Sees a picture of any man: "This is normal. He is a professional."
Sees a picture of any woman: "Well now I'm horny."
Let women exist in public without being sexualized challenge. Difficulty Level: Impossible, apparently.
The Alt-Right Playbook: The Ship of Theseus, greyed out on YouTube with REMOVED written over it
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A stunt man running down the street on fire, from the music video for "California" by Wax
A black and white illustration of Charon, a skeletal figure dressed like the Grim Reaper, ferrying a boat across the river.
YouTube has removed The Ship of Theseus for containing "violent graphic content," with the offending images including a screenshot from the music video for "California" by Wax and a drawing is Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx.
Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."
palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society
Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly
Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way
And we'll still be stuck with the mess he made and the awful people he empowered.
Yeah, olive oil and cheese and pastries can make you a little fat. Yeah, sunshine gives you wrinkles and wine ruins your liver and spending money on pretty things eats up your savings. But unfortunately, I've decided to enjoy life anyways
The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.
heard about this thing where it’s a singles night but the hook is you bring a bestie who makes a PowerPoint presentation of why people should date you, it’s like the opposite of a roast
A tweet from Representative Thomas Massie that reads: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs. 1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702. 2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law. The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.
I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.
Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
The Keep Portland Housed amendment to the TAO (technical adjustment ordinance) passed!!
Portland has a historic social housing and revolving loan fund!!
Thank you to my cosponsors @councilorgreen.bsky.social @counciloravalos.bsky.social and @councilordunphy.bsky.social 💓
Don’t allow anyone to tell you that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants “doesn’t classify” as self-care.
There should be something where you get money just for being alive on account of you need it to live
Maybe you are sinning, Mike.
The average monthly water bill is $72. If those rate changes materialize, then you’re looking at a $144 monthly bill in about 8 years.
Hey, so ICE is still kidnapping and disappearing people in the United States.
Just because they got quieter about it doesn't make it okay.
Abolish ICE. Chinga la Migra.
No! No no no no no.....oh no....
Famously, Christians don't hit back. Turn the other cheek style.
The rich don't pay income tax.
I wonder what the enforcement mechanism is when the Mayor violates the Council's orders like this....
Weird aunt game.
A street sign that reads WIPE YOUR FEET! Are you giving ghosts a free ride? When you walk over their graves, the ghosts who reside there can cling to your shoes, then come off later and haunt where they are unwanted. Help protect this fragile boundary between the land of the living and the spirits of the dead - don't accidentally introduce invasive ghosts. PLEASE USE GHOST BRUSH BEFORE LEAVING THE CEMETERY Chests were Tha ou, City of Portland Bureau of supernatural Containment NoX
Wide shot of the sign with the boot brush
Love you Portland
Busted Eva Braun over here wants everyone to know that SHE is happy.
Rapists shouldn’t run for office no matter what party they belong to
"When you open Unity, it’s the primordial soup of development stretched out to infinity."
@ashlikeadragon.bsky.social chats with @bysameng.com about developing Skate Story:
I don't wanna work I just wanna play videogames
