mikede.bsky.social
Working in infosec, but trying not to be insufferable about it.
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1 more point on literacy: it's a disaster that the inner workings of the US government are incredibly complicated and illogical (filibuster, reconciliation, Electoral College, etc). parliaments work better bc dipshits can pick a party that sounds good and see that legibly translated into outcomes
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I’m much more sympathetic to the Jedi side of the civil-military relations crisis at the center of Episode III this time around.
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NY machine dems haven’t had to actually fight or win for two decades.
They have functionally evolved into an island of flightless birds
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the logical demand at this point, I think, is for a constituent assembly
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Right, why should blue state governments pay sinecures for traitors doing their best to destroy American liberal democracy?
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If you're still working at the ADL after this, I pretty much have to assume that you agree with it.
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You could see a lot of this in the New Left in the 70's and 80's - the massive push to ban fertilizer exports to developing nations under the explicit goal of (1) forcing organic agriculture and (2) controlling population expansion through limiting food supplies.
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If you have a 3DS, installing Luma on it so it can run ROMs is a fun little day project that recaptures some of that magic.
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idk I don’t think we should abolish healthcare
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Well, if you know a good tailor, then getting men’s trousers (with ease) altered is also a reasonable option. The fabric content/mill sourcing is usually better that route, but it’s more of a pain.
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J. Crew is also practically canonical for business/collegiate style, but Talbots is also good and might have stuff that resolves the Clothing Trilemma (reasonable cost, not polyester, not made in a sweatshop)
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Nobody has normal politics anymore, it's always like "free healthcare, UBI, eradication of all housepets" or some shit
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I understand the cynicism, but from what I’ve seen none of the major rebel factions are pushing for sectarian conflict. There’s good reason to hope that Syria’s future path is a spectrum from Iraq-style dysfunction to Ireland-style “civil war politics” shaping regular elections.
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I grew up with TNG, so it hurts to admit it has flaws. But the DS9-TNG transition really throws its commissioned officer-focus into sharp relief.
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I used the “DS9 in 82 1/2 Hours” watchlist when I was getting my fiancée into Star Trek, and I credit it for getting us through the first season and a half. Though you can almost ignore it once you get to the Dominion War.
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From what I remember of Speight Jenkins’ commentaries, a tenor usually needs 30 or 40 years of vocal development before they can carry a 4 hour opera.