I guess that’s the difference between summoning and casting.

A summon brings it to you.

Zohran would be one of the absolute worst people to make a martyr of.

He’s beloved in the city that contains wall st. If there’s protests/riots there, no way the stock market doesn’t reflect it.

If he does get martyred, it would have to be part of a BIG move by Donny. His last push for the insurrection act, or a desperate Epstein distraction.

Zohran is not a dumb guy, and he’s going to have a lot of smart people wanting to be on his team.

He won’t be doing this without a solid plan.

It might be he’s trying to seem super dull to Trump so he moves onto someone else. Maybe he wants a big public show of him attempting diplomacy and being rebuffed, or maybe he wants to offer some kind of Tribute.

Trump has a lot of money tied up in NY. Maybe there’s something Zohran can do to make himself seem “useful” rather than a good target to throw poo at for attention.

I agree. I suspect that is exactly what a lot of people intend to do.

He needs to be consulting a panel of psychologists about how to best manipulate Trump.

The man is old, confused and likes to lash out when he doesn’t feel worshipped. I feel like his untreated (but well documented) pathologies leave him quite vulnerable to a mental health professional.

Its not like you can manipulate him into giving you some kind of amazing treat, but convincing him to leave you alone would be a massive win.

“Fake it till you make it” is a time-tested business strategy.

Especially when you’re considered too big to fail.

And also when you don’t consider survivor bias when trying to “learn” from the success stories of the past.

They’ve all got so much invested in AI that they’re not going to back off.

Any kind of acknowledgement of failure might pop the bubble.

I wasn’t talking about kagi, I was saying staying “off google” doesn’t mean you aren’t being tracked.

Its a good start but you’re probably being tracked by your credit card, supermarket loyalty card, TV, operating systems and any ring camera you happen to walk past.

Also I think a lot of supermarkets are trying out facial recognition for “security” reasons. But probably they’re watching how you walk and shop etc.

Thinking you can avoid it completely is bold. Data data poisoning is (maybe) the only way to break even with the data companies.

I’ve got a bit of cash for services I want to support, and I only use it as a good search engine. None of the customisation stuff. No AI.

And I find it worth it.

I can’t think of many times I’ve heard him talk about it.

When I have, he usually answers the question he wished he’d been asked instead, or talks about how it didn’t go far enough.

Or as far as he’d intended, or far enough to work.

Co-opting leftist talking points on a far right platform has worked very very well for Nigel Farage in the UK.

Tucker probably doesn’t have the charisma or political skill of Nige, but he’s got other things that might fill the gaps. I’m honestly terrified of them both.

That’s Mayor Cardamom now!

Curtis has great “confused but well-meaning Grandpa” vibes.

He was saying Zohran’s name wrong because he couldn’t remember it. Not because he was being an asshole.

He fell for the AI ad but still defended “cultural differences” as normal (and not a negative).

My point is, he’s wrong about a lot, but I’ll give him credit for trying.

People are saying dementia, but also by many accounts he’s always been pretty stupid.

So I’m not sure this is one of those super damning pieces of evidence.

Also he usually says “I don’t know anything about that” or “we’re looking into that” when he wants to avoid a question or statement he doesn’t like.

If they just say “no”, there will be some serious protests.

It would probably be enough of an excuse for the insurrection act.

Though I think that Wall Street being located in NY protects the city from some of Trump’s worst impulses.

You don’t want to disturb the traders.

I’ve yet to find a game that I couldn’t play (though knowing me I probably forgot one or two). It’s mainly mods that I’ve not been able to implement, as some of them require running an exe file.

However I’ve had very helpful people tell me I can do all that in a wine instance or something similar so mainly it’s just my own laziness (and lack of understanding about how to “do it in a wine instance”) that’s holding me back from installing fancy modpacks or playing the latest Stalker gamma version.

Also i don’t play multiplayer stuff so the anti-cheat thing issues don’t usually apply to me. So there’s that.

Because it’s a line a lot of his diehards won’t cross.

Plenty of them will hear no evil or deny his other crimes, but the reason “protect our kids” works as such a great excuse for other overreach, is its such a priority for these people.

Barring possibly nothing.

How incredible would it be if Trump’s name wasn’t the one they were working so hard to hide.

What if it’s some massive benefactor of theirs or some keystone lawmaker or figurehead they’ve held over us as a moral example.

You know, like Dr Phil.

I’ve been with them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately the devices just doubled in price but I’m very happy with them otherwise.