Welcome my son,

welcome, to the machine.

Where have you been?

It’s alright, we know where you’ve been.

Welcome to the Machine, Pink Floyd

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Discovery_Trail

huh. TIL.

This is promotion for a conspiracy theory site dressed up as a TIL.

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Profit.

I can’t wait to see the shareholder value.

Worse. Willing to bet this port came with infrastructure money and a guarantee that if the Peruvians don’t pay the Chinese seize the port, becoming de facto sovereign territory.

Never thought I’d spend as much on the wool socks I have… yet here I am.

For good reason. It’s basically a speed run of enshittification from day-one.

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

With AI generated crypto rewards

You are a king among men, thank you again for hosting this mate.

The Spanish Inquisition!

If your circumstances change, you can make a lateral move and invest the net profit in an index fund.

Only the first missile.

What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks two languages? Bilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American.

Don’t underestimate their tactic. For the republican presidential campaign, they will recognize only one of two outcomes: victory, or election tampering/fraud/manipulation. And, the wider the margin of win, the stronger the rhetoric will be.

Looking at you, Stargate Universe

Bonus points for those really thin microfiber types. You wring them out as you go to get the majority of water off your body, the rest air dried quite quickly after that.

House of Leaves reference?