Indeed it is! It also comes up under autism too... the way these two diagnoses intersect is evolving in real time.

It also applies to chores and overcoming the dreaded "wall of awful". It's called "parallel work" or "body doubling."

I know this is a media piece and I believe the staffers are “shocked” about as much as comatose sloth

Denial notwithstanding, the real story here is the "Aides Confessed" part. For a mob that practically worships an authoritarian paternal figure, admitting any weakness is a huge deal. It suggests that it's way worse than all that, and that the cracks in this scheme are showing.

the GOP will continue to prop him up and use him as a puppet.

Oh, they're gonna do that even after he's dead for as long as they can get away with it.

"Swedenmark" would also work.

No worries. I'll delete it.

Also, a bunch of Wrights too: Cartwright, Wainwright, Shipwright, Wheelright, etc.

Then there's just plain occupational names: Miller, Farmer, Thatcher, and so on.

Had this tradition continued, the information age would have given us: Chipwright, Cloudwright, Videosmith, Hacksmith, Coder, Tester, Gamer, Printer, and probably a ton more.

As someone who self-identifies almost the same exact way: yes, shit's way beyond infuriating.

Like I’ve spent 30 YEARS thinking of how to fix this busted system

The only conclusion I routinely come to is that this whole place operates like one gigantic work camp, and (in a way) we're still in the colonial era, built on top of centuries of extractive capitalism. We've made some progress by eliminating slavery, but the actual colonialism part has concluded within the continental US; it's still happening elsewhere. The suffering doesn't stop until we dramatically curtail incentives for exploitation of all forms.

There's a bunch of ways that could take shape, but as you suggest, they all require a change in attitude to pull off.

Fair. I keep forgetting about that loophole.

Ugh. Prosperity Gospel. I can't even begin to describe how much I loathe this concept.

I'm no theologian, but I see this as a perversion of the Protestant Work Ethic. The optics are the same, but the cause-and-effect are swapped in order to whitewash (bible-wash?) greedy behavior.

I think it's for safety. A bucket seat is less mass under your ass in a crash.

20 years? More like somewhere between 30 to 40 if we count early WWW and the Gopher+Usenet that came before it. The GPL isn't quite that old, but the spirit behind it sure is. If we count early home-computer clubs back in the 70's (like the one that birthed the original Apple) or the ham-radio crowd that came before it, we can push into 50+ year territory, easy.

I hadn't considered AI being a paywall around the whole WWW but now that you mention it, it kind of looks that way. I've opined elsewhere that social media companies (e.g. Facebook) are building walled-gardens to keep eyeballs and attention-spans locked on their brand of reality. This would just be another avenue of attack in that strategy.

I totally get it, but the moment OP decides to get adventurous by attempting to solve the three-body problem on bed made with that, they might get more adventure than they bargained for. Plus, people flop onto and jump on beds all the time, to say nothing of kids. Lastly, some people are just big, making for a situation that can exceed 500 lbs of dead weight (if you're not alone) that isn't evenly distributed. Personally, I wouldn't want the constant distraction of a potential structural failure (however remote) and would overbuild with solid materials just to be safe.

Even better: It'll return to the wetland that was there before it was developed. i find the idea that this prominent spot will likely be the first such pond in the district to sprout cattails and the like, somewhat poetic.

Edit: I also just realized that the "drain the swamp" crowd is now in a losing battle with said swamp.

I dunno. I trust MDF/particle board in compression, but not in suspension or tension. The horizontal bits may not be strong enough, and the backer would really need to be plywood to handle racking forces... which then relies on fasteners into more MDF. It also depends on the weight and (ahem) mileage the bed is going to see.

I bought a cheap articulated bedframe that came with "running lights" underneath, similar to this. At first I was skeptical. In practice, having a nightlight that illuminates just the bed's edge is unobtrusive and (surprisingly) exactly where you want light to avoid bashing toes and shins in the dark. Also, it only amounts to something like eight decent wattage warm LEDs; it's not even a whole strip. It doesn't take much.

IMO, this would look better too. Maybe as much as 50mm, but no further. Otherwise it might be tough to get the fitted sheet on/off.

Yup, the way this works for restaurant table servers is something like this:

A. Declare your tips and come in under the minimum wage. Employer pays the difference.

B. Don't declare your tips, and employer pays minimum wage. Employer (and potentially IRS) also calls bullshit on this.

C. Employer looks the other way on B.

D. Employer is a freaking unicorn and pays a livable wage.

Most of the time, the only viable answer is A, but never declare all your tips. That and you make sure that nobody spots you doing this.

did they actually fuck it up from sheer incompetence?

Fucking things up with sheer incompetence has been a hallmark of this entire administration. At this point, I'd be astonished if it was just a run-of-the-mill accident.

Whoa. I got the other neruodivergent thing where recalling to eat on time is a battle. I had no idea that swung the other way for some folks.