Strange new forms of praxis are emerging before my eyes.

Curse of Cassandra.

I saw it when I was 14 and it definitely made an uhhhh impression. It probably doesn't hit the same way now that strobe-level video editing has become so common. But most of it is basically just an R-rated D.A.R.E. ad.

I honestly haven't seen that one, but my understanding is that was supposed to be one of his *better* ones! Says a lot.

omg that is so much more pathetic than anything I could have guessed

I think you're effectively right regardless, because people are likely to self-identify as an independent in polls before they get around to de-registering from the party.

Relevant article by the always-brilliant @britthyoung.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/robot-...

Truly one of life's greatest pleasures.

She is mean to everyone else but she even lets me scratch her soft little belly. I am a Disney Princess, and yes, it DOES make me feel superior to others.

When something doesn't make any sense I usually lean towards generosity!

I'm old enough to remember when "cringe" referred to the painful feeling of second-hand empathetic pain when seeing someone feeling embarrassed or humiliated in public.

Yeah, and as far as I know the slush fund they created to bypass a vote right now isn't at its upper limit. And more importantly, ICE is only one of many federal agencies he can use to invade cities. But making a doomed campaign to stop it in congress is still such low-hanging fruit for Democrats.

Republicans are very likely to end the filibuster in the next few years, but I think it's very likely that they would struggle to find the will to end it over funding ICE right now.

Like a lot of industries, there are plenty of wonderful people in the workforce but the institutions themselves are monstrous.

Hollywood is so unbelievably depraved and right-wing.

Not that it matters but RH is also an extremely mid franchise that has survived on cringe nostalgia, imo