I’m thinking it was Oumuamua in 2017. It actually hit us, destroyed the planet, and we’ve been in hell ever since. Nicely coincides with Trump 1.0 because why the fuck not.
Last heard (a few months ago) the cost is in storage. The protocol isn’t too complicated now, but it generates a shit ton of data, and IIRC you need a minimum of 3 copies.
I’m paraphrasing here: About 200K people canceled their WaPo subs after they failed to endorse. Bezos made $400M in the stock surge that happened after Agent Orange was elected.
If this is accurate, “…who is constantly picking on Lena for the slightest things, calling her weird, screaming at her in social situations and in athletics, saying she is useless…” then no.
This is a good opportunity to explain to your fam that this is not okay, and what she should do to distance herself from this manipulative and abusive person.
He’s gutting the government. There to keep us safe, among other things.
He’s challenging enemies with Gaza. They’ll get riled up.
All he needs is another 9/11-type attack on U.S. soil to give him the political clout to disband the government. Most Americans, led by the MSM in his pocket, will demand that he take whatever actions are necessary…
G. Elliot Morris on Bluesky did a breakdown of the numbers and his very conservative, low-end number was 4mil. Top end was 6mil.