Depending on location this ain’t even a joke, Washington state would be happy I can tell you that much

Ed and his colleague Robert Evans are on the precipice of being the Cassandra’s of our era

Not now Anakin! Go fight some sand or children!

I’ve wondered once or twice whether or not the reason the American cult of the military saw such a rise in the minds of the average American over my lifetime is because we haven’t had a real war against anything close to military peer since I was born. Not discounting the effect 9/11 had which was profound, but when people don’t see the true carnage of war and the sacrifices that have to be made when it’s close to even footing they forget why most war is bar

How many Truss’s is that?

See I get where you’re coming from and in a normal sane world you would be correct, but two things about this scenario worry me; the first is obviously that Trump is wildly unpredictable and prone to emotional decision making, especially when he thinks he might look bad or weak, and the other is that this sort of scenario and the bombing philosophy they are embracing is the exact reason to want to get nukes as soon as it was considered scientifically possible.

Edit: and when I say worry, I mean this shit keeps me up at night and impacts my psyche heavily. Hegseth canning the Army CoS ain’t helping either

Youre right, but also if we weren’t using up as much for fuel as we do there would be much more left for other applications

Whoever he gets his K from needs to add a bunch of fent

Probably a more nuanced an accurate assessment, still better than Facebook though

Ah my bad, I would’ve thought that was Great Value Tony Stark

Edit: Clover Valley Tony Stark would be the Dollar Store variety

It is for sure addictive, I don’t find it as malicious because of it’s decentralized nature, meaning that a TikTok style algorithm or the various ways Meta drives engagement isn’t present and would be nearly impossible to implement across all the instances and other Fediverse apps. It’s like if cigs ONLY made you smell bad and wouldn’t kill you, still gross and bad to be hooked, but not actively causing irreversible harm

We’ve been well past that time for quite a while, but the second best time is now.

If I got to watch the livestream of Cruz getting dragged away by ICE with a slow zoom in on his face I might actually die with a smile on mine

This is somehow both an insult to Tony Stark and Walmart. At least Walmart is just old fashioned business bastard evil and not, to my knowledge, apocalyptic techno-feudalist with immorality aspirations that belong in anime or comic books and a fucked up mannequin face

No shit, all social media is designed to keep user engaged and using the service

I mean if that doesnt provoke a civil war nothing ever will

I definitely get and feel similarly, and I guess this aint a bright spot but unless things change drastically and rapidly so there are very few places on the planet that will be able to serve as a refuge for the pain coming over the next few years. The best we can all hope for is that the US collapses rapidly before the technofeudalists and christofascists can further cement control

I had a roommate who never made a single contact in her phone for anyone, she would just answer any call and figured out who was texting from past bits of the conversation and what they sent. And it wasn’t a principled thing, she just didn’t see the convenience in saving contact info. Blew my fucking mind

The whole bullet gun fingerprint thing is total bullshit, but it’s not completely impossible to determine caliber depending on the size of the fragment which could rule out a specific firearm.

Edit: I dont fucking trust the forensic analyst either and the article stated there were few specifics. I agree with you but just wanted to point out that it is feasible to rule out some things

Obviously every piece of evidence against is valuable given the unjust world we live in, but I have to think for a moment about how crazy it would be for anyone not currently convinced of his crimes to see this and then suddenly change their mind