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For those uncertain, it means that suddenly Johnson isn't so sure he has the votes to pass his agenda, and now the Republican party will meet behind closed doors to negotiate or intimidate members try to bring the "rogue votes" to heel.

I predict more and more votes in both the House and Senate are going to go this way as the rats begin to flee the MAGA sinking ship. As ashamed as Democrats should be of their performance and platform last election, Trump and Congress (and DOGE) have already done some deeply unpopular things. And I think threatening social security might be the straw (or in this case, the thermonuclear device) that breaks the camel's back.

The swing voters and non-voters, surprise surprise, it seems voted in ignorance of MAGA's very clear plans to destroy as much of America's institutions as possible. Institutions relied upon disproportionately by the Republican base and the ignorant swing voters. In my humble opinion, main stream media and social media needs a lot of the blame here for sane-washing last election cycle.

Now we get to see if the DNC leadership sees this as a natural pendulum swing and sits back and continues to learn nothing, or if the growing discontent in the party will continue to gain steam and the leadership continues to get pressure to change.

Hopefully the progressive element in the party continues their momentum. Getting the DNC chair and Schumer's recent blowback are glimmers of hope.

Much as I would love a true progressive party, in the current system I think we have to settle for a democratic party acting as a coalition of anti-Republican/MAGA factions until we can fix our fptp voting system.

Donate when you can tho

From my perspective, F1 is supposed to be "The Pinnacle of Motorsports". Innovation, as long as it's safe and doesn't exclude the less rich competitors, should be encouraged and fostered.

Some of those things (like the fan car) make sense to ban, since they give an unfair advantage to companies with larger R&D budgets and expertise.

Others impact dirty air wash and seem like a good idea to ban to maintain racing safety.

But others, like the F duct and flexi-wing, just seem arbitrary? They seem like positive innovations with no major downsides for any team.

Then Helmut Marko is an idiot as well as a racist.

Yeah but 1gb/s by me is $80/mo minimum...

1 Ethernet port does not a router make.

Honest question: can someone explain why the flexing wing is something the FIA feels they need to "clampdown" on?

To me it seems like a cool innovation that 3, maybe 4 teams were already using to various degrees.

Does it mess up the air wash behind the cars or something?

Personally, I agree. I think it more likely he uses the threat of leaving to bludgeon the team into making some significant changes.

Devil's advocate for a moment- he has clashed with several of Horner's decisions fairly publicly, and has disliked the car for 2 seasons now. 2 seasons implies the engineers are struggling to find and fix the true underlying issues. That can be very disheartening. Oh, and Newey left, Max very much respected Newey's work and seems to trust him implicitly.

Or you can compost it! The worms in my vermiculture bin subsist on coffee grounds.

Ollama + OpenWebUI also can do this.

Just do Navidrome. It's better anyway in a multitude of ways.

I'm happy to chalk up Perez struggling to Red Bull struggling with the new regs. Max has been vocal about the car being nearly undrivable, and Marko's statements concur. Understeer at low speed and oversteer at high speed.