dhork @ dhork @lemmy.world

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I don't mean to jump down your throat on this, my beef isn't with you. But I think it's attitudes like this that enable Fascist regimes to establish themselves.

If things continue to go badly here in the US then historians will view this as "appeasement". Not standing up against Fascism because it was more profitable that way.

But according to the article, these new hurdles will apply to visitors under the ESTA waiver also. And those are just as likely to be business travelers on short trips as they are full-on tourists.

Tell American executives that they can't enter Europe, even for a week, without surrendering their own social media history and then they get to experience actual consequences.

At what point do these countries start reciprocating?

Start subjecting Americans (who can afford to go abroad) to the same bullshit we subject foreigners to and we might find support for the regime evaporating...

They do support free speech! You can say whatever you want, as long as it is not mean to Donald Trump.

I've given up on posting on Reddit entirely. I haven't deleted my account, but I logged out of all of my devices and make sure I will never contribute anything, ever again.

There are a handful of subreddits I still want to keep tabs on (mainly for Sports) and I found that for the time being, Reddit still allows RSS. So there are 2 or 3 subs I monitor with an RSS reader just for the links.

You can never keep a secret on a farm, the potatoes have eyes and the corn has ears....

I honestly don't think we need a moratorium on new datacenters. However, local governments should stop cutting datacenter operators deals. They should not get any tax breaks that other businesses do not get, and local utilities should be able to charge them more for their power and water.

Use the datacenters to subsidize the rest of us These companies have the money, after all.

And while a datacenter might employ lots of people while it's being constructed, once it is running it doesn't take a big staff to operate at all. If a local government wants to create jobs, there are much better ways to do it.

These are all bills that are due around the same time every month, right? I have a physical sheet of paper with:

• a matrix of every monthly bill, marked with dates that are about 1 wk before the typical due date
• a second matrix of quarterly/yearly payments and when they are due

(It's actually stored in a spreadsheet, but I check over the spreadsheet file and print a new one every year.)

And then I look at it a few times a month, and pay whatever happens to be due.

I go the extra mile and insist on paper statements for all things that might be variable (like credit card statements). The bills go into a to-do folder, and when I have time to pay bills I go through the pile, pay them, and mark things paid on my sheet. Then at the end of the pile, I review the sheet again to note things that might have slipped.

I do all the bill payment through my bank electronically, so at least I'm not writing checks every time....

Reddit was one of the most human places on the Internet, until King Steven the Turd decided that it's human interactions were a valuable resource that he could sell.

Now, it's all just bots talking to bots to learn how to sound human.

Do keep in mind that kids assume ownership of UGMAs when they turn 18 though.

This varies by state. In my state, my oldest gained access to their UTMA when they turned 18, but I am told I will still have my access until they turn 25, unless one of us explicitly revokes my access.

A UGMA/UTMA is basically a vehicle to gift money to a child, and then optionally invest it on their behalf, while having any gains on that money accrue to the child for tax purposes. Since most children don't have much earned income, this will often result in them owing zero taxes on any unearned income on the account (unless there is more than $1350 of unearned income -- read up on the "kiddie tax" if the income exceeds that).

OTOH a 529 is not a gift at all, until it is paid out. The money is technically still "owned" by the giver, they just have to name a beneficiary when they make an account. So any gains in a 529 don't count towards the kid's income at all, and if they are spent on educational expenses for the beneficiary they are not taxed on the other end either.

And once a year you can change the 529 beneficiary. So someone with a large 529 who finds that the beneficiary gets a scholarship (or doesn't go to college) can change the beneficiary to someone else -- even themselves.

As outrageous as that sounds, I know a lot of professors/PhD's, and many of them are that clueless. They have a lot of very specific knowledge in their field, but may not have much practical knowledge about the rest of the world.

Still, this is the type of instance where revoking his visa may still be justified, even if he ended up having most of his other consequences suspended.

It sucks to be on the side of history that still tries to be reasonable, even while the other side goes full throttle and wouldn't give the same rational thinking any thought.

Maybe for reporters, but WaPo is on there the most and I will never trust them again.

It's not just someone getting an IV. It's the blatant lying when asked about it. Nobody gets a bruise like that by "shaking hands".

It's not a departure from its traditional focus on bribery

Maybe he really is this shitty. Remember that the guy who used to have this job retired a few months ago. Maybe this guy was picked to replace him because he's just as much of an asshole as the rest of them.

Didn't Trump already pardon all of the Jan 6 insurrectionists peaceful protestors?

So, I was about to explain to our non-US people that the President's birthday happens to fall on two minor commerarive days: Flag Day, and the anniversary of the formation of the Continental Army, which gives Trump supporters a low-key way of honoring his birthday indirectly.

But nope, I had to go and look it up. You have to scroll a bit to find it, though:

June 14: Flag Day/President Trump's birthday

So, it seems like we are treating him like a King now.

Plus, they state that this free entry is limited to citizens and permanent residents. Furthermore, they are charging extra for others to visit even on non-free days.

I didn't make the graphic, I just stole/hotlinked it. I am very familiar with PA, although it's main redeeming quality is that it's not New Jersey.