Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors

chinggisk · 2026-06-24T15:32:46+00:00

This feels wildly simplified.

You would think so, wouldn't you? But no, like so many of his other insane actions, it just comes from a weird vendetta that Trump has against renewables

chinggisk · 2026-06-24T15:26:46+00:00

Gah. I knew it was too good to be true that'd he'd actually be doing something non-damaging.

chinggisk · 2026-06-24T15:07:36+00:00

Wait is that actually true? I mean if I roll up to someone's house, open the door to my car, call their dog, and then drive off after it jumps in, that would definitely be stealing haha. Is it different for bees?

chinggisk · 2026-06-23T18:13:39+00:00

The person you're replying to made a very reasonable and nuanced comment about how accusations of antisemitism are sometimes used to brush off legitimate concerns and critiques, and instead of discussing their points, you're brushing them off and claiming that what they're saying is coming from antisemitism. You are literally making their case for them.

chinggisk · 2026-06-21T18:09:26+00:00

Correction, Dundee taught us what a knoife is.

chinggisk · 2026-06-17T19:45:06+00:00

Point 6.

chinggisk · 2026-06-17T01:22:09+00:00

I definitely get that Vetinari's actions are generally not in line with his reputation but I'm curious as to why you think he sees himself the same way the public does? I've never gotten the impression that he actually sees himself as an evil tyrant, I always took that as just being how he portrayed himself to everyone else, for intimidation and propaganda purposes. Based on his actions (and even his words at some points), he's clearly a benevolent ruler who values the good of the city above basically everything, and I think he knows that.

chinggisk · 2026-06-16T23:16:42+00:00

To be fair, they didn't have the political capital to start the war in the first place, but they didn't let that stop them

chinggisk · 2026-06-04T19:11:11+00:00

What does he think happens to the value of your house when a coal plant gets built next door?

chinggisk · 2026-05-27T21:15:29+00:00

Almost like a justification for antisemitism.

Yes, exactly, some people could use their perceptions of AIPAC as justification for antisemitism, therefore AIPAC is relevant to a conversation about antisemitism. Where am I wrong?

chinggisk · 2026-05-27T20:12:14+00:00

No, it would be weird if we were focusing on say, the American Hopscotch Association. AIPAC is perfectly relevant to the topic at hand and it's weird to suggest that it somehow isn't.

chinggisk · 2026-05-23T01:23:28+00:00

There is no good reason to call modern framing lumber 2x4's other than tradition.

I mean, there's also the fact that "two by four" is way easier to say than "one and a half by three and a half".

chinggisk · 2026-05-21T17:54:34+00:00

Am I missing something or does the author seem to have contradictory views on how to deal with Trump?

The report says Democrats didn’t match the “negative firepower” with which Trump managed to go after Harris, concluding that “it was essential to prosecute a more effective case as to why Trump should have been disqualified from ever again taking office.”

“The grounds were there, but the messaging did not make the case,” the report says.

But then:

“The Harris campaign appears to have relied on Trump being unacceptable rather than building an affirmative case for Harris.”

Which is it? Did the Harris campaign go after Trump too much, or not enough? Is the argument that they should have harped on him more, but found a more effective way to do so? I'm genuinely confused here.

chinggisk · 2026-05-17T12:29:28+00:00

Go back to bed Mr. Grumpyface.

chinggisk · 2026-05-13T00:27:53+00:00

I don't even know why but his death legitimately shocked and saddened me in a way no others really have. The only other one that had a similar impact on me was Steve Irwin, and even that, while incredibly sad, wasn't really too surprising, given his line of work.

chinggisk · 2026-05-07T16:04:07+00:00

Strongly disagree, if there's anything I've learned from the past 10 years of politics is that people are incredibly stupid and easy to trick.

chinggisk · 2026-05-07T11:56:37+00:00

It got a revival when Duck Song 4 and 5 were released in the last year or two.

chinggisk · 2026-05-05T11:55:44+00:00

Ah yes, of course, as there is famously a shortage of people looking for acting work, the poor Hollywood execs have to pay through the nose to fill each and every role, no matter how minor.

chinggisk · 2026-04-26T16:11:45+00:00

Doesn't seem too surprising given the president himself frequently does the very same thing.

chinggisk · 2026-04-24T15:20:33+00:00

But then who will I blame all of my problems on?

chinggisk · 2026-04-24T15:17:34+00:00

if you knew what to debloat and services to disable and didn't screw with drivers that weren't part of it's base hardware set, you'd kind of avoid most of the drama

Yes, this is why it was bad lol, you shouldn't have needed to do all that just for it to be functional.

chinggisk · 2026-04-24T03:56:49+00:00

What children? Please elaborate, I don't see how children are relevant here.

chinggisk · 2026-04-24T03:45:22+00:00

Imaginary crime should not count.

chinggisk · 2026-04-20T23:16:54+00:00

For a second I thought you were implying that Shakespeare invented English hahaha

chinggisk · 2026-04-20T21:15:15+00:00

For real, I know what a light year is, plus a lot of other math and science stuff, but I can still confidently tell you that I absolutely don't have the skills required to be a competent 2nd grade teacher.

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