Curious how it’ll perform in real world conditions. Sodium batteries are supposed to have much better charging times and don’t degrade the way lithium batteries do, both of which would be huge. Fingers crossed they live up to expectations.

(Also obligatory “expand and improve public transit damnit!”)

Mello’s the absolute GOAT. So stoked that he got on the soundtrack for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk.

10000%. At the end of the day the law is “whatever you can get away with,” and the people who make the laws can get away with a lot.

The McCarran International Security Act of 1950 is real, although the part referenced in the movie (that allows for the detention of people suspected of being security risks) was gutted the year this movie was released.

Much of it is still on the books though, and is used to harass left wing organizations. If memory serves, it’s the reason citizenship tests still ask if you’ve ever been part of a communist organization.

Saw this in a local theater a few months back. Definitely well worth the watch. According to Watkins, the actors were picked based off of their political beliefs and ad-libbed much of the dialogue. It’s much more slow and dialogue heavy than you might think with this sort of premise, but it has some incredible tension because of that. As one of those evil lefties myself, it was really interesting trying to figure out what political camps people were in and who I would’ve agreed with most.

Very good recommendation.

Never assume the courts are going to side with the workers. Not to be overly cynical but legal processes take lots of time and money even in the best cases, which corporations are going to have more of ten times out of ten. And that’s assuming the rulings will be fair.

Having this option isn’t bad, but the best, most consistent way to actually win victories is with strong, worker-led union campaigns with strong demands and escalating tactics that engage the workers and don’t back down in the face of union busting.

For the average user maybe, but for a client as big as Twitter they’re probably going to want to take a more hands-on/careful approach, so whatever’s in the contract would probably supersede their standard terms.