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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • Also, the lottery is a tax on those who don’t understand (or are willing to learn) about statistics. Never play.

    I bought a ticket this time around, and I understand statistics. I understand that my odds of winning are infinitely better with one ticket than no tickets. But the difference between one ticket and more than one ticket is inconsequential. So one ticket it is.

    I also understand the odds of winning Powerball are about 1 in 300 million. So once the jackpot gets over 600m or so, the expected value is high enough to justify buying that one ticket.

    So, when I see the jackpot get big, I buy a ticket, and dont get my hopes up.


  • The process to get your first passport is quite a chore, because you need your original citizenship documents, like that birth certificate with the raised seal, or your original naturalization papers. If you don’t have that you need to go to whatever authority made out your documentation first and request it, which might take a while (and more ID).

    But once you have that, renewing it is much easier, because that expired passport can be still be accepted as proof of citizenship, even for some time after expiration. I’ve been able to renew mine online. I just have to fill out the form, send them a fresh picture, and pay the fee.


  • Pro Tip: for an extra $30, you can get a Passport Card in addition to your passport. It is only valid as a travel document for land and sea travel within North America, but has the same proof of citizenship as a passport book. Everyone who is in the wrong half of the “Peter Griffin in a Fez” scale should carry it on their person at all times.

    Yes, the ICE agent will say it’s fake, and confiscate it, but at least you can keep your passport book in a safe place for your family to bring to the detention center to try and get you out.



  • Sounds like an “international distributor” aired the episode, so it was already public, at least in whatever country it aired in. The only risk they took is perhaps getting their “international distribution” contract cancelled.

    If it aired publicly, and nobody involved in the distribution is involved in the “archiving”, there may be very little that can be done about it, short of sending the USS Trump to carpetbomb their country.



  • No, that’s not quite how it works:

    • the Presidential Succession act states that anyone in the line of succession must also be eligible to be President, otherwise they are skipped. There have been non-native-born Cabinet secretaries who were not in the line of succession for that reason.

    • there is no 30 day waiting period, although the act states that anyone who has to become President due to this must resign their current position in government before becoming President

    • that person would gain the title of “Acting President”. The act doesn’t really explain what the difference is between “President” and “Acting President”.

    • None of this matters because Donald Trump does whatever the fuck he wants, without consequences, somehow.