It only matters in the swing states. The ones where they’re trying to purge the voter registrations, sometimes successfully. The system is broken.

I’m always impressed that they stayed still long enough to get their picture taken.

No doubt answered with “we’re a family here” nonsense, all while the company makes record profits and the executives get compensated with a giant bag of cash. Yuck.

An elephant toothpaste volcano, of porn.

Vance is like a Dollar Store version of Trump. He looks like the same product, he tells the same lies, but the parts aren’t all there. He’s a grifter but he’s not in the same league as The Donald, he even looks like he’s in pain when he lies.

It looks real to me. Either that or someone put in an enormous amount of effort into creating 271 pages of FUD, only to leak it in a way that the media will suppress the content.

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I think it would be hilarious if someone bought it, kept the same design, and told the truth.

Oh thanks, NPR is really good at dumbing down pop music for me.

Good… but also I have no idea who that is 👴

I struggle with the idea that “real money”, even as crypto, needs to be centralized and easily tracked. It’s not just about crime, it’s about privacy. The federal reserve doesn’t need to know the movements of every single individual. If I lend you $10, and you don’t pay me back, it’s both embarrassing for me and embarrassing for you, but we’re good friends and this is just between us. Maybe you could provide that sort of anonymity on a relational database, but it doesn’t have to be centralized. The blockchain tech gets faster and faster and not everyone has to be a full node, they could just run it at banks, maybe even with a bridge to other systems.

Anyway, I understand where people are coming from, blockchain was ruined by cryptobros and scammers. It’s not an inherently evil idea, it may be inadequate in speed as compared to Visa, but the idea that I could take the middleman out of any business while still having common listings, and make it a conversation between a supplier and consumer is fundamentally good. We do not need Sabre or Expedia taking 15% of every hotel or airline booking. We do need Uber’s secret pricing on rideshares. Very little value is added by middlemen in those transactions, where, in the end, the reputation of the provider is paramount- and yes, things can be set up so that provider can be vetted by third parties. The promise of blockchain is not NFTs, it’s freedom to do business in a different way, and some of the limiting factors holding it back are the lack of clear regulations for the industry, and a trusted stablecoin network.

It would be real money if the federal reserve issued it. Cash still exists, is that a feature for criminals or does it benefit the poor and unbanked?

Because electronic payments that do not require a middleman are inherently better than funneling everything through centralized organizations like Visa. They could make their own dollar based blockchain that has secure and private transactions based on their own stablecoin. It would be the same as a cash payment.

I’d love to see the federal reserve issue a no fee stablecoin, though I wonder if it would be secure in the long term with quantum coming.

I have already made my argument, thanks for stopping in.

Who is without bias?

Certainly not you

They have a vested interest in making Russia look weak. They are not unbiased.

Not mod, but a Ukrainian source writing about Russian losses seems a bit biased to me.

There are many complaints about the test and it seems that there should be an improved test, rather than the same test with zero stakes. The test is used to evaluate all schools and extra funding is allocated is based on the results. I don’t believe students will take it seriously if it doesn’t mean anything.

Also, I don’t really understand why teachers feel the need to teach to the test. The skills tested should already be reflected in the curriculum. If the test does not reflect the curriculum then this needs to be rectified one way or another. Removing the graduation requirement doesn’t help make the test better.

I understand where people are coming from when it comes to ESL students and learning disabilities. It might make sense for the test to be given in multiple languages, or for kids on an IEP to have extra time. However, in the end, we should be preparing kids well enough to not need extra help. These sorts of programs do not exist in most work places and are rare in colleges. We are failing the students if we are not educating them and the MCAS is one of the few tools we have to ensure high education standards, and that a diploma in Massachusetts actually means something.