Same went to development assistance grants and contracts, with added questions about “does this prevent immigration” and “does this directly limit Christian persecution?”

This is 100% correct in high detail.

What’s amazing is that many other African countries have the same or a similar rule. And Starlink operates on those counties, meaning that he is willing to engage with the rules-as-official-bribes system. It’s that he wants to try and name the SA government look like they’re prioritizing bribes over “improving” things for the average person. He has demonstrated it’s entirely personal.

Meanwhile, Amazon and EuTelSat are going to have a non-politicized alternative to market before he ever gets his head out of his ass, and lap him in that largest market on the continent.

Awww, so nice.

Can you serve as a job reference for them? “Yes, agent 83847 was sooooo stealthy. They never once accidentally sent me a dick pic.”

Merci! And yes, it is.

No idea. I think there’s a lot of machine learning - enabled mapping up front.

The second passage is pretty well established as a joke that NT writers thought was an amazing burn. The “dogs” are the Pharisees, IIRC.

What a weird way to write “Crypto scam launders bribes while fleecing of fans to a total of $350 million.”

That’s correct. This was entirely to pay for work done before the Stop Work Order, with contracts already in place, money obligated and ready to go.

Dine and dash is the perfect comparison.

Not quite. The EO says the reserve can only be added to by seizures from crimes and civil forfeiture. They can’t buy to add to it. And that it can be sold primarily for finding law enforcement.

Buuuuuuut, you know what that means? The ultra shady civil forfeiture practice that cops love just got a little more spicy! Any wallet a cop can access becomes theirs!

I especially love how this decision was 5-4 that the government has to honor a contract it signed, and the MAGA folks are upset that the government can’t simply scam everyone and everything.

I really hope this means another attempt to use the magnetosphere itself. MAGNAV might actually be possible at this point.

https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automation/article/21145842/electronic-design-magnetic-field-navigation-as-an-alternative-gps

Edit: better article. AI advancements make MAGNAV a real possibility now. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3408951/magnav-project-successfully-demonstrates-real-time-magnetic-navigation/

My phone uses the Graft Positioning System to tell me where I can go and who I can talk to.

Posted 18 minutes ago? RIP that inbox now signed up for every type of trans-supporting newsletter on Earth 17 minutes ago.

And how Mr. “First day in office I’ll _____” is suddenly powerless to do anything other than whine and play the victim.

World - please send help!

Yes, and that was HR 899, proposed in the House on Jan 31. More then a month ago.

Did y’all miss that?

100% on board.

Realistically, probably nothing. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.

You’re not crazy. And the things we’ve experienced inform how we go through life.

In addition to communication, being willing to understand a mis-match in how you or he feels about certain actions is also important. My spouse used to be overly jealous, especially of my time spent doing anything that wasn’t at home or work. It got to the point of being uncomfortable and disruptive, so I expressed my feelings, and she had no idea that what she was doing, which seemed perfectly rational to her, was making it impossible for me to do things outside the home. Took her a while to cool down, but she eventually understood that there’s a happy medium that works for everyone.

Also, a dude in his 20s liking some thirsttrap on IG is just cringe, but not really much more than disappointing IMO. Maybe he was drunk, or with a friend and it was something other than him at home, alone, clear-headed, clicking like. Maybe give him some benefit of the doubt on that.

You’ll get there, and asking for help is the first step.

Doesn’t seem to. I turned off all the LW resist options, plus all my extensions, and still ended up in an infinite loop. But same extensions in FF doesn’t seem to have an effect.