Just some particularly poignant snippets

The motion passed 3-2 along party lines, though without the support of the community, as the meeting was attended by dozens of civilians who unanimously spoke in support of Lewis.

Francis called the comments “an embarrassment to me,” stating via WBRZ that Lewis “can’t talk like that” because “it’s way out of bounds to insult another public official.” Francis did not address the governor’s insult aimed at another public official.

Francis and the other Republicans also faced accusations of hypocrisy during the meeting. Foster Campbell, the other Democrat on the commission, noted that Francis once walked behind him with a sign that read “bullshit” while he was giving a speech during a PSC meeting. Both Campbell and Lewis recounted during the meeting that the Republican chosen to replace Lewis, Eric Skrmetta, is “the one commissioner who has had the most aggressive behavior at us all.”

I don’t think a reaction image has space for that kind of nuance. Pointing that out seems pointless

A lot of reddit’s most popular content is stuff like TrueOffMyChest from throwaway accounts. Robust privacy protection would result in more of those posts, and more traffic overall, but reddit doesn’t care about making the site work, they’ve dedicated themselves to milking the individual users for all they’re worth. It’s a bit like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Because look, now we’re all here, generating content on a competing platform

As with most bleeding edge technology, all the danger comes from capitalism, and not the technology itself.

In recent years, rightsholders have made several attempts to shut the site down. Court orders have led to LibGen being blocked in several countries, but completely eliminating the threat has been extremely difficult. This is partly because the identities of those running it remains unknown.

In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages. However, both shadow libraries remained online and continue to operate to this day.

The lawsuit was stalled for months because LibGen’s anonymous operators didn’t respond. With no other viable options left, the publishers filed a motion for a default judgment in their favor.

Keep it up, LibGen

If they can, I’m going to buy a whole bunch of vibrators that charge via USB

That’s what I’ve done. It’s the way to go. Got a TV from the panel manufacturer that’s so basic you can see light shining through the back when it’s on lol

Representative Dan Crenshaw stated in June that such bans are the “hill we will die on.”

You promise?

Those beliefs do trend among the same kind of people as crypto scams though