The Lottery messed me up, as did Flowers for Algernon. The rest look like a great reading list and worth picking up. Might check the library for some of those.

Yes it is! It’s a ridiculously cute game. I took my time with it and just enjoyed knocking pots off shelves and catching birds. If you’re a gamer and cat lover it’s a good buy.

Reminds me of whose line is it anyway games where one person would put their hands behind their back and another person would use their hands to act out the scene. These suits have the arms and shoulders positioned similarly. They look really uncomfortable.

Okay, but saying we are doing one dumb thing but justifying it by saying ‘well we already are doing these other dumb/horrible things guess the whole system is broken’ is simply giving up on the whole concept of organized government.

There is no government anywhere in the world, now or any time in history, that has done everything perfectly. But individual improvements to human rights and protections get us closer than just throwing ones hands up when it isn’t perfect out of the gate.

We still fight stupid ideas like basically everything JD Vance has ever said because those ideas move us in the wrong direction. Defeating his idiocy doesn’t make everything else perfect but it sure as hell keeps it from getting worse, and hopefully makes it easier to make more positive changes in the future.

A part of me thinks that some of this is deliberate- like once it was clear he was going to have to follow up with the twitter deal the places/people that funded him did so on the condition that he tank it.

I know that’s insane but I really am struggling to see how anyone could commit this many public fuckups unintentionally.

It blows my mind to see so many leaders so nonchalant about genocide.

Wow wtf. Their apology doesn’t even hint at one of the biggest problems in the question, that people shouldn’t be aspiring to become “better” AI-generated versions of themselves. What kind of dick asks people to even consider that?

Hey, you all gave it your best shot, but it looks like it’s a little harder than you thought to run a candidate who won’t be a national fucking disgrace, doesn’t it?” >

It’s unfortunate that this rings true to many cities.

The article doesn’t specify, but what kind of ‘activity on adult websites’ is damaging to the point that a candidate would be pressed to drop out?

This is nice and all, but I don’t know that it means a whole lot. There are few stakes for the people coming out to endorse Harris now. They don’t work in govt roles, hold position in a political organization or an elected office.

The rank and file GOP (who are running for reelection now or in 2-4 years) are still sticking to the party line and the approved narrative. When they start flipping then it will be real news.

My God what hubris. Rush had so many chances to pause the dive or work on a redesign and ignored it. I can’t imagine the fear of being 3000+ feet below and hearing the first cracks of the hull as it starts to implode. Hope it was fast.

Thank fucking God. Someone with sense finally showing up in Jeff city.

Fingers double crossed for Missourians this fall.

I mean there was that story about RFK eating dog. I think he’s a citizen though, as much as I’d love for him to go away.

(NOTE- the story was found to be false.)

Last year’s ‘upgrade’ was a strip of titanium around the case. They seem to be running out of ideas. Definitely not worth the insane price tag.

The FTC has been CRUSHING IT under the current leaders by actually enforcing existing rules. I hope Kamala tells those donors to pound sand.

So, I skimmed the article and may have missed it. Why is this anything more that tinkering with and (maybe torturing) mice? What’s the actual scientific value here? (Assuming invisibility potion wasn’t an actual goal)

Perhaps medical dyes for imaging?

I’m physically sick from this term.

I agree generally, but I think the debates mainly help the undecided, who aren’t going to automatically think well of Trumps constantly talking over her. Probably still best for maintaining general state of decorum and sanity. But Harris has a good reason to want Trump to talk himself into a corner.

There isn’t the same level of pressure to commit to DEI as their is to stop it, and those supporting the latter position are probably seen as likely Ford customers.

I’m sure cutting investment in any program also saves them money, which has to be seen as a benefit too.

Hey good catch! I’ll try to ring my dealership to see if I can get that checked out during my next oil change visit.

Thanks