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"Now I just need to figure out how to hook up S/PDIF output from a light saber in a non-ridiculous way."

If you're including blu-ray in the category, the equivalent there is the five-disc version, FWIW.

Blade Runner. The four-disc edition, if you can find it, because the different versions have important differences. :)

I hate to prove you right by telling you why something won't work, but federal taxes are withheld from paychecks before they're paid, and the vast majority (~75%) of people in the US get money back from the government when filing taxes. A tax strike is mechanically unexecutable in our system.

You're still being frustratingly oblique. I can't tell if you mean "protest harder so more streets are blocked" or "someone's gonna have to set himself on fire on Jeff Bezos's lawn." Like, there are sacrifices and there are *sacrifices*, and it's entirely unclear which you're calling for.

And look, if the if you're trying to say "there should be assassinations" or "there should be a civil war" then say that out loud instead of just hinting at it. Like, if you're going to be transgressive, don't be coy. Because I guarantee that people here are trying everything short of that.

It's important to understand that most Americans are enjoying this in the same way as Poland enjoyed Hitler. It's a double-whammy to have this happening while the rest of the world blames the disenfranchised majority for it. Like the protesters being shot by ICE were... protesting.

Turns out the light
From the shining city on the hill
Was not a beacon
But flames

In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad | Pew Research Center Across 25 countries, Americans are the most likely to see the morality and ethics of people in their country as somewhat or very bad.

I assume you’ve seen

I mean, I have a Delaware hen over here who would like a word with you…

Meta’s AI glasses reportedly send sensitive footage to human reviewers in Kenya Meta claims media stays on the smart glasses — unless you share it with the company.

You wouldn’t think that it gets worse than that, but it gets worse than that.

Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America (Audio) YouTube video by ELOVEVO

That’s funny because I clicked in the post

Well now I can’t sleep

"I always say, 'Not every Republican is a racist. But if you're a racist and you're looking for a party...'" — Bill Maher

I understand the efficiencies of commingling laundry, but I keep my laundry hamper(s) and my wife keeps hers, which lets us do separate loads according to our own wash preferences and post processing. :)

It’s going great.

Life hack: retire all your old socks and buy a new slate of identical socks so every sock matches every sock.

Jackie Chan “WTF” meme

Graph of religious identity in the US for the years 2020-2024, showing “Christian” stable around 62% and “religiously unaffiliated” stable around 28%

And all of that notwithstanding, anyone who thinks you’re somehow forming a majority out of nonbelievers in this country in this year needs to go back and take grade-school math.

It’s just such a silly argument. If people want to bring the country leftwards but think religious people shouldn’t be part of it they’re ignoring everyone from Martin Luther King to 3/4 of places where a country has moved leftward

2 0 2 6 Updates Election Results Senate Primary LIVE Updated March 4, 2026, 2:40 a.m. ET Election Live Updates: James Talarico Wins Democratic Senate Primary in Texas His race against Jasmine Crockett was called late after confusion over legal challenges about voting in Dallas County. Senator John Cornyn, a four-term Republican, was forced into a runoff with Ken Paxton.

NY Times

The strangest thing to me here is that if you really listen to Talarico speak, he’ll say the most hardcore humanist thing you can possibly think of and then cite chapter and verse of, say, Matthew to back it up. Don’t let the appeal to religious believers make you disbelieve the sentiment.

1 min ago James Talarico will win Texas' Democratic primary for US Senate, CNN projects By Arlette Saenz State Rep. James Talarico will win the Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas, CNN's Decision Desk projects, setting up a November showdown in a state where a Democrat hasn't won statewide in more than three decades.

Other outlets making the same call now…

so here’s the thing about this primary: I would happily have supported either candidate in the general and I think you should too

cornyn bad, paxton worse, I do not actually want to spend a lot of time on bitter recriminations here

To be fair, Talarico’s campaign has been dogshit too. Like, it’s standard polished corporate graphics and stock voiceovers. Just hand the man a microphone and let him talk for an hour, and then air 30-second clips of that, and it’ll do much better than this oatmeal campaign they’re running so far.

I voted for Crockett but I will glady support Talarico. Neither's perfect, but either would be a HUGE win for Texas. Now that it's Talarico, I'm going to try to see if there's a way I can volunteer for him online, as I live overseas. Same for Hinojosa for Gov.

Screenshot Dallas 191,702 Jasmine Crockett: 116,452 (60.7%) James Talarico: 73,189 (38.2%) Ahmad Hassan: 2,061 (1.1%)

I’m not sure how the Dallas mess makes this call wrong. If anything, the TX Supreme Court deciding that ballots cast between 7-9pm are likely to be discarded makes the call more likely to be correct. No county broke for Crockett as hard as Dallas; removing these votes only hurts her chances.

Potion of Large Doom

Dallas County extends voting for Democrats to 9 p.m. after widespread confusion Shortly before polls were set to close in Dallas County on Tuesday, the elections department extended voting by two hours to 9 p.m. due to widespread...

Here’s how democracy is going in Texas. www.dallasnews.com/news/electio...