Because new

It’s a bluff, essentially (ironically?).

Authoritarian/Libertarian and Economic Left-Right

It’s the Political Compass, just a horoscope for political junkies. Great for making jokes like “The most libertarian position you can take is anprim” and “Centrists are uninterested in anything except grilling” though

What do the X and Y Axis represent?

In it, a BIA employee recalled clearing foliage in the irrigation canals at least 20 years earlier, when he sprayed at least one of the herbicides — but possibly both — that make up Agent Orange. The EPA banned one of those chemicals in 1979 because of its cancer risks.

US in 1970: “Woah, Agent Orange is actually too gruesome to be used even in this incredibly shitty war in Vietnam we’re waging.”

US in 1979: “Oh, okay, I guess we should ban it domestically too, huh?”

Fucking disgusting.

Is a US citizen protected by the US armed forces if they chose to enter an active warzone as a non-combatant without the consent of the US government?

Doesn’t fucking matter. The US doesn’t look at national government forces killing American civilians neutrally in any circumstance - except, it seems, in the case of Israel. This isn’t some paramilitary or rebel group that killed an American civilian. This is literally the security forces of an ‘ally’.

The IRS might need a bigger budget to make them morally pay. Prosecution is expensive.

I’m entirely in support, of course, so I say we should increase the IRS’s budget and do it. But I also get why the IRS doesn’t want to walk up to Congress right now, hat in hand, and say “We spent more money prosecuting them than we gained” or anything close to that, and give the GOP ammo for defunding them again.

A good start!

Well, I’ll take the water, mind you. But he’s still a shithead and a war criminal.

Hi, I’m 27%

Christ. If this was any other US-aligned country, they’d roll out the diplomatic corps double-time to soften the blow of such a debacle. But Israel? Israel just gets to do it. And jail our citizens. And sell our secrets. And publicly humiliate us.

Crossbows are based, drones are cringe. Reject modernity

You have an amazing flight school

A neat idea. How do we decide who goes where though?

Worst part is, NaNoWriMo is a good practice tool to help people get past the initial apprehension about writing a novel, because a novel-sized work is a big undertaking. Throwing AI in there defeats that purpose.

Fucking horrid.

NCD suddenly gets religion

Pussy. Go on, Elon. Make your companies play chicken with a national government. I’m sure every other national government out there will definitely back you up, because making a company above the law (without paying the requisite bribes) is DEFINITELY something that national governments want to normalize!

7 was incredibly mediocre, but a mediocre end wouldn’t have killed its cultural influence. Lots of shows have mediocre ends. 8 was pure trash, though. Not even any effort put into it by the showrunners. I feel terrible for everyone involved in actually making the goddamn show.

It’s a real shame. While the later seasons are weaker, they’re not nearly enough to kill what is still a fantastic show. But that last season? Seven hells.