Ugh. I do like the idea of defederating in theory, but this is the third time I’m going to have move instances because something I want access to is blocked.

Is this just a ‘me’ problem or something everyone has to deal with from time to time?

I know. I’d assume everyone on Lemmy knows. That’s why I said ‘free’ in scare quotes and not free.

Anecdotal, but a friend of mine was ticketed for it within the first week it went into effect. She (understandably) assumed that being stopped at a stop light was acceptable. That said, I’m not aware of any enforcement since then and wouldn’t be surprised if they deliberately only enforced it right after it took effect.

Still wouldn’t risk it, though.

In Virginia, at least, it’s not a meaningful distinction.

There used to be an exception for GPS, but the state changed the law a few years ago so that any non-hands-free use of a phone in a non-parked is a ticketable offense. Swiping away an ad at a red light would technically be illegal.

I’ve been getting a lot of ‘suggested’ locations and sponsored pop ups in Google Maps the few weeks. I get that it’s a ‘free’ product, but ugh. My GPS while I’m driving down the highway is one of those things that really, really needs to be clutter-free.

A history of incarcerating minorities for possession of a plant that’s legalization has universal, bipartisan support while also experimenting with said plant?

Oh shit you said help, nevermind.

I’m very curious what Socialist discourse Sarah Jones follows, because this article is pretty divorced from any Harris think pieces I’ve read. Her role as a prosecutor and Attorney General make her a complete anathema in socialist circles, even to Democratic Party-aligned factions in DSA.

Sooooooo… if this is what has finally shaken your faith in American bourgeoisie democracy, good news (sorta)! Alternatives exist, although the struggle to achieve them will be long and arduous. Our current system of propping up billionaire-approved octogenarians to give our stolen wealth tax breaks and investment incentives to defense contractors, cops, and landlords exists very explicitly to preserve a system of private property that keeps you poor and desperate.

The alternative to this is to build class consciousness and working class power in order to contest this awful system and put political and economic power directly in the hands of the working class before our impending environmental collapse. Join an organization that exists locally that’s building that working class power. Seriously, don’t even get caught up on which -ism best fits you, just join whatever exists locally that you can contribute to. Democratic Socialists of America, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Socialist Alternative, the Industrial Workers of the World, Food Not Bombs, even a small community mutual aide network that supports a few of your unhoused neighbors.

This debate should be your wake-up call. The state is a fuck and you’re just a sacrificial pawn in a system designed to funnel wealth upwards. It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.

Replacing Biden with a cop would be the most DNC thing imaginable. We’re so fucked.

This is elder abuse. How did we end up with these two candidates?

I can’t wait to find out tomorrow how it’s pro-Palestinian protestors fault that Biden can’t speak above a whisper.

Ignoring the decades of illegal occupation, Israel continues to hold ten times the number of hostages that Hamas has ever held. No one is buying your hasbara anymore.

It’s crazy that give commerce more rights to travel freely than we give living, breathing humans. Fuck borders.

Don’t worry, it’ll all trickle down any day now.

Biden is going to further jeopardize his reelection chances just so arms manufacturers can profit more off genocide.

Say what you want about the capitalist class, but they certainly have class solidarity.

If you think they’re literally calling to kill over 300 million people, I have great news about potential crypto and NFT investments for you.

It’s almost like the mainstream media deliberately doesn’t give a voice to people outside of a very narrow (and shrinking) Overton window.

Edit: honestly having trouble imagining how absolutely stupid someone has to be to downvote this lol. Guess I need to make a cryptocurrency lol.

It’s not like Fox News is ever going to have a segment calling for empathy with minority urban voters, or 538 running an article on Republicans failing to address issues that minority urban voters have.

Imagine living on a planet that’s being cooked alive, a random executive in a board room can fire you for no reason, you’re one missed paycheck away from being homeless, which itself is increasingly being criminalized, you’ll never be able to own a house or pay off the loans society told you you had to take out when you were 18, you’re one bad doctor’s appointment from bankruptcy, your tax dollars are going to fund a genocide in Gaza, and the only socially acceptable option to contest any of it is voting once every few years.

How can you not actively support destroying the fundamentally illegitimate system that defines America?

So, so I get a prorated refund on my Google One subscription, or…?

Broke: People being opposed to the ongoing genocide in Gaza are going to get Trump elected.

Woke: Biden’s uncritical support of an unpopular genocide in Gaza is going to get Trump elected.

Biden could just, you know, stop giving arms to Israel.

America has to be the only “democracy” that shames voters for disagreeing with politicians instead of the reverse.