Your comment would be more persuasive if we hadn't the fresh memory of 4 years of a Democrat administration that actively suppressed free speech regarding things like COVID and chopping off children's genitals to pretend they're a different sex.
It's hard to not be retributive, and honestly, Trump's the last person I'd expect to be the grown-up in the room but it would have been refreshing if the current admin would have been about "just getting the trains to run on time" and weeding out the DEI bullshittery than paybacks, no matter how richly they were deserved.
It's hard being an idealistic pessimist.
...reading rates are falling everywhere. I suspect this is the internet mostly, aggravated by cell phones.
25% VAT doesn't help, sheesh.
That said, I myself used to read a LOT, alternating between fiction / non-fiction, but really don't so much anymore. Fiction has been suffused with identity politics, and I have struggled to find even non-fiction works that aren't trying to sell a "viewpoint"...
"KPMG Australia developed a 100-page prompt that transforms tax legislation and partner expertise into an agent producing comprehensive tax advice within 24 hours rather than the traditional two-week timeline."
So, certainly they're reducing their FEE for such advice proportionally, yes? I mean, aside from the initial hours (more or less a one-time input), no human time is taken so what would we be paying their $500/hourly rate on, again?
"The biggest problem with EV advocacy is the self-righteousness of the people who engage in it."
Ftfy
If they're talking about permits on FEDERAL LAND, that's one thing.
But the idea that the federal gov't can have say-so over what non-emissive structures can be built within states or on private property is utterly against the foundational premises of the Constitution.
The is from the GUARDIAN.
Not exactly a bastion of conservatism.
Have you gone so far left that you seriously believe the Guardian is shilling for the right now?
Delicious tears. mmmm.
Considering that they actively and openly manipulate the public score when they don't like the result (Ms Marvel, She-Hulk, Cinderella, etc) I don't think anyone's considered it worthwhile for ages.
Well, that's EXACTLY what they're saying. That - since 2005ish, there hasn't been a trend.
If you disregard pre-2005 as they state, no, it really doesn't look like there's a trend either way.
And if that was the start of a flatline, that wouldn't be "anomalously low" would it? They are literally saying "hey this is weird considering the previous trend" like you are, but with a little less emotion.
As far as cherry picking, I'm not sure Global Warming-ists(?) are exactly spotless, fwiw.
Perhaps the dumbest post on slashdot. +1, entertaining.
You're literally describing the left.
I will absolutely agree that there are some right wing fucks that are JUST LIKE leftwingers in their 'my team' bullshit. They're repellent, and nowhere near the mainstream of the right, either.
To your last point, I'm going to be honest with you, I don't even know (nor care) where I as a conservative am "supposed" to stand on the Israel thing. I don't have enough interest in others' opinions to waste my time following the meme. I feel absolutely nothing for Gaza, whose people have enabled and celebrated the murderous Hamas who's eaten $20bn in aid that could have (if used for desalination plants, power plants, etc) made Gaza a beautiful place. Give back every hostage, maybe then we can talk about some sympathy.
Israel I think is a jackbooted military state that's probably ideologically and culturally closest to the West but certainly not our friends (nor do they consider the west their 'friends' just useful allies for now). They're like the guy that lives in a shitty neighborhood and has had so many awful experiences with his shitty neighbors that he tedious and too paranoid to be around decent company for very long.
I'm not sure in the current climate if that makes me a Zionist, I guess?
If I'm literally the greatest shitposter, I should get a badge or title or something.
The number of AC's I attract is fantastic. I get a little tingle knowing some choad is wasting his time raging at me through his keyboard....mmmm, sweet, salty tears.
Each generation smaller than the previous?
Welp, the whole Ponzi scheme that is US's Social Security will certainly face a test.
The TDS is flourishing, I see.
The experiment is proceeding within projected parameters.
The perversity of nature is nowhere better demonstrated by the fact that, when exposed to the same atmosphere, bread becomes hard while crackers become soft.
