Brian Prime

Ostensibly left leaning politicians asking "are you sure we shouldn't get into xenophobia? It seems to win elections" demonstrates that for them it's not about principles and good governance, It's about power.

When you help someone who is broken find their golden thing, that golden thin can be inside of you too, because nothing is more human than our ability to connect with each other.

I flatter myself to think I'm most likely Kurt because I want to be a source of joy in the lives of those who know, and I refuse to even pretend to be ashamed of my differences.

Fascism succeeds when we debate the worth of others

When we decide that it’s “ok” if certain people suffer

That they “deserve” it

Abandoning red states because they voted for Trump is playing into the hands of fascists

Not to mention all the children who have no say, no agency & need protection

Yup. They'll send a legitimately awful US citizen to CECOT, and anyone who criticizes it will be accused of supporting the awful person... and then they'll send someone slightly less awful. Eventually, they'll have established that they can send anyone.

Just me and Garth, hanging with our Dogs

There are useful things AI can do, but the monetary investment and promotion of it is disproportionate to the public demand and utility.

The reason is, AI promises rich people one day they won't have to pay for the talent and expertise of others. If it's not your job today, it will be before long

Flavor text for the MTG card Darksteel Plate: “If there can be no victory, then I will fight forever”

don’t forget

@charliekirk11 - Jul 31, 2020: BREAKING: President @realDonaldTrump just announced on Air Force One that he will be banning the evil CCP-compromised app TikTok America can’t continue to allow our citizens to be surveilled by Xi Jinping and his terroristic cronies I have long advocated for this. ==================================== @charliekirk11 - 4h: Trump is saving TikTok. Pay attention, Gen Z.

lol lmao

I doubt this one is about licencing. They used him afterwards, like in war of the spark, they just barely did anything with him. I suspect it's more that there was only one story where he was him, and subsequent writers haven't been sure they want to handle the backstory that is clearly there.

I realize he was a Brandon Sanderson creation, but if they aren't going to have him writing more story, they really ought to have someone else take a shot at extending his story.

This post was my first realization that the move to Krakoa happened right before Trump lost an election, and the move away from it happened right before he won one. Probably a coincidence, but...

This morning I'm thinking about how the X-Men are always the underdogs, and how they always keep fighting anyway because underdogs don't have any other choice, and how they manage to make that a beautiful thing.

Today I played some magic with the pony deck I made for my wife. Shout out to rule zero and my flying horse named Socrates.

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

As UXM grew ever darker and deeper, Kurt Wagner stood out as a rare joyous character in an often bleak series, someone who relished the role of showman, and though Claremont at times punished him for this, he also found spaces to let Kurt thrive. 1/8 #xmen @goshgollywow.bsky.social

1865 is a fascinating historical drama about the immediate aftermath of the Lincoln assassination. Amazing twists in the story that you would think we would already know about.

as a first-gen American, it's been really scary and depressing to see the whiplash from the Trump years when liberals had very strong, positive messaging for immigrants to today where supposed "allies" argue violating international law is a "necessary evil" and whip out polls to say it's all okay.

When you convince yourself a lie is necessary, the truth becomes your enemy.

"We do not live in a system governed by people prepared to plant a tree in whose shade they will never sit.
We live in a system governed by people who inherited a shady grove built by labor, fired the gardeners, and comodified the shade which they believe is generated ex-nihilo by market forces"

The future seems far away because by the time we think about the parts that are the closest they have already become the past

Police characterizing the faculty as "aggressive" in their non-movement with their hands restrained really feels like a whole lot of a tell about how police do their usual brutality too.

It's wild that the best nightcrawler adaptation outside comics is going to be an afterthought after that episode.

I'm so American that the preschool I went to used group punishment and stress positions.

There are two kinds of people:

Those who always oversimplify things,

And those who sometimes oversimplify things.