Joseph O

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I remember in 5th grade I told my homeroom teacher about this and she not only told me I was wrong, she said, “It stands to reason, if we’re hotter in the summer…” and at that moment, I lost all respect for her and public education more generally.

🔭 Earth is closest to the Sun in early January and farthest from the Sun in early July (tonight, California time). This makes the apparent size of the Sun slightly different in January and July. Here are my images taken this year that show this difference.

True. But I worry it also bolsters arguments that private services are better suited to address systemic inequalities while it undermines arguments for government funded services out to do the same thing. I don't subscribe to such zero sum thinking but many do.

Hot take: your theories about how a celebrity's motives to participate in charitable acts are, actually, secretly selfish, are not relevant nor important in the face of the actual effect their actions have on the world, and the behavior it models for younger viewers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkCX...

I Built 100 Houses And Gave Them Away!www.youtube.com Thank you for making this video possibleTecho: https://techo.org/FFTP: https://foodforthepoor.org/housing-jamaica/New Story: https://www.newstoryhomes.org/Ne...

If this were to happen in the US, the media would focus on profiles of small town conservative racists and why the left is failing the country by not catering to them. And if the Right wins, they'd focus on small town conservatives and why the left lost because of not catering to them.

Media depicted Le Pen's rise, Brexit, and Trump as a sign of the growth of rightwing 'populism'. Will it depict the victory of the republican front and UK's Labour as a sign that the left is ascendant?

Since France is on my list of escape countries, this makes me happy.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

We, as a nation, really need to start talking about the mental health issues of all these people who obsess about and seek control over the sex lives of others. This is not normal, it should not be normalized, and it definitely should not be a political issue. This is neurotic obsession.

I really don’t think most people realize just how hard the boot will come down if Trump and the Republicans win the election. Most people have never experienced the totalitarian surveillance state with the power to reach into their homes and minds at will they are telling us is their plan.

Fighting Mohg on NG+ plus the DLC is so much more intense with different dialog for when he kills me. #EldenRingDLC

The braced column look is great. How can I convince a client to do something like this in a new build?

This is the "Cistern of Theodosius" in Istanbul, built by Roman Emperor Theodosius II in 443 CE to serve the growing need for water in the capital of Constantinople, population: ~500,000 Its location was lost in the 18th century, and only recently rediscovered, restored, and opened in 2018.

We've got to stop thinking: This is how people should work. And start thinking: This is how people work.

The concept of "misinformation" is flawed in the sense that truth is not an inherent value to information.

It's delusional to believe that information is used to inform a shared reality. Information is used to inform our preferred reality. And we gravitate toward those who agree. Whether we like it or not, that's the mechanic.

I'm not going to defeat Radahn 2.0. Not because he's too hard of a boss. No. It's because I believe Miquella. Why else would the bear hug attack produce no damage? She's being honest. I need to setup a meeting with her and Ranni. #EldenRingDLC

Don't care.

Radahn is looking good. Slimmed up a bit, keeping it tight. Absolutely kicking my ass before I can even see his move set. #EldenRingDLC

And here’s the banner to run under: The Just Society

How to run on the transition to Harris: - a constitutional amendment negating presidential immunity - codifying all women's healthcare as legal - legalizing cannabis and decriminalizing all drugs - universal healthcare - student loan forgiveness Essentially, stop catering to Boomers.

The joke is that this would actually be an effective ad for Trump.

The largely silent ad, which will reportedly air in battleground states across the country, features a sequence of headshots depicting politicians, former Trump White House officials, journalists, and seemingly random average Americans with big red X’s over their faces.

New Trump Ad Shows Montage Of People He’ll Kill If Electedwww.theonion.com PHOENIX—Following this week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity against criminal prosecution for official acts, Donald Trump’s campaign released an ad Wednesday that con...

Been happening for a while, actually.

And in red states, you'll see local thugs terrorizing their election boards and school committees. Happening already.

The way they’ve treated Harris should be a case study in textbooks on the worst possible political scenario planning ever. I guess no one realized Biden would age.

The Democratic Party has no good options because they opted to give the public no good options. This is a disaster of their own making and no one has a magic fix for the catastrophe they’ve created. That Trump could be so well positioned is an unthinkable failure of politics.

I can’t even imagine how utterly useless my life would need to be to not only aspire to be a milquetoast with no political responsibility but to also encourage others to be the same.

More anti-democratic thoughts from 2018 the NYT allowed this writer to exclude from his current piece. Delivered with an air of detached irony, as if he miiight be joking or exaggerating. But is he?

My rule for characters in a story: they either tell you why you are rooting for or against them, ie the main character of a story, or they inform why you are rooting for or against a main character of the story.

Here's my suggestion for a replacement: Franchises. Each city is a Franchise. If successful, other cities can Subscribe to this Franchise by following its Charter. Geographic proximity is not relevant. Alliances can mutate and change as needed. Organically. With success rewarded with more subs.

All of our political problems are based on one fundamental truth no one wants to address: the state is a failed model of government. The only legitimate government is the city. That's why it's called Civilization.

There are just 2 things to boil this election down to: do we, as a people, elect a felon and his sycophants and change every aspect of law to accommodate this one felon in this one case only? Or do we elect an administration that will ensure such a thing never happens again?

I would run on this. Get an amendment written, vetted, and passed. And then after winning the election, instead of just $600, we could actually get some consequential governance. You fucking useless pieces of shit Democrats.

Is there a world record for the least amount of time to get a constitutional amendment passed?

My advice to Biden: Use every "official" means available to hunt down, arrest, and torture every Trump supporter as a clear and present danger to the nation. Just for the sake of irony (because your motives don't matter, now). It won't change a thing, but you can get away with it, now.

I was so sick of Mesmer, went on to explore some more and level up my Shadow Tree Blessings. I also came back with a strategy. Modified my load out and beat him in two tries. I've done the same with three other lesser bosses. The Mother of Fingers was also in two tries after I tuned my build.

Surprised by the Elden Ring DLC discourse. People think it's too difficult; it isn't. People had a lot of trouble with Rellana; I beat her my 1st try (though the dancing dog killed me 3 or 4 times). Mesmer has killed me at least 20 times but I also found him way too early. It's a FromSoft game.

The best way to get SCOTUS to reverse their unitary executive decision is for a Democratic president to abuse it in exactly the way Republicans want to.

Since the Elden Ring DLC, I've been meaning to look into the etymology of the word "shadow" to hopefully explain the use of "scadu" in the game and it's better than I had hoped.

This country is such a fucking joke.

Fuckin called it

I think it’s time to move to another country.

I am going to try a perfumer build with fire and lightning.

Shadow of the Erdtree has become Souls Cuphead.