What I haven’t seen anyone weigh in on is the scenario where red states suspend their elections, and blue don’t.

I have a hard time believing New York or Illinois would go along with emergency powers halting the election, but I could 100% see Texas or Florida doing so (especially if in those red states there are good indicators of seats flipping blue).

So if even one red state calls off their election, what then? At least for midterms there isn’t a multi-state ballot - but what about the next election? Can a president be elected if some states refuse to have an election?

This shit is so stupid and terrifying and fucking awful.

give them a fake broken version

So normal AI then?

Shit, this is good.

I’m on my first watch through of the series, stopping along the way to read the books for the first time as well.

I’m just before the final season/reading book #6 now.

Welcome to why I still mask up in public and at work. I don’t have kids, so that attack vector is absent; I don’t often eat out or hang with friends irl.

To the best of my knowledge, my spouse and I are still COVID virgins and I’ll do anything I can to keep it that way.

Don’t forget about Broomshakalaka. That’s also a delight.

Hey it’s not just Florida. Tornado Alley is also seeing massive insurance hikes.

I wonder if you could run it on a dedicated piece of gear like FlockYou…

In that case, grab one of these: GL-iNet Opal Travel Router.

They’re sub $40 on Amazon (in the states), will do bridging for you, and are rock solid. I’ve used one for the past three years whenever I’ve traveled to conferences/for work.

Wait, why are you doing this? Is there some network throughput requirement? Just bridging wifi to Ethernet won’t get you Ethernet speed, latency, or stability (since the back haul to the internet is WiFi).

This feels a bit like an XY Problem.

Edit: Wait, I’m guessing the company doesn’t allow wifi? (That seems weird, if they’re using a mandatory VPN, it shouldn’t matter how the laptop gets to the internet). Leaving this in case anyone doesn’t know about XY Problems. They’ve bitten me several times over the years.

Hey now, they publicly announced that Ring was ending their flock partnership after backlash.

(I’m sure that privately they’re still in bed)

I never signed up for the Hyundai BlueLink thing. The dealership pushed it - hard.

“It used to be free for the first year and $40/year after, now it’s free for life, so why not do it?”

“You can start your car in the office and let it warm up outside!”

“The sales agent will get in trouble if you don’t activate BlueLink!”

Well, I never activated so hopefully, whatever driving metrics it’s gathering aren’t directly associated with me. (One day I may dig under the hood and try to find the cell antenna and disconnect it.)

Fine, all the more vaccines for me. Pump me full of all of that stuff and make me invincible to illness.

I’ve seen them used less for privacy and more for getting around permissions/limitations on controlled systems like work laptops. (That’s assuming work devices haven’t locked down or disabled USB drives.)

More often than not, there will still be some artifacts left over, whether it’s recently access files or terminal history that indicates a portable device/app was used.

If you’re looking at USB things specifically designed for privacy, something like Tails is where it’s at.

You can find pixels on swappa and not give Google your money.

I’m looking for a Pixel 9 Pro as an upgrade for my existing 7 Pro and it’s cheaper used (obviously).

Gasp! Pearl clutching intensifies

Rest in peace, Chief.

So wait - that kid is 2 months old - 8 weeks. How long were they detained? If that kid was born on American soil, that’s an American citizen.

The article doesn’t say if the kid was brought to the US then immediately caught.

(Not that being a citizen means you don’t get deported anyway)

I haven’t kept up, is she still around? I think last I heard Allie and her long time partner split.

Silicone chips. Soon everything from electric toothbrushes to TVs will be fucked.

ALL MUST GO TO OUR AI.

I was thinking Internet Archive, but either works.