There was a media trope in the 80's/90's of the internet being a kind of drug in itself. Just hooking in was like being on coke. Glad we basically recreated that trope for the dumbest and richest guys on the planet.

Superbook reboot looking great.

Snuck in before they shut the proverbial door.

Now, now, not all of us were so privileged as to be able to play Sonic the Capitalist Hog of the Decadent West 2. Some of us were instead able to play a game loosely based on a cartoon which may or may not have been a light satire of the USSR.

Is Scott Adams going to accidentally bimbofy himself with ChatGPT?

Deeply ahistorical nonsense. Insofar as right-wing parties lose, its usually based off of holding deeply unpopular positions (anti-abortion, for example) alongside more popular ones, and not "competence" specifically. The bit about "taming" is even more egregious and has actual historical precedent.

Was thinking this was closer to WH40K's Last Stand at Isandlwana rework:

Perfunctory...

While removing the missiles in Turkey probably helped sweeten the deal, the CMC was winding down before then (and the original request was just a non-invasion pledge). Also worth noting that the CPSU effectively saw that as a massive, embarrassing failure and cited it as such when removing Khrushev.

Darkest Dungeon announcer voice:

This kind of media paranoia, pure ideology, bad vibes, manufactured consent... whatever you want to call it, drives political decision making more than people want to admit. There's a clear material disincentive here (losing your own voters), and there don't seem to be big donors involved, and yet:

Clearly not: