leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I've got a whole playlist.
Play games, read books, watch movies, overthrow the oligarchy, ride bikes, hike, sleep. The usual.
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I've got a whole playlist.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
So ' mitochondrial challenges' cause a lack of social connection. Interesting. Am I to assume then that my inability to carry a tune might be due to a gazpacho infection? Makes just as much sense.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Excellent. Please, threaten us with more of a good time.
One crucial front in the war against fascism will be the right to photograph police. The cops have always hated that right and they and their various lickspittles will push back at it at every turn.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Cuck fetish? I dunno, but it sure seems on brand.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
It means people not like "us", however tightly "us" is being defined at the moment. It pretty universally excludes black people of course.
As a DC resident I do feel that the city has been overrun by "violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals" and I would like them to leave the White House and stop destroying the federal government.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
The best argument for "90s comics were good actually".
They keep asserting they're going to put AI in everything, including critical, dangerous systems. Meanwhile, AI is like, "sure, eat those yard mushrooms, the word strawberry has 88 Rs, I'm Mecha Hitler, here's Taylor Swift naked when you didn't even ask for it and she has eleven fingers lol"
23) Carpe Juguluum by Terry Pratchett. Hard as it is to pick just one Discworld book, this won wins out because of the clarity of its moral message (evil is when you treat people as things), plus Mightily Oats' character arc and the vampire family drama. It is deeply satisfying and also hilarious.
RFK, RFK, how many folks did you kill today?
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
There's no *might* about it, he believes all illness is a moral failure.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
If you're an American and all of that is in walking distance, you're probably on a cruise ship.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Dear God. I mean, he looks like a total little shit weasel begging for a punch anyhow, then you get the rest of the picture and his caption and, well, I'm afraid punching is off the table cause I ain't touching that with any part of my body.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why that arc Marvel did some years ago where anti-mutant bigotry turned out to be the result of a sentient telepathic virus that mutants were immune to was such utter garbage. Talk about throwing out the whole point.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
This *so* reminds me of my experience with City of Heroes. These days you can get full travel powers almost immediately and a million other little QoL improvements, but there's a weird nostalgia for the low level "death run" through Steel Canyon or ssslllooowwwlllyy hovering across The Hollows.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Just reread it last month, totally holds up well.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I know this is supposedly good news, but the fact that Nestle is involved makes me *very* nervous. Possibly without cause, but then again, Nestle.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Nearly every summary of anything I've seen from AI has been incorrect, so that tracks. Most of the exceptions were probably wrong too, I just didn't know enough about the subject to be certain they were.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Brendan Fraser? Yeah, I can see it.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
You say that like it would be a bad thing. If it were, which it isn't, I can't think of a better way to get it produced.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not that nobody is willing to hear it, it's just that dismantling the patriarchy is a hard, possibly neverending task and is the solution to so many problems that hearing it again is just kinda, "sigh, yeah, should have known, well then, back to work"
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Apparently that's a more common confusion than I'd have thought, I was doing the same thing at first until I tried to figure out what beef he had with her and then realized I was mixing up two different women.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh thank God, I'm not the only one who does that.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
It is quite the phrase and not the response one would expect to a simple case of cheating. Something more is going on and I really hope it comes out in court.
We’re seeing reports of Feds raiding farms in Oxnard and Camarillo today. This just happened in Camarillo.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Kettle chips have entered the chat.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
On the one hand, I'm shocked that ANYONE is ahead of the US in any area of "fried stuff on a stick". On the other, I'm somehow not surprised it's Poland.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I guess Satan likes hot swapping his butt plugs.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Seems like a dangerous thing to name a pet, but in an awesome way of course.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Consider that they taught AI what they know, and all most of them know is how to generate vague noncommittal pitches full of buzzy keywords and you'll understand AI a lot better.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, very few reasonable people are going to put glue on pizza no matter WHAT Grok or whatever tells them. But a legal summary? Sure, plenty of people won't think that through. Or medical advice. Or fucked up search results. People believe that stuff.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
If you're lucky enough to have one.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I wouldn't be surprised.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh God this, so much this. "Either you support doing ALL the things I think are progressive RIGHT NOW with no delays, precautions, adjustment periods or whatever, or you are a shitlib fascist enabler." Never mind that they never have a coherent plan for doing all the things now in this world.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Timeline. I think there might be a few different versions and there's a related game involving ranking animals by size IIRC.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
That game is fun. I'm decent at it, but some things really surprise you.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Definitely a similar mindset.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it's even worse that almost all of them are genuine federal officers, not impersonators.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Not just financially. How often do you see elderly women that have no idea how to pump gas because their husband always did it? Or old men who have no idea how to cook for that matter.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
THIS!!!!! So many of these manosphere and tradwife influencers don't actually follow their own nonsense. And the ones that do are almost always terrible at even the basics.
It's fun that every conservative idea relies on a class of people providing free labor.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
True. And for some reason Ohio just had to try to top them. Sigh.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I am personally fond of pustulant poltroon.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
There are many, many negative words and phrases in the English language and this maladministration is giving us the opportunity to use ALL of them.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Who has now managed to not only avoid being the dumbest VP, but since 2016 he's not even the worst from Indiana.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
70s grade school pizza, rural NE Ohio. Soggy cardboard with a thin smear of greasy tomato sauce and melted crayons. The occasional slice of incredibly greasy pepperoni baked so crisp it could cut your mouth was the most edible part and to this day I still prefer pizza with any other meat.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
m.imdb.com/title/tt0053...
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
A: there is no way he was born with that name B: there is practically zero chance anyone choosing that name is NOT a fascist.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't want her in jail. I want her in the pound.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
IIRC that was family members, not the actual leaders. Also Mexican, so probably not connected. Still a weird deal to make if you're supposedly so concerned about Latin gangs. www.cbsnews.com/news/sinaloa...
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow am I not surprised.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe that's the same guys that did The Bright Ages which I quite liked. Thought they oversold their point at times, but overall a very good job. Been meaning to get Oathbreakers at some point.
Yesterday, the LAPD released a statement calling the protests peaceful. They had no reason to do that, except that it’s true. Meanwhile, the administration is planting instigators and inflaming tensions to justify its own lawless actions. No one, not even Trump, gets to trample the Constitution.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Vote? You don't vote for oligarchs.
He was with his brother, who was ten! FFS!
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
To be "fair", he only cares about one race going "extinct".
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, *that* one he seems to believe, also the Mars colony stuff. But the debt? Nah, that was all cover for fomenting chaos while targeting agencies and programs that either competed with or investigated his companies and making off with as much government data as possible.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
The funnier thing is that you bought the idea that Musk cared.
Elon has one more insurance against Trump other than the Epstein files allegation. His DOGE has accumulated unknown amount of US gov’t sensitive information. He is now potentially a national security threat if Trump pits him in a corner like deporting him.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah yes, just might have to do exactly that.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Well if they've been working on it for decades and haven't solved it, they're either bad at their jobs or sandbagging to keep the cash flowing. It's not like it's some huge complicated problem, obviously it's all due to "chemicals". Duh.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Either a troll farm bot or someone seriously off their meds. Either way, blockity block.
“Trump’s attempt to exploit concerns about antisemitism to shut down American universities and deport students is complicated by the fact that he is among the biggest sources of antisemitism in America.”
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Hmm, that's not Brixton. Oh well, gonna have to rock it anyhow.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
All of them.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
That doesn't make them any better, in fact it may make them even worse. Rather than a competition to see who can wring the maximum advantage out of terrible laws, we might try first enforcing the ones we have.
Since this thread found its way to my timeline (and therefore might be going more public than initially imagined), I hope I can point out that the wonderful Missouri-based “Unbound Book Festival” has zero connection to these folks.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Nobody's quite certain, but definitely early 1900's, moved to current location in the 40's at which time the kitchen was added. Lived there for 20 years and it took 15 of them to stop the leaks where the kitchen roof joined the house.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Eleven.
1/ We got government data showing that the Trump administration knew the majority of Venezuelan men it sent to a prison in El Salvador had no criminal record in the U.S. - and that only a handful had been convicted of violent crimes - before calling them all terrorists and deporting them.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Courts always move slowly because someone with standing has to bring a case before them. That's why they're the last resort for stopping this shit (legally anyhow). It's better to convince lawmakers not to do this shit in the first place.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I always forget how many Battles of Salamis there were, which confused me for a second there.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure eventually the list will be virtually every country in which they've ever spent more than one day. This shit is like breathing for them.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
The frightening thing is I am absolutely certain I know what you are talking about with no context other than these are the times we live in.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
And not just when first introduced either. Speech is weird and complicated at the best of times, add some stress, add someone who's pronouns don't easily match their current presentation and yeah, even someone who absolutely *knows* better might slip.
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Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves. action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social‬
6/ This brain worm, animal carcass-toting, conspiracy theory-promulgating, nepo baby dipshit should NOT decide if women get recommended vaccines. And as a matter of politics, this is a winning issue.
I think we need a new term like "smartwashing"
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
If committee work and floor votes are performative, pray tell, what exactly *is* the substantive nature of the job of Senator?
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Shit, if I want an MVNO service, I can get Mint for half that and as a bonus, no obvious ties to Nazis.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Any company with Patriot in the name was always going to get massive side eye from me, but these days... Yikes.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Acting deputy executive associate director? Is that something like Junior Assistant Vice President of Paperclip Procurement?
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't know is it so much a collapse by the Knicks as it is just what this pacers team is built to do.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
At least not without carefully establishing consent first. VERY carefully.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Wayne County. And the busses were so much fun that for the next 20 years I could get instant nausea just getting on a bus.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Messed up middle school? In rural Ohio? Are you implying there might be another kind there? (My own experience is even more dated, yikes).
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
There probably is, but if you need it you can't have it. (Middle school is clearly a practice run for Hell).
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Right? It even sounds like something he'd do. If I'd seen the list cold, I'd be going through Libby and Amazon right now trying to figure out when it was due.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Old Man's War. Which does in fact have some bits of Heinlein DNA in the mix, being military SF. I think a lot of the haters liked OMW, didn't read it all that deeply, and then were utterly shocked and betrayed when Scalzi turned out to not be part of the SF right wing. Joke's on them.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not so sure you're drawing a distinction that actually exists.
There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts. I wholly reject this concept. Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
And even if the western fans could stomach a female writer, the dipshits reading From the Ashes or Code Name or whatever that American Jihad series was would never read anything by a gurl. (Though I know at least one source claims all 'her' books are ghost written anyhow).
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Enough of them are perfectly fine with doing away with habeus corpus as long as the government only vanishes the 'right' people.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
We *do* really need to bring that back.
leons1701.bsky.social (@leons1701.bsky.social) reply parent
Imagine, if you will, a pope from Cleveland.