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I had the red/gold Micro and I'm still kicking myself for not holding onto it.

Oh that's just Valiant Thor's normal form.

Gotta be the latter. I think they're all looking at Grandpa and seeing how long he has left - and everyone, every one of them is eyeing that big chair.

This is good, but I hate the people using the term "rough sleeping" or "rough living" to refer to unhoused people.

The government steals property all the time, it's just called eminent domain. And to be fair, these aren't Ma and Pa Kent who own these apartments - it's almost all enormous companies worth multiple billions of dollars, keeping those $5k/year apartments at that price point because OCCASIONALLY someone will make enough to rent one. I think "hey either it needs to be rented out in some capacity within six months or we're gonna take it and do it for you" is a good solution - sure, it's Tammany Hall government all over again, but since that seems to be the only thing that corporations respond to now, it's a good solution.

Nah, that just helps to normalize it and let people think it's just harmless and fun.

It's easier for the news and the government to deepfake things like "huge mobs of Mexican narcoterrorists just over the border" or "there's a nuclear missile silo in Iran" or whatever with this.

Don't forget the work requirements for Medicaid they're doing federally. Oz (yes that Dr Oz) wants to make them totally universal for anyone on Medicaid - gotta work at least 80 hrs a month to stay on. Terminally ill? Disabled to the point you physically can't work? Too bad, do it or die.

The fascists figured out if you're actively killing the "useless eaters", people get mad about it. If you just allow them to die through neglect and systemic failure, they're more OK with it.

Actually, most of the valuation of SpaceX now is tied up in Grok, thanks to Felon merging xAI into it for shell-game accounting reasons.

"Your honor...look at him."

In many if not most cases of family annihilation, it's a loss or perceived loss of social or financial status. Dad or Mom or whoever can't stand the idea of their kids growing up poor (or even just slightly less rich) and decide to not only take themselves, but everyone with them "to spare them the pain".

Pretty much, yes. It was a stunt to siphon away money and political will from a high speed interurban rail.