The most baffling aspect of religious-thinking, to me, is the argument that “if you don’t have these texts telling you what is right and what is wrong,” how do you know / from where do you learn? It’s pretty goddamned easy, friend. I don’t treat others in ways that I wouldn’t want to be treated. I don’t need anyone telling me to act this way.

They found a new way to steal from the public. New in that no one cared so little about public perception as to do this outright.

No one could have seen this coming. /s

The real issue is getting money back for consumers who paid these exorbitant taxes. It won’t be solved. If it is, it’ll land on a future admin. They found the cheatcode.

As though acting like assholes wouldn’t hurt us. /s

I saw a headline last night about how building new housing is impacted by a labor shortage. I wonder how that happened. The repercussions are beginning to appear in ways that average people notice. It’s not gonna be pleasant. Got what you voted for, assholes (USA citizen, can’t believe we did this to ourselves again).

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Montgomery County District Attorney all initiated criminal investigations of the matter, which they combined and then closed because they did not find evidence “that would establish beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone involved had criminal intent”.

If I don’t have intent to commit a crime but I break the law, it’s not an excuse that a cop or judge will buy. Holy fuck.

Thatcher and Reagan were an extraordinary pair for putting the boot on the neck of the working person. Reminds me of a song:

Ronnie & Mags

I used to hate hit so much until the loser liar orange piece of shit stole the show. I didn’t stop hating this one. I just had new hate that I never expected.

I landed a 666666 on an internal generative thing a few months ago at my job. I felt like I’d won a tiny lottery.

My internal ChatGPT is so advanced that it activates without me prompting it first. It’ll just randomly be like, “I want a sandwich.” How did it know I was hungry?!

Controversies surrounding the fair included a Confederate Flag hanging in the North Carolina booth

Great job, North Carolina. We appreciate you letting us know in no uncertain terms to avoid you when planning to travel. Too bad, cause it’s a beautiful part of the country.

The screengrab came from a website called Daily News Reported, which describes itself as “a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website.”

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-lets-go-brandon-gay-porn-star-beat-35-neo-nazis-1754545

Stupid mother fuckers (the scientific term) are rarely aware of the negative impact they have on those around them. Case-in-point: some lady at a green light just turned her hazards on and sat there blocking traffic for some unknown reason when we were coming home today. She’s way-too checked out to actually think about the people inconvenienced by her behavior or she’d be too horrified by what others thought to do so. I mean, some people are genuinely uncaring about others, but I think the majority don’t think past their own action rather than being sociopaths. They just aren’t thoughtful people.

Pay for independently-developed software if you care about it continuing to exist. Steal from corporations all you want. But support independent devs (and small teams) to make sure they can keep maintaining the tools you love and rely on. It’s the only way to not get swallowed by the big dogs.

Fight fight fight!

We can have a UFC match at the white house. It’ll be awesome. Wait…

I don’t recall what podcast, but I was listening to something about the first military academy in the USA that admitted women and how horribly they were abused. Fucking shit.

Congrats! I got rid of my car after realizing I hadn’t driven in close to a year. I’ve since bought one again because the pan left me badly exposed (lived alone at the time) but it only gets driven rarely.

It subsequently emerged the inquiry was sealed by a court order, theoretically constraining Patel from publicly disclosing it.

[…]

Patel has previously invoked court orders sealing grand jury testimony as justification for the FBI’s inability to release many of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

There’s no contradiction here. Everyone should move along.

I never heard of this. Not at an age where this affects me anymore, but cool if true. Meanwhile, I will poor shots in shot glasses if we have company and just down my liquor without measuring otherwise.

Changing where you live can really reverse what you’re describing, but I know that’s not always realistic. I live in the Bay Area and I’m middle-aged. The dating pool is full of people who my values and who like doing stuff I’m into, like going to live music and rocking out. Less than with younger people, but that’s about stamina more than interests.

If I lived in the midwest, where my family all live, there’d be nothing. Conservative bland bullshit. Dunno where you live, but something to consider.

Surprised nobody thought to mention Living Colour, but it’s not like racists are thinkers.