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It's very fun. Gets more and more soap opera energy as it goes on though. If you like it, you'll probably like Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut series of books, which I would describe as "For All Mankind, except well written."

They do lean more into political intrigue for the major drama, but the romance is always there, and always good. I guess I probably don't know much about romance as a genre. I mostly read fantasy, sci-fi, and historian fiction, so romance is often just an added bonus for me.

Gillian Bradshaw wrote a ton of historical fiction romances. Most of it is ancient world/late antiquity but she has a couple in the middle ages and early modern period. Not quite what you asked for, but she's really good and I've never seen anyone else recommend her.

He's addicted to building elaborate tombs for himself, his friends and family to rest in after death.

The only genuine libertarian in the country, Ilya Somin, once wrote an article arguing that since the constitution doesn't give the federal government the right to restrict migration, the US must have open borders, by law. Would cut down on personnel needed significantly.

It is both far too serious and far too silly at the same time. The brief segments of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon are fucking perfect though.

Gotta feel for the client here. This colossal dipshit just got a default judgement against them. I'm actually kind of confused why the judge punishes them for the lawyer's mistake.

No masks, no racial profiling, no arresting people in schools or hospitals, agents must identify themselves and use body cameras, agents must get judicial warrants before entering anyone's home. My main worry is enforcement. What happens when ICE just ignores these rules?

Senators Clash Over Immigration Enforcement, Risking a D.H.S. Shutdown

Congressional Democrats are actually using the spending deal from last week as leverage to rein in ICE. Republicans can't threaten to shut down the whole government since the other bills passed. I'd prefer that ICE be abolished, but since that's impossible for now, these demands seem good.

This is absurd. The courts need to just start jailing whoever shows up in court to represent ICE, then jail their boss, then their boss, etc.

I haven't been able to figure out what the trash burners think they're accomplishing. Maybe they hope for a mass of masked citizens to violently confront ICE in the streets and defeat them in combat.

Purely as an observer, my impression is that the differences are more tactical than ideological. Will's theory of victory involves those who are willing putting their faces and names out, deliberately drawing publicity, and using public backlash to turn the country against ICE.

Birds raised for foie gras aren't worse treated than any other birds raised for meat. It seems weird to single out this specific food. And I say this as a resident of a state where it is banned.

And every drop of blood shed by the lash will be shed again by the sword. Discussions on Lincoln's second inaugural usually focus on the "with malice towards none and charity towards all" line, but this part has always been my favorite.

Detroit: Become Human does that in the intro, but it lies. The other cops keep yelling at you to come outside and deal with the active hostage situation, but the only way to save the hostage is to ignore them and examine every piece of evidence first.

Yes, I know. He was previously a state lawmaker. Now he's running for national offoce. It makes sense that he would change his policy on international relations from one job to the next.

Also, state legislators' opinions on international affairs just don't matter. California can't stop military aid to Israel. Any action would've been purely symbolic. I think it's okay to put off developing policies on foreign relations until you run for national office.

You don't have to guess! The article links to a summary of the survey with a list of all the questions they asked.

Some people never seem to understand that reviews are for readers, not for authors. Though I do personally feel bad giving a one-star review to a book with single digit number of ratings.

Been working my way through Gillian Bradshaw's novels. She's a classical philologist who wrote some excellent historical fiction about the ancient world, especially Rome in late antiquity. Nice to read about people trying to find some scraps of joy in a doomed world.

It doesn't mean they don't have to. It means they can't. The minority party has basically no power.

My favorite steam reviews were the 80+ hours played down voting Victoria 3 7 days after release. "I hate this game, that's why I've spent every waking moment playing it since it came out."

Sometimes it's hard to determine whether the need is "this magic potion finally banished the intrusive thoughts" or "I've been taking this every night for years and my body doesn't function without it." Either way, I'm staying on it.

I don't read a lot of YA, but a while back I read Rook and Rose by M.A
Carrick, I think that counts. It's super good!

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see the "liberals have a obligation to post on twitter" argument. Browsing Twitter is a deeply unpleasant experience, between the spam, ads, bots, and nazis. No one should be forced to subject themselves to that!

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He signed an order banning discrimination on day one in office and kept passing regulations to help trans people throughout his administration.

In an abnormal psych class I took, the professor described how poor impulse control was a symptom of pedophilia. I remember thinking that that's selection bias at work. All the pedophiles with good impulse control just keep it to themselves and don't rape children.

It's not a war crime to sink an enemy warship. If Argentina didn't want to be at war with the UK, they shouldn't have started a war!

This is one of the major issues with lawsuits as a way to deal with police misconduct as well. When police departments have to make payouts, it's us, the citizens, who are ultimately on the hook for the bill. The criminals responsible should be the ones facing consequences!

I've been reading some of C.J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union books, and holy shit am I glad those tech oligarchs haven't heard of her they way they have Iain Banks or Neal Stephenson. Elon Musk would have a division of Tesla trying to manufacture azi if he knew what they were.