On the subject of Matrix parodies, I just want to throw this classic out there
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Thunderbird still supports RSS, however I've found many news sources don't provide proper RSS feeds anymore
If he's anything like American conservatives he probably appreciates the comparison more than anything
Manufacturing jobs actually pay pretty well. Like I said, it's hard to beat the pay and benefits of working in manufacturing if you don't have a degree.
The reason they struggle to fill these roles is because most people don't want to work in industrial facilities working physically taxing jobs, often at odd hours filling second or third shifts and risking that the facility doesn't sufficiently value safety leading to a serious injury or death
My in-laws have some horses on their little hobby farm. They grow and bale their own hay which gives them an excuse to play with their antique tractors and makes it affordable enough to keep the "hay burners" around. I agree the prices anon provides are pretty rediculously low
But there's also the byproduct of making you swole and potentially making exercise your new hobby, which then further increases your energy consumption and waste output...
A large percentage of US manufacturing is food processing. Manufacturing has been struggling to fill open roles for years,^1^ and as a low-skilled job with tons of openings lots of migrants, both citizens and not work in manufacturing since the pay & benefits are hard to beat for not requiring any degrees. Its a similar situation with farm work. If the Trump administration actually performs significant deportations and cancellations of visas like he promised, food availability will be affected as farms and food producers struggle to keep up with demand
^1^ Here's the JOLTS data showing as much as 200k unfilled manufacturing jobs. I can't easily directly link my query, but here's a screenshot of the data with enough info to replicate my query
This is particularly American sensibility about not drinking alcohol casually around children
Shockingly this will vary by family. Some families take their kids bar hopping while they drink to excess, some drink casually and not in excess, and some are sober around their kids, and some remain sober all the time. My wife grew up hanging out in bars with her parents biker friends and their kids. She learned to watch some of them and save the good homemade wine when someone was about to topple. I grew up with parents who would have a single drink with dinner one to two times a week and would avoid getting drunk (at least that I know of).
Personally, as a parent and living in an area with a strong alcohol culture and with alcoholic family members, I drink very rarely (the alcoholic family members really kill my desire to drink), and when I do I make sure we have more than enough adults available to parent and drive if needed. I also am very much a lightweight so there is no drinking without getting noticeably giggly and sloppy. My wife feels and acts similarly but is not a lightweight and can realistically drink one drink and be visibly unaffected.
I honestly think the OP is less about the presence of alcohol around children but more just calling out a wine mom as such
My wife's family will 100% get drunk around their kids, and drunk drive with the kids in the car. Seeing that first hand makes us really reluctant to drink at all.
Everyone is expecting his government to still follow the established rules
Realistically, the government will be forced to continue to follow the established precedent and constitution until the moment its not. When it will go off the rails and what to expect are entirely unknowable, but ultimately every institution relies upon and expects the United States federal government continuing to function and enforce the rule of law.
Most likely, if Trump is successful at becoming a dictator, it won't be by breaking the rules but simply changing them. Lukashenko of Belarus was elected to their position, then changed the rules to hold onto power. Putin of Russia continues to be elected to his position and changes the rules to hold onto power. Erdoğan of Turkey continues to be elected to his position, and changes the rules to hold onto power. By following the laws and engaging in (heavily manipulated) democratic elections it provides an illusion of legitimacy and stability that doesn't immediately scare away all business investment and industry, two things that the United States relies heavily upon as a service-based economy. A violent revolution would immediately collapse the economy, eliminating most support for Trump's cause and radicalizing many against him. A policy-based revolution can occur before most people can even identify that its happening, and by the time its clear what's happened it will be too late to do anything to stop it.
But a policy-based revolution actually requires the policies to be passed, and in the United States, policies don't pass without financial support from wealthy businesses and their executives. The Republican party is made up of members who are all varying degrees of unhinged. Many seem to only follow trump because that's the politically "safe" thing for them to do and will break the moment it appears "safe" to break from him (we saw the first Republicans try to do this in early 2021 following the insurrection on Jan 6th, but Trump was still too powerful so they were primaried and now presumably took jobs with large donors in the private sector). Mike Pence certified the election (a largely symbolic gesture that while legally required to conclude presidential election, there is no precedent nor written law dictating what happens if an election is not certified) against trump's orders because actually toppling democracy was simply too far for him. Other republican politicians will find their own breaking points where their personal values and morals outweigh their careers and take an action against Trump's wishes. And the entire opposition now knows without a shadow of a doubt that Trump and his cronies will attempt to keep him in power, so the opposition will do everything it can to stop it. The cards are still in Democracy's favor, and they're very much stacked against Trump and likely the Democrats as well (Once Trump passes there's a good chance the Republican party will collapse and either a new party will grow out of its remains or the Democrats will swing right again collecting the Republican politicians still wishing to continue their careers and a new party will emerge from the Left. Historically, no political party has survived past its dictatorial strongman)
So, in short, yes Trump's scary, but clearly I have more faith in our political institutions and politicians to shake off this obvious grasp for dictatorial power than you do.
Good news is the Republicans are varying levels of unhinged, so since Trump doesn't actually care about policy they could become deadlocked again as they infight over how badly to screw up the country, probably with trying to muck up Medicare or the ACA again
The upscaling technologies they've been building into modern graphics stacks also have benefits for much older games where the performance isn't necessarily needed. There's an old game I like to play, Railroad Tycoon 2, which doesn't run at resolutions higher than 1024x768 and modern upscaling can make that game look absolutely gorgeous despite being 4+ pixels per original pixel. I'm sure it provides similar benefits to emulators and the like too!