Would just double their sales when everyone buys new ones.

This is such an optimistic take. I am very concerned they will spend the next 4 years making sure whatever election we have next is more similar to a Russian “election”.

Screen record and post it on mastodon or even Bluesky.

I am so glad someone else has noticed this too. Typing a search term in safari is the most frustrating experience ever.

With consequences few and far between 😞

This, plus bsky seems to have a more active sports culture compared to mastodon so, although I’ve been in mastodon for a couple years, I’m already kind of enjoying bsky more.

Caveat: I’ve literally only been on bsky for less than a week so the activity over there could absolutely be temporary, we’ll see.

Oh what kind of car? I’d love for this style to come back for a bit.

They could’ve theoretically played it that way, but they didn’t. They said they got the request and approved it.

They did know beforehand, an AP article said as much:

“Upon learning of the former president’s request, we approached it through the lens of one of our core values: we open our doors to everyone,” the company said. “McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next president. We are not red or blue – we are golden.”

I hate that this is true.

Yeah but repairs don’t get taken care of by a landlord. When you buy a home, you have even less monthly funds available for mortgage because you also need to be saving a little for the big repair things that come up.

Renting allows those repair expenses to be handled by the landlord rather than the tenant. Renting is not inherently a worse decision than buying, there are pros and cons to both.

No it’s more like:

Go to trial = no plea deal at all = risking harsher sentence OR you know you can prove your innocence

Guilty plea = accepting full responsibility for the crime and accepting the prosecutions deal of (usually) a lesser sentence to skip the trial and go straight to punishment.

Alford plea = same as above but maintaining that you are innocent of the charges but cannot prove that against the prosecutions evidence.

As others have stated, an Alford plea often has to be approved or accepted by the judge or prosecutors so it’s not always an option for everyone.

Ur dumb.

There are other avenues that can be taken in a democracy between now and the next election. Ranked choice voting would be great.

How would a trump win help the genocide happening in Gaza??

They take an Alford plea to avoid a harsher sentence that could come at trial and/or they’re 1000% sure they’re innocent but can’t prove it (yet).

When a person enters an Alford plea, they maintain their innocence but acknowledge that the prosecution has enough evidence to likely convict them if the case went to trial. In contrast, a guilty plea is an outright admission of guilt.

An Alford plea allows a defendant to avoid the risk of a harsher sentence at trial while not admitting to the crime itself.

In essence, an Alford plea is about accepting the legal consequences without admitting personal guilt.

Not at the expense of democracy, at least I hope. There is no other option this year.

Well it’s a cult, so I doubt any kickback was promised.

Yeah I’m sure I’m not the norm but I’m actually shocked when I see companies advertising their talent’s twitter accounts on tv broadcasts. I truly can’t believe that site is still mainstream after everything that’s happened.

Idk then I look over and see trump as a presidential candidate and ugh… I guess I’m just still not comfortable/accepting of how far off the rails things have gone 🙁

I will gladly trade my SUV in for a gently used M1