Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

“The presence of frogs is often a mark of a healthy ecosystem, something we should strive to preserve.” – David Attenborough

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You can tell it’s October when ppl start spreading drug sadism myths about expensive drugs given for free to school-age children, since children usually have the means to purchase more drugs…

Anyways, we actually know pretty definitively that “fentanyl-laced marijuana” isn’t a thing & never will be

He Rosmund could have rallied so much hype with just a little network advertising an promotional support

However, in a situation where an agent of the state, acting under color of law, has unjustly killed or attempted to kill, and especially when they conspire to hide that fact, then the state has already exercised power over life & death. The agent facing that as a consequence takes it no further.

You have kind of summed up the reasoning I glossed over. My objection to the death penalty is not philosophical. I do think there are acts heinous enough to be justly responded to with execution. But I do not trust our government to wield that power responsibly.

You know, I have said before I hat I for abolishing the death penalty, but I could be convinced we should keep it on the books specifically for so-called "law enforcement" personnel who do shit like this.

Thread.

And a ghost hug to young Zoe and anyone else who needs one.

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

One way you do that is by reviewing your response after the fact with a mind open to the possibility that you may have been wrong, rather than doubling down on the worst possible interpretation of how complex communication might have been read.

Yeah that's as fucked up an attitude as the other place "cis is a slur but faggot is fine" attitude.

As mods it is possible to both take something seriously and recognize that context, cultural differences, and intent matter.

The MAGA #SCOTUS is enabling "Trump engage in a spree of autocratic vandalism that broadly corrupts" the fed. govt but will likely shut down those "king-like" powers if Ds are positioned to take over.

@brianbeutler.bsky.social ▶️ why GOP operatives in SCOTUS robes have made court reform essential. ↘️

I think this covers the intersecting core issues. But I think the basic issue here is relatively simple: bad leadership responds to criticism erratically and viscerally, rather than listening, evaluating, discussing… Bad content moderation is fixable, but not if the leadership sucks.

I know it's not always easy to tell whether you're being given illegal orders, but when you're in one state's National Guard and find yourself getting deployed into another state against its governor's wishes you should really stop and ask yourself if there's anything you're going to say no to.

echos through all the world proportional to the power and influence the person has. And that is, in many ways, what drives the story of "The Farthest Shore"

I have thought about this quote for year, and I've come to the conclusion that it only has truth for those who are trying to do what is right. If you do not care about the rippling repercussions of your actions (as so many with power do not) then you can "do anything" and when you do that harm

“You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything. So I thought, once. So did we all. The truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing but does only and wholly what he must do.”

This kind of rhetoric is why we have such a divided country now. Grant absolutely focused on punishing the south, stripping it of resources rather than rebuilding and promoting industry and economic growth.

That sowed the seeds of today's fascism as surely as the treaty of Versailles did in 1919.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

Totally sold out at my local bookstore. Excellent for the author. Sad for me.

Americans could learn a lot from the French.

In all the chaos, I would urge folks to remember that a lot of folks now don’t know when their next check will come.

The vast majority are good people who love this nation deeply, and many of them are still working despite not knowing when they’ll be paid

Have compassion.

It really doesn't matter what you call it as long as we all agree that there really are 5 lights.