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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Yeah, C had two major innovations: it was symmetrically functional, and it was symmetrically functional. Everybody knows about how A was kinda a pain because you’d try to plug it in upside down a lot, but A also was unidirectional. You never see male A to male A cables despite A being so common, meanwhile C to C is the default C cable, even things that would have used an integrated cord often just slap a port on instead







  • For people unaware, the inhabited US territories except for American Samoa are like states, except the federal government has more power to override their decisions and they don’t get a say in the federal government. They still have the same federal government, and I believe they have non voting legislators who are able to speak on their behalf but can’t vote (as does DC)

    However their people are full US citizens, just as much as those born in the 50 states. This means that if I, a white English speaker from the contiguous 48, were to move to Puerto Rico I’d be more than permitted, but would lose my say in the federal government until I moved back. The inverse is also true and Puerto Ricans who move to a state get to vote in federal elections.

    All that said, Puerto Rico should be given the option for statehood or independence. They’re more populous than several states (the problem with the pacific territories is they’re each tiny and some states we have don’t have the population to justify the same number of senators as California).



  • The halftime show has always been an opportunity for a major musical act to send whatever message they can fit in to a huge portion of America.

    But yes, the game itself is destroying the bodies and minds of players and hopeful players (of whom the most committed tend to be poor and racialized). It’s not nearly enough better than boxing. I don’t really care for any sports, but baseball and basketball seem to be the least horrible (basketball has the ncaa issues though, and really needs a minor league instead). Soccer/football is also good except for heading the ball too much can result in inventing Posadism.