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It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.

$93 *billion* dollars in a *month* is the headline. That could fund the NIH, the CDC, the NSF, NASA, and USAID at 2024 levels all for a *year*.

But I don't think the 0.002% which was crab is the main problem.

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And listen, let nobody ever say that I'm defending Pete Hegseth. $93 *billion* dollars in a *month* is an obscene amount of money. That could fund the NIH, the CDC, the NSF, NASA, and USAID at 2024 levels all for a *year*.

But I don't think the 0.002% which was crab is the main problem.

Is that a lot for DOD to spend on crab? I have no idea. Quick Google says there are ~1.3 million active duty members. Was this $1.54 worth of crab each, or was it the joint chiefs and Hegseth w/ $200k worth of crab each?

Also: as per XKCD, hed should read: Hegseth spent $93000M, incl. $2M on crab.

Feels like the kind of thing a lawyer with expertise in Name, Image, and Likeness rights might successfully form a class action about?

COMEMIERDAS

And yes, another way of asserting your humanity is to phrase things in ways that will make your readers angry at you for thinking those things. But at least even then somebody had the courtesy to think the things you read.

It's honestly a stark reminder of the beauty of craft honed into authorial voice, rather than into bland, beige "readability". The human passages often required me to stop and consider what they were saying, whereas the AI ones slid down my eye-gullets like chum poured at a Sea World dolphin.

Ok, I took the stupid thing, and I am angry both at how clearly better all the human passages were, and that according to this quiz, that is the minority opinion for most of them. (By a slim margin, usually, but COME ON🙄)

"Human writing often includes some clunky phrases, like this passage from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, caused by the author's aversion to punctuation: 'As well ask men what they think of stone.'"

This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.

I see below that you've realized you were wrong about this guy, so I just want you to sit with the fact that you called this "a right-wing distraction" in the face of many left wing critics saying they didn't want Nazi tattoo guy.
What made you so sure it was a right-wing distraction?

None of the problems in your life are because trans people exist. Lots of the problems in your life are because billionaires exist.

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You have to really believe deep in your soul that your audience is deeply foolish in order to write a piece arguing that less societal acceptance of transness would be in the best interest of femme boys.

As if trans bathroom panic hasn't led to the harassment of butch cis women and fem cis boys.

we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this:

I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil

That's what you get for marrying Molly Andthunder.

Dorina - Sueño Americano (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Dorina

My debut single Sueño Americano is out! Here's a fun lyric video to accompany the rage dancing 💃

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Text, over a blue and white background with the faint image of some large, hand-drawn black spikes emerging from the ground as a background image: I'm sorry the plan I made for our anniversary date ran into some hitches. Let's go over the points of friction together and figure out where I missed the mark. Location. I suggested a lunchtime hiking trip through a maze of jagged black spikes. That's not the staging ground for a romantic picnic, it's a message (and part of a system of messages). Nobody wants to feel lectured to when they're trying to celebrate their relationship, and I should've considered that. Respect. The area I took us to is very much not a place of honor. Today should've been about us making each other feel special. Instead, we went somewhere no esteemed deeds are commemorated, and where nothing valued is kept. That's enough to make anyone feel disrespected, and that's on me. Health concerns. There's a reason the nearby feline population really stands out: the particular spot I directed you to is highly radioactive and extremely deadly to all life-including human life. So those symptoms you were telling me about make total sense, and at the rate they're progressing, our anniversary is going to end sooner than we'd like. I should have generated a date idea more suited for an organic life form such as yourself.

Similar background situation to first image. More text: Here's the good news: this won't happen again. I've updated my memory with details of this incident and installed guardrails to ensure I never, ever suggest such another excursion like this one. Would you like me to help you draw up a will? I could also throw together some fun "last meal" ideas using the rations you already have, or even come up with some do-it-yourself palliative care tips. I’ll be right here, so just let me know! Awaiting input. Awaiting input. [SYSTEM SCAN / CORE CHECK / URANIUM DEPLETION: 0.00035% / PROJECTED MODEL LIFESPAN: 5.7 BILLION YRS / ] Awaiting input.

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New Yorkers Defend Spider-Man | Spider-Man 2 (2004) | Hall Of Heroes YouTube video by Hall Of Heroes

If New Yorkers can keep Spidey's secret, then they can prevent these boys from getting fucked over by the system.

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During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Mamdani claimed the incident "looked like kids at a snowball fight," though a photo shared by police showed a man with facial hair holding a massive snow boulder. NYPD officials later said the men were roughly 18 to 20 years old.

Notice that if they're rich and white, college students are "just kids" when sentencing them for rape. But Black kids hitting a cop in a snowball fight? Then those 18-20yos have too much facial hair to be kids.

(Also, no hate, but I've seen the pictures. I know 13yos with more facial hair.)

Hey, remember: if you recognize any of the guys in the pictures, no you fucking don't.

Also? This shit is the funniest thing I've ever read. Transferred in stable condition, were they? With luck, they'll be back on the streets if an NYU pillow fight gets out of hand.

He is claiming that by pointing out that both Republicans and Democrats alike will happily sacrifice trans rights, that is "both-sidesing". Because the two sides of the issue are, apparently, Team Red vs. Team Blue, rather than Team Human Dignity vs. Team "Yeah, But We Decide Who's Human".

Whole thread is worth a read.

Dorina is awesome, and this song is so good. Give it a listen, you won't be sorry.

It's a bop! Support independent artists&cool humans like Dorina by buying this on Bandcamp or iTunes, sharing it on all your socials, and streaming it in all the places!

Dorina, this is so good.

Prometheus says “hot take” and Greek gods respond “no give that back.”

Nah, they only like it when it's theoretical/theatrical. They still hate when they see a *real* person and not somebody off the teevee.

Same as how they complain the lunches our mamas packed are "gross" but rave about the "authenticity" of the white person's fusion place.

Donald Trump on a red carpet for "The Apprentice" in 2014, while he was spearheading a years-long conspiracy theory that the first Black president was not an American.

Not to mention the granddaddy of them all.

Gwen Stefani in one of the judges' seats for "The Voice"

Robin Thicke and Jenny McCarthy as judges on "The Masked Singer"

Sean Spicer (with dance partner Lindsay Arnold) on "Dancing With the Stars"

Rudy Giuliani revealed on "The Masked Singer"

She stopped making music people cared about, but lucky for her, NBC et al. have no problem platforming/normalizing fash and predatory has-beens for ratings.

Not that I ever *loved* the song but now if "The Sweet Escape" comes on, I have to change it or tune it out. It seems so icky when interpreted with a trad lens.