The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”
I don't even know if chatgpt is an app or is it on the browser or what, I have never even felt the need to find out where AI is and how to use it, it's so little of interest to me. I love creating! So why would I let someone else come eat my steak and fuck my wife etc!?
User dratsab huffman asks the question: To amuse myself i researched revacholian nationalism as well as measure head's race theories etc etc and focused my character on "traditionalism". Anyway, ive noticed that if i ever click dialogue options that are in tune with my character's political compass, i lose morale. Whats the point of having this as a mechanic if its going to be so detrimental and feels like the character doesnt believe he actually is this or something... is there anyway to overcome that kind of morale loss?
Recalcitrant Jester replies: Being a fascist is a deeply demoralizing experience. You have to not only radically alter your worldview to make reality fit into your unhinged schema, but that worldview is predicated on the notion that the weakest, most unworthy degenerate worms on the planet are somehow overpowering and humiliating you on a moment-by-moment basis. In mechanical terms too, the lowered morale also reduces your volition score—the more you indulge in your delusions, the less you are able to exercise self-control and self-awareness. The point of fascism being mechanically detrimental—the ludonarrative theme—is that fascism is an unequivocally self-destructive ideology, the practice of which only serves to nurture that self-destructive urge and turn it outward. It's not like Dark Side points in KotOR where you can access cool new abilities and get to enjoy being such a nasty lil rascal; you are not supposed to enjoy being a fascist in Disco Elysium. Fascism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike.
"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief. The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
thread: HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CARRD STORE WITH WIDGETS! NSFW FRIENDLY ✨
Donut tutorial is often the first exercise that people attempt, but it is not only teaching you bad, it also gives a click to a nft, now also AI weirdo.
I recommend Grant Abitt, this man single handedly made me love Blender and I actually modeled a few things on my own since the well tutorial.
We have a chance of removing the Online Safety Act!
Any UK residents, PLEASE take the time to fill out the whole form. If we want to remove ID verification on websites that actually don't need it, we need to take action NOW!
Gimli: i never thought I'd die without trying some elf pussy Legolas: what about some elf bussy? Gimli: *inquisitive look*
Bsky's broken so nobody will see me post this
Brass snail
Brass snail mesuring tape
The best thing ive ever found in a garadge sale, a snail that is also a mesuring tape
Reports of Iranian gunboats opening fire on tanker after Tehran says it is closing waterway until US lifts its blockade.
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The country's descent into fascism cannot be understood without interrogating U.S. policing. But folks across the political spectrum are allergic to this so here we are.
I my nitro runs out this year because I canceled over their compliance with ID verification laws. It's true that discord's policies are a result of government policy but I do think making it clear the public is hostile towards censorship is valuable
“art should only exist if it looks pretty (to me) and only evokes positive feelings” is literally the fascist art framework too lmfao
people getting a boner for trying to ruin creators who make fake things they don't like never wanna talk about how there's a whole category of videogame where you kill as many people as possible and it's called the FPS
I need people to understand numbers on SM are fake. "number go up" is a fallacy. big numbers don't translate to big bucks. it never has. the biggest indie creator you follow is probably poorer than you. I need you to understand this so you internalize indie studios exist purely by divine miracle.
I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."
The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.
From @theverge.com: “Google should commit to ending its deception and pay for its past mistakes,” the EFF said in its letters to California and New York. www.theverge.com/news/911789...
This bill is an important first step towards cracking down on predatory pricing schemes, but fully regulating dynamic and surveillance pricing means going further.
Maryland and every other state still have work to do to regulate promotional offers, loyalty programs, and temporary discounts.
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May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.
I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize.
Warehouses on fire, Molotov thrown at Sam Altman’s house, a data center supporting politician’s home shot at — attacks on the ruling class have begun.
Every attacker will now be deemed a terrorist, that’s inevitable.
But what the ruling class doesn’t want you to know is they made this inevitable.
I'm going to point out that we spent a shit ton of taxpayer money on moderna and he's stealing it from us.
I too have written about white conservatives in southern state legislatures rushing through bullshit changes to the law just to thwart the advancement of literally one black man, but I'm a historian who writes about the Jim Crow era South and not a reporter discussing current fucking events there.
BREAKING: the judges who dismissed high-profile cases in immigration court against two international students who have advocated for Palestinian causes, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, were fired yesterday, alongside four other judges.
/w @haleaziz.bsky.social and @nicknehamas.bsky.social