"Though the Roman Republic fell, the ideal survived. Public institutions exist apart from the men who lead them, and conflating the two is the hallmark of tyranny. That ideal profoundly shaped the generation that designed the American constitutional order." Highly recommended read!

Welp, can't say I didn't see it coming, they cut down everyone's salaries about a month ago due to limited runway, but the company I was working for laid me off. Need full time TypeScript and/or Solidity work ASAP

This is a dance off. If you see this, repost with a dance gif or get eliminated

Kristy Jessica is a really fun and cool model, all her poses are confident and powerful and her expressions are warm yet commanding… she's great, go check her out! 😄

I often get the sense that American leftists write off joint Israeli-Palestinian activism as naive kumbaya shit but whenever I read something like this I am blown away by the strength of people who have endured the worst losses possible and yet still show up with compassion for the “enemy”

Re: 'H.R. 8250' "Parents Decide Act". This bill wants to force age verification on the operating system level. If you see one of your reps listed below, CALL THEM so we can kill this in committee www.congress.gov/members/find...

The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested! (Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!) www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey

I guess with Palantir fashposting we can expand this to "and we will run the world regardless of what you think & you will love it, peasant." Like I've said before, I think AI has interesting & compelling use-cases, but we've got to liberate this technology from being the sole domain of the techbro

Higgins is badly misrepresenting what Mills said. She said she didn't know the details of the resolution but would be concerned if it blocked Iron Dome interceptors (it doesn't). She also unequivocally condemned the Israeli campaign in Gaza as a violation of international law.

Can't wait to hear about how Graham Platner would be a better Senator because unlike this woman, who is thinking carefully about the pros and cons of a data-center ban, he would say "woo-eeee, ban all data centers" before ripping off his shirt and cracking open an oyster between his pecs

I snagged this and now I'm stuck. The game asks you to choose a country at startup and I'm stuck between whether I want to represent Norway, my ancestral homeland, or the United States, my country of birth and residence, a country of which I'm quite proud but I also must acknowledge is deeply flawed

One of the most consistently infuriating things about the criminal legal system is how little anyone in a position of authority cares about determining what does and does not work.

Sharing this again 🥳 Congratulations, #Hungary! You inspire us all!

competitive authoritarianism is bad but it is absolutely still beatable if you show up in large enough numbers november is step one for us

I believe the vibecession, such as it is, is at least 80% housing. I think the other 20% is some combo of “inflation” and “data indicates it’s genuinely taking a very long time to find a new job if you lose yours now, and there’s no one obvious or achievable-looking sector to pivot into.”

I’ve seen enough. God is 1) real 2) nonbinary 3) primarily motivated by a deep hatred of JD Vance

Show me your favorite video game skeletons.

It’s a crime.

Am I going to have to keep reskeeting this every time it looks like we might have a nuclear war? (sigh) Unless this _is_ the end, in which case… I love you all 😭

It's Garfield and Floyd!

Sincerely: it is good when people make mistakes and own them like this. One of the biggest problems with social media is how this kind of mea culpa and good faith mistake is so disincentivized.

Modern life: You must carry with you at all times your wallet, keys, and your entire digital life in portable form, the penalty for losing any of which is massive in financial and security terms Also modern life: Ewww you have clothing with large pockets, you cheugy ass bitch

It will almost certainly result in the introduction of MUCH higher consumption taxes, which are regressive, thus screwing over the people it is supposed to help, and will worsen government services, screwing those same people again. This is an absolute shit idea.

Official #SonicTheHedgehog cookbook chili dogs attempt #3! This time I cooked the hot dogs on a foil boat in the toaster oven, set to bake, for about 12 minutes, inserting the buns (buttered this time) for the last 2 to get them toasted. Then, after assembling the dog, applying the chili, mustard…

You can read more here, and we are always happy to answer questions. But TLDR? The Nordic model does not work and it doesn't keep anyone safe. www.swopbehindbars.org/post/the-log...

The Nordic model does not work. The nordic model claims to protect and decriminalize sex work, but in reality it harms sex workers because it still criminalizes clients, friends, roommates, family. It encourages law enforcement to surveil sex workers. Let's talk about it.

The solution is just extending current hardware life cycles. Theres not really many great reasons anyone needs the latest and greatest. The PS4 is still a venerable machine, the Steam Deck punches way above its weight class. We don't need 8k horse balls.

As a Christian, I don't think federal agencies should be referring to "Christ, our Savior" in any context. I don't need my government to validate my faith. That's why it's called faith. More importantly, my government shouldn't be invalidating the religions of other Americans.

yes. they pay more based on income in taxes for the thing that is then “free” for everyone. this is how public services work

Star Trek: Voyager has an episode where you get to watch every character die, one by one, and at the end, there's a twist: their lives were forgotten and their deaths meaningless. I'd like to ask that particular writer what in fucking hell he was thinking.

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! I'm Tina Russell, I like Sonic the Hedgehog (since 1991!), Aphrodite (embodiment of love & beauty, & patron goddess of sex workers, much love to y'alls), Emacs Lisp (because it's the one programming language I can truly understand), & other stuff. Follow me if you want 😘

I was going to post a picture of Oprah with Sonic, as I coulda sworn Sonic was on Oprah's show during the Dreamcast era. But, looking it up, it was Rosie O'Donnell's show instead. Well, here's your picture

Oh my word. This is something I definitely felt myself as a young trans person: desire to cut myself bc of how my body was actively being demonized. I'm so glad I didn't, & to think that young trans people today are being taught the same kind of shame that made me even consider it… I have no words.

Can Third Way and Hasan Piker just… cancel each other?

But clarity is not the same thing as accuracy. And safety is not the same thing as justice. At SWOP Behind Bars, we’ve been clear about where we stand. Trafficking is real. It causes enormous harm. And it deserves responses that actually reduce exploitation instead of obscuring it.

The NYT is being disingenuous here. The AMA has *always* said that gender-affirming surgeries should generally be reserved for adults. That's part of why so few kids get them! The AMA reiterated this position and the NYT is characterizing it as a policy change. It's not.

I love underwater nudes so much. They've got a magical, dreamlike quality to them, and the poses models can pull off underwater are just spectacular.

Western civilization includes Just War Theory and the Laws of Armed Combat. Those aren't PC niceties, they're the legacy of centuries of philosophy, religion, tradition, and the accumulated lessons of bloody experience. Hegseth doesn't champion Western civilization, he rejects the civilized part.

I made the official #SonicTheHedgehog cookbook chili dogs again yesterday, this time halving the amounts of onion and cheddar cheese (it was still a lot), and putting the finished dogs in the toaster oven (set to "reheat"), on a metal tray, for just long enough for the cheese to melt. Better! Still…

I made the chili dogs from the official #SonicTheHedgehog cookbook! …You might notice, you can barely see the chili! That's because the recipe calls for two tablespoons of both onions and cheddar cheese _per dog._ This turned out to be a lot. Next time, I'll halve the toppings. Still, it was good!😋

I started up #SonicRacingCrossWorlds and found that I did pretty well on the Blank Festival, considering it ran for 0 seconds at midnight on January 1 of the year 1 A.D.

@skunkapegames.com Maybe you get this a lot 😅 but, now that you’ve remastered Poker Night at the Inventory (thank you!), is there a chance you’d remaster Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People? (I know there’d be licensing issues involved, but such was true of Poker Night, so… here’s hoping!)

Now I'm playing with power!

My shrine to Aphrodite in Animal Crossing: New Horizons now has an authentic Botticelli's Birth of Venus painting an authentic Venus de Milo! Woohoo! 😄 #Aphrodite #ACNH

Hey, alongside contacting your representatives, this seems like another thing worth putting a bit of your time into and sharing around. If we could get "reputational risk" taken off the table, even in this current climate, that could create a chilling effect on these kinds of policies

Okay, I try not to be a reflexive AI hater, but is there a way to turn off the new Gmail “feature” where it constantly nudges me to press / for it to write emails for me or to press Tab for it to “improve” my writing? I’m not a fucking toddler, I can write my own e-mails, thank you. 😠

Yeah, we should really not risk the important task of unseating Collins to this guy. If he were sincere about redeeming himself from old mistakes, he'd be dropping out of the race now. We can't afford to have a candidate who lies about his Nazi tattoo while we're taking on modern-day Nazis.

🗓️ March 3 is Sex Worker Rights Day (that’s today). We’re highlighting workers and advocates fighting for dignity, safety, and human rights in their communities. Because sex worker rights are human rights, and this work happens 365 days a year. ☂️