Well yeah, NA counter-strike is a joke

CNN and NYT were the major perpetuators of Levy's lies; this is not just a Republican problem.

Related reading

Absolutely disgusting. The damage of these lies is already done.

"A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on".

I feel like a spectator at this point. Fully aware of how the system operates and powerless to affect change without grave consequences. Materially, I'm secure. Not reproducing, so I don't have offspring to care about their future. Fuck this timeline, maybe I'll get to return at a cooler time.

It's sci-fi with good character development and moral conundrums. It doesn't take itself too seriously and doesn't rely on flashy graphics. The characters are supportive of each other. Like if you took utopian leftist drama kids and told them to make a sci-fi show about humanity trying to do it's best.

Exactly!

Been thinking about the Klingon and Hirogen species recently (and I guess Ferengi to a lesser extent). How do cultures so devoted to hunting, killing, pride, and honor, have the infrastructure in place to become space-based empires? Like, it takes millions of people doing boring jobs like math and engineering to make space travel possible, but if they're all motivated by murder and glory, how do they accomplish anything on a grand scale?

Does he get to keep his seat as a rep for Bakersfield, or is he out of the House entirely? If it's the latter, only 434 to go

(yes)

I went to Millennium, a fancy vegetarian restaurant in San Francisco (now it's in Oakland) with a friend's wealthy dad, who treated us. It was about $200 for the 3 of us. The food was good, but not good enough to go back. Just give me a $5 bean and cheese burrito, please

"This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin was good enough when I read it 15+ years ago.

"The Dispossessed" by Ursula Le Guin does a lot of world building (in short, anarchist separatists fled Earth to terraform the moon to be barely hospitable) and a fun glimpse into a would-be anarchist society

Do these become jury trials? In the near future, I could see jury nullification of these cases the same way abolitionists did it 200 years ago.

Judge: "You stand accused of helping a slave escape, here is irrefutable proof."

Jury: "We find the defendant NOT GUILTY"