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Or "that's irrelevant!"

Oh no, not my ego!

Nah, I saw a year or two back that Bill was pulling back from his climate and disease philanthropy. I think this is just him jumping on a chance to do some PR by dunking on Musk.

Nobody, but I voted for Harris. Last I saw, Gates was cutting back on donating to his foundation that fights infectious diseases in the developing world.

No fate but what we make.

Living in 2025 has got me feeling like Sarah Connor about fucking everything. At this point, I'm pretty sure we're just a few months out from the Faro plague, and when it breaks out, the Trump administration will ban government officials from talking about it by adding it to their list of banned DEI words.

Cool story, Bill. Who did you donate to? Why did you cut your philanthropic efforts to fight climate change and disease? Why have you and your buddies fought for minimizing and coopting government for years? Bill isn't innocent in all this, it's just a good time to blame Elon. Don't get me wrong, Elon 100% deserves it, but that doesn't mean that Bill isn't playing the PR game here.

Good to see that they made the right call.

It's still incredible to me that there were democrats that insisted that Biden had possibly the best debate performance ever.

Came here to say this. Stop trying the build the whole universe in a game.

Me too. We've got a pretty good department here, and I hope we can keep it that way.

Wealthy protestant cis white male.

There really is no limit to refining the in-group, because at the end of the day, every conservative imagines themselves as the very center of the in group.

Sound advice. I know that after a bunch of locals voiced concern about it, our chief said that they are absolutely not working with ICE, and their duty is to serving the whole community first and foremost.

They more than likely were with ICE. The agency has massively and rapidly expanded its enforcement personnel, and has done so in a haphazard way that has (deliberately) not given them an opportunity to properly train personnel up on procedures and rules and stuff. Nobody who wants to do good in the world is going to work for ICE right now. So, they've basically just done a presto gestapo, and a lot of times these guys really are just out there doing the sloppiest, shittiest, and most bully-like law enforcement you could possibly conceive of. I know where I'm posting this, I know what we all generally think of cops here, the current state of ice is about ten rungs down from that. We're talking real amateur hour shit, and they'll get away with it if people let them.

The good news is that apparently none of these fucking jokers seem to know or care how to cross t's and dot i's. You absolutely can send them packing, just like these folks did, and if they don't leave, then call your local sheriff's office or police dept. This is really dependent on your area, metro PD tend to be stocked full of major league assholes, but my local PD is actually pretty chill and has a good working relationship with the community; in my experience, sheriff's deputies tend to be people who got into law enforcement because they're true believers in the ideals of law enforcement (protecting life and property, accountability, etc) and constitutional justice, not because they want to flex on minorities. YMMV.

But if you think you can trust one of your local law enforcement agencies, absolutely call up 911 and tell them that you've got some people here that are trespassing (they've been told to leave and aren't), seem to be impersonating law enforcement (since they won't provide proof of ID), and you're worried that they're trying to kidnap someone, that you think these people are an imminent threat to your life or someone else's. That'll generally get the cops out there in a hurry, and they will likely be not very happy at all that ICE is out here putting on a fucking circus. That, or the agents will hear you and fucking split so that they don't get clowned on by local law enforcement. There have been plenty of instances of federal agents getting arrested while fucking around; mind you, they're almost never charged, but nobody walks away from that particularly happy.

Behold, the power of "No."

I love to see it.

Do not make the mistake of taking fascists at their word. They're lying to you; like when they talk about being very concerned about the budget, but then turn around and blow money out of their ass to all of their pals and donors and on special vanity projects that benefit nobody. They're bullshitters, almost all of them; you can tell the true believers, like Lindell, because they're the ones that get thrown under the bus. They know the election wasn't stolen, they just hope that you'll take their bullshit in good faith.

Holy smokes, how did I not think to turn the temperature down?! That's smart! Thanks for getting back to me!

How well? Bet your life on it well, or "fewer hallucinations than we would have guessed" well? I've considered and toyed around with openAI models for logging supply room check offs in a JSON format and it went better than I hoped but worse than I needed.

The client wants to drag and drop their own personalized excel file with no guaranteed formatting or column order or data contract in order to import their data into our system <3

That sounds pretty normal to me. Though, in total fairness, I'm ADHD myself, so I feel a lot of what you've been saying here. Especially being hyper aware of the social meta. I've also learned a lot of advanced masking over the years. Yeah, definitely, if you're at a social event and someone catches your interest, just start with going and meeting them. Introduce yourself, and a small heartfelt compliment doesn't hurt, "hey, that was a good question, I wish I'd thought of that", for example. Also, asking low-risk questions about other people is a good way to endear them to you, "is this your first time going to this class/club? Oh? What got you interested in it?" Etc. These are all pretty good ways to start getting a conversation going so you can get a feel for that person. If it turns out you like that person, you can always offer to trade contact info so you can keep talking, or ask if you could meet somewhere (specific like "the library" or "that coffee shop") public at a specific time to chat; people tend to be more receptive if you have something specific you want to chat about, even if it's "getting to know you". It's also usually better to put that off until after a second encounter in public, I think. Last, If they ask if it's a date, be up front, only say "no" or "it doesn't have to be" if you really mean it. Ofc, YMMV. Best of luck!