AfterTheHavoc

AfterTheHavoc

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Just some pseudo-intellectualist punk. Here to post about scifi, TTRPGs, being angry at politics, and other nerd shit.

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We break from our rule of just ignoring the New York Times to point out, once more, that the NYT is a rag not worth the pixels it's printed on. This is just propaganda at this point.

The NYT Parkinson's "scoop" is even worse than it seems from the headline, bc buried in paragraph 11 the reporters *know* Dr. Connard met with someone other than Biden, and on March 28, 2024 the President's Public Schedule shows Biden was in NYC the whole day

Based and medically induced coma pilled.

You know that feel right after the anesthesiologist injects you, you count back, and then you hit a wall of nothing? That, but without the part where they eventually let the anesthesia wear off, please.

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Fuck John Roberts all my homies hate John Roberts www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

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Maybe we are furries to

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seriously I cannot get enough. cry more. cry harder. understand that as long as people draw breath the opposition to fascism is stronger than you. whatever your reasons for being a fascist, know every time that your gains will be short ones which you'll relinquish in tears every. fuckin. time

DIRECTLY INTO MY VEINS btw

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I see lots of confusion from Blue Sky users about the presence of BTS ARMY here. I just want to let you all know that we are not here to bother you. We will not be in the replies of your unrelated posts spamming BTS. We are just here to build our community with each other.

ARMY just dropped. Nature is healing.

I see lots of confusion from Blue Sky users about the presence of BTS ARMY here. I just want to let you all know that we are not here to bother you. We will not be in the replies of your unrelated posts spamming BTS. We are just here to build our community with each other.

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When the France election results are good

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there are many reasons we need to win in the fall, but one of them is that i simply am not going to abide by letting both the brits and the french lecture us

*MACRON'S GROUP PROJECTED TO WIN MORE SEATS THAN FAR RIGHT *LEFT ALLIANCE SET FOR 170-215 SEATS IN FRENCH VOTE: ESTIMATES *LE PEN'S GROUP SET FOR 110-158 SEATS IN FRENCH VOTE: ESTIMATES *FRENCH LEFT SET FOR SHOCK ELECTION VICTORY, PROJECTIONS SHOW

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Of course, we’ve missed the most important news, which is that West Japan Railway has deployed a colossal robot.

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lineswww.theguardian.com The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes

On the plus side, it wouldn't be that hard to make a 900 page list of specific actions that could get broad appeal. On the minus side, it really feels like the weight of the Democratic Party AND a majority of their base is fixated on glacially slow incremental improvements or nothing.

Now, when this 50 year process has resulted in a 900 page long carefully presented list of specific actions, the question really is: Where is the 900 page list of specific concrete actions the democrats want to take to oppose that list? Where is the proof they are willing to be as relentless?

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Cortex Full comic here: smbc-comics.com/comic/cortex #smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #anxiety

My internal monologue is assuming a white dude in a red hat is someone I might have to fight until I get a closer look. It's a problem.

OMG is this ever something I will NEVER forgive Trump for. I have a Washington Nationals cap that is very special to me but that I haven't been able to wear for 9 years because of this.

The only way they are getting me on a Sunday call is if they pay me upper middle class wages, or promise me the meeting is "saving Christmas for everyone in the company" levels of benefit for the time spent.

people who insist it is imperative to jump on a work call with them on a Sunday morning only to tell you something they could have put in an email you read anytime between now and next Friday belong in a 10th circle of hell designated for those too evil for Dante to cover

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"sixes explode" "Wait not like that!"

'Cellulose nitrate was used to make dice from the late 1860s until the mid twentieth century, and remains stable for decades. Nitric acid is released in a process called outgassing. The dice cleave, crumble, and then implode.' Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay and Rosamond Purcell

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A hill I will die on: all white-collar crimes are violent crimes. It's just that the violence is removed from the perpetrator because the perpetrator is wealthy.

Holy. Shit. They're literally saying Trump's felonies aren't that bad compared to the "real felonies". Bear in mind, they're ignoring J6 and "gimme 12000 votes" call and the stolen docs. We joke, but this is literally Newsmax copy.

I'm usually pretty OK with aging, but sidesword does a good job of making me wish I was a decade younger. My shoulder and back are SORE.

For my sins, I am required to admit this was me in high school. It's a lot easier to think everything is done by your own merit when you and everyone you have ever known have played through life on easy mode.

It really does say something about Ayn Rand's fans that they managed to finish her books, and that they like them.

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The scary bit is when you realize that Bond villains were invented by Ian Fleming—former journalist, secretary to the Chief of Naval Intelligence during WW2, and UPPER CLASS NOB WHO KNEW THESE PEOPLE IRL. (By "these people" I mean rich entitled bastards with hench-thugs.)

if we ever thought Bond villainy was exaggerated, the last few years have shown us it is totally realistic

I really hope that the next iteration of Helping People Find Their Niche Stuff comes out. Ads on Twitter were GREAT for getting your audience to see what you have to offer, and the Internet desperately needs a replacement for it.

Hey, so. I understand that this is anecdotal and not research, but. It is WILD how useless social media has become for promo. It's a fucking disgrace, really.

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People complained that Chengdu zoo was letting their clouded leopard get fat, their expert explained "This cat is like thirty years old, that's twice as old clouded leopards GET, and he's just had major surgery. Making him lose weight would do WAY more harm, just let him have this."

FUCKING OOF.

The attempt to get radical leftists to engage with politics as it is lived is actually mostly a struggle to get them to not prefer a glorious suicide over a frustrated life

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Excellent advice for UK folks on how to effectively pressure your MPs

This is really important now — lots of very thin majorities, even (especially!) for Labour MPs. MPs will still be thinking about campaigns right now, where in a fairly short time they'll be thinking about being an MP for five years. Get them thinking about the issues that matter to you — now!

Same. I make enough to live comfortably, own my home, own investments over and on top of my 401(k), and have only gotten more left as time has gone on. The fascism kicked it into high gear, but I'd like to think my friends having demonstrably less rights than cishet white male me kicked it off.

Lol. I have absolutely failed the "increasing income --> more conservative" pipeline, although that has as much to do with American conservatism becoming more (overtly) fascist as anything else.

prospect.org/justice/2024... Is a decent summation of where we are today. The Constitution is dead, six unelected dukes of law on the Supreme Court have killed it.

The Supreme Court Has Murdered the Constitutionprospect.org America’s founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper. Happy Fourth!

I'm going to go with about six, assuming ideal conditions. I am the first loser at my family eating contests, but I'm a pretty big boy, I got this.

A 4th of July tradition - asking the Internet how many hotdogs they could eat in 10 minutes. I remain convinced I’d max out at 4. The sodium alone would end me.

The NY Times is no longer a paper worth linking to. Cut it off, stop mentioning them, save only perhaps to push back when our fucking elected officials overvalue their dogshit contribution to the discourse.

Don’t link to The NY Times @nytimes.com attempt to ratfuck the election. DO unsubscribe to it. On top of it, the author concealed his extremist Theocratic politics. From transphobia to the Iraq war to the NYT should not get your money & avoid giving it traffic

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What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.

Fredrick Douglass gave this speech on July 5, 1852.

A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”nmaahc.si.edu In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech...

Also, Gates McFadden on her podcast reminds me of all the theater and dance mom hippies I adore. I would shank someone to attend her clowning class.