The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

Bingo

For real. I'm baffled that this comes as a surprise to anyone at this point.

I never had the patience to ditch radar and afterburners completely. Tarsus was still an awesome little flying death brick! It could do pretty much anything.

I got my start on the original Wing Commander, so the flying and blasting was already in my muscle memory. XD

I almost felt sorry for them; imagining the motion sickness.
Also, I always wished there was more to do on pirate bases, like pick up smuggling or piracy jobs from seedy guys in the bar.

I loved the Galaxy, but I could never get the hang of the turrets. I usually stuck with the Tarsus until I was rich enough to give up the merchant life and make the jump to a Centurion.

Privateer is one of my all time favorites. So many hours scouting out trade routes and wrecking retros... good times.

Seems poetic to use universal surveillance against a surveillance state.

They say "Don't tread on me," but they yearn for the boot.

I really wish I could edit posts. No matter how much I try to proofread, silly errors always seem to sneak through.

It's possible for people of wildly different backgrounds, capabilities, and perspectives can come together and overcome tremendous adversity with a little mutual respect and good faith. Some of the best workplaces I've ever had have been like that, and it's good to see it in fiction.

This is outstanding! Thank you!

The citizens' response in Minneapolis is incredible. The rest of the country should be paying close attention, taking lots of notes, and looking for opportunities to provide support.

Honestly, if not for shulker shells and elytra, I probably wouldn't bother with the end at all.

So far, the only thing neurolink implants are good for is killing test animals.

Even authoritarian dictatorships need support, or at least compliance, from their populations. Overwhelming voter turnout in opposition to a regime demonstrates they don't have that compliance, and can cause them to disintegrate as less fanatical members realize their not on the winning side.

This is vitality important. Trump is the Epstein client with the highest profile, but he's not the only one. The files are full of billionaire power brokers, wannabe oligarchs, and other scumbags. They all need to come to light.

Every day it gets more difficult to tell the parody from the real thing. He's Poe's president.

Maga has always been a cult of personality above all else. With Trump fading fast and the impact of his disastrous policies stinging more every day, it's no wonder his coalition is crumbling.

I love this episode. They knew exactly what they were doing and they knew better than to take it too seriously.

Never give in to extortion! If you bend the knee to a petty bully once, he will always come back for more.

It's not blackmail. He's not threatening to release incriminating or embarrassing information. This is just garden variety extortion. Pathetic thug behavior.

So, if we manage to get his toupee off, will he shut up?

No. Of course they aren't going to stop lying. What do you think you're going to accomplish by clutching your pearls and "calling them out"?
You aren't helping anyone up on that high horse, @housedemocrats.bsky.social.

Yeah, self defense. That little boat a thousand miles away was a huge threat to national security. Obviously.

Corporate media is 100% complicit in the authoritarian takeover. Not a surprise since it's mostly owned by the scumbag billionaires who benefit the most from that takeover.

It's the most obvious trap imaginable. The onlyway it could be more blatant is if they included a little sign that said "free birdseed"

I was just about to post a reply that was pretty much identical in substance. Corporate media capture is a challenge to democracy on its own, and it makes all the other challenges much harder to overcome.