What, you don't want .sucks and .rocks and .store and .baboon and .hummus and.....?

User choice is great and all but it comes at a cost. They could be using the engineering power and time to work more on steamos

If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because if you only read fantasy and then you start to write fantasy, all you're going to do is recycle the same old stuff and move it around a bit.

Terry Pratchett

Definitely. When you are in their position you have that hopelessness in the comfort of your private spaces but do your best to drum up fire and fight publicly.

All the ISPs I've used block the relevant ports.

I've not heard of that before. That's insane.

Should we just admit that the rise of the far right is just a symptom of a long unaddressed mental health crisis in the US, and certain people exploiting that for their own gain, or is it too soon for that?

100%. The sickness of the system comes from inequalities and gutted education. Thanks, Reagan!