I think we need to be honest about the actual context and meaning. We’ve seen what happens when presidents lose the election and refuse to concede. It happened with Bush Jr, and it happened with Trump. When Joe tells us that he wouldn’t do what they did, we shouldn’t be upset at his honesty. We should be happy that he’s not evil.

We should take pride in what we do and create and believe in, not where we live. I’m happy that many Americans are realizing that there are many bad aspects of the country, and that it’s OK to admit that.

The timing is so cringe. They all knew how old he was a year ago. Now, after one sad event, the sky is falling? Come on now. Quit grandstanding, my guys.

I think that day has long since passed. Blogs don’t show up on search results anymore unless you’re amazing and lucky, which I’m not. Meh. :-)

By that standard, as long as the Republicans push a shitty candidate, voters have no choice but to pick the Democrat. Gotta do better than that if you wanna sway people’s actions on election day.

I think your take on his perspective is a dangerous one. You sound willing to “do anything to save democracy”. That’s exactly what wild Trump supporters would say, and it’s just as patently immoral and impossible.

Politics is always biased. That’s the point of it. There is no strictly objective reporting that has any meaning.

Polarizing is not a problem. Trump is polarizing.

Oh, Washington Democrats know exactly what they are doing. Push pro corporate policies, campaign as “not Trump”, hope that the leftwing voters don’t vote third party or stay home, and blame them for losing when necessary.

Barack, Barack. That might be what you wish it was about. Reality paints a different picture.

Jesus. How could locking up homeless folk make things better? The headline is bad, and the article is not informative.

Good. Patriotism goes hand in hand with nationalism, xenophobia, and racism. How could it possibly not?

Nice article, bad headline. We were never conned, at least millions of us weren’t.

This wasn’t SCOTUS. They would agree, but this was not them.

You come across as anti-tech out of spite. Yes, generative AI is snake oil, but that is a question of scope and power and speculation, not utility of easy to create pictures.

I am so happy with the vast amount of free art available these days. As a blogger, it’s easier than ever to find a free topical picture.

Well doesn’t that depend on this history books? Try again, my friend. :-)

Not quite. There are 30+ kids in each class. No technique is perfect, and you need to look at the whole situation to make that kind of determination.

If I scare a kid by asking them to speak, for example, and they drop the class, that’s not a teaching issue unless [insert lengthy backstory here].

If you want to suggest that 16 is a great age to allow people to start work, I don’t think you’re going to find much resistance. That’s true in the United States, and much of the world, as you remarked. But 13 is nowhere close to 16, so that’s where you’re seeing resistance here.

Another point that I thought it was obvious, but perhaps it isn’t, is how easy it is for older coworkers and bosses to manipulate children. Kids don’t have the experience, and they don’t have the experience or composure necessary to reliably walk away from bad work environments. So then, is there some totally necessary societal function that we desperately need young teenagers to feel? If there’s not, why don’t we take the risk off of them.

And finally we have to come back to the elephant in the room. In reality, people who propose allowing children to work are doing so because they don’t want to pay adults more.

And again I think it’s obvious, but maybe it’s not so obvious to others, that if the goal is to give kids a variety of experiences then there are plenty of great ways to do so. Sports, music, school, volunteering, extracurriculars, you name it. Structured environments with proper supervision, managed by people who care about the safety of those kids, and aren’t going to try to make a buck by mistreating them.

Bad chatbot. You can’t switch between sexism and racism without even attempting to connect the two.

Of course that’s true, but in the medium run the site is destroying itself through enshittification. We don’t need to care about that, as long as we can access the videos we want to access for the time being.

In other words, I completely agree with you, and it’s not a scary message.