After a lot of work and a small break, I finally hit 190 pounds on the bench press.

Getting closer to 200!

What "open borders" means to various people:

Libertarians: Full freedom of movement between all countries

Conservatives: Literally anything other than full militarization of society and the border

Liberals: Not sure, but must be better than whatever we have now

— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) June 28, 2019

Ok, that’s devastatingly accurate. For liberals, open borders is an aspirational belief, kind of like professing to believe in “love” or “truth.” It doesn’t mean anything, carries no consequences or benefits, and has no actions associated with it. There is no accounting for the huge societal transition this would cause, or that it’d most likely eliminate most welfare and social services in the US.

It’d kind of like a kid believing in Santa Claus. It sounds great: presents, cookies, no responsibilities, stuff just magically shows up, all is well.

How would open borders work, exactly? I don’t trust people with no plan. And hope combined with Christmas is not a plan.

Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: “The books will stop working”.

Huh! Another thing many, many people told me “could never happen” happened. Shocking! Ok, utterly predictable, really but apparently shocking to many.