Fun fact: "hello" and "owo" have the same meaning (in one particular context)
I'm such a fan of language. For example, these two people are agreeing on something
Even if AI could write a novel what problem has been solved? The problem of knowing what you’re reading was written by another person? Who loves reading novels but hates the part where your mind briefly and mysteriously touched another?
the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.
trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️
republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️
“sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️
naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️
villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️
powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️
list goes on
To make you confused!
I know people are very sensitive about the use of the word “genocide” but the attempts to medically eliminate trans children is very clearly meets the standard because they are trying to eliminate a population and also they know some of those kids are going to kill themselves
I'm the opposite way. They didn't like him when it looked like he might be too left, but the tattoo made them think again
Like, after it came out he got more positive press from what I could see. Prior it was all "he called himself a communist on Reddit", now he's the soul of the working class
I have never met anyone who is more adept at tracking every last cent they have than people who live or have lived in poverty
it is a skill developed out of necessity and it never leaves you
The passages clearing Morrison of fault are extraordinary
NACC says Morrison is technically "responsible" as cabinet Minister, but not "personally at fault"
If responsibility exists without consequence...then what does "ministerial accountability" even mean anymore?
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’
‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’
‘Hello’ is not related to either.
Goodbye.
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
Remember: Just because there's no primary on the horizon doesn't mean you can't make their lives hell. Nobody hates a public confrontation as much as a rich coward. Just be sure to film the encounter so they can't lie later.
There were stories of the government rounding up protestors and opposition leaders after the bombong started. I guess when the US called for an uprising it became easy to call them US assets and move on them on security grounds
I don't know if that's how it happened, but it seems plausible
I need the horrors!
I'm holding out til the stars they are right
They've gotta be vast
And they've gotta be deep
And we'll all sacrifice our own lives
I need the Horrors!
I'm holding out for the Horrors till they end human life
They've gotta be vast
And they've gotta be strange
And they've gotta bring madness and strife
Jack went woke @smollusk.bsky.social
Just as the disparate German people began to be seen as one people, white nationalists want all white people to be seen as one nation
Just as in Germany, some differences will remain. Bavarian customs still exist, it's just that Bavarian is seen as a subtype of German, rather than its own nation
Bismarck created a German identity where there wasn't really one before, it was Saxon, Hanoverian, Prussian, etc. Now we think of German as a single culture because Bismarck was successful.
White nationalists are like this, but for white people. They want to create a unified white national identity
It's deliberate. This is white nationalism.
Nationalism here in the 19th/early 20th century meaning. Not a state, but a national identity
Egyptian nationalism created the idea of an Egyptian people and used this to argue for independence. German nationalism bound together German peoples into one
Wild that this meme is 10+ years old but it could have been made last night over drinks
To update an old phrase:
Nine people go to work with a Nazi to "fix things from the inside"...
While laundering its reputation by saying what a great and worthwhile job it is
Last lesson I found that in my class of 14-15 year olds, only three had seen Star Wars
To paraphrase Kwame Ture, their bigotry is their problem. Their power to inflict their terrible ideas on the rest of us is our problem.
Yeah, it's definitely a trope that's kind of baked in to the point where you need a reason to not do that
Interesting about Dresden files, I never got into that series but maybe I should try
But yeah, I do wish McKinsey were a better foil instead of an out and out villain (especially later)
Yeah! Like I get it, it being secret feels cool to the audience, it means you don't have to get lost in the geopolitics around its existence, etc
But Unfortunate Implications, to use the tvtropes term
It's a curse with military SciFi, it ends up feeling a tad fash as a result.
I can mostly ignore that in sg1, okay, this is an alternate reality where the military is what it claims to be! But sometimes it peeks through.
Yeah, and rumours talked about it being live service and various other huge changes to the core design
I've only developed small games, and that whole thing sounded like a nightmare to me
(Nor do I intend to damn with faint praise. I genuinely love the game and I have huge respect for the devs)
Like, the Stargate franchise in total is, white not entirely hostile, fairly antagonistic to the idea of civilian control of the military
The civilian government is mired in corruption and venality white the military is honourable and pure
Good civilians, like Weir, need to be proven the exception
