Holy shit, the final phase of the final phase of the final phase of the last boss fight fucking blows. Well over a hundred hours in (probably 70 of which were unnecessary), and I'm seriously considering just watching the ending on YouTube.

this is full of meaning

I was dubious, and the start of the first episode was really not quelling my doubts, but actually by the end of episode 2 I am kind of digging STARFLEET ACADEMY. The cast is brimming with charm, and the show actually seems to want to use them.

One thing that will have to be true of any better world we build is that it will have to be a massive point of nearly inexpungible shame to be or have been a member of, an ally of, a collaborator with, or an enabler of, the Republican Party.

Where are the people who called distance learning tyranny? Minnesota is doing that now to protect kids from ICE. Where are you guys?

I don't think trump himself is particularly competent. I think he is in a state of mental decline and he's in an information silo. That doesn't stop the rest of the gop strategists from using their positions to enact their policies. Trump is the figure head of a very ugly monster

The most amazing thread I've read in a while

If you are a Republican, I do not think you are a fascist. I *observe* that you are a fascist.

Block instantly.

The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).

'electability' is a word that means 'idk he kind of looks like an actor who would play a president on tv'

You have just 1 week to play Perfect Tides before the sequel, Perfect Tides: Station to Station comes out! The games can be enjoyed out of order, but what better way to spend the week? store.steampowered.com/app/1172800/...

See, @bsky.app, this is a good example of bad communication. The first impression is the headline, which only says "SHOW WHEN YOU'RE LIVE", and the reader's brain fills in "ON BLUESKY"--you know, the app that the user is using? No one wants their online status to be visible here. Visceral dislike.

SHIVERS - FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE. VOLATILE AND LUMINOUS. MADE OF SODIUM AND RAIN. SHIVERS - IF YOU WANT ME YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE BEACH, DANS LE DERNIER BAL.

If I were drafting a new constitution it would have to recognize that probably most of the time if you’re impeaching and removing a president, leaving in place his whole hand-picked line of succession is maybe a bad idea. Probably only a caretaker and a special election would do.

Can’t ye see the world where you stand?

If you're a younger person & you're wondering if anyone, back when it was founded in 2002, fully expected the Department of Homeland Security (of which ICE is a part) to become a full blown vehicle for fascism, the answer is: Yes. Lots of us. It was very obvious. Pols/media pretended not to notice.

Amazing how quickly the pretext for invading a city just falls away. The circular justification in Minneapolis is now “we are punishing the city for resisting our punishment.

ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms

Okay, I just played Aerith's Theme for a mama cat and her kittens. That's going to paper over a serious multitude of shortcomings. (Scored an A-rank, and the entire party immediately leveled up. Turns out having it in my college WinAmp playlist paid dividends.)

More effort went into the piano minigame in REBIRTH than all the other minigames combined. Some of them are okay, but there are places where they bungled game mechanics that people have been getting right for thirty years.

Something I think we're going to need to address in the next few years is that the Constitution has failed. Not in the sense that a person fails, in the sense that a dam fails. We are going to need, if not a new document, at least a seriously and thoughtfully amended one.

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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

There was no answer.

The "doomers" been right. Just noticing an obvious pattern doesn't make you a doomer. But maybe if we were more prepared for these "impossible" situations instead of saying they couldn't happen, we'd have a response when they do ultimately happen.

The developers of PEAK explain pricing

I could not help staring at this gallows with a vague misgiving.

was using Google to try and remember the cast of the shitty 2020 Stand miniseries, and uh

KIM KITSURAGI - Well... except that one time when he stopped to sing karaoke. Which, by the way -- I have to disagree with you, Mr. Vicquemare -- was a valiant effort. He really sang his heart out.

Jonathan Ross worked for Border Patrol before ICE

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Worth noting that the ICE tactic of screaming at people while repeatedly yanking on door handles/reaching in through windows to grab them--all while other agents put themselves in front of the vehicle--is basically designed to create this exact scenario. They want an excuse to shoot. It's a perk.

here's the thing about "which character would be pro-ICE or fascist or MAGA or whatever" none of them, dawg. because characters in stories have to have some internal consistency. people complain otherwise. and unless they're evil, that consistency tends to be anti-evil in nature

I hope, when this is over, you can buy little chunks of the white house in museum gift shops like they did with the berlin wall

It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school

The moderate position here is that every single ICE agent should be tried and put in prison for their many crimes. That's the baseline

Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.

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Free concept for a novel: serial killer who hunts down J6 pardonees.

Re-upping my position that January 6 should become a national holiday, whose primary celebration is the burning of effigies.

second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

I used the phrase "robbed a nursing home" in the last video and I just realized I almost certainly lifted it from/was inspired by this old Dave Barry column. Dave Barry is not really thought of as an edgy writer but holy shit, there's some savage stuff in here

Post 1: *something inflammatory* Post 2: God it's annoying when people are inflamed

Several hours into FF7 REBIRTH and... huh. Some interesting choices here vis a vis, like, narrative momentum and focus. The play is fun, but I'm not sure where the story went? (Not, like, "the story went in a weird direction," like "I seem to have misplaced the story.")