He’s won his base. Now he’s won those close. Placating moderates is next. This is basic politics.

This looks like a shot from the conference room in The Office.

them there

True, but groupthink is still split among ideologies.

Thanks, over the years I have failed enough at this to learn. Hoping others can benefit from that without the hurdles to get there.

Knew someone like this, took a while to learn how unhealthy it is. Politely call it out by asking “This seems to really be bothering you and I don’t want to be doing that to you. What’s actually wrong here?”

For many, it’s amazing how quickly behaviors can change when they realize they can be straight forward without a negative reaction.

Edit: Supportive can be the best reaction in most situations. Home, work, etc. As long as it doesn’t harm your own mental or physical health, and that you also get what you need.

Found the Zombie Killer of the Week.

Hot take: And there is nothing wrong with this.

Given a large enough population density, there will be enough variety of opinions to bring up the quality line.

Of course, we know what happens when a large percentage of that population is LLMs, which I pinky promise I am not one of.

That grass is better than wild growth. Wait…

But, those citizens voted.

I haven’t been on that ride with you. It’s been about priorities for me since my first comment (for this particular episode, of which there are many).

If an on-call senior systems administrator has plans, but a server goes down, do they continue on with their plans? Or go work on it?

Governor is a job title. You place yourself where your priorities are. There is no conspiracy in that.

Can we find a way to make this “woke”? That should solve it.

My understanding is the people understand tourism funds things, but that they dont appreciate the divided treatment, such as the water restrictions tourists do not have to abide by.

There’s a lot of nuance there with very vocal people due to recent history. It also has a lot to do with awareness of the major water restrictions residents are under but tourists are not (thus the water pistols). If they make news scaring off tourists, it forces the government to reconsider the balance they’ve put on tourist funding vs local economy.

I’m not saying I like what’s happening or not, just saying there is a lot to unpack when you don’t live there.

“While I am in Taiwan, South Korea & Japan working on business deals worth billions, I remain in daily contact with Texas Division of Emergency Management & local officials to ensure preparation for Hurricane Beryl. Your safety is our top concern,” he wrote.

Until investment transparency exists in Texas (and elsewhere) to show who’s pockets grow, it was a business trip worth billions. Texas is not his only business, and they are his top concern.

After one of the researchers published their findings in February, brokers tried to hire the researcher to build ticket transfer services for them.

… so they could be silenced by an NDA.

The article is just wrong. Terrible writing.

He was talking about the comment OP.

It’s the finer points, like SS and Medicaid that they would worry about. People care when it hits their wallet in a way that isn’t hidden behind taxes.