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A dangerous servant and a fearful master. Freedom, joy, choice, consequence. Teneo ea quae fūror. MLDNI pronoun.is/he/him Avi: picrew https://picrew.me/ja/image_maker/447749/ 2k23 dice.camp/@palecur

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shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 1h

honestly surprised he hasn't blocked you; the mildest pushback appears sufficient

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 1h

lol the 10ply is real

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 1h

yeah it could cause dangerous levels of acknowledging basic reality

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 1h

to unlock fanartposting this makes complete sense

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 9h

maybe get a full size educator imo

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 9h

based on what is it "clearly" that, be specific

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 9h

multiple models of similar products exist and sometimes product design for things that perform the same function makes them quite similar

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 9h

does it tho

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 9h

yeah i'm not sure that was the vision in place there

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 10h

idk how would the tape make the prongs invisible

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shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 12h

american exceptionalism is just as blinkered and ignorant in its negative valence as its positive one

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 12h

i mean there's nonzero countries with jail or execution for blasphemy or even lese majeste, and not dead letters but enforced

shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 12h

the hardest hitting worstpersonyouknow I've heard of in a while

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

In 2006, a flag-burning constitutional amendment had already passed the House with two-thirds but failed in the Senate by one vote. It likely would have been ratified by the states; as those numbers show Dems were far from united against it.

Mitch McConnell voted no.

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 12h

Beside the point, but Texas v. Johnson is one of those “hold on, it was *that* close?” 5–4 cases where the dissents age like limburger. John Paul Stevens dissented!

Rehnquist’s principal dissent says flag burning is an “inarticulate grunt or roar” that convey no expressiveness “but to antagonize”

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

While I kind of agree the supermajority hurdles are a bit too high, this is the counter-example that always comes to mind when people say all our problems are because Article V makes constitutional amendments too hard. We'd have a flag burning amendment. We'd probably have a marriage ban one, too.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 12h

"Every trans person who doesn't leave the country has no hope and neither does their resistance" buys into assumptions about the state's invincibility and the weakness of trans communities that are not just false but actively damaging.

Sadly, I'm seeing it a lot more lately. So, this thread...

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 13h

Again, focusing on individuals staying or going misses the point.

What does become a real problem is when the issue gets framed (usually by more gentry expats or those who follow them) as "everyone who stays is doomed."

That is false and it is genuinely, unacceptably damaging.

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 13h

we call that mm shipping

Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 14h

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 13h

cyberpunk: data fortresses guarded by semilegal killer black ICE that will fry your brain irl

real world: 8 million smart refrigerators with the password set to LUVSAMSUNG

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shambling state machine @palecur.bsky.social · 13h

the classic "he's trying to bait you into doing something, if you don't roll over and let him do what he wants he'll...do what he wants" approach to civil disobedience i see