This guy fascists.

Well, this feels a lot like Hungary.

I’m going to need more soup please.

Or it’s just him doing this shit he’s done for decades. Make everything transactional.

He appointments are basically a) people that have given him a lot of money or favors, or b) court jesters that have entertained him.

At least Thune is someone that doesn’t believe Trump’s big lie.

I’m mostly curious about how we want to deal with his “enemies” that he was to drag into criminal and civil court.

I see the right has found another culture war issue to distract voters from the fact that they’re getting fucked by the billionaire class.

Nobel laureate right here.

Have you thought about upgrading to an aftermarket stereo or a one of those CarPlay / aa units that connects to your car’s existing auto inputs? I had CarPlay in a 2001 Subaru.

Exactly. These systems have been around for a decade and my new phone still works on an old Alpine CarPlay head unit from 2014.

Base alpine software may feel dated, but once the phone is in, I get the modern version of all my mapping, listening, and communication software.

Projection systems rock. I was an early adopter and I refuse to go back. Docking a phone on an air vent is janky.

Yeah, but most manufacturers support CarPlay and Android Auto these days. Your car’s dashboard experience inherits whatever your phone’s OS projection system sends.

My old car’s onboard infotainment may be a decade behind, but when I plug my phone in, it’s 2024.

After rolling to CarPlay and Android auto for a while, I’d rather not use a tiny handheld UI when I drive. iOS and Android’s auto UIs have bigger buttons and are more glanceable. If I’m using a screen while driving, I’d rather the screen that was designed for peripheral vision and less precise button targeting.

I’m sure Trump and his new auto industry advisor, Elon Musk, will get right on that. 😔

Instance domain name checks out.

Maybe I’m naïve, but I’m hoping their overreach is so bad that the pendulum aggressively swings back in the other direction.

Yeah, they gave him about $2b for some stock / equity in Twitter / X.

He spent a lot more than that. Twitter was $44B.

Oof. I can’t imagine how devastating it would be to lose a down payment. Many people, especially first time home buyers, are throwing every spare bit of savings, and need to borrow money from friends and family, for that payment.

That’s it?

Going into debt is totally fine with the GOP as long as it’s going into debt to make the rich richer.