And this training causes a self-fulfilled prophecy!

When you act super paranoid and aggressive because you are literally deathly afraid of every interaction, what happens to a public that is constantly dealing with that level of treatment?

I really wonder about such swings. Can I ask - has his physical health deteriorated? I’m wondering if that precedes this sort of thing. Perhaps he is hypertensive? Undetectable mini strokes? Brain injury makes sense for this big of a shift to me. Feel free not to reply but I am interested

I recently left an Aussie company whose shot caller was someone who was massively in favour of the social media ban and kept close tabs on her teenage kids’ phones. Ran the company like that, and it’s going under.

Dude I replied to you in the last thread.

Walk out of the house. Now.

Exactly. As much of a leftist as I am, redrawing electoral maps on the basis of party advantage disenfranchises voters. It is antidemocratic and ethically wrong. California, where I am a registered Democrat, really fucked up here.

We used to be professionals who exercised professional judgment and pushed back against this unreasonable stuff. Just like doctors used to.

Yep most BIOSes will have a toggle for Secure Boot. Make off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail#Summary_and_themes

Absolutely no shot of the street leading to his house. Great reporting.

I grew up in a very similar house. This is indeed uncommon.

My advice:

• you’re doing great by going to therapy
• get out of the house at all costs as soon as possible (today if possible)
• wherever you end up, you will have a rough go, but you will find work and a way to support yourself. You’re a good person, and people want to work with good people
• in your new city, join a volunteer group. This will help you to understand that there are good people out there, that you can make a positive difference in the lives of people with similar experiences, and that there’s good in the world. Social connectedness is very strongly correlated with happiness
• people can begin to resemble their abusers but sometimes they become saints. You’re on the right trajectory, keep up the good work

I’m a programmer. Happy to take a DM from you anytime. Also if you go to SF, I can give you more info.

Many many more reasons to dislike the central valley. Politically it is a lower class orange county

Now that is a labour union

This meme is my favourite of 2026 so far. Makes me laugh every time.

What an absolute legend. Had an insane career then got her PhD in 2000

This is an amount that would cover university tuition for all American students for a year.

You’re right about civil infrastructure, it’s a shitshow of road layout in some parts of Oakland.

However, they’ll print money with these cameras the way people drive.

What’s really interesting is that between Oakland and Berkeley, there are so many cyclists risking their lives every day

Welp, that’s it. Not voting for Newsom for any reason.

I don’t mind when it links to wiki but I actually follow the link to verify. It totally made up a pardon from the king of England to some guy yesterday