Wiz

Wiz, 10 months ago

I’m not the OP, but I’ll answer.

I’m not aware she tampered with evidence. What she did - having her own private email server at the time, and getting some low-level secret info on it - was legal at the time. The Republicans had dozens of hearings on the subject, but could never find wrongdoing. Was it not great behavior? Yes. Illegal? No. Kinda hard to get a cover-up charge on something that’s not a crime.

That being said, if she did do something wrong, I’m fine with her going to the hoosegow. Democrats don’t venerate their politicians like Republicans.

Wiz, 10 months ago

My question would be: When should we expect the Fediverse version of Stack Overflow?

Wiz, 10 months ago

*( True, as long as your family is attempting a coup, like his family.)

Wiz, 10 months ago

No censorship? So: Nazis, child exploitation, and bomb making?

Wiz, 10 months ago

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Wiz, 10 months ago

Well, OK. Firefish sounded good, but if there’s an IP clash (until at least 2032 by my search) then maybe they need something else like FireGuppy or something.

I’m not a big fan of “IceShrimp” to get my friends into the social media platform. Let’s throw around a bunch of ideas for [Random-cool-word1] + [Random-cool-word-2] and see what we can come up with.

Also, this drama seems overblown. Take a breath, people!

Wiz, 10 months ago

Calckey sounds like some sort of spreadsheet software, not social media. It does not sound fun and lively, and is a poor name for a social networking software, imho.

Wiz, 10 months ago

Midwest.social is friggin fantastic.

(I would have said “fuckin”, but we’re “Midwest nice” and don’t want to offend people.)

Wiz, 10 months ago

Again, Michingan and Minnesota are looking like paradise compared to the rest of the Midwest.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, GUYS!

Wiz, 10 months ago

That’s a terrible tracking tool, except for all of the others.

Wiz, 10 months ago

Not where I live. It depends on the area - but Republicans everywhere are trying to make it harder to vote.

Wiz, 10 months ago

“Ackshully look up the definition of democracy!”

Wiz, 10 months ago

This is true. 77k vastly undercounts the number of idiots that voted for that guy.

Wiz, 10 months ago

Well, that’s the bare minimum first step. Yes, traitors should not be watching over elections.

That being said, I hope he also gets some long time in the hoosegow to think about how stupid he was. Maybe for the rest of his stupid life.

Wiz, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

They also made “Fuck Spez” over much of the rest of the canvas. I saw a picture on Mastodon. I’ll see if I can find it.

Found it: mastodon.social/

Wiz, 10 months ago

That will get fixed soon, I’m sure. This thing is new.

If that’s your criteria for staying, I don’t think search was ever fixed in Reddit, though! 😂 Measure with the same ruler!

Wiz, 10 months ago

Well, it is Wonkette. I only go there if I want leftward politics with a couple of heaping scoops of pure snark. They make no attempt to hide their bias, and that’s OK.

Wiz, 10 months ago

Can’t you just subscribe to communities you like, and block communities you don’t like? That’s what I did.

Problem solved.

Or, you could publicly complain.

Wiz, 10 months ago

OK, that’s some cool branding, and some cooler features. I love how the OSS community social media services are building off of each other, and improving.

Wiz, 10 months ago

That needs to change, full stop!

America’s system of voting “first past the post” ensures that one of the top two candidates will win. It pretty much guarantees a two-party system will win.

So, the strategy would be:

• 1. Try to get an alternative voting system like “Ranked Choice Voting” in place. This has been done successfully in Maine and Alaska, I think. We need more of it. [Yes, I know Ranked Choice is not perfect, but it’s definitely better than we have.]
• 2. Until then, your best vote (mathematically) is to vote for one of the top two candidates that is closest to what you want. Yes, you’ll have to hold your nose a few times to vote for the “least worst” of the two, but honestly, it’s better than the alternative, of having the “worst worst” of the two.

Hope this helps.

Wiz, 10 months ago

Neanderthals were better tool-makers, with bigger brains, bigger bodies, and stronger.

But they bred with the dumb, sexy Sapiens, and here we are.

Wiz, 10 months ago

That seems like it is coming soon, with the news that dropped yesterday.

Wiz, 10 months ago

It’s kinda hilarious that the one Trump supporter and Trump-supporting legal expert in this conversation is on an Australian server.

Wiz, 10 months ago

“Right-wing (blank)” is almost always a failure. Like the “right wing dating sites” that are mostly sausage fests looking for brood mares, from what I’ve heard. LOL

Wiz, 10 months ago

Can we please replicate Gretchen Whitmer in about 3 or 4 other midwestern states? The way she turned Michigan around to progressive, smart legislation from what it was like 10 years ago was nothing short of miraculous.

What helped her was a political realignment due to the Dobb’s decision. Now seeing the Republicans going full anti-women’s-healthcare in 2023 - so 2024 may be Democrats’ best chance in a long time.