Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@scotttiger@mastodon.social @politico @CNN @TheAtlantic They definitely acknowledged that he clearly won this battle, but I think that's very different from endorsing him to win the war.

@notabird The worst thing that can happen is that his apparent incapability to be president hands the election to his opponent.

@Flowermob Well, Obama would be constitutionally prohibited.

As for the others, then the Dems would have to explain why they passed over Harris, and that's a whole can of worms nobody wants to open.

@interfluidity

> there are also a lot of very brilliant, more detached people associated with this administration

With the administration? Yes. With the campaign? I'm not so sure.

@interfluidity A lot of people are saying that, but Occam's Razor is that they're simply making the same mistake Hillary did in 2016 and vastly underestimating their opponent.

Wow. Biden set the bar so fucking low that Trump was able to blow past it without a single true fact on his side.

Just had an idea for the most viable 3rd party concept in the history of #America:

The NO-SPAM Party. Our platform is simple: We will aggressively pursue any means possible, including executive, legislative, or judicial action, to limit or eliminate unwanted texts, calls, and emails. None of our candidates will ever contact you, unsolicited, for political donations.

On all other issues, we'll defer to the non-weasely career bureaucrats and renowned experts who actually know what the fuck they're doing.

TFW you get a random email that starts out being heavily complimentary of your work on a project...

...before realizing that the name of the project was the most specific the praise ever got.

Fuckin spammers, man.

If they can't get the Trump v USA decision out by tomorrow, we should just impeach the lot of them.

@SPF Agreed. "Flipping the bird" is the old-person version of "GFY"

@rossgrady Do they bother you in parking lots when they're just sitting quietly?

No, the problem is still people. Those who are stupid and inconsiderate enough to helm a few tons of steel and plastic while texting their friends.

The game "Last Train Home" has a low key joke that had me in stitches...

One of the characters remarks offhand: "Winter came. Who would've guessed?"

When I was in middle school, I had a shoplifting problem, along with some bad-influence friends. It started small, some M&Ms or binaca (which was weirdly popular in my middle school back then). But, as I kept getting away with it, I kept upping the ante. Eventually, it was my brazenness that got me caught. I thoroughly learned my lesson and never stole again.

I think about that sometimes when I read stories like this about a 43-year-old man sending shamelessly explicit texts to teenage boys... What led to his brazenness?

https://www.wcjb.com/2024/06/20/report-newberry-education-first-board-member-solicits-sex-teen-boy-snapchat/

Man, I need a sequel to The Old Guard already. There just aren't enough movies with two equally strong-but-flawed female protagonists and a gay couple kicking ass.

@JasonPerseus Yes, but it's not good enough on its own. You need a traditional underlying narrative framework, which AI can be used to make more interesting and less systemic-feeling.