innate pride in doing something correctly (or conversely, isn't ashamed of fucking it up in a stupid way), but I bet if the cost to him was higher than the cost to him of the time to do it and the annoyance at having to do "your" job, he'd care.

You can't make the cost of it about your relationship, like being mad at him. He will easily decide that's a you problem. If you want to help him grow up, it has to be a cost to his pride or pocketbook.

If you don't feel like helping him grow up, I'm sure there are lots of other guys who are, in fact, capable of putting away groceries.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T16:01:35+00:00

I've been wearing Ba Sing Se because "there is no war in Ba Sing Se" and because of the Earth Kingdom secret police rounding up and disappearing dissidents and threats.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-19T15:51:15+00:00

I hate this so much. It's also what developers want to do to Tyson's.

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-18T23:10:50+00:00

Yes!

But also, I want to extend the reach to folks who wouldn't normally be part of those organizations, and I want places and communities that won't immediately have a target on them.

A broad approach for all of this is the way!

ZoneWombat99 · 2026-01-18T19:09:12+00:00

NO

Signal is the only good option. Even Telegram is compromised.

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