If just for group chats, Signal or SimpleX?

It’s super easy to self-host too. I used it to create a wedding website for my wife and I instead of using something like TheKnot and I had it up and running with content in a few hours

Mint, (?)ubuntu, and Pop!_OS are what I suggest because 1) most software install guides target these distros. Anything that uses a package manager other than apt means extra googling and pain for those who just want an OS that works and could care less about the miniscule advantages of one over another 2) stable releases and driver support and 3) similar UI to whatever they’re coming over from. Someone else ITT mentioned KDE for Windows and Gnome(or Cosmic once it’s stable) for Mac folk and I think that tracks well

I’ll die on this hill - no one calls everything Coke and those who claim so haven’t been in the South especially the area around Atlanta. “Coke” is used as an example - for instance, “Hey, can I get you anything? Coke, beer, water, or something?” Yes, they mean they have soda one of which is coke. No one would say, “hey, can you get me a coke” and mean Sprite / etc. At most, they may use it to mean coca-cola products but usually you’ll get a list of which sodas they have and are offering

Not really- while yes it includes poor southeast CO farmers and that’s who the veto impacts, it also includes Douglas county which is where most of her constituents are. Her new district has the highest median income in CO because of the DougCo folks. What’s interesting is the school board election in DougCo this last round, makes it seem like the tides are turning even in places like Lone Tree and Castle Rock

There’s even a bar here in CO that’s sending half their profits today/tomorrow to one of the striking businesses in MN

Isn’t lane assistance required by the NHTSA for new vehicles?

Do you think they looked at all the best demographics and polling they could get and said ‘nah, let’s go a different way lol’?

Yes, because the policies that are popular with their base and with the middle are not popular with their corporate donors and they have even refused to release their post-mortem analysis of the 2024 election.

There was no way to make any of that work, and thinking there was, that it was their strategy or the candidate, misses the point. ANY non right candidate will lose again if this issue isn’t understood.

I agree there that the “left” needs to coalesce more and quit with the purity test B’s at least on the national stage

No, you have policy proposals which she came in with very few (maternity leave, child tax credit, and removing the filibuster were the big ones) that addressed the economic security that the middle loves. She instead focused on culture wars, pointing the finger at Republicans in the Senate, and refusing to distance herself from Biden. Nothing in her proposals was exciting for the middle class and while her platitudes played well in opinion polls, 6.2 million less people came out to vote for her compared to 4 years prior. That’s a lack of excitement - people viewed her as more of the same rather than something new and promising

I’m not sure we’re on the same page. I’m not claiming she needed to move further left, I’m saying that using words to court the middle rather than policy doesn’t excite anyone and doesn’t get them to come out and vote. So doing talk show rounds, getting endorsements, etc at best move opinion polls but don’t impact votes and at worst only appeals to politicos who were already going to vote for her while turning off others

How’s that been working out for Dems? That’s the exact approach they’ve taken and have gotten humiliated at the ballot box. This isn’t about how far left they court, it’s about bold policy that actually helps the middle if they want their vote. Instead it’s vague platitudes and “we’re not as bad as the Republicans” without anything to back it up. So while it gets them points in opinion polls, it doesn’t translate to votes

Tankies might hate Ukraine but most of the left is very supportive. My point around Cheney and Kamala campaigning together was that it only went for the middle but absent policy proposals that bring some energy, at best you get a bump in the opinion polls but don’t actually bring people to the ballot box.

Trying to get the middle in the most boring way possible. Dems will never learn that being the ‘safe option’ doesn’t get people out to the polls

Incandescent sucks though, they use 10x the power for less light output and have a lifespan that’s a fraction as well. Just get the color temperature you prefer in an LED and you’ll almost never have to replace them and you’ll have a lower power bill too

Damn, wish I had known about that before I went the takeout method

Only works for federal crimes

Well before that when he entered Georgia

Too bad the pebble leader and primary developer group are at odds with each other right now https://www.howtogeek.com/rebble-kept-old-pebble-watches-alivenow-its-work-is-being-stolen/

Time to freeze our federal taxes then

Really just depends on whether my wife finds something her family wants or I do. Throughout the year if you see something your SO’s family would like, buy it and let your SO know