It's definitely good to know that he has that in mind, but what is also so interesting about this, to me, is that he really seems to be going forward with completely destroying the DoE.

I am not some liberal, but it seems like this is such a large act that undoes too much of what the legislature has done, and that it does not fall under the purview of simply dramatically restructuring the DoE.

But in his defense, this was basically part of what he was campaigning about.

This does make sense, yes. I have no real objection to your position. I am open to any kind of effective means of restitution.

I agree, but I think he knows that the ultimate barrier to peace is actually Zelensky and the dangerous rhetoric that Europeans employ which makes it almost impossible to make any sort of meaningful concessions to the Russians.

These guys still think they can win.

Right, there basically is not going to be a ceasefire:

>Moscow has reportedly also presented a "list of demands" to the US to end the war, which would include international recognition of Russia's claim to Crimea and four Ukrainian provinces.

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-sticks-to-red-lines-on-30-day-ukraine-ceasefire-plan-as-zelenskyy-attacks-manipulative-putin-13327903

It's funny to remember that many people were suggesting she would be an amazing Democrat candidate for replacing Kamala. I actually don't doubt that she would've done better than Kamala, it's just that people really don't care what she has to say about anything.

If someone stole a large sum of money from you, wouldn't you want their bank account to be frozen during the course of the investigation and trial so that you actually had some hope of being reimbursed?

Yet, it is wildly popular in spite of the fact that it has the flimsiest and most artificial mandate for its existence...

And this was obtained through blackmailing world leaders, lies, and the fact that Western states have always been open to the project because it once theoretically offered us benefits, too.

You still rocking Nostr?

A, C.

If I do C, it's because there are multiple slices that will satisfy me, and just having a single slice cold adds a bit of diversity to the experience.

It certainly tastes good cold.

Oddly enough, I think a lot of this is over. The energy we had just vanished off the face of the earth...

From wolfballs to EH, to here... Now, in a TWitter formatted place, not a Reddit one, when the bulk of us were drawn more to the reddit style...

It's just gone.

For the same reason that there was never much energy on Gab, there is not much energy here.

I'll stop pop in here or there, but I think that a lot of my activity is just done with these things.

I'm not a tech guy so the ins & outs of alt tech itself does not super excite me. My background in this is in blogging, and it feels like I have just put a lot of effort into platforms that
- Don't have large audiences
- Disappear
- Don't really grow
- Don't have unexpected, new, fresh interaction

This is not a complaint about anyone or anything here... It's more of just facts. I am not saying WHY that has happened, simply, I am saying that THAT is what has happened, for whatever reason...

And, in a sense, it has illustrated my own impotence: I am not interesting enough to gather an audience, and I failed to be a high profile poster or content provider... I failed the tech that was in my hands.

Honestly, this has not happened to me (at least not yet), but I can see how this could all change everything.

I really like your thoughts here.