The cycle continues:
Idk it’s not as pithy as Cory Doctorow’s version I guess
Anyway we’re at step 5 at this point
I kinda doubt there’s gonna be any level of shitstorm
This is, however, hilarious.
Pushing the Democrats to the left again, are we, OP? Sometimes it’s just about introducing the right types of topics into the discussion.
There is a reason why it is being hyper analyzed and reported on in a way that Tiffany or Barron or whatever never were
Expect to hear it start to get reported on from time to time as if it mattered, even by “respected” political outlets, because that’s how the conservative machine works
Also check which account is posting this story; this is one little plausibly-deniable “oh I just thought it was newsworthy” raindrop in what will presumably become a new Kamala-oriented steady rain
When I was a kid, my dad was driving and explained to me that he was dodging around a truck ahead of us that some water was coming out of.
He explained that he was pretty sure that some people like to drive around in a big truck leaking toxic waste out of the back of it as a cheap way of getting rid of their toxic waste. So if he sees a truck that's dripping, he always makes sure to stay the hell away from it just in case.
I won't say I disagree with my dad. As a kid though it was sort of a rude awakening to "yo the world is really a fucked up place sometimes I guess." He said it perfectly matter-of-factly, too.
They’re gonna keep throwing this shit at the wall until something sticks
Somehow, some way, they’re going to start being able to put “woke” educators (I.e. the ones that won’t explicitly give support to their side of the culture war) in prison, if they’re allowed to keep pushing with this.
It would be a pleasant alternate reality if some reporter who was doing an interview with Trump would start giving him a cognitive test live on air.
You wouldn’t have to make it formal. Just ask a few questions about Obama, get him talking about Obama’s policies, maybe the Iran nuclear deal. And then suddenly ask, “Who’s your opponent, Donald?” Soft and friendly like a serial killer. “Who are you running against in this election?”
“What year is it, Donald? What’s the day of the week?”
“Who’s this, Donald?” and put up a picture of Nikki Haley.
“What year did Covid happen, Donald? Can you remember?”
Give him lots of long silences to try to figure the answers out. Don’t interrupt, don’t distract him, don’t move on. Just let the dead air play out until he can’t stand it and says something. But if it’s not the answer… ask again. Tell him it’s okay if he doesn’t remember, but you want to give him another try.
Before you do it, set up his mic all tangled and firmly fastened, so if he tries to stand up and leave, he can’t get it off, and keep the camera running while he struggles. Keep asking questions while he’s trying to free himself. Politely and calmly, but don’t stop.
“This should not be about personalities. It should be about policy.”
Just once, I wish that a reporter would have the integrity to just lean in close like LBJ intimidating a staffer, almost touching face to face, and then emit a single peal of pure derisive laughter. Just a single loud, half maniacal high pitched “UH-HAAA!”, close enough that they can feel the wind of it. And then just walk away. No follow-up questions, no segue way or thank you for your time. Just loud laughter and then the end of the interview, without another word.
I truly admire your spirit in trying to spin this as a bad thing, but come on man. You don’t even sound like you believe it.
Hm. The big list of magic items is quite nice; I’ll give you that. And I won’t say all the special situation rules it contains are useless… I think you hit the nail on the head about over preparing though. It just has all kinds of stuff you don’t need (and places a ton of emphasis on it) and is missing some critical stuff (coherent rules for treasure economy being a big one). In my opinion.
Honestly the death of the Republican Party (assuming they don't manage to take democracy down with them, which still isn't proven) might be the best thing for real, for real, for America -- if the only way they can hold on to any power at all is to switch us to a parliamentary system, that might be the US catapulting into the 1900s in terms of how to do voting right.
RCV I think will destroy them, though. Pretty much all they have left is trying to unify all the crazy people under one tent and voter suppression, at this point. If you knock out one of those pillars then it's not much left other than "the state legislature can declare whoever it wants the winner, and the secretary of state says who wins the election for state legislature."
Your Lemmy posts are already being scraped for AI
The level of effort it would take to prevent would be infeasible to ask of even a non volunteer admin let alone a volunteer let alone literally all of them