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I'm not the most avid Christian, but even I find the use of the cross as a prop when engaging in blatant falsehoods in the name of extraordinary cruelty to be offensive.

Drinking port and hating what my country has become.

Just like Trump was awesome for Brazilian soybeans and Australian pork, he's helping the Canadian oil industry.

Great work everyone

The least surprising news of the day.

"He should be tormenting Yale. Never known one who wasn't a bounder."

Me after watching the Andor S2 preview clips.

Just so we’re clear, everybody calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist” or a “gang member” are lying, and they know they’re lying, and they repeat it for purposes of confusing people who don’t follow this stuff closely into accepting what was done to him.

Never forget.

Here is “the full version Mr. Abrego's time in the US, using court documents to explain the allegations of gang membership and what actually happened in his case.” h/t Aaron Reichlin-Melnik on Twitter

Trying to forget the news by watching TOP SECRET! Jeremy Kemp is wearing a callback to one of his other films, a favorite of mine.

The principle anyone (who isn't a slave) being held against their will has the right to some kind of process before a judge is so ancient the Code of Hammurabi takes it for granted. It's probably literally prehistoric, a practice predating written history. It is the deepest root of what law is.

✨️"I think the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow & multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this : a man's palpable need to dislike someone other than himself."✨️ - Rod Serling, LA Times 1967 ✨️🎙

Fallout on Prime companion perks: Lucy: "Okey Dokey" - retake the first failed persuasion check in any conversation. Maximus: "Back In" - while combat lasts, ignore the effects of first critical hit against you. The Ghoul: "Top Billing" - 25% increase in caps for any paid quest.

Saw a clickbait article about what to look forward to in ANDOR s2 and I don't even have to think about it: my favorite SW droid.

This part

You'd think the natalists would be fanatically pro-vaccine because what's the point of increasing the birth rate if you let a quarter to a third of them die before they learn their ABCs.

Rule by really stupid celebrities is gonna be the death of me.

stellan skarsgard you have to stop. you smoke too tough. your swag too different. they'll kill you

Hope Andor S2 features Syril getting a dream security assignment on the Death Star.

The transformation of the GOP from “limited government conservatives” to “the president can do anything he wants and no Constitution, statute, Congress, court, state, or private institution can stop him” has been one heck of a ride.

"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (April 8, 2025)

Kidnapping. Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.

Been playing Fallout 4 because vibes. There are too many "go to X and kill everything" missions, yeah, but THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE USS CONSTITUTION is old-school Fallout goodness. Stat-based situation solving, deluded-yet-cool robots, and a beautiful climax featuring a futile and stupid gesture.

Make it make sense. Swear to Christ, Trump gets all sweaty over old pics of oiled-up guys doing manual labor.

Lutefisk and Akvavit.

CNN reports “millions” of people attended this Saturday’s marches against Trump and Musk, the first large-scale protests during his second term. Google Search interest in the protests rivals levels last seen after the Women’s March in 2017 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-musk...

look, at the very least it showed a great number of people that they are not alone and they are not crazy. the majority of our news media is either direct state propaganda or intentionally complicit in what and how they report and all of it is to keep people siloed and afraid

Hey guys I was making stew and used the last couple shakes of Worstershire sauce in this big bottle my mom gave me when she and my dad moved. Not sure what to do now. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Tim Walz: "It's not a 'woke policy' to provide food for children to get breakfast and lunch, and we get better outcomes from that. They defined things on their terms that weren't true ... we got timid."

This is perfect. Absolutely perfect.