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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

From Nancy Mace’s mouth to God’s ears!

#deathpenaltyfortylerrobinson

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.

And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

I fear C. Kirk will become something of a martyr like the young nazis that were assassinated right before the “night of the long knives”.

Nobody even knows anything about the shooter, and yet they blamed it on the left with a quickness that makes me question if it was planned.

Hateful and violent speech incites a hateful and violent reaction. Charlie Kirk incited the very violence he was killed by.

As it turns out it’s freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences of that speech.

The only time these people are talking about peace and non violence is when one of their own gets shot.

Sucks when shit affects you personally, doesn’t it?

Drowned out: While Texans beg for help, the GOP redraws the map to cheat.

The purpose of the special session wasn’t about flood relief. It was about stealing elections.

Let me make it plain: Over 100 dead. Flood victims plead for help. Republicans were busy rigging maps for Trump.

I’m going to burn down MAPPA studio if they make season 3 with AI

The image features the American flag in the background, with a prominent bald eagle, which is a national symbol of the United States, superimposed in the foreground. The text at the top reads "LAND OF THE FREE," and the text at the bottom reads "HOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRISON POPULATION." This juxtaposition of imagery and text seems to convey a critical commentary on the notion of freedom in the United States, highlighting the paradox of having a large prison population.

A screenshot of three 3D armored arms showing object space normals. On the far left, labeled Base, is an arm with smooth color gradients. In the middle, labeled Posterize, is the same arm with fewer colors in big bands. On the right, labeled Smudge, is the posterized normal map with smudges to turn it into something that looks painted.

In case anyone's interested, this is the process I'm using to generate normals for the painterly portfolio project I'm working on. This is in Substance Painter, but you could also do it in Photoshop or 3D Coat

I convert them to tangent space after the fact, but you could also do that in a shader

George Floyd should be alive today.

He should be raising his daughter, living his life.

5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags.

His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.”

Let’s stop failing her, and him.

Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

artists should really repost more, considering how long each drawing takes.

anyway, take this. ive forced you to scroll past my art again

Lady Knight Sketch:

That's a call to run for office. I know some are heeding it. I can't, but I will vote for anyone claiming to be what they hate: socialists and progressives.

Now he wants to pay his brownshirts. But with your money, not his.

fair point

That’s a lot of voters unfortunately and they can’t reach those voters with a video. People won’t go out and look for that stuff.

2/ I also knew because of the 16 Nobel Prize winning economists that claimed Kamala’s tax plan would’ve been significantly better.

What dems could’ve done is take the TCJ act and explained how that act made them have to pay more every year in taxes, probably in a tv ad.

1/ I knew because my research on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, DJT’s tax bill. We are still under it now, which is why most middle/lower class people owe money on their taxes and have had to contribute more and more over the last 8 years instead of getting a refund.

2/ For a more specific example, the unrealized gains tax Kamala proposed this fall. It’s a great idea imo, but very poorly explained and I had to explain it to anyone that would hear me out.

1/ It’s almost every policy with economics. A lot of dems can’t explain it in way that makes sense to the general public and can’t sell the idea to the general public. I think that’s why DJT’s so well liked in some regard. He just says shit in a way that makes sense to less educated people.

True. He’s really sue-happy so maybe it’s best not.

I’m more hopeful for the vice chair, he seems like he’s ready to throw himself into the position head first.

Well now I’m even more interested in reading it.

Hopefully the new DNC chair and vice chair will get that sorted out. They’re absolutely horrible with messaging in general.

I’d love to read it if you do. I’ve got my own theories as to why him, but they all boil down to money and power. I guess that’s capitalism for you.

2/ We know because setting that stuff up takes a lot of time and coordination with different departments. It’d be impossible to do first thing if they didn’t help.