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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

it's not FOR us

A question I often get when guiding guests through the imperial palace in Kyoto: why does Japan still have an Emperor? What does he even do in government?

That’s a great question! What does he do? ✨NOTHING.✨

I’m kidding, I’m kidding.

Or am I?

An anthropomorphic striped hyena playing in leaves.

happy autumn 🍂

I highly doubt we'll see an immediate snap election. Without Komeito support, the LDP could lose a lot of seats and I really doubt LDP leadership would be foolish enough to head into an election without first re-assessing their strategies now that the playing field has been shaken up so thoroughly.

Credit where credit is due: only a few days into her stint as LDP leader, Takaichi has already managed to shake up Japanese politics in a historical manner

What do you mean "possible rise," dude is at the top of the pack. He is the literal pope

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

I think choice is becoming a victim of technological advances and player expectations. If you choose whether Bob or Jim live in a SNES RPG, you’ve got a different set of pixels and text boxes. Now you‘ve got a new set of voice lines, Hollywood tier animations, etc.

"MISO BUT CEREAL" IS SUCH A MASSIVE BRAIN DESIGN I LOVE THIS LITTLE GOOBER SO MUCH

🥣✨

Once when I was 21 and bitchy got into an argument with someone who was always on her phone so I opened a kitchen cupboard at head height knowing she had to be in the kitchen. Anyone looking up would see it but half an hour later I hear a *THUD* and a "FUCK!" from the kitchen

Not proud
Worth it

Japan's Komeito moving toward leaving coalition with LDP - The Mainichi TOKYO -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s junior coalition partner Komeito is increasingly likely to leave the ruling party partnership after the

"The [LDP's] junior coalition partner Komeito is increasingly likely to leave the ruling [coalition] after the LDP's newly elected President Sanae Takaichi appointed a controversial lawmaker involved in a money scandal to a key post within the party, according to sources close to the matter."

Arrest her?

Furret

Autistic Me:
"Who is this stranger interacting with us?"

ADHD Me:
"It's one of our friends, you have the mouse cursor over their PFP"

Autistic Me:
"Ah, that explains the giant curser over their face"

3. No matter how you slice it, RGG Studio bringing this actor on is not a great look. If you're like me, and you think this series has a long-standing issue with how it handles women, you'll see this as a confirmation of what we've speculated as the creators' perspective on current events in Japan.

GC wrote a great thread about the recasting of Hamazaki with Teruyuki Kagawa that I really suggest reading (along with the article from @unseenjapan.com) to get full context of RGG Studios deliberate decision to stand by this choice.

Just curious, but why would you use this method rather than just use the system sync option that Microsoft itself provides for free to get the ESU stuff? This seems like an awfully big security risk in and of itself compared to Microsoft's free option <.>;

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Donald & MAGA know they aren’t winning the culture war nationally. And they are not happy about it.

i appreciate @meredithshiner.com’s wisdom, as well as her refusal to let the coons-valentine’s day story fade from public memory

oh. the “ironic” pretend bigotry is almost immediately translating to real life harassment? you don’t say! who could have foreseen this. if only there was precedent.

Japan Is Betting That Tourists Want...NFTs?! - Unseen Japan The world has moved on from the NFT scam. Japan, however, thinks it's found a nifty new tool to promote regional tourism.

Want a commemorative NFT of your trip to Japan? Yeah, we're betting no one else does, either! That isn't stopping multiple companies and government entities from promoting the now down-and-out Web3 tech as a solution to overtourism.

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“10/7 was bad and everything that followed in aftermath was worse” is a perfectly moral and popular position. it’s more or less the American consensus on 9/11.

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

Yes!! Especially you! >//w//< 💜💜💜

My Tamagotchi is now 800 days old! 💪🦈

I am so close to reach my goal, just 200 days to go, this feels unreal!

Keeping a Tamagotchi alive this long is such an experience.

Gerald Curtis: Takaichi victory hastens LDP's collapse; 'not if, when' Veteran Japan watcher worried about what comes after the 'most boring election'

"[Gerald Curtis, professor emeritus of political science at Columbia University] said Takaichi's victory is 'going to hasten the decline and the eventual collapse of the LDP.'"

"Curtis does not expect much to be accomplished by Takaichi as prime minister."