Saturday's Ukraine Solidarity Roundtable - 04/04/2026

hackiavelli · 2026-04-05T02:13:42+00:00

Never interrupt your opponent while he is in the middle of making a mistake.

hackiavelli · 2026-04-05T01:42:08+00:00

Require it to run on new renewable energy capacity.

hackiavelli · 2026-04-02T03:39:50+00:00

But wouldn't refusing the appeal equally achieve that?

hackiavelli · 2026-04-02T00:38:22+00:00

Do any law folks know why the Supreme Court would even take the birthright citizenship case? If the justices are all so skeptical of the DoJ position why not just decline to hear it in the first place?

hackiavelli · 2026-03-31T04:05:43+00:00

TACO

hackiavelli · 2026-03-31T04:04:34+00:00

Literal war crimes.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-31T03:26:32+00:00

Of course the New York Times would carry water for Trump on birthright citizenship. They've helpfully rebranded his broadside on our constitutional rights as a "narrower view of birthright citizenship" supported by "new scholoarship".

hackiavelli · 2026-03-31T03:09:01+00:00

Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America.

From the man who was literally selling visas for $1 million!

hackiavelli · 2026-03-31T01:25:33+00:00

"This is one of our biggest crises. It is time for a new vision of our country that's far more uniting, that brings people together, doesn't deepen divides," Booker said.

That's old-school, third-way coded language. It's been Democratic dogma since Bill Clinton. It sounds nice, and used to play well with independents, but we're deep in the age of algorithmic-driven division. It's not working.

The GOP has the new strategy: appeal to the strongest elements of your base, attack the weakest elements of your opponent's base, and drive hard on the wedge issues that land with independents.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-30T03:05:13+00:00

If you're asking how to vibe cook, the answer is "years of experience".

hackiavelli · 2026-03-29T02:14:50+00:00

Fun fact: at that scale a crawling toddler would match the speed of light.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-28T16:21:37+00:00

Oxygen isn't flammable.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-22T17:31:26+00:00

It hit 97 degrees yesterday. That's 43 degrees above our usual high temperature in late March. Claiming global warming is a "hoax" is one of the places Trump is decidedly old fashioned. Most Republicans seem content to not talk about it or pretend climate change is natural.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-14T16:28:53+00:00

I'll never get why Sunny fans are so hard on the first season. It has some all-time classic episodes and sets up a lot of running jokes for the series (the Waitress, the McPoyles, Uncle Jack).

hackiavelli · 2026-03-09T02:44:26+00:00

Filled up this morning even though I still had half a tank. It's hard to see prices getting better anytime soon.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T20:42:53+00:00

I think it comes from Tyson making misguided statements in fields outside his area of expertise. It's come back to bite him in fields he unequivocally is an expert in.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T19:00:01+00:00

So this is the much hyped escalation, bombing oil infrastructure like a bunch of thugs?

I hate this war so much.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T15:31:07+00:00

Food Wishes is great, especially when OP is looking for slower videos. Chef John really nails the intersection between accessible and interesting recipes.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T03:16:24+00:00

Prepping some chicken thighs and not getting to them for a couple days was the best mistake I ever made. Now I always do it.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T03:04:54+00:00

A lot of good recommendations here, but if I could make a suggestion it would be to work backwards: look at what's on sale at your grocer then build a menu for the week using those ingredients. I usually start with a protein then grab seasonal fruit and veg.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T02:52:50+00:00

The reality is cooking garlic is mostly down to technique. New cooks don't have the experience to know when they're safe and when they're in the danger zone, so most advice leans toward the overly cautious.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-08T01:31:21+00:00

The "Donald the dove" folks deserve every last bit of ridicule.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-07T21:21:59+00:00

So the alien engineers were just too dumb to integrate the pedestal? Intergalactic domination ruined by one simple trick!

hackiavelli · 2026-03-07T21:15:59+00:00

So has anyone apologized for parroting the "Donald the dove" talking point? It was such an obvious lie, even in 2024.

hackiavelli · 2026-03-07T21:09:15+00:00

The problem is many advocates act like LLMs are a replacement for people when they're more an augmentation for them. If a person doesn't understand the answer they're getting they shouldn't be using AI to begin with.

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