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All three were great, but Babs is honestly more effective as Oralce. For me, Cass is #1 for life.

Just read that @lyndacarter.bsky.social was an early choice for Captain Janeway on Star Trek Voyager. Would it have had a cloaking device, I wonder?

"I knew it. 42 flavors."

That can be folded into the toxicity, but yes. That had honestly slipped my mind, mostly because the DCAU doesn't play that angle up often.

On the one hand, she was an adult when they met in BTAS (unless i'm rembering incorrectly, she was in college, right?), but that's literally the only thing that's in the W column. There's so much wrong... the power imbalance, the friendship Bats had with Jim, his ability to be toxic at times...

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash.

None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None.

But a LOT are caused by bigots.

Dawn of the Stupidest Day. 4 years remain.

This *would* be funny, if it only affected them. I am also on SSI and Snap, and this will very adversely affect me... which is partially why I voted for Harris/Walz!

I didn't see anyone else mention her, so.. Cassandra Cain. She's like Doug Ramsey, but with body language. Heck, she can already beat at least half of the characters the X-Men usually fight. And she and X-23 could have fun adventures and stabby times.

"Even the lies?"

"*Especially* the lies."

I'm pretty sure Marvel's nemesis was Ike Perlmutter.

The unmitigated *gall.* Birds of Prey *alone* marks you as a widely read writer. He's got a shelf full of comics with your actual name on them, doesn't he? If he reads comics, it's almost impossible to believe he doesn't have any.

I wasn't going to say anything, but seeing her dull, dead, soulless doll eyes is kind of horrifying. Still happy you're speaking out against her (because she's horrid.) Keep it up!

You might just save a life. Please repost.

But a strawberry *isn't.*

Think of it as taking a one question test -- one that you *really* know the answer to -- over and over again. Perfect A every time!

I had to really think, but honestly? Cyclops. I try to do the right thing, am generally convinced I'm right until it's impossible to believe I am, and I have a single-mindedness that's rather like tunnel vision, but can be useful in powering through. And I always try to plan ahead for everything.

All jokes aside, this is exactly why I continue to follow you. You are the Columbo of shenanigans. People think they're safe, and you come back in with "oh, just one more thing..."

It is ART.

I invite those who criticize mask use that their uncaring attitude about a killer of over a million in this country alone, and continuing afflicter of many more, to the realization that they are the reason I still mask.

It's like the most boring game of Guess Who ever.

Smoking in sci-fi is what bothers me. While I know ships are going to have air scrubbers. why would you (as a captain or organization responsible for said ships) want to tax them needlessly?

Text headline from NYT Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

This reveals that RFK’s whole “oh you can get a vaccine if you want to, just no mandates” thing is bullshit because he’s going after the vaccines themselves.

Vaccines which, for the record, are one of the keystones to our civilization. Particularly regarding the survival of children.

I believe we were at about 6 million when I joined. Left Twitter long ago, finally got the itch for small form social media again. I think it was around the same time you joined, or maybe shortly after. You were definitely an instant refollow aa soon as I spotted you!

Which is the ultimate farce, because nobody got where they are alone. Everyone gets a lift every once in a while, some just need more than others.

Heck, it's code for "will help anyone further down the socio-economic ladder than you." But yes, most people do only care about the most obvious differences first. It's a bit depressing that most people don't think about what it means, they've just been spoon fed that helping = bad.

It's horribly unethical, and it's horrible whether it's done for bigotry or finance. Also, thank you for hearing me out, and not assuming I'm a contrarian, troll, or bot. It means a lot to know that exchange of ideas can still happen in this crazy world.

They don't, but unfortunately the buzzword flood them with worries of "socialism" and the like. We've always known it, but this past cycle really pointed out how much money steers things for the purpose of making power (and through power, more money.) Either way though, people are suffering.

That's why they need "insurance" (read: restricting healthcare) as that cudgel... being outnumbered puts them at a disadvantage. I mean, I fully admit I could be wrong, but it does seem a rather simple "follow the money" reason. But at the end of the day, it still royally stinks for those in need.

With due respect, I think that race isn't nearly as big a factor (but it is still most definitely a factor) as employers having a cudgel to beat employees into submission with a "perk" that should be a given. Otherwise, spot on!