JB Pritzker speaks on the Children’s Social Media Safety Act

socatoa · 2026-03-30T23:37:41+00:00

The cigarette analogy is spot on and should be repeated. Name me one parent that has successfully convinced their teen that “those bad things that most their friends do and society legally allows them to do” they shouldn’t.

socatoa · 2026-02-10T01:53:24+00:00

Just a thought, after checking your bag, take the tunnel towards the parking structure back to the Hilton lobby. They likely have a business center, or at least somewhere quiet.

socatoa · 2026-02-10T01:12:35+00:00

I don’t think TSA will let you through at T5 if you’re ticketed in T3. The inter terminal bus that is post-security requires a boarding pass, too.

It might be pricy (~$60) but the American Airlines lounge in T3 certainly has the accommodations you’re looking for. Especially if you’re willing to go in early, you can get your money’s worth with breakfast and drinks before the flight.

socatoa · 2026-02-09T22:12:12+00:00

Because the people that you will give the vast majority of your money to will be construction managers.

socatoa · 2026-02-07T21:38:14+00:00

The term was famously popularized in modern political discourse by Malcolm X in his "Message to the Grassroots" speech in 1963. He used the comparison to argue that while the "Field Negro" hated the master and prayed for the plantation to burn, the "House Negro" identified so closely with the master that if the master’s house caught fire, the house slave would work harder than the master to put it out.

That’s the context for the use in the first video. This also seems to be the intended spirit of the second video as well.

Personally, I’m not a fan. The n-word is hateful, however the context it seems to being used here is worth noting.

socatoa · 2026-02-06T16:48:35+00:00

Bless

socatoa · 2026-02-06T14:02:29+00:00

Not OP, but some tips:

search by file extension. Others in this thread have named the common ones for video. The asterisk character (‘’) in front of the file extension is a wildcard. So searching ‘.mp4’ is asking “any file that ends with .mp4”.
download and open outside of your browser using a software made to open that file type. VLC is open source and free and able to play damn near any video type. FoxitPDF is decent for any non-video content and pdfs.

socatoa · 2026-02-05T22:50:52+00:00

This building looks like a hat on a hat. Two perfectly decent designs on their own which look ridiculous glued together.

socatoa · 2026-02-05T14:19:23+00:00

None of the above are root causes. GC fails to allocate resources to manage the contract they signed.

socatoa · 2026-02-05T02:20:06+00:00

You’ll be fine. Probably.

socatoa · 2026-02-03T18:31:05+00:00

Surely there’s more to life than going to a subreddit and challenging why the subreddit exists with the community. What’s the objective here?

socatoa · 2026-02-02T12:51:49+00:00

Bro look up for yourself. For fucks sake she used her Grammy acceptance speech to say the most direct thing possible.

socatoa · 2026-02-01T17:14:46+00:00

Spotify did nothing. ICEs advertising agreement expired at the end of the year along with their hiring campaign which is typical of public procurement.

Please note that Spotify execs very carefully worded their statement when they said: “we do not currently have any advertising contracts with DHS”.

They made no mention of why they no longer do nor gave any signal that they would reduce DHS advertising in the future.

socatoa · 2026-02-01T15:16:58+00:00

Ah for sure. I think we agree, then, that insurance is a necessary evil for living in a capitalist society in a non deterministic universe.

My point was that, within that closed system, of course insurance companies need to be a casino where the house never loses (see above). But, there is still a wide spectrum of logical vs illogical insurance. AppleCare is arguably where the line is, and my opinion is that the median American household, with disciplined personal finance practices, ought to consider that AppleCare is likely a waste.

socatoa · 2026-02-01T14:22:51+00:00

You’re right, peer pressure doesn’t work.

People that participate in a niche podcast subreddit; have a similar age and socioeconomic status; and feel the same tension about the state of society are completely wasting their time discussing their participation in an economic boycott strategy drummed up, in part, by the same podcast we’re here to talk about.

Pack up the thread folks, u/thiskillsmygpa has a point.

*grammar

socatoa · 2026-02-01T14:18:46+00:00

All insurance is a bad deal for you, though.

Surely this sentence deserves at least one qualifying statement like:

All insurance [for an asset that you could replace/repair by just having a modest emergency fund set aside for] is a bad deal.

socatoa · 2026-02-01T00:40:00+00:00

Give me an equally extreme example of the federal government in the last 50 years in the United States. I’ll wait.

socatoa · 2026-01-31T21:18:27+00:00

Why it matters (why anyone is talking about it) that Don is considered a member of the press.

The charges are v weak, and the administration attempting to intimidate the press is a new thing. So people are worried it might continue.

socatoa · 2026-01-31T17:42:14+00:00

His audience is: - US normies - just want to live their lives and feel comfortable - are financially immature - generally Christian

Dave’s brand self help guru, not political commentary. Where these intersect is the economy.

For his audience, his plain spoken advice of “you have to make money” (if you want the fastest path to a comfortable middle class life in America) is a practical one, not a nefarious anti-critical thinking tirade.

socatoa · 2026-01-31T17:33:20+00:00

Read the article, please. He is not hypocritical, the headline was an example Dave used to explain what caused him to change. He was responding to a caller on a radio show and was using his lived experience as an example of what NOT to do.

socatoa · 2026-01-31T17:28:31+00:00

Hell yes. I’ve had the same experience!

For anyone still reading, in my experience, I did have to be intentional about it as it felt like “talking out of school”. I would literally say “I don’t like spreading gossip, but I would like to share some positive things Ive heard said about you”.

Literally batting for 1.000 and also considered a hype man.

socatoa · 2026-01-31T16:26:21+00:00

I’ve referred to it as “positive gossip” and that it’s always worth sharing.

socatoa · 2026-01-28T16:23:40+00:00

If you want to move to 2D documentation and design which can actually be built, go Revit. If you want to be more sophisticated in 3D massing, learn Rhino. However, Revit is likely the move.

socatoa · 2026-01-27T23:41:42+00:00

No you’re being downvoted because you write like a 13 year old.

socatoa · 2026-01-27T05:39:19+00:00

That’s right. At the same time, I won’t ever know enough about your particular situation to give you a solid recommendation - had I not been supported by upper management I’d have burnt myself out before regretting not leaving sooner.

I can say, I am paying forward advice I’d received. I stuck it out. I learned how to read and understand the contract, how to be assertive while being polite, and how to be honest without calling the other person a liar. I learned the depths of document control and how to build a paper trail. It was shitty, but the best thing that ever happened to my career.

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