Damien Tonkin

Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

In this case I'm guessing you mean Cuomo

Hasn't Sean Austin already been involved in politics?

Huh, well whatever works I guess.

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

I've had to guess a lot recently if some scandal was a major news story I hadn't heard about yet or an American big brother update. I'm now getting advertising for Australia big brother and I'm already over it.

It came across more like you went up to someone with an open fracture of the leg and said "huh I thought the blood and bones were supposed to be on the inside?" And they said "yes, I know!" There's a fair amount of emotional labour in responding at all.

It was implicitly stated. I'm really not trying to be rude and I don't want to make assumptions but from my own personal experience, could this be a neurodivergent missed connection thing? Like you asked for clarification and it didn't work out and now you're frustrated? I've been there.

They're having a personal crisis and you're making it about you.

Maybe this is the misunderstanding of the definition of liberalism thing? I understand a lot of Americans are having a hard time with that.

You asked a question and someone answered it, whatever tone you read into that is on you. I get it, I misread social cues too but you have to breathe and not snap at strangers on the internet because you think they're being abrupt with you on a character limited social media app.

I have to assume that the Weimar Republic is batting a thousand in defeating fascism or people wouldn't keep bringing up the horseshoe theory.

Someone brought this up recently and I looked into it. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but I think the horseshoe theory originated in the Weimar Republic to say that the left and right wings of the nazi party were as bad as each other. Yeah no shit!

It seems like Texas is going to get traded to another team next season so it'll be seven flags anyway.

Power? Like in the political sense rather than the electrical sense. I don't know if that technically counts as a resource.

I bet the religious right are furious about this judge. Just wait til they hear about Jesus!

Imagine sex with a vampire with a mirror above the bed

hello! my friend was assaulted and threatened by federal agents for the crime of "not liking them". please help him sue the shit out of these fascist thugs chuffed.org/project/free...

Cartoon by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.

ICE thugs.

a man in a red suit is holding a can of soda in his hand Alt: Gif from quantum leap: a man in a red suit is holding a smartphone made of gummy bears.

I know it's a hackers reference but it's also giving quantum leap vibes.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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I was just looking through some costume reference and it struck me how weird it was that Scotty got to keep his staff captain commission after Star Trek 3. He was only on the job for a few days, I know all charges were dropped but you'd think they'd have stopped the paperwork after he went AWOL

No I have enough contempt to go around.

Andy Ngo succeeded in inspiring violence yet again

“A shutdown falls on the president’s lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak.” – Donald Trump, 2013

This is a vod because I'm too busy organising my own little space and I wanted to watch the stray streams in my downtime.

A cat standing on a tv cabinet in front of the screen showing a game stream.

Watching @katmabu.bsky.social play stray on stream and my cat got really into it.

One of my greatest fears has been Elon Musk finding out about Project Orion.

I was about to make the same joke

It's like that writing advice of "why are you opening the story at this point?" If people liked the character already then you don't inherently need any more backstory. Mudd is fine in STD but it's not the same character as in TOS and I don't think anyone was crying out for a gritty reboot.