Might have to break out my Newton as a precautionary measure.

!ebookdeals@literature.cafe isn’t dead, but lately there have been a lot of duplicates of recent past deals and I’ve been super busy the last month with the school year ramping up.

I expect regular posting to resume soon.

In Waldo/Wally books there’s a character called Odlaw/Yllaw that is identical but in black and yellow (which usually ends up looking black and white.

Only way out is through. The modern Republican Party is dead like the whigs, we’ll see what comes next. My guess is that (if we can avoid authoritarianism/fascism) more of the sane conservatives will partner with Democrats as a more explicit centrist party and progressives shift into their own party if they can develop a better local presence.

I don’t think he’ll lose any die-hards, but continuing this could depress turnout. It will affect the margins of “undecideds” though.

My feeling is that Clinton’s big problem was that she had a low ceiling and low floor because of 20+ years of smears; even though she was definitely qualified, there was just too much generalized negative baggage. I knew many democrats that believed something big would come out because republican muckrakers had spent so many years seeding that field. When Comey decided to break all tradition over nothing it just reinforced that perception.

Harris doesn’t have that, she has a high ceiling for perception. More people have no idea who she is and the more she can be the one to define herself while Trump looks crazier and crazier the better she’ll do. And the debate feeds that unlike Clinton.

Level 2: Change the word you emphasize with each stranger.

Joe is amazing. It’s my primary editor.

Dems in array!

WordStar is the reason I like the text editor Joe. It functions very similarly out of the box and even has a WordStar specific flavor.

As a 3x resident of Minnesota (moved for schooling with family 2 different times then moved back both times) You can always add more blankets or clothing to stay warm you can only take so many clothes off when it gets too hot. It’s a pretty great state.

At least until they kill the product in 18 months

There’s a certain mindset in the upper Midwest in general (mostly in Boomer, Gen X, and less but still present in elder Millennials) where a large portion of our “independents“ are people for whom their centrism isn’t ideological politically, but is more opposed to a single party having all of the control or more open to outsiders like Jesse Ventura. I have seen many of these individuals (I live in MN) and talked to them and their opinions are fairly left leaning, but because there is a fear that they may not even recognize, they will vote cross party on a ticket because they see that is some sort of balance.

I think Walz can still appeal to those individuals.

Robots.txt isn’t a binding agreement, this isn’t stopping anyone for whom their drive for profit outweighs their ethics.

Also, Fuck Spez.

I miss the internet of the era of Domo-kun memes.

I had to do the same a while ago too. This helped. https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim/releases

Must be your filter. This is what I see.

That’s a “Major Question” if nothing else.

The New York court naming scheme is weird.

I was reading somewhere that this really only affects a tiny number of people because there were other charges that they chose not to charge some of them with and now can use that instead, and this was only one charge amongst many that will keep others that were already charged in jail. I was really surprised when I learned about that that. This isn’t a situation where a bunch are going to get out now because of this.

Edit: this wasn’t it, but is a has a portion of the details. https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/nx-s1-5022883/supreme-court-hands-a-victory-to-some-january-6-defendants