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Cake day: July 31st, 2024

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  • That is minimum 4 years down the line assumming that a democrat gets elected. And assuming that healthcare execs, pharmaceutical reps, and insurance ceos dont torpedo it into an ACA but worse situation. My guess is that its not going to force shit because republicans will fighr it tooth and nail, and democrats even wth a supermajority will water it down to nothing. Real government managed healthcare wil require a dismantling of the two party system.


  • Thats because rowling was writing a story about maintaining the status quo. Its interesting just how much she wrote overtly class conscious inequality, like wizards being an isolated superior class who can act with impunity on muggles, but then hand waves it as appropriate and good because the alternative is “bad”.









  • The thing I just dont get is how someone who considers themselves a feminist has chosen a crusade where her greatest allies are people that would kick her back into the kitchen. Like all the groups that are as vocal as her about trans rights that take her side seem to be incels, manosphere idiots, and forced-birth christofacists.






  • I think the real problem with this is what we’re seeing with software distribution in general. They say, “yes you’re buying a license to the software.” Which in general we have accepted. But at the same time companies get to change the terms of the license at will. And the license is worthless after just a few years as the software becomes defunct.

    This is even more pronounced in videogames as once they’re past a certin time if they arent part of a popular catague they just disappear. At least with old games abandonware can be found because the game data is still on old media. In this new ecosystem the publisher can now delete that data off your device whenever they decide that game is abandoned. This includes if the owner of the game hasnt played it in too long. And if you get nostalgic for a classic, “buy it again as part of our subscription service.”