Biden’s American Rescue Plan further expanding social welfare after the CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act. The horrifying surge in poverty — and economic insecurity more broadly — afterward is attributable to pandemic aid programs expiring or being eliminated during a cost-of-living crisis. In 2024, Kamala Harris chose not to campaign on resurrecting a version of the pandemic welfare state, despite it having led to a historic reduction in economic hardship in 2021 and the cost of living having been voters’ top concern since 2022.

Not sure what you’re talking about, the root password is not set, and that prevents people from being able to log into the account. Pretty standard setup on most computers nowadays where the root password isn’t set on Linux.

And the entire OS is basically reaf only except for a few select folders. So for security, it’s pretty solid. You can’t just install a package on a steam deck, you have to use flatpack to get a package installed, or you have to install a steam game.

Above link wasn’t working so found this NBC article to supplement

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna232484

So go to the website? Even bluesky makes you make an account to use the application while the site is free to browse.

They were gonna do it anyway. I don’t think it even accelerates things.