I think this is fairly reductive. I work in a related industry. Often it’s the best lawyers working for the shadier clients, for obvious reasons.

Yeah I don’t like auto upgrades. Everyone says it’s fine but that’s not my experience.

My stuff isn’t public facing so I’m not worried about 0-days

Exactly. Reporting on what Trump does rather than what he says does not require you to ignore nazi rhetoric.

You can report on the behaviour without breathlessly trotting out every sentence.

The actual story is that Trump is using nazi phrases to stoke furore, generate headlines, and galvanise his base. It’s so tiresome that it’s working so well.

That’s not what I said.

You can acknowledge the behaviour without reporting on every utterance (which is what he wants).

I think that’s exactly what’s happened with Trump, is that deviance has been defined down in the sense that there’s so much focus on, it’s almost like an overload of sorts. The result is, you just don’t see it — it’s almost like he’s kind of normalizing this on some level. Even as outrageous as he can be, it’s been very difficult, I think, for people to maintain a consistent vigilance and see the threat that he represents because it’s kind of overwhelming, really, in many respects.

Precisely why this article shouldn’t exist. This article is normalising the behaviour. Reporton what he does, not what he says.

I’m genuinely amazed at the calibre of people running the US. More so that aparently half the nation thinks its the best choice.

This is heresay and supposition but… I suspect the Columbian government is trying to figure out how to secure the value represented by the find, and the archaeological angle is one way to do that.

I don’t know anything about Columbia but I assume there’s some corrupt government officials there somewhere. Billions might not be a lot when talking about a country’s budget, but this isn’t part of their budget. Any gold that makes its way into someone’s pocket is fair game.

Again supposition but… I wonder whether Spain would have any claim on it if it wasn’t considered archaeologically significant.