Yeah, conservatives don’t think of the future except through the lens of the present. They can’t imagine a world with EVs and batteries because they have oil brains. They are looking for solutions to problems with an oil first mindset. Sunk cost is everything.
Timing. Saying common sense stuff before others gives you an edge and being the first to say it with any eloquence, in a way people want to listen and are accepting of what’s being said. A lot of what Cory Doctorow says can be hard to hear or hard to deliver without sounding condescending like NDT. His talent is in the delivery.
The same crowd that got “Do Not Drink” on bleach are the reason AI gets so many new headlines. It may never see broad adoption because it’s too dangerous to vulnerable people.
A lot like chefs have a variety of knives or musicians have lots of instruments, each piece of gear is rated for a specific use. Level 4 plate is resistant to larger rifles while smaller armor ratings are for knives and pistols.
And no matter where you live, shit is fucked right now. Either Trump or Putin is going to nuke something and the only civilized countries seem to be between them. Good luck in your civilized country while you have it!
Don’t forget to hate Altoona too.
Insomnia Barbie and Allergy Season Barbie waiting in the wings
And we are here to teach them how the world actually works. Love seeing MAGA salt
Yes, it’s worth your time and suits what you’re trying to do. Reading the short story from that link, it has a pulp noir mood. Art styles that might interest you are explored in Bill Watterson’s Tracer Bullet persona from Calvin and Hobbes and the much longer graphic novel AKA Goldfish by Brian Michael Bendis.
Black and white comics would do very well with a high contrast chiaroscuro style to build the mood.
It’s called “taste of their own medicine”. We could be angry at a legit good option to remove troubling people. Piers Morgan can go fuck off back to England. Jordan Peterson can get fucked back to Canada. Andrew Tate can go back to the swamp and stop being anorexic Shrek. We can finally get rid of problems that doesn’t require incarceration or dead bodies.
This is some Streisand level incompetence. Trying to say Kavanaugh Stops aren’t based on blatant racism after authoring the decision saying racism was a legitimate reason to stop someone reeks of desperation. He isn’t thinking clearly, must be drunk.
It’s not smoke but they’re blowing
Most folks seem to cover the emotional and psychological aspect so I’ll give some practical tips.
Shampoo and conditioner. If you are allowed to pack some or have some brought in by a visitor, do it. The hospital shampoo was really astringent and dried out my scalp horribly. After a week my head was constantly itchy from the lack of moisture. Conditioner would have saved me so much misery.
Make friends if you can. It will make you feel better to talk. It will help others to talk. It will make you a positive influence on the ward and help get you some leniency if shit hits the fan.
Take time with the crafts. It’s so fucking boring 80% of the time that when you can make something, really put your focus into it. Take your time. It’s cathartic.
It’s okay to ask for things. A lot of what you ask for will be a “no” but sometimes you’ll be surprised. I didn’t know I could get a shit ton of paper on request and tried to learn origami. It’s something to do and you’ll find what’s available.
Good luck. The ward is only scary the first time and the folks are so tired of dealing with shit (literally they all have a poo story) that you being calm is a relief. Be cool and you’ll be fine.
Jeannie also wore a halter top but never showed her belly button for the entire run of the show.
Russian businesses dying to Chinese imports is a microcosm of what is happening around the world. China has subsumed American manufacturing to make them reliant on Chinese goods. Same with cheap European made electronics, gone to China. China is becoming a driving force at the expense of the rest of the world’s ability to make similar things at home.
The logical end is that nations can no longer afford these things due to the lack of jobs that would afford flexible spending in a country. China can then no longer sell at this volume so its companies recede in scope and value.
Almost makes you think that depressions and recessions are an inevitably and not an avoidable event in capital markets.
Turn off the light and they go back to 8
Why the fuck is AI always being applied to only parts of society that are fun?
After learning how integral Epstein was to the infiltration of America’s elite, it would make sense that Mossad also pushed their thought into left wing space too with agents like Chomsky. They position themselves with two big players, one in business and finance and the other in academia (with grants and money as incentive).
We are seeing years of coordinated effort to undermine and control America and Europe. The UK is likely in the same place but less obvious because they have nothing close to America’s ability to project force in places like Iran.
Zionism is a plague. Israel is ruining the world
67 did it for me. I tried to understand it and reflexivity said “well that’s fucking dumb” before realizing that’s literally the point. And we’ve all done anti-authority shit at some point. This random act of nothing is what a constantly surveilled generation does to elicit a reaction against a system that has proven it can ignore everyone.
Yeah, because entrenched racism has denied the need for affordable housing to the new residents. Not providing the basics means the change doesn’t actually stay beneficial. It’s like giving a plant a spritz of water and not enough soil, it clearly won’t scale or support long term growth.
Right wing thinking will kill humans in the long run.
A million ants escaped. From a radioactive site. Fuck.
But then I reread “cannibal” and realized that this problem will solve itself by dinnertime. This is fine.