That’s a really good point, you don’t have to solve everything in one bill. Since we don’t and haven’t though, it makes the approach of fighting for every inch on every bill the default since there is no trust anyone will fix the actually simple but hard pieces.

It’s super regressive. They should tie all of these to means.

Their implementation of tolling was backassward and regressive: fine those forced to commute and no planned public transportation and infrastructure improvmeents to support moving away from car economy.

That said, removing reference to tolling? Why? The shit implementation was the problem, not because most people think those who use something should pay for it.

Such a goddamn money pit and killing ourselves and the planet in the meantime.

Splurge for me, conserve for thee.

Same with water in CA. Industry uses >80% of water in the state and the focus is on 30 second showers and bullying citizens because their representatives have been captured along with their press in the profit machine.

TheY dId tHE rEseaRCH

Tuesday, in 2025.

The LinkedIn post about the AI deregulation announcement was a who’s who of assholes bleating about how great it would be; CEOs, COOs, from Open AI, Duke Energy, Fascists Anonymous.

The Open AI persons comment was such sausage it had to be his own shitty AI

All while everyone is racing to build new nuclear plants (microsoft fucking bought their own), Trump dumping money into the pockets of his handlers in oil, gas and fucking coal companies. Read the linkedin (gag) article announcing the new “AI EP” from yesterday–its a literal who’s who of shitty companies CEOs cheering the bill they paid for cheering “responsible AI” which references “non-ideological bias”.

All that is to say, the power companies don’t care–they aren’t shutting off businesses. The dystopian future when hospitals are on generators running off (of course) gas because the coal plants can’t generate enough AI deep fake videos of voter fraud in California is upon us. The senior citizen on oxygen’s power is being shut off before Grok’s so they can make sure the accurate information about the 4th Reich is generated.

It is going to be a monkeys paw for the fools who use it.

They just stop(ped) offering support for whatever the product or line was. Create a “service portal” that provides results, relevant or not. Creat a forum where people can ask questions that aren’t answered, or if they are it’s the labor of some Stockholm Syndrome user who is trying to help others as they weren’t.

This won’t stop here, it’s the dream to not actually have to service your product. Imagine being Ford and saying “as is” when a customer asks why the blinker doesn’t work. Insane, right? That is the push here for a few reasons, all $ of course:

• achieve oligarchy or monopoly
• enshittfy product
• remove product support to save on support labor and related infrastructure
• profit!

*Profit for a while until people leave or you are replaced but what a profitable run!

I love a good article, but sometimes the visualization is the easiest way to quickly show something to make a point for someone otherwise unfamiliar. I’m actually going to include this in an index for a presentation I’m going to do at my local city transportation and safety committee to show that the problem isn’t unique and there are choices to be made. If I go to try to make a change and provide a bunch of teams of paper, that makes a different impact.

There’s a reason propagandists generally use photos video(since film has existed): it can multiply the impact and in some cases make an impact and reach people who would ignore written content.

Both companies are owned by a large Japanese conglomerate. They got lucky with indeed, and have used little of its unbelievable market share to solidify it’s position and improve the product. Indeed, properly managed, would print money and go parabolic as a stock. Instead it’s just sat there because both sites suck and exist on inertia.

Right. Off.

Pack in that pork. 🐷

Change your luggage combo too.

When an article about VC-owned private car hailing apps not being convenient is considered failed “public transit”. Imagine how hard the lobby will be by VC owned Uber and the rest of its ill against developing transit near stadiums. Their dynamically priced margins depend on busses, rail and subways not existing.

And by infuriated trump, they mean infuriated his election box funder attendees Bezos, Cool, Pichai. Of course I could be way off and it may be an innocent coincidence…🤑

Install the latest update and hope for the best.

The addiction is also the cure.

the banks are going to have to get involved soon…figure out a way to load up working-age people with long-term debt

Why the hell do the banks need to step in? System for an indentured workforce is already in full effect:

• no safety net, unemployment difficult to get and punishing poverty if it’s all you have
• require a car (e.g. initial capital and ongoing cost) to participate in many jobs
• have oligopolies rent out housing that is so expensive even those with full-time work can’t save any money
• have oligopolies own groceries, they maximize profits (consumer cost)
• have oligopolies own medical facilities, they maximize profits (consumer cost)
• stuff people full of consumer desires and give them easy access to credit

Be quiet!