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…my grandparents punched fascists; it’s a mark of civility that we only call them names…

…i held my nose and voted democrat in the face of imminent fascism, and i’ll never forgive the fascists for forcing my hand…

…that hard choice wasn’t enough, though, and i don’t blame you for that…

…rather presumptuous that non-voters were democrats…

…this is the crux of it: bernie’s time was eight years ago, and even though i absolutely respect his lucid resolve, the movement needs fresh figureheads to sustain its momentum…

https://acoup.blog/2024/10/25/new-acquisitions-1933-and-the-definition-of-fascism/

…the progressive movement held our collective noses and reacted to an existential crisis for the preservation of american democracy in the face of imminent fascism, and the coalition succeeded at that goal for a short while, but only just…

…ringworld, johnny mnemonic, and cube all taught me that monofilament is material to be feared…

…since 2001…

…i mean, let’s be fair: voyager set the bar so low the franchise nearly fizzled-out in its wake and arguably never recovered…

feeble < poor < typical < good < excellent < remarkable < incredible < amazing < monstrous < unearthly

…based upon how my elementary school teachers used to grade assignments, great is just above excellent, so they’ll diminish to excellent lakes first, then good lakes, then typical lakes…

…they called it ‘semen’ in the high republic…

…probably needs to be a fleet white, too, for actual work trucks to reflect solar heat gain…

…add lady jaye cavorting through a dark scottish castle for the trifecta…

…metro!..

…american; when i learned to stick-and-clutch fourty years ago (driving fifty-year-old used cars) we still called it a standard transmission…

…we like to say that i married my wife because she drove a standard, but when she traded in my last hatchback the manufacturer only offered automatics in the new models; would’ve been a dealbreaker for me but she liked the car…

…print stills from primitive technology into a picture-book…

…the animated sequel released last week is very good!..easily on-par with an upper-tier episode from its best seasons, and better-produced, to boot…

…sadly, it may as well not exist for all the reaction i’ve seen posted online; i blame warner brothers’ release/pricing strategy…not even the lurker’s guide has bothered to update the film information, that’s how under-the-radar it’s been received…

…PNGs took about twenty-five years to achieve ubiquitous support across consumer software…