Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

@Strandjunker Is there actual evidence of that?
From what I read, the docs only contained passing mentions of Trump, not damning claims.

The fact that so many command-line programs respond properly to either "quit" or "exit", but not both, is a metaphor for modern #software #ux design.

@GreenFire @heidilifeldman As I've said many times, it's not my vote you have to worry about.

@GreenFire @heidilifeldman I didn't say he was a bad president. I said he was a bad candidate. And I stand by that assessment. He just doesn't have the energy and enthusiasm he needs to GOTV or coherently rebut Trump in real-time anymore.

I watched the debate expecting Biden to smash Trump. I was horrified to watch the exact opposite unfold.

I don't know if this is a pre-existing theorum or not, but I'm gonna go ahead and state it now:

"The more management levels a company has between the executive decision makers and the line-level employees who carry out those decisions, the more likely it is for evil to proliferate within the company."

Some human beings use other human beings as buffers to prevent them from having to see the effects of their decisions on a lot more human beings. We call this a "corporate structure".

Bit torrents do seem like an especially curious method to deliver operating system installation files.

When most users will be using the files to move to a new OS with a new torrent client, how do they ever get seeded?

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman

> Voter feedback takes days.

Lol, no it doesn't. You ask a room of people to raise their hands in response to questions. It takes seconds, and it's only a little less reliable than a massive phone bank.

> You started by slamming people who criticize MSM as "Trumpian." Not because it's a rational, explainable position, but because you agree with MSM about Biden.

I criticize the belief that the media are the cause, rather than the effect, of Biden's unpopularity as being "Trumpian" because, yes, that's exactly the tactic Trump has used.

If the media reports that your candidate is weak, you have a choice. You can either try to deal with that weakness, whether it be perception or reality, or you can complain about how the media isn't focusing on your opponents' weaknesses and they're all part of a conspiracy against your side. Which do you think is the best approach?

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman Lol, really? I was watching it live. They were all on their phones getting texts from scared campaigners and voters and friends.

@Okanogen @heidilifeldman
1) I hate to tell you this, but we're going to be going up against lots of right-wing lawsuits this election no matter what. You can't stop them. All we can do is make sure we're on the right side of the law.

2) The smug, condescending way that you assume you know my thoughts and intentions better than I do is everything that's wrong with online democrats these days. You're actively harming the party you claim to support. Take the day off for some introspection.

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman The answer is the same as it is to the question "Which newspapers reported a fart in the wind?"

What's next? Are you going to demand that they all carry exclusive stories about how "water is wet"?

The bottom line is that Republicans aren't concerned about these things. They won't call for their candidate to drop out over those issues. Newspapers demanding Trump drop out are like newspapers demanding the sky change color. We *all* already know he's a shitty person. The only personal question left is whether that's a selling point or a warning sign.

If you can't understand why the news only reports on what's newsworthy, then I can't help you.

@wiseguyeddie Ah, glad to see you know my misogyny better than I do without ever meeting me.

*That* is why people find democrats insufferable, by the way. 🤦‍♂️

@allanb @heidilifeldman The Republicans *have* been discussing it. For years. We were able to blow them off during this time with "nah, he's fine".

Then the debate happened.

@Okanogen @heidilifeldman Funny, because assuming our bad candidate will prevail and that we don't need to fix their failing candidacy is what sounds like 2016 to me.

@wiseguyeddie Did we? I remember voting for Hillary even though I hated her as a candidate. I think that's probably part of why she won the popular vote.

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman If you haven't figured out by now that Republicans are perfectly happy to elect a rapist convict, then I don't know what to tell you.

More importantly, the reason people are calling for Joe to drop out is specifically because they don't think he has what it takes to defeat the rapist convict.

If a big bully at school is screwing with you and the kid you hired to protect you is too weak to handle it, you don't ask the bully to drop out. You fire the kid you hired and elect a tougher one.

@icastico @heidilifeldman

> a scandal-focused bias that amplifies controversy over substance

True, but that goes both ways.

> but our media environment has forgotten that. Democratic concern over Biden is exactly that the impression that he is too old will hurt his ability to defeat Trump

It's not their job to get Biden elected. It's their job to report on what others are doing and saying.

We know Trump is incompetent. Why discuss it? But whether or not Biden is competent to make it through the election is a matter for discussion, so it's being covered. That's just how news works. It worked against Trump the last two cycles, but this time we have such a weak candidate that it's working against us this time around.

@wiseguyeddie We can be pragmatic and pluralistic. It just takes a little more time for us to come to a consensus.

Once this is settled, either way, dems will unite behind the candidate. It's just so late in the game because the establishment (and Joe) dropped the ball on a primary early on.

@VirginiaMurr @heidilifeldman Three democratic congressman have called for Biden to step down. That doesn't happen unless a *lot* of normal people and political people are talking about it. It would be journalistic malpractice not to cover the issue.

But, yeah, as Trump (and now some liberals) has found, it's often easier to blame the media than to participate in introspection.

@holyramenempire Seeing the same in Florida. This time in 2016, Trump yard signs were everywhere... not much here.

On my drive through the southeast this past spring, I saw lots of dilapidated Trump 2020 signs but maybe only one or two new Trump 2024 signs.

We'll see how well it translates, but it seems like the loser might not be the "regular" folks' guy anymore.