Define “alive”. Seems like his brain was replaced with whatever the fuck Grok is.

This is a good point. Even worse! Weird anamorphic? pixel aspect ratios (or maybe pan-and-scan crops? or hopefully that’s just VHS). With a bonus of interlacing! “The horror!” I haven’t ripped a DVD in ages due to video quality issues.

That sounds interesting! I’ve been using AV1 more and more (thanks to SVT-AV1-PSY/-HDR and devs pushing improvements to main). Also enjoying FHD animated AVIF (vs ancient GIF, although gif.ski helps). AV1 video is not as soft as it once was; with synthetic film grain, and combined with OPUS audio, it’s all wonderful.

And decent resolution: DVD is forever stuck at tiny 480p MPEG. While Blu-ray is up to 4K HEVC.

Thank you. Considered alternatives many times, but mostly in primaries (because it only helps the worst people win in general).

I don’t think most people even understand what a primary is (and that we’re having them literally right now). Not happy with elected reps? Go vote, pick your team (90% don’t bother). Mail-in if disabled (any state). Check out candidates online. Lots of alts and progressives on primary ballots (on Dem side).

What a time to be alive a lawyer…

You don’t have feral horny alts? I mean me either, what a bunch of weirdos.

Not sure it would ever be enough.

Given that ‘college graduates’ seem to be the group least likely to be fooled by fascist propaganda and idiotic brocasts; Education takes time and commitment (and diplomas are expensive). While there’s an unlimited supply of ‘non-college’ voters who are… let’s say easily weaponized to billionaire’s causes.

Not to mention the latest generation seems the most hopeless and nihilistic of all, fueled by failed politics and supreme court (and social media garbage that causes brain damage).

The only hope I have left is that T****'s second term is such a terrible fucking nightmare that it produces an unbeatable progressive, populist left-wing that steamrolls the Democratic primaries. (lol, lmao even. RIP America.)

Funny how the Russian and Republican playbook overlap so completely.

I wish the left-leaning and progressive parties around the world would learn from each other even half as well as all these emboldened fascists. But control of media and propaganda is much more potent than governing and policy, I suppose.

Also for a sense of perspective, Twitter is owned by a Trump salesman that lies about everything (including user numbers that affect ad revenue). I’ve seen Bluesky users mention that actual engagement with real people is already higher than Twitter. It definitely feels more “alive” to me as well.