Oh yeah, I forgot about the Episcopals

Still, I think every schism probably had people saying “But we already have [religion]” before they went down

Whether or not there are decent evangelicals was kinda beside my point (I was just imagining historical parallels), but I agree and it’s definitely worth repeating

there’s also a bit of a difference in that voting is connected to where you live,

So just like paying taxes

Automatic voter registration that would cover 99% of eligible voters would be easy if we made that checkbox an opt out and put it on more government paperwork (e.g. tax filings, Medicaid applications, public school student registration stuff, etc.), we just lack the political will to do it

We’re gonna get a schism and the Church of America because Trump is basically Henry VIII but somehow even more disgusting

I’m kinda tempted to whip out that community meme with a “human rights violations I can stand, but I draw the line at market destabilization!”, but I’m pretty sure we’re imprisoning and brutalizing more Latinos and other migrants than China is Uyghurs and other marginalized communities over there at this point

The first step of the campaign was getting the average person to hate “politics” “the government” “Washington dc” etc., vague ideas instead of specific people and policies

Then it’s easy to sell people on the basic idea that “the government is too dumb and evil to help anyone even if it tried, but it can punish your enemies pretty good”

Would you rather they weren’t concerned and talked about something else? The problem here is the god damned politicians who keep blowing off stories like this.

demonstrators face violent crackdowns by Israeli police — while opposition lawmakers are still nowhere to be seen.

As an American that feels all too relatable

THE POST DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ISRAEL ITS JUST A PICTURE OF JEWS

“… and then he responded ‘Never has been,’ and that’s the last transmission we got from Artemis II.”

“ERROR: Please check the box indicating you give consent for next-of-kin notification numbers to be shared with selected third-party service providers to proceed.”

You have to understand how awful our public transportation systems are and how close to broke like 75% of us already were

a) This headline forgets W losing Afghanistan

b) Fuck Nixon, but Eisenhower deserves the blame for Vietnam (admittedly one of the reasons he did that was because he thought it would give him political cover to shut McCarthyism down, but still)

Doing nothing to stop it, cheering on Universities and police that beat and punished protesters, refusing to let Ruwa Romman or anyone else anti-genocide speak at their convention, etc.

Their policy was bad and they were assholes about it at every opportunity. It’s honestly amazing she got as many votes as she did.

Me neither, I feel like all the publications talking about how it’s so popular are gaslighting me or being taken by some bullshit bottled streaming numbers

Did it? I mean, it may have bought President Pedo the couple of months he needed to win an election against a historically awful opponent, but given his 32% approval rating and being stuck in a war that was supposed to distract from the detention camps that were supposed to be a distraction from the tariffs that were supposed to be a distraction from DOGE which was supposed to be a distraction from the pedophilia, I think it’s fair to say that buying a mouthpiece isn’t a durable solution to the problem of being objectively stupid

Doesn’t seem to be what this article says

To some readers, even choosing Outlook as a part of a spacecraft’s communications portfolio would seem to be an anomaly. However, it is a standard part of the “Commercial Off-The-Shelf” (COTS) software astronauts use for their day-to-day operations.

To be clear, the spacecraft and primary flight systems will run on specialized radiation-hardened hardware and rigorously maintained software. COTS just complements this with a friendly layer, like Windows and Outlook, so astronauts can check schedules, indulge in personal communications, and so on, in a familiar way.

Sounds like Microsoft products are running on the same hardware as critical systems are

One of the most infuriating aspects of western imperialism and corruption is how douchebag leaders in non-western countries can point at it and say “See? This is why you need the kind of strong ruler who is willing to massacre unarmed protesters.”

This sounds like a metaphor for American politics

I’m actually with you on that point, watching younger people come up with euphemisms like unalived and PDF file to work around the braindead moderation on other platforms actually gives me a sense of hope, because it just highlights the futility of the censors’ efforts (and also I just think it’s cool when languages evolve and we get new slang and stuff)

I still think this is worth posting though because of the underlying bullshit going on here - a ton of Stephanie’s old videos and other videos that documented the rise of lootboxes 10 or 15 years ago are now being disappeared, which is just a crime against history. Also, I do think there are some limits to how far euphemisms can take us, and the fact is that just having to run the risk of possibly being demonetized for using the wrong word is going to keep a lot of creators from even trying to engage with this issue.

Except your whole argument requires migrants to still be getting paid sub-minimum wages and denied access to the social safety net which obviously isn’t something anyone left of center supports. Instead of advocating for the state to harass poor brown people yet again why don’t you direct some of your rage towards the employers who profit off of their exploitation instead.