Bam

That’s because for many people the 2008 recession never did end. Thanks to Obama’s total bowing to banker whims and wishes, millions of Americans lost their homes, their vehicles, their businesses and everything else. And many of those people never recovered financially or mentally.

Every last bit of that was preventable. But no — Jamie Dimon had to get just a little bit richer. If Obama had done anything at all about that, Trump would’ve never been elected in 2016.

Mowen

Is it fair to say that men are generally more comfortable around men and women are generally more comfortable around women? Or is it just me?

I’m much, much more comfortable around women partially (but not wholly) because I am extremely, almost comically, terrible at intra-male standard competition rituals and ways of relating.

Anything to do with that I both do not understand and am horrific at so being around other men is difficult for me. Being a paratrooper was ok, though (mostly men), as there’s a lot less of having to prove yourself as compared to men with no accomplishments. Funny that.

Bound

What exactly is the difference between being controlling and having boundaries?

My unpopular answer is that most people’s boundaries are designed to control others. And sometimes, it’s to control one’s self. And by that I mean having all those boundaries is a way to cop out on living life. That can be seen in Gen Z and their extreme prudishness and lack of social skills. Their “boundaries” are just fear and trepidation in another mask.

It’s not that boundaries aren’t good, in many cases. Rather, it’s just that “boundaries” became like content warnings: another way to avoid dealing with the world as it is. And to avoid a better one, as there could be risk there. But you know what they say about risk….

Smurph Them

Not having files is one of the reasons I hate walled devices in general. All smartphones should die. Files are vastly superior. Much easier to find your data, especially if you have more than a few dozen of something to manage.

It’s funny watching Gen Zers get comically lost when they enter the corporate world and have more than 10 items to deal with, for which files and standard file systems are vastly more efficient. Their brains are not able to handle that complexity as they are accustomed to click and drool interfaces.

Is Culture Dying? The French sociologist Olivier Roy believes that โ€œdeculturationโ€ is sweeping the world, with troubling consequences. Roy is correct. Also, great book.

US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds.

Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says.

From Kamala Harris, a master class on how to take down a bully.

For generations, we thought fear of nuclear holocaust would prevent world war. Is that faith obsolete?

Google Wants to Add Predatory ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Loans to Chrome. LOL.

The dark vision of America. Persecuting groups of people to score political points is not OK.

For decades, thanks to restrictive zoning laws and increasing construction costs, we simply havenโ€™t built enough new housing.

LLMs give us ventriloquism in reverse. The mechanical dummy speaks through your mouth.

Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help Trump win. Told you they’d start coup prep earlier this time.

Tech Jobs Have Dried Upโ€”and Arenโ€™t Coming Back Soon.

How Pediatricians Created the Peanut Allergy Epidemic.

We Deserve a Quieter World.

The PhD Paradox: A Journey into Academiaโ€™s Upside-Down World.

Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump.

Amazon’s Silent Sacking.

Magein’

I think that is the Reddit (and other places’) problem with denial of already-extant realities encapsulated pretty well. Most are (like people in general) low-information, low-knowledge individuals so when they can’t imagine how something works, even if it’s already widely used, they declare it “impossible.”

And since they can’t imagine or understand much, many things are declared not to be achievable despite their long-standing existence.