Lower Decks was my first star trek show. I’ve been enjoying The Next Generation so far. The first season was pretty bad. The second season was pretty good. The third season has been real good

Mexico is a bad example IMO. The Zapatistas are right there. That’s a pretty significant bit of territory the Mexican State has very little control over.

Because billionaires are morally good, hard working, and smart. If a poor person was all those things they wouldn’t be poor /s

Netanyahu has propped up Hamas for decades in order to separate the West Bank from Gaza. There hasn’t been an election in Gaza for 18 years so nobody there had had the opportunity to choose an alternative anyway. Hamas didn’t even get the majority of votes in that election. Finally, plenty of people who don’t support Hamas, like queer folks and babies, are being indiscriminately murdered by the IDF.

The people in this photo are making a not uncomplicated but ultimately moral stance.

The ones that are successful at enshitification have captive markets. They’re a monopoly, monopsony, or in another kind of inelastic market. https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/

Sorta, this kind of thinking can only take you so far before the dissonance destroys your mental health.

Additionally, not everyone believes that just your mental state is yours to control. Many folks justify their own wealth by believing that they deserve everything they have and that people who have less by extension deserve their poverty.

Maybe, “the blood rushed out of my head” would be a better line? Idk I’m not good at flirting

This is a tangent but I really enjoyed Changing Planes. It’s a collection of short stories. Each one covers a different world with different aliens.

• trauma kit

• tourniquet
• clotting agent impregnated gauze
• a couple chest seals
• trauma sheers

• small OTC pharmacy
• sun screen
• lactose pills for friends
• booboo kit
• tampons and pads for friends
• Armytek Zippy keychain flashlight
• a couple 5 ah phone batteries so I can give one away if I need to
• tool kit

• tailor’s measuring tape
• long titanium spoon
• sharpening stone
• tweezers
• small amount of silicone lube (squeaky things annoy me)
• tape
• zip ties
• Leatherman wave +
• Leatherman bit kit
• 3 inch titanium cressent wrench
• compact titanium combination socket and bit wrench
• paper and 2 in one sharpie
• lighter
• backup dog poop bags
• doc bronners soap
• small sewing kit

• wet wipes
• cord cut in convenient lengths
• spare socks
• seasonal accessories (sun hat, merino neck tube, knit glommits)
• cotton bandana
• check in case I forget to bring one when I pay rent
• plastic reusable bag if I need to carry more stuff than my bag’s expanding pouch can hold
• single wall stainless steel water bottle
• fig bar
• chocolate covered almonds
• pepper gel
• emergency debit card in case I forgot my wallet
• small folding opinel knife for food
• spray bottle full of alcohol
• 3x magnification monocular for bird watching
• little pouch to keep dry leftovers in
• a couple kn95s with different strap styles since some of my friends like the ones that go on your ears

All of that fits in a 9 liter Poler Hip N Bindle

Honest question? If joke, I don’t get it.

Our protagonist meets Tyler Durden on a plane. They start a conversation, and Tyler talks a bit about his work as a soap salesman. Later in the movie we learn he uses human fat from a liposuction clinic to make it. Later still, we find out the process of making soap creates nitroglycerin he uses to make a bomb. That’s all I remember about soap in that movie.

According to MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) governments sell debt in the form of bonds in order to create a stable store of value for investors. They feel safer making risky investments if they know that some if their money is safe. Governments, particularly governments with fiat [1] currencies, are extremely safe borrowers. You can more or less guarantee that their bonds will be paid back. Because if a government wants to pay that bond back they are incapable of running out of money. So governments could buy their bonds back and forgive them but it would defeat their actual purpose. I read about MMT in The Deficit Myth. It’s an interesting book and worth the read if you want a different perspective on monetary theory.

1. Fiat in this case means the currency is not based on any asset. Common currency basing assets are gold, silver, petroleum, and cryptography.

I grew up a Christian. Many apply the label Satanist liberally to biblical scholars and other legitimate criticizers. I honestly don’t think the label does them much harm. The ability to stand as a “religious” legal barrier against Christian Nationalism is served by their apparent distastefulness. If putting the ten commandments in front of the legal building also requires putting a statute of baphomet in front of the building they might think twice.

Bikers and Nazi paraphernalia have a deeper connection than “it looks cool and pisses people off.” The biker movement and aesthetic arose from WW2 veterans. They were traumatized by the war and often felt they had no place in society when they returned. Many joined biker gangs in an attempt to find common community with other vets. Many wore plundered Nazi gear as evidence of their service to society and protest against the shit they dealt with from other citizens.

For sure some were neo Nazis or shit stirrers.

At the same time, it’s worth examining the narrative Satanists apply to the fallen angels. They see the rebellion of the angels as an act of revolution and bid for freedom against a tyrannical force. They don’t believe in a literal god or Satan but that story has appeal when they see an ascendant Christianity in American politics enforcing Christian dogma on the rest of us.

I think there’s more reason and purpose in both contexts than they are usually given credit.

I mean the trouble is most religions have been used to spread peace and war. The problem is not religion, it’s just the tool. The ruling class will pick up another tool of propoganda to convince the oppressed to act outside their best interests. Feeling smug about being unreligous leaves you vulnerable to alternative methods.

Racism, sexism, nationalism, homophobia, and ageism all serve to divide us whether on a religious or “scientific” basis. No matter the justification we must examine what the end goal of all methods of social control is.

I disagree. In a society where people need to work to support themselves working for Riot is not beyond the pale. If we had a UBI, universal jobs program, or a plethora of cooperative enterprises I’d agree.

Care to elaborate? It sounds like you’re cheering for folks, who have little to no control over how the company operates, loosing their way of making a living.

The 1% milk is a nice touch