Because no one wants to be the first to start a revolution. No one wants to be a martyr to get the cause going. No one is desperate enough yet to put their life and freedom on the line.

As an American living in America. Trumps actions make me not want to buy anything American either.

“Patriotism is in decline” so instead of addressing the root of the issue and stop moving the country to the fascist right let’s indoctrinate the kids. Maybe we can have an executive order to help do that. And call it the “stop indoctrinating our kids” or something like that. It’s not like anyone will see the irony of naming it literally the exact opposite of what it’s doing.

Fuck this dystopic administration.

Maybe someday I’ll be a millionaire. Hopefully it won’t be at the same time a loaf of bread is $100 and a million dollars is poverty.

Except XX and XY aren’t the only combinations. There is just a single X, XXX. XXY, and XXY.

And then there are just plain intersex individuals who produce both or neither reproductive cells. Chromosomes may not express themselves properly.

Biology isn’t as simple and clear cut as you make it out to be.

And the only reason they used “at conception” is to signal that life begins at conception for the abortion argument. The executive order doesn’t actually have anything to do anything with science, it only tries to use it as an excuse for their anti-trans beliefs.

Let’s not forget XXY and intersex individuals. Lots of chromosomal disorders could make this even trickier.

I’m pretty much all kasa with the innovelli for my fans.

Kasa require wifi for setup, but then have a local API for HA control. Just note that some features like motion detection aren’t presented via API.

Att’s usage meter sucks.

Unifi. I’ve got a box of APs as ewaste just sitting in the basement. Every so often I would get more ewaste from companies I work with.

I don’t need the most demanding of wifi systems. I hardwire most of my stuff whenever possible. And I have a fairly small home. A single AP on the main floor, 1 AP on the basement. 1 AP in the detached garage.

Most of my wifi devices are iot things on their own vlan.

I’m a big fan of ipmi so I can remotely manage it. I’d look at one of these now: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/blog/supermicro-superserver-e200-8de300-8d-review/

I don’t really like having to connect a monitor and keyboard when working on my servers now.

Storage is really limited for TV and movies though if you are running Plex.

If you want to host something like libre office, just remember how important backups actually are. If you take the risk of hosting business documents, make sure you do everything necessary to protect them.

Trump did that stickers on all the electronic prices at best buy.

I would literally prefer a steaming pile of shit as president than Trump.

A political first

It’s been open less than a year!

My city has a referendum to replace the middle school and add a wing to the elementary school. Oh and add fire suppression systems to both of them since they are so old they don’t have them.

It’ll cost me $700/year for like 25 years.

I’m voting yes. Let’s invest in our schools and education system. Let’s understand how incredibly useful the power of local taxes are.

Are you American?

That. Doesn’t. Work.

Full stop.

Let’s say for a moment that progressives and Democrats did that for whatever issue they personally felt strongly about.

First, we have to acknowledge that the Republicans ARE NOT doing that. So they’re vote count doesn’t change and they win

Second, people will disagree on the same issue. You can’t capture everyone on every issue. Refer to the first point, Republicans win.

Third, there will be huge factions each with their own issue. A candidate cannot sway all these single issues groups. See the first point, Republicans win.

What first past the post representative democracy means is to vote for the viable politician that MOST ALIGNS with your political position. Not the one that EXACTLY aligns. If you build the third parties at the local and representative and Senate level. Maybe you can get there, but for now, this is the political system we have to work in.

There is a big population of women who are past childbearing age that are voting for Trump. It’s fucked up, but just getting women to vote may not work. They need to get young women to vote.

So many elderly women are going to be voting who no longer have skin in the abortion game.

Voting doesn’t mean you support them.

You aren’t giving them money, you aren’t campaigning for them. You are saying that between these two, admittedly fucked up, parties this is the one you think that will be better.

So for the presidential election, vote to reduce harm - not to increase it.

If you want to do better, support, fund, campaign for third parties down line. Local elections and build the momentum until they become a viable presidential candidate. Work to reform the electoral system that can dismantle the two party system.

But don’t think voting for Harris is de facto supporting the Democratic party.

Which means that I have three options

I do not have three options, myself.

It is said that Americans have three options, the best of which only might improve the situation where one country is terrorising another country by killing innocent people, every day.

So are you American? It sounds like you aren’t and, if not, why are you advocating for people not to vote or vote third party?

The problem, as I see it, is that there is literally no chance for a third party to win the presidency.

Which means that I have three options:

• Vote Trump. Someone who has called for more violence.
• Vote Harris. Whether I’m happy with her or the Democratic party or not. Try and mitigate as much killing and harm as I am able to. Actively try to prevent things from getting worse.
• Vote third party/Don’t vote. Either Trump or Harris will win, and I can claim my conscious is clear. If Trump wins, I will have not done what little I could have to lessen the evil. I have to be okay with someone who is far worse getting into power

We can’t solve the genocide by voting third party. All we can do, all that the little power granted to us can do, is try and prevent it from getting worse. So if you want to prevent as much killing as you actually can, if you want to give the most people the opportunity to live, then morally as I see it, you need to vote Harris.

Is she perfect? No. Hell no, man. But she is the candidate that with this genocide happening, and it is happening regardless of who is getting in, who will give the most Palestinians a chance to live. A third party candidate isn’t making it to the White house so a third party candidate can NOT lessen the harm.