Roger Misso

Never in the history of space has any initial development *not* blown up. You’re just paying attention now because the guy that owns the company is an asshole, but the people doing real science work are doing it right.

The starships are supposed to blow up at this point, guys. It would be nice if they didn’t, but this is how engineers learn how to build them so that they *don’t* blow up.

You have got to be the most ignorant people on Planet Earth if you think attacking the Democratic National Committee HQ is going to affect your (bonkers) demands on Israel or lead to more sympathy and protection for Hamas.

Take a fucking breath and talk with people like empathetic humans who live on a spectrum of understanding about the thousands of years of conflict in the region instead of:

-Intimidating and harassing Jews on their way to school or work
-Forcibly barricading people into offices
-Celebrating murder

Multiple things can be true at once:

-Israel has the right to defend itself from massacre and seek justice
-Hamas is a terrorist organization that prevents Gazans from finding peace and prosperity in Gaza
-Stop killing or threatening innocents. Period. Everyone.

I’m a progressive Democrat. Ran as a progressive, support progressives, believe in progressive policy goals.

Hamas-defenders and antisemites play-acting as “protestors” are not progressives. Outside of MAGA, no group’s behavior has solidified me more against their supposed policy demands than them.

Health care, like military or police, is a public good and necessary service.

This a la carte BS is inhumane. We need a basic standard of care for every human being in America. If the wealthy want to pay for comfier waiting rooms - go nuts. But basic health care should be a right in America.

The gobsmacking, shameless profiteering of US health care is charging me $200 for medication that should be covered by my insurance for free, but the doctor called it in to CVS instead of Rite Aid. And no time to work through the hours required to fix when a loved one is in pain.

Single payer. Now.

This gives me no great pleasure, but the Bills are looking like the 14th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Can we use it on a new OC?

That’ll just about do it for the Bills playoff hopes. Not pleased with the playcalling at all this year. The players haven’t changed much…I think it might be time for a new round of coaches. Let’s not wait until the end of the season.

Endorsed.

"You say that you are my judge. I do not know if you are! But I tell you that you must take good care not to judge me wrongly, because you will put yourself in great danger." --Joan of Arc, on trial

Endorsed!

As a plebe summer detailer at Annapolis, I would regularly try to break my plebes’ “military bearing” by informing them loudly that “the only two books that have ever made me cry are Old Yeller and The Bluejacket’s Manual.”

Targeted harassment and intimidation with the intent to commit harm - whether the person is at school, on their way to work, or anywhere else - is an act of terror.

Your cause may be just. But if you’re committing terror to make your point, you either need to seek help or see yourself into jail.

The average value of free #VeteransDay meals is $15.

There are ~18 million veterans in America.

If each gets a free meal, that’s $270 million.

How about, instead of a Bloomin’ Onion, we pay full price for the meal and spend that to house the last 33,129 homeless vets in America right now?

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My go-to way to respond when someone says “thank you for your service” is: “Thank you for paying your taxes.”

It’s a good reminder that service doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and in a free society, we all have an important role to play.

Love the Bills. Sadly, not a playoff team this year.

Awful half of football. Offense needs an overhaul. Let Josh be Josh.

Can’t cry about calls if you don’t play the game well.

Re-caging my expectations of the Bills this season to avoid crippling disappointment.

Always keep in mind what Eric Hoffer said about failed creatives and their roles in mass movements in "The True Believer" (that they're essential to them)

Pittsford, NY FTW!

If I hear any of you playing Christmas music right now so help me

Ah yes, the day after Halloween, also known as The Feast of This Is When We Learn Why We Don’t Let You Kids Eat Candy For Breakfast.

His platform is home to the most virulently hateful people who traffick in the worst actual slurs known to humankind.

“Cis” is not a slur any more than calling someone a human is a slur.

I wouldn’t say I’ve mastered the mirror glaze, but my cake frosting/smoothing game has gotten a lot better.

Another Voice: Congress must protect health care access for our nation’s veterans When needed, our veterans answered our nation’s call. They have defended us from foreign adversaries and made it possible to enjoy our way of life. Now is the time to recognize their sacrifices and ...

There are more than 4.4 million rural veterans in America, and nearly 2/3 are over the age of 65. The VA is set to force them to foot the bill in a recent rule change, and I’m calling on Congress to take action.
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