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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 1d

"The executive has usurped the power of the purse to pay for a standing army" is something that the Founders very explicitly wanted to prevent from ever happening but, ah, well, nevertheless

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 2d

I wasn't really interested in the RPG since it seemed like even understanding the classes required you to read the first two or three books, but the CYOA style character creation is a fun way to handle that problem

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 2d

No like the explicit text of the novel confirms that it's a sawed off Winchester Model 1894

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 2d

Sawed off Winchester rifle

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 2d

The real weird thing is that he's also saying he's killed Glonzo

grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 5d

Deindustrialization with the logic of being the center of a global and continental service economy and then unplugging yourself from both, masterful gambit

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 5d

It is kind of funny that they didn't click through to your bio

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 6d

Specifically twelve.

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 10d

This is already a genuine issue with SpecOps retainment, there's a reason so few of those guys are over 30.

grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 19d

He's clearly trying to ape Pritzker and he's bad at it

grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 19d

The first for "Eurasia" but the second for "Eurasian"

grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 21d

The "if you like this then you're woke" -> "okay I guess I'm woke" pipeline

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 22d

I'm gonna be honest with you I feel like this is how he's building the ballroom

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 25d

Literally the only bad thing about replacing Biden was that it didn't happen sooner, he should have made it clear he would be a one term and not seek reelection back in 2022.

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 25d

Time to write a deranged althist

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 26d

Personally speaking I think we should reserve judgement until we see his HoI4 mods

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 26d

The most annoying thing about the American left is that they do seem to think there ought to be a forum moderator for reality

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 27d

Honestly I think the original sin of the Honorverse was reducing the Wars of the Coalition to Space England and Her Friends. The only real peer power to Manticore aside from Haven itself is the Andermani Empire which does... basically nothing. This means their tech edge has to be huge, just to win.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · Sep 14

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · Sep 11

No, that's actually a museum

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · Sep 10

Look It is a very convenient CVS

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · Sep 6

God that's depressing

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grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · Sep 5

So long as they're all tokenized the same

grimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · Sep 1

The actual worst part of Andor being compressed into two seasons is that this had to be implied instead of letting it be played out

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Aug 24

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"

Cicero, Orator, 120

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