Do such breaches make it trivial to lie to age and identity verification systems?

Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ("Jones Act") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920

> Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act is known as the Jones Act and deals with cabotage (coastwise trade). It requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried on ships that have been constructed in the United States and that fly the U.S. flag, are owned by U.S. citizens, and are crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents

Why did they make this accessibility hack necessary?

Where can authors sell books without such obnoxious and saboteurial obfuscation as intentionally using custom incompatible fonts that fail with screen readers?

Does Amazon intentionally stop users from reading books they've purchased aloud with TTS because they want you to buy the audiobook copy too?

Iraq was 1% of global oil production prior to Bush-Cheney Iraq War II.

Why did global oil prices change so much post 2003?

2000s energy crisis / disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_energy_crisis

> End of the crisis:

> By the beginning of September 2008, prices had fallen to $110. OPEC [...]

World oil market chronology from 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_oil_market_chronology_fr...

> From the mid-1980s to September 2003: under $25/barrel.

  1998: $10
  2004: $40-$60. A series of events led the price to
  2005: $60
  2006: $75
  2007: $60-$99
  2008: $141.75

14x higher price in 10 years

How did costs change over that time given efficiency growth year over year

Renewables are more lucrative with higher gas prices.

High gas prices typically lead to consumer price inflation and then prices never go back down.

And also back then we had Enron speculating on electricity while there were rolling blackouts even for hospitals in CA.

Tapes reveal Enron's secret role in California's power blackouts https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/05/enron.usnew...

> the energy corporation Enron shut down at least one power plant on false pretences, deliberately aggravating California's crippling 2001 blackouts with the aim of raising prices.

Rolling blackout : USA : CA 2000-2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_blackout

Enron scandal: 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal

How did Trump force platforms to allow him to harass and disrespect and incite, despite all of their TOS reserving right to ban such conduct?

Because he has power. Putting aside all the people who admire him who he could direct to boycott or harass some company, he can also direct increased scrutiny to companies that don't pander to him.

"David Letterman Was DISGUSTED When Trump Showed His True Character" in re: to promoting professional boxing and boxers: https://youtube.com/watch?v=E9MB4CUraGc :

> As soon as he gets out, he's going to fight in my casinos

What were some of the things that Trump claimed right and need to use tariff funds on?

Judge Orders Government to Begin Refunding More Than $130 Billion in Tariffs https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-orders-government-...

See also: "Effort to prevent government officials from engaging in prediction markets" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47291406

> They either win the election or get all their expenses refunded.

How would that work with something like the WH Press Secretary who has refused to give back some $350K in campaign donations (though currently FEC can't prosecute any campaign finance violations because they don't have a quorum because Trump has not nominated and confirmed enough FEC commissioners.)

I think trump has identified the inefficacy of our supposed checks and balances. In school, we were taught that the 3 branches of government protect against a rogue leader, which is obviously not true. After he is removed or ends his term, I hope the weaknesses in the system are fixed. Yeah I hate him, but the system was supposed to protect us from this outcome.