InfoSec expert by day. Author, playwright, and very tired father of two by night.
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Virginia has same day voter registration. If you find that your name has been purged from the voter registration rolls, you can vote on Tuesday by re-registering at that time. You will receive a provisional ballot but you will be able to vote.
@baldur It’s almost like it can’t be trusted to do anything useful and it’s just a toy that is slowly melting the planet…
The latest and greatest episode of the Host Unknown podcast is out, featuring only the sole founder (me) with a little bit of AI @ThomLangford and @sirjester https://hostunknownpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-206-the-sole-founder-episode
The fall of the Roman US Empire
When we touched the subject of the Fall of Rome in school, I always wondered why it really happened.
The explanation with the migration and the barbarians always "felt wrong". When I looked at the number of the people in those tribes, they didn't fit. When you look at the challenges Rome bested just a few centuries earlier, the Vandals, the Franks or the Goths seemed minuscule.
Also when I read Gibbons "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" it didn't get better and even all the explanations e.g. in modern articles never really explained it in a way that made me understand.
But now, thanks to the help of Trump, I believe I deep down understand.
Compared to electing Trump as president, the choice of Caligula to make his favorite horse Incitatus a Consul seems pretty reasonable. The the end, how much damage can a horse do? I am pretty sure that Trump will do more.
He should not stand the chance of snowflake in hell to achieve that position. Already the threat of him being elected shows there is something terribly wrong.
So my conclusion today is: effectively the Roman Empire committed suicide.
It stopped solving problems. The political leadership became increasingly dysfunctional. The society split apart, with few becoming unimaginably rich while the economy tanked and the majority remained poor.
The people with wealth to lose made sure, nobody with the will to change things became emperor (or lived very long if he did). They did that, even though they eradicated the foundation of their own wealth.
I hope historians and sociologists take good notes this time, so it easier to explain to future generations how that happened.
@neil It waxes and wanes based on the guests. I’m enjoying this series though.
Burn it all to the ground
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Courtesy Ian Carrillo (@iansociologo.bsky.social)
@jascha same with ‘smart’ stuff. I don’t want a smart washing machine or dryer.
@SwiftOnSecurity how do people not think he’s the establishment!?
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@hex @exocomics Thanks for the reminder I just preordered my copy.
@fringemagnet I’m so excited. I loved the first season.
Totally forgot Silo season 2 was coming this November. Really enjoyed season 1, curious to see where they take it next, and how closely to the books they will stick.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/14/24270184/silo-season-2-trailer
@billseitz I heard there were three, but I’d certainly read more.
You know what else doesn't have guardrails that allows you to write without censorship?
Writing it your fucking self, you lazy hacks.
