She’s fairly active as far as house members in the minority. They mostly sit on committees and do boring shit (a reason governors, etc, typically look better for pres) but an interview with her suggested that even working within her own party is a challenge at times since the Dems are so ineffective as a whole.

Remember they chose an old cancer (?) patient over her for an important position since they do seniority rules. It’s apparently quite awful.

I hope not, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m aware there’s been a few high profile ICE incidents in Santa Ana in particular, but most of the people there are still citizens; it might be the obvious racism that makes things tense. They’ve always had a hard time dealing with their conservative neighbors, though.

Fucking evil. Know why? My wife got her Green Card in the USCIS in Santa Ana in the same building as ICE is setting up in. They’re 100% going to use this as a way to target people seeking legal status, guaranteed.

I believe the same is true of the federal building in LA, too. One could make the point that no one in the entire state will house ICE except that which is owned already by the feds, but to share buildings with people seeking legal status is absolutely abhorrent.

Witnesses, maybe, but typically they’re the ones doing the murdering (although usually paid to by said rich people).

Sigh… reminds me I have to file my US tax returns.

In most murder mysteries happening at resorts, it’s usually the guests who are murdered and never the help.

I vote we just replace him with Lucy Lawless so we just get twice as much Xena, since that’s what we really wanted all along.

To clarify for people not from CA, and having lived in OC for the better part of a decade, it’s relatively more conservative and yet also not.

For example, places like Santa Ana literally working on getting voting for undocumented people for municipal elections, cannot be more anti ICE. Naturally they’re targeted by some of the worst abductions and such, which is a shame because they’re some of the coolest people I’ve met in OC.

On the other end of the spectrum, Huntington Beach literally made a MAGA plaque for a library and many of their council members wear the red hat openly. Sure enough, very pro ICE and the majority of black and brown people you’ll see are the slave labor employed for their gardens and shit. I once was invited to a Thanksgiving there and it was awkward as shit watching gardeners working while we were sitting down for dinner.

Then everything else is mixed. Irvine, a city ultimately owned by a company, has turned weirdly blue over an influx of immigration but is still very much a fascist place at times with heavy policing. I saw a homeless man abducted by police and likely relocated to Santa Ana once, and that was a bit chilling. That’s their solution to unwanted people.

I still doomscroll to stay a little informed but my recent salvation has been free ebooks on my phone. Same phone strolling action but instead of doom, I get fun little mysteries.

Quite simply, as it says, when things get heated, such as during a fight with your spouse, the fan will start trying to escape which causes it to spin.

This also works if you start yelling at it yourself, although you need to be genuine. It can detect if you’re lying, so get angry!

I think being in a sane state kind of mitigated that COVID issue for me, but I agree on the PPP loan theft (immigration stuff was always bad, although I guess not children in cages bad). My point was, compared to this term, he was actually held back a bit.

Pineapple is amateur hour, there are so many more crazy things to put on pizza.

Also less crazy but still different. Anyone want Tandoori Chicken Pizza? It’s like BBQ but with an Indian food twist.

If I’m being honest, the first term was quite underwhelming compared to how bad it could be (as 2025+ has proved).

They especially like loan words that most Japanese people kinda know, so yes, definitely the best option.

I’m kind of poking fun as a Missouri friend of mine who had dogs who came and went outside freely. Obviously when you’ve got animals coming and going, the floor gets really dusty and dirty.

Places with diversity, basically. You visit a Japanese friend and realize how much better that is, lol.

That, and have you seen interior people’s floors? The shoes are sometimes cleaner, oof.

The KDE wiggle wiggle is a feature that was enough to convert a friend of mine. Game compatibility? Nah. Win privacy issues? Nah. Giant fucking cursor? Wiggle wiggle, baby.

My students typically use ig or tiktok, but when I’m asked what I use, I hesitate mostly because it’s super hard to explain the fediverse without completely derailing the lesson.

Plus it’s not like there are studies talking about the dangers of Lemmy or Piefed. “Oh no, I’m compelled to install Linux!”

Honestly having a complete lockdown might be an improvement over the current state of things. Wishful thinking, given 47 likely wouldn’t repeat the 2020 half assed approach to disease, going full RFK on it this time around…

Farming karma on the fediverse requires Arch Linux, Star Trek, beans, US politics in an unusual channel, and of course, hate posts about reddit.

Oh and pro-tankie or anti-tankie depending on which instance you want karma on.

Incidentally, I’m glad we don’t really care but the fun part is voting is all public so… be mindful. Lol