How the fuck is this country even still standing at this point with this chicanery and buffoonery at the reigns?

Basically because various parts of the government were pitted against each other, by design. Various organizations and levels of government have their own objectives, interests and resources and operate with varying amounts of independence and interdependence. It’s frankly messy and creates some inefficiency, but it’s sort of like biodiversity - a problem that impacts part of the government doesn’t impact all of it in the same way or at the same time, so it doesn’t completely collapse or grind to a halt.

I’m playing the remake on PS5. I think they did a pretty nice job with the graphics upgrade, and with the new tracks.

Crash Team Racing is the pinnacle of kart racing games. The driving is more skill-based than the leading brand name, and it doesn’t have shitty rubber-band AI.

Star Wars Episode 1 Racer is still great fun, easy to learn but hard to be good at.

Nothing compares to F-Zero GX. The abandonment of the franchise is a travesty, and should be considered abuse of the gaming community.

Bomber of Theseus

Looks like it’s in an animal care facility of some kind. My guess is that it had some crud in its fur that they couldn’t wash out easily, or maybe a pest infestation like lice.

Are you “into conspiracy theories” if you’re the one starting them?

California contributes the most to federal tax revenue but also receives the most federal funding (in total). California receives one of the lowest amounts of federal funding per capita ($5,155, ranking 42 of 50). California’s ratio of federal funding to income taxes paid is 0.43, which means that California received $0.43 in funding from the federal government for every $1 in tax revenue that it provided.

Overall, California is a donor state to the union.

In fact, of the 18 states which received more federal funding than they paid in federal taxes in 2021, 5 were Democrat-leaning while the other 13 were Republican (How Red or Blue is Your State?) - which is to say that welfare states are more likely to vote Republican. Four of the top 5 most Republican states take more than they give (Wyoming, North Dakota, Oklahoma and West Virginia), while 4 of the top 5 most Democratic states give more than they take (Massachusetts, Hawaii, Maryland, and California).

a foam extinguisher containing CO2, powder graphite, ABC dry chemical, or sodium carbonate

Huh? modern foam suppressants do not use dry chemicals or powders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighting_foam).

The Wikipedia article has this:

The original foam was a mixture of two powders and water produced in a foam generator. It was called chemical foam because of the chemical action to create it. In general, the powders used were sodium bicarbonate and aluminium sulfate, with small amounts of saponin or liquorice added to stabilise the bubbles. […] Chemical foam is a stable solution of small bubbles containing carbon dioxide with lower density than oil or water, and exhibits persistence for covering flat surfaces.

Which sounds like what your article is talking about, but nobody uses that anymore, it’s from 1904:

Chemical foam is considered obsolete today because of the many containers of powder required, even for small fires.

Was this article written by an LLM copying text from other sources? It’s basically just an ad for this company’s products. I wouldn’t trust this source for real-world firefighting information.

The purpose of the water is to cool the wreck and the area around it while the metal fire burns itself out, because waiting it out is the safest option for the firefighters.

Foam suppressant is appropriate for liquid fuel fires like oil. It is not appropriate for metal fires.

All forms of high-density energy storage are dangerous, regardless of who manufactures them.

Nonsense, the Saudis buy their military hardware from the US.

Wasn’t that a Dr. Strange movie?

Welcome to human society.

But… But… consider the lobster…

Hyper-reality

percussive maintenance, my favorite

You don’t pet your printer?

So, more reliable output then.

I’m not sure what I need an AI assistant for when I’m eating breakfast, but OK.