Vex Nemorensis

I so wanted to believe this would be a turning point (not that one).

I've never been heart and soul Labour but I thought Mildly Right must surely still be an improvement on Extremist Far Right.

I was not wise in this. So Greens it is for me. At least until they turn.

Of course. Foolish of me. 😬

Also some sort of independent body that can fact-check claims and statements made by elected representatives and any level and impose sanctions if they're found to be lying in anything they say.

Obviously you run into the problem of quis custodes custodiat, but I'm sure a solution could be found.

I've always heard about America's great Checks And Balances that stop anyone from accumulating monarchical power, and having seen how well they've functioned, I'd suggest America really needs to install some Checks And Balances to stop anyone from accumulating monarchical power.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Fuck's sake. 😖

Ah, sorry about that. Always a letdown when something you've been looking forward to doesn't measure up. 🫤

But yeah, you're right, I think. They were a hideous society that did terrible things - but somewhere in there there were some admirable ideals that've never quite been achieved, even by them.

Glad I allowed the ridiculous price tag for the full game to put me off, now. Normally I'd be all over Roman shit - they're my very favourite loathsome historical abhorrences for some reason (seriously: fuck the Romans) - but not even they justify that money. Less so if AI is doing the "work".

What are the beneficial changes he's made? (Investors' profits don't count.)

He's got an approach? I thought his assignment was just to arse about until it collapsed and then sell our lives to American healthcare predators.

There are other choices. But the ruling class in the US have spent decades training Americans to react with terrified hostility against anything that could even vaguely be labelled 'socialist'; more so for 'communist'.

Programming people to fear those words cemented the rule of America's oligarchs.

Okay but what about - and hear me out, I know it's radical - what if you had some sort of council? Like, instead of having a single ruler to rule over everyone, have like a whole bunch of little leaders - maybe people could choose them from amongst themselves - who can make decisions as a group?

I don't think they'll be taking questions at the next election, if there is one.

Certainly not the one about "Who would you like to have running the country?".

Also short-video creators who post a text comment no longer than a tweet as a caption over an image of themselves doing facial expressions to music. Just freaking tweet, for gods' sakes.

#TikTok
#Instagram
#Facebook #Reels
#ProbablyThreadsAsWellIHaveNoIdeaWhatThatPlatformDoes

Short-video creators who post someone else's thing but superimpose themselves in front of it so they can practice exaggerated facial expressions throughout while making no meaningful contribution to proceedings.

Welcome to hopelessness. Sorry you're here.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that Bluesky isn't a right-aligned capitalist operation just because it's not yet as explicit about it as Musk made Twitter.

You sad, sad fucks. On your knees drooling for a fucking Nazi.

An utter betrayal of everything America's 'greatest generation' fought and died for.

Pitiful.

On the one hand, it's obviously great that King Donald is riling his subjects over the H1B visa thing, and that there are mutterings against him even amongst the faithful.

On the other hand, it's kind of disheartening that they're only pissed off because they don't think he's being racist enough.

No, it sounds good to me. I don't disagree at all. I'm not honestly sure I'd give them the armour, frankly. It might help motivate them towards peaceful resolutions.

They're not hiding it terribly well, but the fact that they're trying - and how obviously they are, intentionally, trying - is all the indictment needed.

A democracy (and yes, a republic is a democracy) cannot survive under a regime committed to corruption, fraud, lies and secrecy.

What about rum? I'm working on rum: what are my odds, or should I switch to bourbon?

That does sound a wee bit scammy, honestly. 🤔

The answer to a remarkably vast number of questions, really.

Not untrue. But even if they weren't fishermen, even if they were drug runners, I still oppose what trump ordered done and what Navy crews shamefully carried out.

Murder is not justice.

Yep, but it's for political reasons now.

People have never really bought Teslas *because they wanted a Tesla*.

Initially you had pro-environment people buying them because in the early days they were the only serious everyday EV.

Now, they serve as a symbol of loyal support for a Nazi feudalist.

Why are medical people pathologically (ahem) unable to abbreviate "Obstetrics and Gynaecology"?

Instead of saying "ob-gyne" or "ob-gee", Brits make themselves say "Obs And Gynae"; and Americans seems committed to "oh-bee-gee-why-en" - which just *isn't how abbreviation works*.

Likewise, but doesn't the notification bubble just mess with your head?

I assume their decision not to allow you to clear that bubble without age verification is just a way to push people into handing over their documents, and I'm not doing that, but it'd be nice if they weren't so manipulative.

He's obviously irredeemably immoral because he's got that little 'R' marker for 'Reprehensible' next to his name.