I’m convinced we’re at the end of this age - think Wheel of Time. The current civilization has run it’s course and is about to collapse like it has done countless times before. Trump wins and America turns into the next autocracy. Or Trump loses and the conservatives keep working towards their goals next term, with or without Trump.
And either way, World War 3 is just around the corner. Tensions are high all over the world and Russia won’t stop provocating wars. This is the same kind of build up we saw in WW1 all over again, except this time we have nuclear weapons at play.
All we can do is try to survive, and hope that when we are reborn this will have all blown over.
Either Trump wins, which will destabilize America and lead to the collapse of society
Or
Trump loses and the Republicans continue pushing more and more extreme candidates. I know everyone here loves to circle jerk themselves about how all the Republicans will just die out and I think that’s really near-sighted. Lots of young people increasingly support Trump. I’m around Gen z a lot and not all of them are democrats.
Or
Russia, feeling the pressure of an endless war, colludes with China, India, and the Arabs to wage all out war against America. Alone, none of them stand a chance against the US Military. But together, maybe they figure they have a chance. There’s a lot of deep seeded anti-american resentment out in the world. A lot of politicians are tired of the American hegemony, and they have lots of support.
I just don’t see a scenario where Trump loses, the Republicans give up trying to institute a theocracy, and Putin says “ok I guess this is enough war, we’ll go home”.
And I haven’t even mentioned what would happen to global markets if Russia collapsed and countries started coalescing out of the rubble.
Or of the Israeli-Hamas genocide.
Or of unstoppable climate change.
Or of the pandemics that are sweeping the world.
Global hunger is on the rise again.
Make no mistake, this is the end of a chapter in human history. I’m not religious; I don’t believe this is the end of days or anything like that. I think humans will survive and will continue to build new and great things. But I think a shitload of people are going to die first.
Don’t worry though, God won’t be mad anymore if Republicans win. Nothing will change, but God will no longer be mad. God is only mad if Democrats are in charge.
“For most markets where DoorDash operates, customers are prompted to tip on the checkout screen, with a middle option already selected by default. If they want to, they can adjust the tip later from the status screen while awaiting their food, or even after it’s delivered. That’s changing today; while blaming New York...
Because it’s the gig economy. All door dash provides is the app. That’s it. The less they pay the people who do their driving for them, the more money they get to keep.
I try to automate as much of my life as possible. Can’t forget to do something or screw it up if it’s done for you.
For me that means:
Writing a lot of scripts for work, because scripts are testable and reliable.
I setup Jira to create new tasks on a schedule.
I turn on desktop notifications for websites I frequent at work.
All my bills are on auto pay and my paycheck is direct deposited.
I setup Home Assisstant to turn lights on and off on a schedule.
Outlook and Teams notifications. I have them installed on my phone too so there’s additional notifications.
For things I can’t automate, I have to externalize that information.
I have a whiteboard to maintain my household tasks. It’s sort of the “master list”, I guess, of everything I need to do.
I have a Heros Journal that I use to plan my night. I pick three tasks off the master list and write them down, as well as anything else I need to do that night. I ask my wife if there’s anything she needs me to do and if there is I write that down too.
At work I have Jira set up as master list, and i use a smaller paper notebook to plan my day. Also works if you find yourself needing a notebook quickly like for meetings or to not something down, or whatever. To make it fun and engaging I write in cursive so it’s kind of novel.
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And he stole classified documents three years ago. He orchestrated a failed coup three years ago too. At the rate this is going he’s going to be elected grand emperor and he will just dismiss the cases against him.
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Republicans bitched and moaned for months about not getting a special council and when they finally got what and who they demanded they shrieked and raged that it was all a Biden conspiracy.
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“Ok, other than investing in infrastructure, energy independence, the affordable care act, college tuition assistance, NATO dealing with Ukraine, and ending the war on drugs WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS DEMOCRATS EVER DONE FOR US?!”
Nestle (lemmy.world)
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress at year end (www.cnbc.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+ (www.lgbtqnation.com)
DoorDash makes tipping an afterthought to protest New York City’s wage raise (www.theverge.com)
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What are your best AD(H)D hacks/copes/tricks?
Using Siri’s announce notifications is super helpful to me. Discuss :)
Budget Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Where did the recent air fryer trend come from anyway? (startrek.website)
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Mom fired as sex-ed teacher after being exposed as convicted prostitute, working escort (abc6onyourside.com)
Which one? (lemmy.world)
Trump Caught Moving Money Around to Pay Massive Tax Bill (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Pavlov's conditioning (lemmy.world)
Hunter Biden Offers to Testify Publicly. House Republicans Say No Way (www.rollingstone.com)
According to a Tuesday letter addressed to committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), Biden agreed to testify before the committee on Dec. 13 — as long as the hearing was public. In the letter, Biden’s attorneys quoted Comer’s own demand, issued in November, that given Biden’s “willingness to address this investigation...
Nearly Half of CD Projekt Now Working on The Witcher 4 (www.ign.com)
The insidious rise of "tradwives": A right-wing fantasy is rotting young men's minds (www.salon.com)
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Just received my Steam Deck OLED. The screen looks so good. (lemmy.zip)
Also one of the biggest issues with the normal version was the touchscreen pulling rate. 180hz on the OLED feel SO good.
Columbine vibes (lemmy.ca)
Wake-up Call: Democrats could easily lose the White House and Senate next year (www.businessinsider.com)
Sodium-ion battery breakthroughs may be key to our electric future (www.techspot.com)
This Captcha (midwest.social)
Does warmer mean temperature? Color? Something else?