The issue the GOP is facing isn’t new. They go apeshit when a pastor dares to teach the actual teachings of Jesus in a soft-spoken way.

Just add in an order of magnitude if Texas.

That was my immediate thought. Sadly, I seemingly only remember that on Sept. 20 each year.

The nice thing about xkcd is it’s been running for so long that a random one is new again. It’s the modern version of The Far Side.

Why would I do that on a low-volume instance? I still sort by New on Reddit.

Just save a new copy after each session. Sure, there are more elegant ways to track changes and version history, but if he literally wants progress reports, zip everything up when you send him the final.

The thing is, those of us old enough to remember dialup aren’t anyone’s target demographic, and the cohort that is has been conditioned over time to believe that the current situation is the natural order of things. They were raised to consume, not seek.

I absolutely cannot stand algorithmic feeds. Unless I can.

Here’s the thing: I left Facebook when I stopped seeing anything my friends posted. At the same time, YouTube wouldn’t be all that useful without suggestions. My subscriptions is my home page, so I’m getting videos in chronological order from users I’ve decided to follow, and then the algorithm occasionally serves up a suggestion that leads to a new subscription.

So just saying “social media must provide an opt-out method” is something of a sledgehammer. Moreover, companies will bury that method behind a bunch of dark patterns so no one ever ever gets to it, even if it technically exists.

ID scanning has become very common in Texas. Lowers insurance rates for sellers and gives the state a full database of alcohol purchases.

It’s unclear how this is feasible. Also, are we saying “cookies” these days?

With NordVPN? Cool. You know what the top of a funnel looks like?

The tech-savvy relative should have had them on Firefox long ago. They don’t need a fork. Firefox will do.

It’s hard to understand how anyone who was using uBO on Chrome was unaware this was coming. The Manifest V3 shit started years ago, and I expect uBO users to be more technically literate than the general public.

This is definitely one of those “the longer you look, the worse it gets” things.

At lower right, we apparently have a real-world option to turn off that damn noise. Moving slightly up, at the top of what appears to be a pneumatic lift towering to six inches are marshmallows or ice cubes. Both are an issue as they are known for not being pink.

We have avocado-shaped markings on these … what are they, anyway? The one on the left literally has a pig snout and ears, plus something from Tron designed for a dog.

To the right? The ultimate symbol of depravity (one notes Macavity wasn’t there). This is a rat who isn’t just evil (red … thing) but also poorly stroked. Can you imagine going through life with one or two points of white outline on your body?

Rats, as we know, famously enjoy caviar, hence our friend at the counter both speaking and thinking about red spheres.

We have found a new use for a dashed yellow arrow!

I expect to see waves of Dolly Parton-related layoffs in the coming months.

Great. Relevance to the topic at hand?

Going to Faux News for science is … a choice. Also, jesus christ, kids these days and the luxury of having the space to replace “glaucoma” with “eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss.”

We all fucking know what glaucoma is. This isn’t some 2026 development that’s flown under the radar.

I also have no idea what this has to do with technology.

Anyway, for those interested in the paper, it’s here.

I prefer buying my music by the track at a reasonable price, having a couple of backups and not paying monthly.

Yeah, and I’m going to urinate ahead of death. At least, I hope so.

Point being, the hed is a cheque the threadbare story can’t cash. There’s no causality. “Apple lays off staffers ahead of heat death of universe” also works. In the latter case, no reasonable person would see entropy at fault.

The Texas cities are an AP Style aneurysm.