The reason this theory works is because most of our elites and leaders have no real views or opinions, but merely adopt those that they believe will earn them approval. And now they’re all seeking approval on the Internet, where everyone really is 12, or has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old

"Let them eat cake"

of course big-name comedians’ free speech crusades were always about defending themselves against accusations of punching down, but the brazen cynicism on display here is breathtaking

Buying a company by taking out a massive loan, then making the company you bought responsible for paying off that loan, is so patently evil that it should be beyond illegal. The kind of thing that inspires enlightened societies without corporal punishment to bring back the death penalty as a one-off

People who don’t know or care about justice *for others* cannot comprehend the moral authority wielded by the victims of injustice. They dimly guess that this authority is rooted not in justice, but in victimhood. So they seek to usurp it thru competitive displays of indignation.

as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?

this is why we need to bring back shame

there need to be consequences for being a huge asshole, there need to be standards for how you behave in a decent society

the rules cannot be set by the worst of us

I did a story for the beginning of Navratri yesterday. Today is day 2, in honor of Ma Brahmacharini, she who has become an ascetic. As we noted yesterday, the Goddess as Sati was insulted because of her marriage to Shiva and ended her life, to be reborn as Shailaputri.

Basically, the bet that AOC and Bernie was making (and one that I was making too!) was that Biden's administration doing a sincere effort to make the US economy better for workers and consumers would pay out in the "classic old school socialist dream" of better lives = votes. This bet failed.

In hindsight, perhaps we should have done more to intervene when Zuck incited a genocide in Southeast Asia.

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

7th LOREMASTER ANNIVERSARY

As of today, I have been Magic's Loremaster for SEVEN years.

During that time I have worked as an editor on several novels and novellas, hundreds of web fiction articles, dozens of comic books, written creative text for over a dozen Magic sets...

It’s also extremely important to note here that “liberals” refers not just to elected politicians but to every left-of-center poster on social media, real or hallucinatory

I get that it's very challenging for people to wrap their brains around this, but it's worth re-iterating: Musk and Trump decided a few months ago to kill millions globally by destroying USAID in a fit of pique, which has almost destroyed the global aid sector, and nothing is replacing that money.

You don’t have to like UB. I get that but I definitely don’t see how this set is remotely soulless as I’ve seen some say it is. They’re hitting comic book deep cuts and characters you don’t normally get. Theres so much here to enjoy as a comic fan. We’ve even got new Bill Sienkiewicz art!

This is so fucking cool.

Hydro-Man #MTGxSpiderMan #MTG

What is a city without food and transportation?! 🤣

(Rosewater wanted the bagel to cost 0 for obvious reasons. Play Design vetoed!)

#MTGxSpiderMan

This came to me in a vision

This is not a coincidence. Just sayin.

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

I think this keeps coming back to the key thing about Trump's rise: Republicans like the surface signifiers of patriotism, but they deeply hate America. They hate America so much and want it destroyed

If Obama or Biden had said this, it would be rightfully understood as them arrogating dictatorial authority to themselves, it would be the only thing anyone in the media or opposition would talk about for a year, and it would probably end their presidency. For Trump, it’s literally just Tuesday.

Yes, thank you!

A four-panel meme illustrating a conversation between a scientist and a stereotypical critic. The first panel shows a lab-coated expert admitting to a mistake. The second panel features an NPC Wojak character in a MAGA hat expressing distrust toward experts. The third panel depicts comedians proclaiming they spread misinformation. In the final panel, the same NPC Wojak displays excitement, saying "SO BASED!!!11one1!!!" The colorful orange background emphasizes the exaggerated cartoon style. This meme critiques the relationship between expert opinion and public distrust, humorously highlighting misinformation. Credit to @projectliberal.

The Museums on Bajor are essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE.” where everything discussed is how horrible Cardassia is & how bad the "Occupation" was. Nothing about Success or the Future. We can't allow Bajor to be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. #StarTrek #Sisko197

One of the things that drives me up a wall about taxonomy is when you go to look up the etymology of a taxon of interest to see what the scientist who named it was thinking and it turns out to just like, be an Ancient Greek word for the kind of organism it is. Not thematically helpful!

Then sometimes you learn that a whole clade of hermit crabs is named after Diogenes because the "living in a big jar" thing, and that's very cute

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