If you don’t think that domestic producers of oil are charging more solely because the foreign cost has gone up, you don’t understand capitalism.

context matters If you actually listen to it, he’s telling the supporters that he’s willing to come have a rally in places he’s already won because the people are so supportive and there’s a lot of love in the community. He then went on to say that he could come out and say the stupidest thing and they’d still cheer him on.

I think it’s less about context and more about intent. I think his intent (and I assume the way the crowd interpreted it) was “I can talk about insignificant things like what I had for breakfast and you’d still find it exciting.”

Anyone with half a brain hears it as “you are so sycophantic that it doesn’t matter what I say, to the degree that I could openly insult you and you’d still cheer”

His followers hear it as “I appreciate you for supporting me, even when I talk about things that don’t interest you”

“He needs to be present for his son and provide for him,” said Boebert, who said she was speaking as a mother and grandmother. She acknowledged that he had broken the terms of his deal with the court.

Tyler Boebert was sentenced last week to one year of probation and 20 days in jail in Weld County for one count of child abuse that didn’t cause injury. He was charged with two counts after his toddler son twice wandered out of the home where he used to live with his mother. He pleaded guilty to one count.

So wait… the charge is that he abuses his child, and your argument is that he should not be given jail time because… he shouldn’t be separated from his child?

Sounds like you’ve got better insight into Texas politics than I do. From my outside perspective, this is what put Talarico into the national spotlight. I was previously unfamiliar with him, but had seen her fighting the good fight against GOP stupidity and ICE specifically.

Did she? I haven’t seen anything, but may have missed it. She’s listed as not having done so on this site:

https://whofundsmyrep.com/rep/jasmine-crockett

Literally what happened with the same politician being interviewed by Colbert during his primary. FCC told them they couldn’t air the interview, they posted it on YouTube, Streisand Effect happens and it’s one of the most viewed Colbert videos ever. It won him that election. I think Jasmine Crockett was a better candidate and she may have stood a chance had she gotten that level of exposure.

“Look at what a good businessman he is!”

“If it was actually illegal, he’d be in prison!”

“He’s so savvy to not pay for things when payment is due. Why would you pay if you didn’t have to?”

“He’s made more money while president than any other president because he’s the first non-politician president.”

I hate how these are being used, both by Meta and by creeps.

I bought a pair of them after trying out a friends (back before they had any AI capability, and had not yet been hacked to dox people) because they’re really good speakers and the exact same style of sunglasses that I’ve worn for 30 years. The first thing I did was disable the always on mic (which required me to log in to meta, which I had to make an account for using a burner email). The second thing I did was purchase lens covers so people could be confident I wasn’t recording them. Finding covers that worked for the lens and not just the light was a pain because I apparently everyone is doing the opposite thing with these that I wanted to. Also, I wanted to make sure that the lens cover could be removed because I wanted to be able to retain the ability to make hands free first person videos (in places without other people). It’s also super helpful for making footage of things that require you to use both hands.

I hope any future smart glasses (because there’s no way this product is going to go away) don’t just indicate when they are recording, but they make it obvious to others when they’re in a state that they cannot be recording (video at least). A built in lens cover solves that. If I was to buy another pair of smart glasses (which I currently have no plans to do), it would be an absolute requirement that people around me understand that I’m not making video of them, doxxing them, or in any way using an image of them.