FWIW, Gretchen Whitmer's second husband, "dentist Marc P. Mallory, [is] a Republican voter who identifies as fiscally conservative but socially liberal." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretc… (View Post)

Speaking of null pointers: There are a couple of First Tech offices near me -- and I sometimes see a car parked in front of one of them, with this vanity license plate: NILPTR. https://www.firsttechf… (View Post)

FWIW, lithium prices appear to have fallen sharply over the last year: https://www.dailymetalprice.com/metalpricecharts.php?c=li&u=kg&d=240#google_vignette (That's from just a quick google lo… (View Post)

Related to the topic: People have begun to call J. D. Vance a "shapeshifter". It's not a compliment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapeshifting (Those looking for a modern fictional descri… (View Post)

On topic; There's another disadvantage to blind oppositionalism: It can allow you to be manipulated by others. I don't doubt, for example, that some in the permanent government used it at least a few… (View Post)