Dominic
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Dominic
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I am really sorry to be the one to tell you this (no I'm not) but getting really mad on social media about how bad the orange man is does literally nothing to actually fucking fight the authoritarian takeover of our government, and *does* sap your energy for things that will actually fucking help.
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Honestly, if having offspring with someone of another group leads towards the extinction of the group you belong to, it's a weird definition of extinction.
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More telling, I think, it's their insistence on excluding "mixed" people, often including them as belonging in the group of the non white parent.
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I don't know.

*looks a little longer*

Maybe you're on something here...
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Kids aren't, you know, any different than they ever have been. We're still the same species. Any behaviors manifested by children are a reaction to facts on the ground, to reality. Because they see it for what it is, not what it used to be, not what we pretend it still is.
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You don't have the intel on what you're ordered to shoot, your superior does
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
As a civilian, I think there is also the expectation that if your superior gives you screwed up orders, they will bear the responsibility.

It avoids the friction of second guessing your orders and alloys you to work with the knowledge that your missing parts of the big picture.
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
As a civilian, I think it's a common failure mode of authauritarians leaders.

It's the belief that your rank and power entitle you to the loyalty of your subordinates and people of lower status without the need to act as someone worthy of loyalty.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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The main thing though is that someone needs to stamp these drawings. Is any architect going to hang their professional liability on GenAI? For their sake I really hope not! She’d need to go through every mark on the paper or PDF to make sure no slop snuck in, hours of extra work finding a needle…5/?
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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"It's throwing us – the servicemembers – under the bus."

All servicemembers need to understand the window to escape is closing (and for some, has already shut). Look downrange: you're presently in front of the bus.

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December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
You would be surprised of what I saw when I was a graveyard shift security guard in an urban place, many years ago.
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
One of the things I've found fascinating is that many animals have developed recent nocturnal tendencies just to avoid crossing us.
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Because they are introverts and don't like dealing with humans.
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Don't
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The depressing thing is that it's wouldn't be a display of strategic brilliance from the Dems, I wouldn't act differently if I was a spy in the party working to sabotage their chances, but it's a demonstration that the GOP is currently even worse.
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM