Bet.

“Its” has been deprecated.

“It’s” follows the rule for contractions with words ending in “s” (is, has) as well as the apostrophe-s rule for possessive forms. As you have demonstrated, the distinction is obvious in context; there is no significant opportunity for confusion.

Keeping the old form does nothing for society other than to inflate the egos of authoritarian English teachers, provide an opportunity for pedantry, confuse spell checkers, and introduce an unneeded exception to the possessive form. Nothing of value is lost by eliminating the old word.

So, “It’s” is a homonym: two words spelled and pronounced the same, but carrying different meanings.

The pathetically ginormous “trucks”

Are due to absurd incentives in NHTSA standards, which tighten economy and emission standards more on smaller cars than larger ones. Rather than try to reach the implausible requirements set on small cars, they just lengthen and widen them until the are large enough to qualify for a looser standard.

Correct the perverse incentives, and cars will get smaller again.

Yeah, but you’d fuck Jar Jar, so…

Hybrid hard drive. Basically, a hard drive with a large solid state cache.

Actual shipping would vary depending on location, but sellers are padding the shipping charge so they can display a lower unit price.

There’s a little to be said for it, sure.

I use nearlyfreespeech.net for personal hosting. They charge me about 10 cents a day.

Not really needed with dynamic DNS able to point back to a web server on your own network.

The NRA supported California’s Mulford Act, which prohibited open carry of loaded weapons in public. This act was in response to the Black Panthers choosing to carry guns to deter abusive cops.

The NRA isn’t a gun rights organization. They are just Republicans.

Need to add shipping charges to the price…

Ah. Thanks for clarifying.

I must confess, I see no noteworthy comparison. I question their commitment and resolve.

The problem is that they aren’t buying mega yachts. Buying a mega yacht would put ship builders to work.

Instead, they are buying the factories where the workers labor. The are buying the mortgages the workers are paying, the car loans the workers are paying. They are using their money to buy up income-generating financial assets, and spending less than you or I do on actual products and services.

Replace “mega yacht” with “registered security”, and we have created a functioning economy.

What part of that is remotely comparable to the car dealership and gas station in Kenosha?

Their actions are effective at getting legislative action against protests and impeding travel. Their effects on stopping oil, however, have been somewhere between “completely ineffective” and “counterproductive”.

The reason people have a hard time believing their actions are effective is because their actions are not at all effective.

Their actions are damaging the cause. They are making it harder for environmental activism to be taken seriously. Now, actual activism has to fight not just the oil industry, but also everyone that JSO has pissed off.

Suspended sentence. She only spends 4 months in jail if she breaks the law again.

Well, no repercussions from the government. But the government is not the only entity capable of creating repercussions.

I heard about a car dealership and gas stations being lit on fire by protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. When did JSO protesters do something similar?

I’m not sure how you managed to misunderstand, but by disruptions I was referring to precisely the kind of disruptions of the lives of ordinary people that - and I’m sure we can at least agree on this - they have quite successfully caused.

I agree, they’ve done a bangup job bringing attention to the ongoing fight against jaywalking.

Against oil, not so much.