There is no inherent meaning; everyone must find their own.

For me, it’s to try and leave my little patch of the world better than I found it.

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If only public opinion mattered more than billionaire lobbying.

Cruz said, "there are many, many wonderful, wonderful working men and women in the state of New York, but everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, [and] focus around money and the media.”

Said the podcast host who is begging billionaires for money. Fuck this waste of skin.

I live in the Bible belt and can tell you: the evangelical megachurches are chock full of Christian nationalists.

Sure, there are factions in the GOP that don’t really care about religion , but the SCOTUS wouldn’t have overturned Roe if the hardcore religious zealots didn’t work for decades to get it done.

The protesters at abortion clinics were bussed there by the churches a lot of the time; they’re not outliers here. They are the engine that runs the party here in Texas. They have all kinds of excuses as to why Trump is doing God’s will despite being a terrible human being.

Doing full co-op with a randomizer is a blast.

Why?

Some of the worst people I’ve ever known were from when I had to go.

So much of forensics is cargo-cult “science” that starts with a conclusion and works backwards to prove it. Furthermore, the analysis is frequently subjective and without a control.

Here is an article on ballistics testing in particular that highlights some criticisms.

Improved Gyro To Mouse behavior when connected over bluetooth.

Wish they added more details; this could be big or not much at all.

Watterson really is the GOAT comic strip illustrator. Lots of great panels in this one.

Here is an article with some good examples of the racist shit PragerU slops around like an incontinent hippo.

“Calling me a liar is a violation of my free speech! You can’t say that!”

“When a cop tells you to do something, you do it. That’s it.”

What a chode. When the constitution tells cops they need a warrant they should get one.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Every cop there should be charged with deprivation of rights under color of law, but I won’t hold my breath.

And to get, apparently.

Do you really think subjugation of women improves these people?

There are plenty of Christians who don’t do that; I have no problem with humanist Christians.

I have a huge problem with reactionaries who use their religion to oppress others. You should learn the difference.

That is a great point about pseudopaul. I had forgotten that this letter’s authenticity was questionable.

However there are practically no evangelical groups who would agree with modern scholarship on the subject, so my larger point holds: they believe that Paul instructed women to be subservient and silent.

Also, as far as I can tell, Paul was one of the ones who shifted Jesus’ prophecy about his coming kingdom from that of an imminent apocalypse to a prediction about the rise of the Christian church. While he did believe that the end of the world was near, so do a huge swath of Christians today.

Thanks for the correction, it is appreciated.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

-1 Timothy 2:12

This is why I hate the “these aren’t real Christians” no-true-Scotsman dismissals.

The Bible is a toxic book full of misogyny and racism. Sure it has some good stuff in there, but when the founder of Christianity* is so clear about his thoughts on the subjugation of women then these are Christians following the teachings of their religion.

Christianity is only compatible with the modern world when it is so diluted by humanism that it would be unrecognizable by its founder; that’s why reactionaries are working to change the world instead of updating their morality. They want power over people, and enforcing their backwards ideology is their path forward.

* And Paul was the founder of the religion; Jesus didn’t expect the world to last longer than the lives of his disciples

It also requires those applying for liquor licenses to have a “reputable” character and be expected to operate the business in a “reputable manner.”

Then how did he get one in the first place?

Reading to kids and not conforming to conservatism’s prescribed roles is what scares reactionaries.

They very much want to stop them both.

Commodore 64 here, too.

First Linux distro was Ubuntu.