Qualified disagreement on 2. People vary a lot! But also I think when you salt matters, in cooking, in the 'taste of salt' vs 'heightening other flavors' area.

And some foods you can't really do that with, so maybe they just shouldn't be salted as much.

This was the content I didn't expect but definitely needed today. My reading experience was: is this a Pratchett no kings reference IT IS!

There are so many great versions of that song floating around.

They rise heads up, heads up, heads up, they rise heads up, heads up high!

Damn, that's within driving distance, and my wife tried to talk me into going when I saw this. We just can't, but hopefully someday! I'd love to see a tournament in person. Maybe I can get my kid to go when I do, I started watching SC2 the night she was born, to keep awake while my wife rested.

It's not a permanent fixture, it's a temporary installation during conclaves.

TL;Dr: because it is

Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.

He’s 100% right and we need dudes who talk like this

In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".

I've been wondering what's up with that. It feels sus but I don't see anything. I will admit that space force isn't who I'd expect to be the core vetting of the alt though

I genuinely would have alot of empathy and compassion for regretful Trump voters if instead of “I thought he’d hurt other people, not me” they said “I thought he’d hurt other people, and now having experienced it firsthand I realize the pain that attitude causes”

YouTube video by Poor Man's Poison - Topic Give and Take

I already liked this song, but current events have it really hitting hard. Thanks, I hate it

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Day to day life goes on, because I *don't* have the singular power to fix everything, so it has to. If I give in to despair over my lack of control over bad shit happening and stop functioning, it helps no one and only hurts my family.

I'll protest, and donate, and call my senators, look for ways to make a difference, but I need to build community, go to my book club, manage my health issues, play video games with my kid.

I have the voice screaming 'You need to flee Oklahoma now' but the best I can do is plan to move ASAP.

I keep having to explain to people, that I've had a shift in perspective. I've accepted that the world is going to be bad for a while. I'm not giving up on trying to make it better, but I'm not the protagonist in a movie. My day to day life is taking care of my family, just now in a fascist coup.

I play through single player games with my sister in law and sometimes kiddo watching, as a sort of group bonding activity.

Next up, we're going to try Pacific Drive. Hopefully it's a winner!

One of the guys mentioned was he was a free mason last time and my immediate response was 'Tell me more'.

I think book clubs are a good idea for this over, say, trying to bond over video or tabletop games. If you both enjoy the same books you have better odds of compatible values.

I'm in a book club full of guys. It's a truly great experience. We meet up in a brewery's taproom, talk about the book, then play bar trivia.

We actually talk the book a good bit. Theological discussions are common and chill and include the atheists in the group.

This is in a deeply red state.

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.

AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.

Grab your beverage of choice.

In order to release the tension of wanting to infight, I highly recommend picking petty beef with exactly one rich person. That is your nemesis now. Every time you want to take it out on another leftie, just take out your frustration on them.

I have chosen Ron Howard. Fuck Ron Howard.

I wonder if you were willing to lose speed if you could manage something like a sous vide microwave. Multiple infrared sensors, getting the surface temperature of the food. Bring the surface up to a fixed temp with careful doses of microwave. Then hold it there until it has time to heat through.

One of my favorite games of all time. I recently played the sequel and adore it, I need to give the original a replay, because my recollection has grown hazy enough. I'm a sucker for games that leave you pondering philosophy and feeling BIG feelings.

Sadness. Well, I'd definitely be in the audience if it does!

@zombiegrub.bsky.social Any chance of seeing more of the Banshee Tournament in the future? I always thought that was really cool and I've been getting back into watching SC2.

Wasn't able to attend any protests recently but it's a great feeling. Pride 🌈 is like that too. Living in a deeply red state can be very isolating but we're not alone and that's an amazing feeling.

I forgot I followed you on bsky, and this was a nice way to be reminded.

FreeSpace. As wonderful as the gameplay was, I miss the storytelling. Cog in the machine POV, in a desperate war against terrifying enemies, cutscenes that still give me chills to this day, and I miss that 90's storytelling through in-universe mission briefings trope.

Lilacs. It started because they feature prominently in my favorite book but I've come to really like them on their own.

Trump and Musk don't actually believe consequences apply to them anymore, this is about making people they don't like suffer, because the crowds cheering for them don't understand or don't care that they'll suffer too.

I think the more wealth and security-focused oligarchs are misjudging those motivated more by 'Am I cool? Do the crowds love me?'-oligarchs, because they assume that it's all really about the money still. But for the latter, the cruelty is the point, so long as their targets are hurt, they're happy