It used to be consistent for years post-9/11. Rules were enforced more or less consistently. Especially the liquids rules. Some variations but not to the degree that it is at today. This chaos is only the past few years.

Strongly suspect it has nothing to do with security and everything to do with the system breaking down due to abysmal leadership.

Also probably the paid extortion programs like CLEAR which have separate relaxed rules standards for people who pay the extortion fee.

I bet that felt great! And I bet that Sandy really appreciated your care and attention. She’s beautiful. Have a good summer, Sandy!

Known troll trolling again.

That is a great perspective. If it could prevent hijacking and original design ownership exclusivity that would be excellent. Good luck!

Yeah, I agree with your take. I can see why people are annoyed with the eggs and dragons cluttering the shops.

But that being said— Most of the models I’ve seen are ones you can pay the creator for a license to print and sell it for a profit. It’s pretty easy to find that kind of deal and the contract is explicit in their listing. So, the original designers will be losing business too since they bank off of making cute model files and collect passive income from people who want to print and sell the item.

Considering how much crap is on Etsy, maybe I’m missing something, but I am not sure why the crack down now—and on 3D prints of all things.

I actually think 3D printers at home will end up replacing a lot of things that used to be shipped from China. I’m already seeing the edges of this but time will tell if that trend keeps going that way. But I 3D print so, I notice functional things I can make all the time.

I think you make a good point—I wonder what site they’ll jump to?

They’re still allowing 3D printed items if the person selling is the origin of the model. At least that’s what I gathered from the article.

Agree! And to add for OP I’m sure the Fire Marshall would love to hear about how people can’t get in or out of the building. Fire Marshall is probably the fastest option for everyone’s safety.

Good for you OP for keeping your community safe !

The best summation of this was done in a speech by Kurt Vonnegut, Why my dog is not a humanist.

The full speech explains what you are going after.

In 1998, who could have predicted that in 2025, users would be the lords of porn pop-ups?

Forcing the Eye of Microsoft to gaze my mommy milker daddy dwarf bangers is truly the quintessential example of that which is nameless in the Tao.

Oh I see I see it’s the stump has sprouts and they will maybe grow? That’s fantastic news! I wish the tree well. It’s probably wondering what the f happened. Hadrian’s wall is a cool place to set down roots. I hope the tree is stubborn as hell and can start a new life.

They were grown ass men. Why the hell would they kill a living being like that? Trees talk to each other and they live well beyond our human years. The local area belongs more to the tree than any individual man—they’ll be here for centuries beyond us if they are lucky.

People don’t respect trees as much as they do animals and I do think that’s wrong. We should be very mindful of how we treat trees. I think we arrogantly underestimate plant life.

I’m sure some dwarves would call me a dirty elf for my feelings on this but chopping down trees like this for no reason is painful. I hope they get everything they deserve.

It’s kind of insane right? I have more education and should be better off but…I’ll be honest my quality of life as a college student during the Great Recession was scary but it was higher quality of life than I have now. I don’t even have kids.

I never worried about whether there would be food in the stores. I’ve been worrying about the supply chain for 5 years now. It’s not that I can’t afford the food it’s that the food isn’t nearly the same quality. Most of the food we are getting here goes rotten extremely quickly. Herbs are bad in the stores. Tomatoes are bland and bruised. It keeps getting worse.

Rent is softening in my city. I’ve been watching the market. I’ve also been going to open houses and negotiating with the agents on rent to see what they’ll say and where they stand. Tons of houses in my area sitting for 30 days plus. My soft estimate is a lot of the rentals near me don’t get that it’s not 2023 anymore and they’re roughly 15%-20% overpriced. Many are lowering their prices 4.5% every 2-3 weeks until someone rents.

Also seeing overly hopeful pricing for sale too. Lots of 10k-20k price cuts. Some cutting 100k when they sit a bit. The average days on the market was 45 days in Q4 2024 (if my memory is correct). Which isn’t abnormal but the days sitting is trending up — houses starting to sit longer.

We are about to hit the height of the rental market and selling season. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people have to price their rental below their mortgage if they are renting a house they overpaid for in 2023.

Not really good news if you’re holding real estate in America. Could be good if you’re in an area that might get a rental correction. We’ll see. Doesn’t help the inventory crisis. Still need more housing.

PugJesus deserves their own statue at this point.

Morrowind was my first Elderscrolls game. I loved morrowind and I would buy an remaster of it.

Oblivion came out when I was an adult. I sunk thousands of hours into it when it came out. It was my favorite game by far at that time.

Skyrim I didn’t enjoy. It was fine, I guess. But by the time Skyrim came around I started to see Bethesda change. Fallout 4 and then Fallout 76 sealed the deal for me turning from a Bethesda fanboy to a hater.

Overall, I do not believe Bethesda will ever put out another new original game that is polished or quality. Bethesda rips off their biggest supporters and lies to their customers.

That being said. I’m very happy with this remake. Because it’s been 20 years since I first played, I genuinely only remember a few strong moments. All the minor quests and even the main story I barely remember the details of. So, it’s nice to revisit the game as a more mature adult. I think they did a fantastic job keeping the feel the same but it looks great considering.

Can’t run it on my LegionGo that’s my only complaint. I’m happy with having bought the remastered version of Oblivion because I’m sure as hell never buying a new original game from Bethesda ever again. Not unless they do an about face.

who is the president again?

OR MORE specifically the non-lawyers writing bar exam questions with AI.

Katie Moran, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law who specializes in bar exam preparation, told the newspaper, “It’s a staggering admission.”

“The State Bar has admitted they employed a company to have a non-lawyer use AI to draft questions that were given on the actual bar exam,” she said. “They then paid that same company to assess and ultimately approve of the questions on the exam, including the questions the company authored.”

Non lawyers writing questions for a competency exam for lawyers with zero oversight by anyone in the profession?

As a lawyer—this is bullshit.

You’re a genius. I’m on it.

Always split the cache up. Some behind a fireplace suspended from a rope anchored in your attic. Some behind baseboard that isn’t nailed down. Some in the toilet tank. Don’t waste it all on the backyard.

Yeah very likely. But the parties have changed spirit without changing name a few times over. Something will break. Change is inevitable. Might not be humanistic change. We can do what we can in our own ways to protect and guard humanism and decency in our immediate communities. It’s probably not enough. But nothing can last forever, even this darkness. So, we can become part of their inevitable failure. Even if it is only a small part.

There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

Interesting. If I didn’t know better—this Judas sect sounds like it could be a Taoist offshoot! Similar philosophy about the world giving body to both “bad” and “good” and sometimes “bad” can make “good” come to fruition.

Neat I’ll look up more about them thanks.