Matrix Ken

There’s been debate about changing the size of the supreme court for a long time. The problem is that if one party does it, the next one can do the same to stack in their favor. That said, just 9 members that are permanent installed with no oversight makes them arguably the most powerful body in the nation. Just one crooked member can be devastating.

I don’t have a perfect solution, but I’d start with something more like 21 members, strict oversight into their finances, a third party that mandates recusal, and a shelf life.

The damage of these 6-3 decisions could last decades or worse. They certainly don’t represent the people that are much closer to 50/50 conservative/liberal than 2/3 extremely conservative.

I would say Trump…if he were an actual billionaire

It doesn’t matter. It will be too late. She’s just trying to delay.

Ah yes. Louisiana, the beacon of education, progress, and economic success. Let us follow their lead to prosperity and health.

I was trying to find active users since he took over. But the only numbers I can find are numbers provided by Musk, who is a well known liar.

I know Lemmy and Mastodon are niche communities, and that people put up with a lot of garbage from Big Tech, but I have to believe that a lot of users have left Twitter, or least that usage is down. I also assume bots are way up, because Musk wants his numbers to be up regardless of the source (save for people with an opposing opinion).

Hopefully Musk’s shitty little empire crumbles…soon.

350,000 people in the U.S. died of COVID in 2020. For reference, 25,000 died of the flu in 2019. Out of nowhere, Covid became the third leading cause of death.

Any respectable news source tends to report on things like that.

Those saying that Covid was “just the flu,” or “not a big deal,” is delusional.

It’s been raining more than average here… So yeah. Same difference?

It’s not necessarily even consumer demand. Truck size and the EPA standards are linked for some reason. Essentially bigger trucks are allowed to have worse mileage.

This story talks about it. There are probably but better sources, but the point remains.

I would actually argue that many truck drivers don’t want a bigger vehicle. Mid size trucks came back on the market after a long hiatus. There are even a number of compact trucks available now, like the Maverick, Santa Cruz, etc.

Blame Reagan. Turns out that getting rid of that pesky government oversight did allow corporations to thrive… At the cost of consumers. It’s been a long slide, but the pandemic showed companies just how much they can get away with.

There’s like 3 major airlines, 3 cell providers, and 10 companies that make most of your groceries. Profits are up, and so are prices. Competition is all but dead. To quote Highlander, “There can be only one.”

Randy Savage “Macho Man”

Gee, it’s almost like we shouldn’t let our telecoms slowly merge into one greedy entity with no competition.

So, this guy had a gun on him, and saw someone else with a gun… And thought person with a gun, danger!?

What an asshole.

I don’t know if this site is reputable, but it lists Tesla’s cash on hand as just under $27 billion. Burning through that and adding a mountain of debt, while sales are way down seems like it could send Tesla into a tailspin. They have 47,000 unsold cars. Not to mention Musk seems to keep screwing Tesla over to help Twitter.

Watching Musk drive Twitter into the ground should have set off alarm bells for investors.

A speeding ticket for like .0000000000001% of your daily income.

$46 billion for a guy who never delivers on his promises, has dropped the stock 30% in a year, layed off their most successful division (the charging network), and has let his company fall behind in tech in a space where they were waaaaay ahead. Also the cyber truck is an absolute joke. Oh right, and pissed off Tesla’s strongly left leaning customer base.

If those 14,000 employees cost an average of $150k each, that’s still only $2.1 billion. Those employees were vastly more useful than the dipshit at the helm.

If Tesla doesn’t separate from Musk, they deserve to go under. Astonishing that they haven’t sent him packing already.

I know they’re hiring… but when?

Nothing snapped. He has always been a piece of shit. He’s been a liar, cheat, rapist, fraud, moron, and a piss poor businessman his entire life. There are no shortage of stories backed by very real evidence. Much of it is on video. The difference is that now it’s out in the open, and for some reason that appeals to fellow idiots and racists.

The real story is how broken our education and legal systems are. I knew there were problems, but it’s so much worse than I could have imagined.

There’s easier, more effective battles to fight. People aren’t giving up their SUV’s, and they are a symptom of a bigger problem anyway. Good public transportation could eliminate millions of cars, roads, and road maintenance.

A few other ideas:

• Coal power is disgusting and doesn’t even make sense economically anymore.
• Cruise ships and mega yachts should flat out be banned. They use a ton of energy and dump sewage right into the ocean
• Heavily tax gas powered lawnmowers. They have a surprisingly large environmental impact because they have no pollution controls and often burn a mixture of oil and gas.

He probably sold it for $30 million