Folks should visit the UK and find out what a real CCTV society looks like.

"cheap labor" They make it sound like their space program is based on thousands of people with shovels.

Based on the state of education, students relying on AI, who we vote for, etc I'd say in a decade or so we'll be a nation of morons.

The US can't stand the thought that we'd have to treat another nation as an equal and not as a client state.

I have a hard time switching gears. It is a big problem with why I'm frequently late, I have a hard time tearing myself away from what I'm currently doing.

Yup, he has done more to drive the rest of the world away from the US than any other president.

The reflecting pool is an apt metaphor for the admin.

Congress really needs to put a limit on the president's ability to slap tariffs up every time he has a fit of spite.

I'd say the ear splitting noise from many trucks and cars today is enough to damage anyone's sanity in general.

Bananas have shown us the risk of a genetic monoculture.

Meanwhile is anyone wondering what all of these launches might be doing to the upper atmosphere?

So that pipeline passing through your property, or public land, will be solely for a private business and its profits vs any utility or public consumer consumption.

Blocks email? You need email and that has nothing to do with doomscrolling. Spam is pretty under control at this point. Scammers will directly call and text you so just having a phone is an issue. I also need mapping apps and I need my browser for things like banking and such.

I could see giving this phone to someone who can't control themselves online like romance scam victims.

According to a talk I attended by one of the GPS system designers you can jam GPS with a 9v battery.