For fuck's sake, this article is nothing but outrage bait. Wired has gone to shit.

It was invite only for too long, and then, suddenly, it was required for everything Google.

No, it's not.

https://www.marcumllp.com/insights/no-social-security-is-not-going-bankrupt

While the current expenditures predict, without any action, one of the funding sources for social security, the trust fund, will deplete in 2032, payroll taxes still exist.

Although the Trust Fund is projected to be depleted in 2033, Social Security will not be insolvent or bankrupt. Although it may not be able to pay 100% of the program’s cost, as it stands now, Social Security estimates it will be able to cover approximately 76% of the program’s cost due to employee and employer payroll taxes.

A simple fix -- remove the cap on the ssa taxable cap. Currently, only income under $160,200 (2023) is taxed for social security. Removing, or simply raising that cap opens up solvency for decades.

You kid, but this judge is right on the money.

The core problem though, is not that it's unconstitutional or not, but that, until recently, it's unconstitutional only in name. It's like that old saying, "If no one stops you, is it really illegal?"

Florida, and to a lesser extent Texas, have been pushing to see just how far they can go with wildly unconstitutional laws on the books before the rest of the country starts to push back.

Turns out: Really far. And even if the rest of us push back hard, they've proven that they can get away with some pretty egregious things while we aren't paying attention to their bullshit.

I rarely agree with or endorse or agree with violence. But the rise of the far-right shitbirds has really led me to believe that perhaps General Sherman really should've gone all the way to the sea.

If I learned anything from playing Civilzation, even when you win a neighoring city over to your side with culture or trade alone, they're always going to be a problem. It's better to just raze the whole damn thing to the ground and start over in the same spot.

edit: I also won't fall victim to the paradox of tolerance. Punching Nazis is a net good. Superman does it, after all.

Who owns the debt for federal student loans?

I'll wait while you learn the answer is, "Department of Education."

Is the Department of Education a predatory lender?

If they're trump supporters... they probably wouldn't be paying you anyway.

To paraphrase Clarence Darrow (not Mark Twain), I've never wished someone dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure.

Turtle has always been a douche canoe. It's fun to see them melt down.

Really, the best part about all this shit is Reddit could've implemented a paid 3rd party API that wasn't insane. They could've updated their terms of service and required 3rd party apps to display ads. Shit, they could've leveraged the existing OAuth stuff to limit the 3rd party API access to users with Reddit Gold.

But nah, spez decided to be a greedy shitbird.

If reddit employees start engaging in actual content moderation, reddit will run up against the DMCA's safe harbor protections, which means reddit becomes responsible, as a company, for all the content on the site. Or, at least, in those subreddits.

Ain't no way the legal team is going to let an employee do the actual moderation work. But you're right, they'll find someone who will do it for the power.

You're thinking of unidan. Gallowboob just sort of stepped away after getting a job doing whassawhahum mumblemumble.