I chalk things like this up to "unreliable narrator". They're just mistaken. Examples: - The Matrix. (people are being used as CPUs, not batteries) - Star Wars (Metachlorians? Nope - the force is just magic)
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I chalk things like this up to "unreliable narrator". They're just mistaken. Examples: - The Matrix. (people are being used as CPUs, not batteries) - Star Wars (Metachlorians? Nope - the force is just magic)
Now I want a bread bowl.
I'm betting he thinks China and India will back him. But, China trades with the EU, too. A LOT. I'm not convinced they'd go along with backing him, if he forces a decision where they could lose face.
"Bone-petite"
I think they know better. Game recognizes game.
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
VOTE BLUE!
And eliminate his most valuable asset?
This is compelling.
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
CEOs are trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while they plan on replacing you with a robot. Unions know better. Happy Labor Day Weekend.
I learned something new and interesting today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_W...
UBI would support a truely consumer-driven economy.
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders wants RFK Jr. under oath. He’s demanding a special Senate hearing on the CDC disaster RFK Jr. helped create. Go Bernie!
This is absolute truth. Add in I've read the Book of Mormon & done a little bit of Jehovah Witness readings. I'm not being arrogant when I tell Bible thumpers that I probably know their book BETTER than them..I'm WARNING THEM to not TEST ME🤷♀️
I can’t find the lie in this.
New plan: we get Obama to demand the death certificate
This is my old man rant. 😂 * One of my high school teachers taught us a thing that's apparently stuck with me over the years:
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Ever see how quick they build hospitals?
Wealth disparity destroys civilizations.
I'm not going to argue the details with the jackass I just blocked over this. But for those still tuned in ... Elon has a history of influencing for the death of public works projects by over-promising alternatives. High-speed rail isn't the only example of this.
Stating a thing is enough. You don't need to tell us to "let that sink in".
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And people wonder why I'm always angry.
This is the present we don't have because Elon sold a vision of the future he couldn't deliver.
"I ... am ... your singing telegram" *BANG*
I don't know if anyone's ever told you this, RFK Jr.; but Nurgle doesn't actually love you.
Yep. I was asking myself this question in 2016.
It's a concept of a death.
The incompitence is so thorough, it's almost performance art.
Now THAT's how you commit!
Oh, yes! There is no negotiating with a narcissist. The best thing to do for yourself is to get away.
This really spoke to me
BOOM. The federal appeals court rules Trump's tariffs illegal, because they are. There's no national emergency, and so the power to tariff a country rests with Congress. Trump admin has lost at every stage of the process, but stay tuned for the Supremes to chime in.
In the US, we suffer the myth of the billionaire uber-genius. This is why billionaires are being appointed to positions in government that they have no business coming within smelling distance. And they'll ineptly burn it to the ground, and find someone else to blame for their failures.
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
i remember being told I was being ridiculous.
The US is broken.
Fucking cowards.
The nazi propaganda site?
I can hear that mental image.
We are void. Shout into us.
Jesus fucking Christ, these motherfuckers ...
I acknowledge this as a compelling counter-argument.
62 years ago, Dr. King led the March on Washington with giants like John Lewis, Mahalia Jackson, A. Philip Randolph, and so many others. If you’ve ever wondered what you’d be doing during the Civil Rights Movement, this is your test. (1/2)
I'll be on the bus for the regular gods-damned blasphemers.
And they all have better things to do. They didn't sign up for this. They have jobs they're being removed from for this. AND there are local landscapers who aren't getting tapped for this work. This is an economic travesty for authoritarian security theater.
I'd say it's a bit early to have this argument; but some people need to understand the importance of doing the dirty work of voting, and not letting perfect be the enemy of survival.
It's just so hideous on so many levels.
🛑 How to Reduce Gun Violence in America 1/2 ✅ Background Checks for ALL sales – no loopholes. ✅ Red Flag Laws – keep guns out of dangerous hands. ✅ Licensing & Training – like driving a car, safety first. ✅ Safe Storage Laws – protect kids from accidental shootings.
When someone shares with you that they don't speak with their parent, understand that it was a heavy decision to make. Behaviors have consequences, and it typically comes from a place of recovery and healing. It's hard to heal when you cannot get out of the flight/flight mode.
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
That it's being forced into everything is telling. AI is shit. And the bubble can't burst soon enough. If these products delivered, people would be clamoring for them, rather than trying to work around or avoid them.
I spent my teens trapped in Port Angeles. I can guarantee you this is what they voted for.
Rhymes with "piled corn".
New quota and bonus targets must have dropped at the ICE offices.
It's not a top story because it's old news. That he repeats his intent doesn't change that there's nothing new there.
The GOP cries "But, the children!" about anything and everything EXCEPT for the things that actually harm children.
Modern politics is right wing parties saying “We have summoned The Shadow Lord from the realm of eternal screaming, he shall lay waste to this wretched earth” while sensible centrists say “We’re going to lose the next election if the left keeps moaning about The Shadow Lord.”
So ... I own two guns - a rifle and a shotgun. And I would hand them both over for working gun control laws, like there are in the rest of the world.
But the player has to shout "wololo" before touching the bishop performing the conversion.
I don't know whether you know this; but there ARE chess variants that modify the rules. And this idea sounds like a good one.
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
The worst ideologies are pure ideologies.
I don't care if you smoke on your own time; but if you smoke while driving for a food delivery service, you're making everything smell like ass.
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me: "Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
A brave National Guard Speaks out! Listen ans do what he says! substack.com/@democraticw...
Why does anyone ever interview Lutnick for anything? The guy's got nothing but bargain basement bombast. He comes off like a used appliance salesman.
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
It's off-the-charts pathetic.
The Republican Party is a useless and corrupt garbage political party with no redeeming qualities. Corporate US news for the most part panders to the Republican Party. April: pacificlegal.org/the-presiden...
It’s getting worse Switzerland’s Post Office is suspending shipments of US goods beginning tomorrow, August 26th, due to tariffs.
Udderly ridiculous.
Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."
Do I even know how to be shocked any more?
And it's trauma that many other simply wont believe or be able to understand.
"We're going to lay off 10% of the company to eliminate redundancies." Four months later... "What do you mean we can't do this critical task because the only person who knows how to do it is on annual leave? How is it possible that no else in the company knows how to handle it?"
This is what we mean when we say America will not progress until the *systems* of white supremacy are dismantled and discarded. The same fascist policies that targeted Japanese Americans are now targeting Latino Americans, in literally the same locations and with the same denial of due process.
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
Computer: "I see you're filling out a delivery form. Want me to auto-fill that for you?" Me: "Yeah! That'd be great! Less typing." Computer: "Alright! But I'm gonna just leave the required address field blank, and put everything in the optional address line instead."
Do you cover how each game is influenced by a litany of "retro"-games that came before it? Take "Legend of Zelda"->"Elden Ring", Or "Mines of Moria"->"Diablo"-like games. I guess I could check out your stuff and find out. Point being - "retro" is always relevant.
Yes please
The funniest emails I get are probably my music royalty notifications. I wrote maybe two songs for a tv show once, and so I’m doomed to an endless array of “we are ever so pleased to present you with thirty six cents”
Without seeing the jokes, myself ... Gallows humor is a coping mechanims. We all feel like our asses are over a barrel. And we're laughing into the void. On the other hand, some people are assholes deserving admonishment. I probably shouldn't have said anything. Hang in there.
I don't know what you expected. The guy's a piece of white-supremist, bargain basement aristocratic shit. Were we supposed to be shocked? Add it to the pile.
Ok. So, I'm finally catching up with the details on the Cracker Barrel logo. And I have to say ... WTF is wrong with people? Why freak out about this?
Separation of powers was a beautiful dream.
🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.