Ah dang, I forgot it was still needed during signup.

Signal can do messaging and calling over wifi and can be set up with just a username.

This same fungal infection causes the males to have sex until their butts fall off, so I’m pretty sure some humans would seek it out.

So what you’ve demonstrated is that a fraction of less than 1 percent of voters registering in a few states MAY be non-citizens, a number so small it’s barely a rounding error, and that of that small number of people it seems we catch most of them long before they vote. I do not understand why this issue seems worth the effort you’re putting into it.

I’ll concede then that it does and has happened. However, I still think you’re going too far by claiming there’s no consequences while literally linking to attempted convictions.

I’m not the person you responded to and I’ve moved no goalposts. I’m pointing out that you’re misrepresenting reality to make your point. I’m in a state (Georgia) that gives you the option to register to vote when getting or renewing your license. On the form it is simply a checkbox. This seems like a clearly abusable system if you do as you have, which is to look at the surface level of the situation and cry foul, but the underlying reality is different.

In order to get my license I was required to provide documentation of my citizenship (in my case an original birth certificate) as well as evidence of my current address (in my case a utility bill). This underlying evidence is what is used to control my voter registration and prove I’m eligible to vote. Car registration is supposed to be tied to your home address and is handled by parts of the local government that share information, so being given an option to update an address for voting purposes when updating registration makes sense to me. I am not aware of if that is possible on my state. While I do not personally have experience with obtaining a license while not being a citizen and resident of my state, I know that whatever process exists for that doesn’t also allow you to register to vote.

If you’d like one I’ll give you a goalpost. Prove me wrong and show me a single state where a non-citizen can register to vote, go to a polling place and vote, and then have that vote counted.

You’re making it out like states that don’t require a photo ID at the time of filling in a ballot have zero checks on the identity of a voter. I only looked at a few, notably California since you have brought it up, and that is not the case. The identity verification happens during registration and then again under certain conditions.

Even if an undocumented person went to vote in California they’d have to use a provisional ballot and that would of course be checked and rejected.

I’ve used my location history to remember names of places I went to over a year ago, addresses I was given and expected to write down but forgot, confirm for myself I actually went and did something that I couldn’t recall fully…

It’s great for someone with a shite memory.

You might be interested in https://linkstack.org/

I can’t cite a source but I read once that the lawyers got involved and said Microsoft/Windows/some other term they have legal control of had to be the first word.

Yeah the main lesson I’ve taken away from the last decade of cryptocurrency instability, NFTs, and things like algorithmically generated judicial sentencing guidelines that perpetuated the existing racial biases while making them seem more legitimate because “the computer can’t be wrong” is that we should run our whole society with them.

I just read it all and don’t regret it. It was surprisingly wholesome.

I’m not in disagreement regarding moving away from disposable goods, especially plastic based ones. Just trying to point out the problem isn’t as cut and dry as you suggested. Straws are popular partly because they are more accessible so any solution that involves getting rid of them should take that need into account.

Straws are an accessibility need for some humans, not everyone is actually physically capable of drinking directly from a cup.

Regardless of my agreement with the content… This isn’t a meme, it’s just a gif of a video but worse.

Misunderstanding on my end then, I made some clearly unfair assumptions. I agree with you there and apologize for the mischaracterization.

You might want to turn that incredibly critical eye you’ve got for communism back in on capitalism, that’s all.

Out of curiosity, how do you think governments in large capitalist economies (such as the US) properly account for greed for power and keep it in check? Do you think they are doing a good job on that front?