Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

@senficon Maybe not you specifically, but it does seem like a lot of modern journalism is just reporting on articles from other journalists in other outlets. LLMs could do that just fine.

@chrishudsonjr Is that a news story or a prompt for a game jam?

@freemo As I understand it, that's not correct. The bill in the senate only had about half the support of the GOP, not the full support, and that was because the majority worked with the minority to find a compromise, not because the GOP members randomly chose to be magnanimous.

In the House, however, we have jackass McCarthy running things, and he doesn't even seem to know what the word "compromise" means. So of course Dems aren't going to vote for a bill when they've had no input into its creation. That's not their fault; that's them doing their jobs.

@georgetakei Or they could just reach across the aisle for compromise, robbing those individuals of their power.

But that's just silly, right?

@freemo The Dem-majority Senate managed to pass a major bipartisan bill.

So, yes, in comparison at least, the failure of the GOP-majority House to find a workable compromise falls on its leadership.

@freemo Presumably a site like fiverr would be ideal for that.

@timo21 @marcelias Agreed, and that's why they need the leeway. Laws are written in a vacuum. If they're applied to the letter, without consideration for circumstance, they'll almost always end up being used unjustly.

Even refusing to enforce pot laws can save lives (by not sending an otherwise upstanding citizen to con college).

And elections are how we judge cops for the use of that leeway.

@timo21 @marcelias And if the community doesn't like that, they're free to elect a new sheriff next cycle.

@timo21 @marcelias Stanislav Petrov also put his own views above the very important rules dictated by his community. But I think it's safe to say we're all better off for it.

Police shouldn't be able to invent new laws to enforce, but I certainly don't mind them having the prerogative to choose not to enforce an unjust law.

@brody Dark, but funny.

@timo21 @marcelias In my city, the Sheriff chose to stop booking people for marijuana before the city council.

Do you believe he was in the wrong?

@marcelias Is this really so different from sanctuary cities or localities that have chosen not to enforce marijuana possession laws?

@freemo Right, I don't think ignorance of the law would help you if you acted in bad faith. But I think it might if you acted in good faith, like a little bonus.

@freemo Well, but they're connected. If you're ignorant of the law, then you're not inherently intending to break it.