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Well I certainly hope so but like the quote says the US market is a really big one and taking that out of the mix affects a lot of profit calculus.

Honestly the 'very simple technology' part is the only thing here that bothers me. Because the Federation seems very prone to overengineering. These are the people who use forcefields on their security cells. And no bars or even doors.

Enjoy your Chinese New Year's holiday!

A LitRPG author was extremely amused when I told him one of his books got a "You might also like" recommendation for a My Little Pony comics compliation on Goodreads

In retrospect there's probably something to be said for the benefits of only being able to gamble if you go across town to one specific shop to place your bets in cash each time.

I never finished it. Friend told me it gets especially bullshit at the end.

Is that a brain mole?

Femoid is a dated term. The incels decided it still made women sound too much like people so they shortened it to foid to make it more dehumanizing.

@nataliereed84.bsky.social Badou!

v. cute

I thought the explanation was that Manwe or whoever the eagles served wouldn't let them directly take part in the battle over the Ring?

Probably not a lot lost if the orcs all bow down and change sides when Saruman takes the field.

Tolkien explicitly said in his letters that Gandalf would have won the war pretty much single-handedly if he took up the Ring. Can't imagine Saruman wouldn't have done the same.

I have some very bad news for you re: cops and dogs

I'm a little weirded out that it turns out Trump writes better than Epstein.

Aww. Pretty!

Yay pink!

I don't know the situation but she may not have known how/thought she would be taken seriously and that attracting a lot of publicity was her best protection and chance of getting official attention

@nataliereed84.bsky.social This is my new friend, Doudou

What is she?

Uuuuuh

Mostly stunned by pretty

The degenerate Captain Sweden strikes again!

Stalking carries a life without parole sentence?

Pretty!

Aww. Cat! He's so cute!

And that maybe with Sauron's influence replaced by the moral force of Good King Aragorn's virtuous reign they might gradually start to reform and become better people.

I always thought that was the implication. They started off inclined to evil, then centuries of bondage to Sauron and under his psychic influence baked that into them.

Isn't he allowed to change his clothes sometimes?

Didn't God brag to Job about kicking Leviathan's ass?

How so?