If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

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I bike for groceries and the chaos.

Remember, if you have a small package to dispatch that already has a label, be sure to check the drop-off maps of your selected courier. There could be a drop-box near your home that is safe and simple to cycle to.

I’m starting to think that on a philosophical level, the invention of the infinite plagiarism machine is actually an extinction-level event.

Today on Volts: the costs of accommodating all those new data centers on the grid are being subtly shifted to ordinary electricity ratepayers, via rate cases. And in the process, Big Tech & utilities are forming an unholy alliance against grid reform. Two Harvard Law scholars get into the details.

Nick's Iron Law of Blockchain: Blockchain solves exactly one problem: it is a zero-false positive bullshit detector. Whenever someone says 'you can solve X with blockchain' you now know that person is full of shit and should be ignored.

As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President. I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH. /1

I repeat: to each of you who responds to any post about law with “don’t you know the law doesn’t exist any more mannnnnnnn,” I have been adequately notified of this. Your efforts are more needed elsewhere. Go, go. For the good of the city!

Quick I need a tv-appropriate Canadian euphemism for dipshit, like “wanker” in the UK