It’s not like they have to work very hard at it at this point.

You got me there.

Saudi Arabia & murdering journalists.

Name a more iconic duo.

Jellyfin, Immich, and Paperless-ngx are three of the apps I use the most but you do whatever works best for you. That’s half the advantage of self hosting. You can have a solution that’s custom tailored to your needs.

Considering they’ve been murdering Palestinians en masse and the Trump Administration has been perfectly fine with that, I’m sure the Israelis have a pass to do whatever they want. Explicit or not.

This may be an unpopular opinion but I think approaching it from the false dichotomy of either “police bad” or “police good” doesn’t help facilitate meaningful change. As with many issues, it’s more complicated than that.

There are lots of good people who work as police officers because they want to be good public servants. Police forces are also necessary in some regard because there is a need for physical enforcement of the law at times.

At the same time, there are many systemic issues with policing. Starting with the fact that the police routinely end up being the “catch-all” department, expected to solve a ton of problems that they are just not equipped to solve. Additionally, it’s a profession that has a perception of authority and therefore it attracts people who have no business wielding any kind of authority whatsoever; like moths to a lamp.

The biggest issue of all is that the power structure is built up in a way that often shields bad actors from justice. Not always, but often.

Some asshole who intentionally shoots a reporter on-air, in front of God and everybody, is someone who has no busines being a police officer or being allowed to ever touch a firearm again. Unfortunately, I doubt that asshole will face any serious consequences.

That should be a qualifier rather than a disqualifier. Who gives a shit if someone feels more feels than someone else? How they act is what matters. For instance, when my wife was breast feeding, the let down would fill her with overwhelming feelings of rage. Yet I never once saw her snap at anyone because of it, which to me showed a tremendous amount of restraint. Way more restraint than two grown ass men having a teenage girl level social media slap fight.

Earlier today my wife sent me a link to an article about the Trump/Elon drama and compared it to our teenager’s high school bullshit level feuds.

Pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Pence showed that he was disloyal by not declaring Cheetolini the winner. Disloyalty is the worst possible crime in Trump land.

Kind of ironic since most of the people in that sphere of influence are lying shit bags whose loyalty only extends as far as it advances their own selfish interests. They just pretend to worship Trump because it’s convenient at the moment and he lacks the awareness to see that.

The Gospel According to Luke

18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery. You shall not murder. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. Honor your father and mother.’ ” 21 He replied, “I have kept all these since my youth.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 23 But when he heard this, he became sad, for he was very rich. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

That really sucks. The generic defect is brutal. I’ve known people who have had it. It can cause cancer that just keeps coming back over and over. Treatment is just stalling the inevitable.