Kirk

This was pretty clear in 2016, glaringly obvious in 2021, and Trump himself explicitly said being a dictator on day one was a goal in 2024.

But I'm sure another think piece won't hurt!

That did not happen

There's a part of me that pities Charlie Kirk. He dedicated, and gave, his life to a movement that could never care about him.

My pleasure! It kind of reminds me of Snow Crash in that it's really fun and adventurous but also made me think deep thoughts.

It's primary use is to help scared people live within their delusions and avoid facing reality. Be it advertising or propaganda.

I've heard Fascism described primarily as an aesthetic that everything else within it, including reality, flows from. GenAI makes it a lot easier to apply the aesthetic to whatever uncomfortable reality a scared lonely person may desire.

Cory Doctorow has a novel "Walkaway" which is basically "what if society but FOSS". It's really good!

Libelec (kodi) is fine if only playing local media but its use for anything else except realdebrid is extremely lacking. On the plus side it will run great on an Rpi5 and if you go that route you can probably even use your TV remote because Libelec has excellent CEC support.

Jellyfin/Plex is something your TV also probably has an app for, so you wouldn't even need a media center, just a media server.

Plasma Bigscreen is making slow gains, but in a couple of years will probably be the definitive Linux media center PC.

Also a bit unconventional, but Bazzite can load directly into Steam's big picture mode. From there you could set shortcuts for Jellyfin or Plex HTPC.

They seem to be working on uh, syncing all the sync features. There have been some updates recently.

My understanding is that it wasn't so much his "choice in tools" it was privacy concerns surrounding that choice.

I think CWA is the one to watch. It's progress has been slower but steady.

Crazy. It had a meteoric rise.

I guess CWA is the one to use now. In a way I'm glad the space will have only a single major player.

Ah cool, I'm not surprised. The Skyrim modding community is insane.