Absolutely correct. The truth that’s already out there is disgusting enough, leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Andrew_%26_the_Epstein_Scandal

https://theconversation.com/prince-andrew-the-monarchy-has-a-long-history-of-dismissing-womens-suffering-165927

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58871849

Thank you

Yes; the royal family does leave a poor taste in one’s mouth, generally.

Jokes on you, I don’t have any lips!

Nobody drives in NYC there’s too much traffic

I’d love a reference to where a citizen’s phone has been seized, if I missed it in this article I apologize.

If you’re traveling to the US for work and are not a citizen, ship your devices to where you’ll be staying. Bring a burner for the flight. Sorry we’re such a shithole.

That just sounds like masking with extra steps to be honest. Also, removing humor from every day actions sounds dismal. Just because we’re autistic doesn’t mean we don’t like to laugh.

This is only in my experience, and I can only speak as to what works for me and my Autism/ADHD. Medication and cognitive behavior therapy helped me keep my humor and learn to not care if people don’t like my joke or reference. To wait for them to ask for clarification, and only give clarification if they ask. I’m lucky though as my brand of humor isn’t really considered to be offensive as I like to “punch up” as it were. Also, most of my references are from the most basic bitch shows like The Simpsons so YYMV.

What other effective solutions are being explored by the government? Let’s platform those.

Not good enough is a stepping stone to good enough and a great starting point for done.

Reward what works, disengage what doesn’t, and promote ideas that can grow.

Sceptism is important, dissent is healthy, but recognizing what will progress society and putting effort into that is what’s needed now.

Power off your phone. Tell the officer you forgot to charge the device. If they power it on, oh shit! You forgot your passcode!

Yes, people can be offended or get the wrong idea from a misunderstood joke or a person can feel left out if they don’t get a reference. Humor can be a big part of building connection and repiore with people.

Replaying and perseverating on interactions can be a big problem too.

My Mossberg 500 agrees.

Crash the economy and stock prices. Create a forever war for profiteering. Stick dissidents and the poor into for profit prisons. Consolidate more wealth at the top. The system is working as designed.

Salt Typhoon is my guess. That team would’ve heavily benefit from someone with Dr. Xiaofeng Wang’s connections.

Absolutely this. Bill Clinton was Reagan lite and it wasn’t until Obama’s grass roots campaign that the centrist Democrats were challenged. Hillary thought she could do what Bill did and appeal to “moderate Republicans” and that backfired because she alienated the left of the party and Bernie picked up that thread and ran with it.

Yes and… the 2016 DNC fuckup was when it escalated. But the momentum started with Reagan and nobody took their foot off the gas until Obama. Centrist dems definitely overcorrected and we ended up with Trump the first time.

If domestic terrorism is such a focus why’d they shutter their KKK and White Nationalist investigations and kill their metadata tracking tool?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-scales-back-staffing-tracking-domestic-terrorism-probes-sources-say-2025-03-21

He’s missing out on HUGO, Gin, Surf and Ebitengine just to name a few.

They’re headquartered in the US. GDPR being an EU statute, won’t hold much weight with the current administration; and since they’re filing for bankruptcy the data will be sold to the highest bidder. Likely as not they were selling access to their db when they were in operation.

HIPAA may have a claim on the data that could give some privacy protections, however since people’s insurance wasn’t involved and the process didn’t go through a doctor’s office I doubt it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/23andMe

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html#who