the royal family in the UK serve practically no other purpose than occupying the highest seat in the land. That way, elected politicians dont get the idea that there is a vacancy for an all powerful ruler. I have no doubt that Boris would have tried if he thought there was an opening

me: (meets a guy who I might be interested in) him next day: "Hey you dont live too far away, I could pick you up for another date" me: (feels unsafe)

for the amount of money being spent on LLMs, they are way to easy to "Captain Kirk" into a loop

ok so, if you have a minute I can explain why one party clams America's tariffs are being paid by Americans while the other party claims they are being paid by foreigners Neither side is lying now that the rubber has met the road, we can see how it works 1/

people say "Laughter is the best medicine" doctors now considered out of date multiple studies have now shown that vaccines are significantly better at preventing disease

if you feel like feminism hasn't really accomplished anything in the past 50 years, try reading old issues of 'Playboy'. the 'party jokes' column shows the slow but constant progress that comes from low level, but unrelenting, social pressure

*ERFs (exclusionary, reactionary, feminists) are not feminists. they are the ladies auxiliary of the patriarchy feminism is fundamentally a philosophy of inclusion. it is about recognizing people as equal partners in our society

we need to have a 'probationary adulthood' period. anything you do between the ages of 18 and 25 can be written off under a "young and stupid" exemption. specifically marriage and student debt. Student debt accrued before age 25 will be re-payed as a percent of income until age 40

why are people so surprised when the find out I am actually pretty good at the thing I have been doing for a living for the past 10 years?

TIL: crazy cat ladies are almost all rich. Cats are much cheaper to take care of than children or men. They also tend to experience a great deal of joy and fulfillment from their cats so they don't spend money trying to fill a void

just a reminder "Never Forget" is the start of the sentence. the end of the sentence is supposed to be "... so we never let it happen again" and NOT "... because we want to do it to someone else"

Sometimes I will delete a post not because I think it was wrong, but because the people who read it understood something different from what I intended ultimately, it is on the author to convey subtlety. readers cant be faulted for missing it

Hey, You, yes you. Take a minute to reflect on the fact that you are greater than the sum total of the things you think make up your worth. you have value too.

speaking as someone with mild autism, I just want to make it clear: if doing something beneficial has chance of causing autism, DO IT this is no more a disease than being left handed. its just a different set attributes, some advantages, some disadvantages

Terry Pratchett was on to something when he made the official residence of the head of state a prison just assume anyone in that position is a criminal

it is not impossible to be friends with someone you are sexually attracted to. If you are not sure, think of how you would feel if they hooked up with someone else. if you are happy about it, you are good to go. if not, you have some growing up to do

apparently when I get high I start dropping truth bombs on people telling them why they are important to me

I understand why many Trans people don't want to be perceived right now I am not am not a target, I could just be quiet and let this storm pass by I have the luxury choosing what side of history I want to be on I choose to support Trans-Rights #tdov #transrights

with the onslaught of horror in 2025, it easy to loose sight of the real enemies: Fascists, Oligarchs, and people who drop the Oxford comma. these people are the font of chaos

try not to forget that 'woke' means "aware of the social inequality and injustices in the world". being anti woke, is being anti-justice, and anti equality

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Do frogs tell stories about their royalty being turned into humans? #deepthoughts #frogprince #fairytails

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

I understand why many Trans people don't want to be perceived right now I am not am not a target, I could just be quiet and let this storm pass by I have the luxury choosing what side of history I want to be on I choose to support Trans-Rights #tdov #transrights

Happy #TDOV, the one day of the year when we can directly observe trans people the rest of the year we can only infer their position from gravitational lensing of background genders

BREAKING: due to the inclusion of the phrase "All men are created equal". National Archives to place the "Declaration Of Independence" behind curtain to comply with new DEI policy

the human experience is a spectrum. when you draw lines and divide it up into groups you open the discussion about who belongs in what group. that is the root of bigotry

To my American friends, please remember: the scandal is not that government officials added the wrong person to a 'Signal' group chat the scandal is that they were using Signal for govt. business AT ALL.

tinfoil hats on everyone, by short selling, you can make more money off a stock market crash than a bull market IFF you know when that crash will happen if a president is allowed to short the market, he has strong incentive to crash it, then play it off as incompetence

bringing this energy today

I support trans rights because I am old enough to remember when the same people said the same things to demonize the LGBQ people. all humans are entitled to all human rights. compromise is complicity

in 2025 you cannot use a fascist symbol ironically. too many people are using them unironically for there to be any humor left 'owning the libs' or 'making a joke' is just a transparent attempt to backtrack from getting called out

I have distilled most of my political opinions to a single point: No one is allowed to be rich until everyone has enough to eat