They see he’s half dead and want to finish the job?

That would be the stupidest move in the history of stupid political moves. Drop old-as-fuck candidate who beat Trump before, replace him with old-as-fuck candidate who lost to Trump.

I don’t see Harris energizing progressives. AOC would, but she’d have to overcome the apathy they have for the top of the ticket.

We are about to see, for the first time, Jinder unhindered.

The issue, in this case, is more about Crowdstrike’s broad usage than Microsoft’s. The update that crippled everything was to the Crowdstrike Falcon Sensor software, not to the OS.

Funnily enough, they had a similar issue with an update to the Linux version of the software a few months ago, that didn’t have these broad-reaching consequences largely due to the smaller Linux user base. Which means this is starting to look like a pattern, and there are going to need to be some serious process changes at Crowdstrike to prevent things like this in the future.

Anybody’s guess if those changes happen or not.

I think you’re understating the power of the Presidency here. For one thing, they have veto power over Congress.

For another, many laws are broad and give a lot of leeway for interpretation, which is why presidents can accomplish a lot by executive order. As long as the Supreme Court doesn’t step in anyway.

And third, don’t underestimate the power of the bully pulpit. Presidents are looked at as the leaders of their party, and often set the legislative agenda. If a president says they want something done, their party members in Congress will find a way to get it done.

Ah, OK. Fuck that then.

Vote. Vote like your life depends on it. It does.

Biden sucks, but he can at least be convinced to do the right thing sometimes (and even if he can’t, another election is four years away). Trump is a straight up fascist autocrat.

No, but I can read.

We absolutely should be talking about this story in the broader context of our society, including, yes, the election. I don’t know what conversations you’ve had with that user in the past, but the election and our leaders should absolutely be brought up here. They are the people with the power to fix things, after all.

This is not a story uniquely about them, is my point. This story could be about any employer in Anaheim, or in many parts of the country. This particular one just happens to be about Disney.

You would have us ignore the context this story exists in, which is perilous. Even if Disney doubled everybody’s salary overnight, that wouldn’t fix any of the issues that brought us to this point; there would still be millions of workers who can’t afford to live, just a few less. But that’s the mistake everybody makes - “Look at these awful people! Aren’t they awful?!” without looking at the broader issues that enrich awful people and encourage people to be awful.

If you truly want things to change, you should welcome this talk, not push back against it.

The Walt Disney Company is awful, true, but do not make the mistake of thinking they are uniquely awful. This is every company. This is the world we live in. The whole damn system is rotten to the core, and the people with the power to fix it either do nothing to do so or deliberately make it worse for their own benefit.