Before NetFlix steaming was officially available in Canada, Canadians who wanted to subscribe would use a mailing address to get a US credit card.

They wouldn't be able accept Canadian credit cards or to show Canadian ads.

Doing what a website is encouraging you to do? Sounds like a bot.

While people can and do read Facebook for a significant portion of the day, they can do that because it doesn't require the user's full continuous attention. They can watch TV or keep or eye on their kids at the same time.

This headset would require the users full attention while in use. I don't think people would be willing to do that. They are even have trouble convincing people to play games in VR where full attention is required anyway to play many games.

"Extreme left: Tax unrealized gains of ownership in companies."

I remember when the extreme left wanted to nationalize all large companies without compensation.

"What would the headlines be if BLM did an open carry protest in Texas?"

I understand the reason California has strong gun laws is because of Black Panther open carry protests in the 1970s.

I don't know why it is mysterious? A lot of left wing people quit Twitter because Musk and a lot of right wing people joined Twitter because of Musk.

Many more left wing people pledged to stay for now, but those drops where still a small fraction of those left wing account followers.

People can get just as viscous and hostile within fandoms as they do in politics. The problems aren't isolated to political topics.

Are saying Fox News is honest?

How do you explain why people now trust sources that are far more dishonest then the institutions they have rejected?

Paying for bots for Stan him on social media is the kind of thing a free speech absolutists would consider a legitimate activity.

He might be going for 50%.

Three stories later on Slashdot Earthworms Are Invasive - and Likely Hurting Insects - in Much of North America.

This doesn't explain why vaping is harder to quit then smoking.

Believing it to be less unhealthy means less pressure on yourself to quit, so they fail more often.