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jargoggles

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atomicpoet, to random
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I’m adapting Hamlet to a video game, and will make it multiplayer.

It’s called Amongst Us.

jargoggles,
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@atomicpoet
I thought they already made a Lion King video game.

GottaLaff, to Ukraine
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Exclusive: “United States is preparing a new military aid package for that could be worth as much as $400 million, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, the first such move in months as additional funds for Kyiv remain blocked by Republican leaders in Congress” https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-preparing-new-weapons-package-ukraine-officials-2024-03-12/

jargoggles,
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@GottaLaff @Mitchell33
Yeah, I checked their profile and they're spamming whatever that is all over the place. Reported.

18+ Frances_Larina, to random
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A Kansas judge says barring driver's license changes doesn't violate trans people's rights

From the link: "The Kansas law doesn’t mention driver’s licenses or birth certificates but says for the purposes of any state law or regulation, a person’s sex is “either male or female,” based on their “biological reproductive system” identified at birth [ie, genitals].

Judge Teresa Watson ruled that the law’s language is clear and “there are no exceptions. Information recorded on a driver’s license does not interfere with transgender persons’ ability to control their own bodies or assert bodily integrity or self-determination”.

Watson was appointed by prior Governor Sam Brownback (R), so this probably should not be an unexpected ruling.

https://www.whec.com/national-world/a-kansas-judge-says-barring-drivers-license-changes-doesnt-violate-trans-peoples-rights/

jargoggles,
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@Frances_Larina
To adapt a pithy phrase:

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids cis and trans alike to change the gender on their driver's license."

FantasticalEconomics, to academicchatter
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The NAACP has had enough of DeSantis' anti-DEI policies and are encouraging Black athletes to boycott Florida schools.

"This is not simply about sports; it’s about acknowledging and advocating for the rights and supports of Black students within educational environments.”

We'll see if sports (and the millions of dollars of revenue they bring in) will be the Achilles heel of these studies e on universities in the name of combatting 'wokeness'.

https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4524394-naacp-florida-university-boycott-dei/

@academicchatter

jargoggles,
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@FantasticalEconomics @academicchatter
Everyone with a functional conscience should boycott Florida until they finally start treating people, all people, with respect and decency.

LeftistLawyer, to random
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    jargoggles,
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    @LeftistLawyer
    Pretty much any financial "invention" like default credit swaps.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    We made a comic about a carjacking.

    jargoggles,
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    @lowqualityfacts
    Movies set such unrealistic standards.

    I've wasted so much time and money making elaborate breakfasts that I just leave on the table before leaving the house. Did you know people actually eat breakfast?

    junesim63, to Israel
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    "The very fact that the delivery of “a significant amount” of aid is conditional on Hamas accepting Israeli demands underscores that Israel, with US backing, is using that aid as a tool of coercion. This directly contradicts Biden’s claim, in his State of the Union address, that such assistance cannot be “a bargaining chip.”

    Aaron Maté on US and Biden's hypocrisy


    The Biden doctrine in Gaza: bomb, starve, deceive
    https://www.aaronmate.net/p/the-biden-doctrine-in-gaza-bomb-starve

    jargoggles,
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    @junesim63
    That entire instance is full of right-wing trolls. I blocked the whole domain a while ago.

    gwynnion, to random
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    People's failure to understand that fascism is a fairly banal worldview reflects a refusal to understand how common and ordinary looking it is and how well it hides behind our modern high tech lifestyles.

    Fascism doesn't have to have 1930s pomposity and daily military parades.

    It can look like America, right now, today, depending on who and where you are. America already has military jingoism, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, unchecked paramilitaries, and theocrats denying our rights.

    jargoggles,
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    @gwynnion
    There's a certain gaslighting quality to liberals constantly browbeating everyone critical of Biden or Democrats in general by saying that it's either them or a fascist takeover.

    Superficially, it's not wrong. In the ballot box, there are only two choices for all intents and purposes: dictatorship and not-dictatorship.

    However, this conveniently ignores that the failure of Democrats to actually combat fascism is how we got to this point in the first place.

    jargoggles,
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    @gwynnion
    So saying that the Democratic Party as a whole needs to do better and demanding change is a much, much stronger rejection of fascism than what liberals are doing.

    Telling us to hold our nose and bite our tongue is tantamount to saying that you are perfectly okay with voting for exactly the same circumstances that brought us to this point to begin with. Neoliberalism brought fascism to our doorstep. Simply not inviting it in isn't sufficient. We need to push it back.

    jargoggles,
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    @gwynnion
    If I were a Democratic politician who was solely concerned on keeping my job while having to deliver as little as possible, I would be thrilled with the current status quo.

    Any criticism of Biden is immediately compared to the fact that Trump will be worse. Can you imagine if your performance at work was held to the standard of the absolute least competent person for the job? And people think that's a good way to evaluate how well the fucking president is doing?

    Strandjunker, to random
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    For this year’s International Women’s Day, I would like to put it as simply as possible: Men should be happy that women want equality. Not revenge.

    jargoggles,
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    @Strandjunker
    All men are humans.

    All men should support human rights.

    Women's rights are human rights.

    All men should support women's rights.

    RadicalGraffiti, to random
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    "Genocide is not self defense"
    Sticker spotted in Brighton, UK

    jargoggles,
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    @davidreinertson @RadicalGraffiti
    If Israel doesn't want to be accused of genocide, then they should stop committing genocide.

    ElleGray, to random
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    The boss has been pestering me to attend a leadership conference so I, completely jokingly, said, "A true leader would never sit in an audience being told what to do" and now half this office is in existential crisis

    jargoggles,
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    @ElleGray @mkoek
    Email certificates of completion to the no-shows.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    jargoggles,
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    @lowqualityfacts
    I heard that motherfucker had like... thirty goddamn dicks.

    flexghost, to random
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    This is a masterclass on how to handle your detractors.

    Biden smiling at how easy it is to play the GOP like a gitfiddle.

    video/mp4

    jargoggles,
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    @flexghost
    Republicans looking like fucking idiots is always a good time, but like... you all heard the actual substance of this right? Are we not talking about that?

    You're cheering on "the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen in this country?" Unprecedented, unilateral executive power over the borders? Hiring cops by the hundreds and hundreds?

    Isn't literally all of that, you know, exactly in line with the Republican Party platform?

    jargoggles,
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    @coyoty @flexghost
    Republicans didn't want Biden to be the one to pass it because they feel like it's a political win for him. That's not my opinion, that's the prevailing take on why it got gridlocked.

    Passing a bill that Republicans would have gleefully supported if Trump were president isn't the win people are making this out to be.

    Strandjunker, to random
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    For anyone who still thinks we shouldn’t prosecute Trump and his co-conspirators because their insurrection failed, consider this: there is no such thing as prosecuting a successful insurrection.

    jargoggles,
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    @Strandjunker
    What do you call a failed insurrection when none of the conspirators face any consequences?

    Practice.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    I hope they get along.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    jargoggles,
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    @lowqualityfacts
    Gargamel is canonically a hobbit.

    Aaron, to random
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    Yearly conversation with my ISP:

    Me: Hi, my bill went up.
    Billing Agent: Your promo expired. Sorry, no new promos exist to lower your bill back.
    Me: I want to cancel.

    Retention: Sure, we can lower your bill back to the same price.
    Me: Thanks!

    jargoggles,
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    @Aaron
    They love making us dance, that's for sure.

    jargoggles, to random
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    @ned
    They want to know how the hell legitimate journalists ended up in their organization.

    atomicpoet, to random
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    The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

    This album came out of left field. It was a collaboration with electronica producer Dntl and Death Cab for Cutie singer Ben Gibbard. Jenny Lewis did background vocals. At the time, indie didn’t venture much into electronic instrumentation. But this was the perfect pairing. The synths sounded warm and inviting. Ben Gibbard’s vocals expressed a sense of wonder. This was a comfy album perfect for night walks in the rain.

    jargoggles,
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    @atomicpoet
    I have the two record set, really cool translucent red vinyl, and it has some really cool stuff on it like a cover of Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine and We Will Become Silhouettes by The Shins.

    What a phenomenal album.

    atomicpoet, to random
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    You know those action films where the father rescues his kidnapped daughter?

    I think it’s time we have an action film where a grandmother rescues her kidnapped grandson.

    In this film, the grandma presents as a sweet old lady that likes to bake apple pie. But when a fake sorority that’s actually a gang of human traffickers kidnaps her grandson, her secret special ops training kicks into high gear, and she takes out each trashy sorority sister out one by one.

    jargoggles,
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    @atomicpoet
    It better include a scene where the grandma comes to their door with a pie, then punches through the crust and pulls out a MAC-10 and just starts lighting the place up.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Whatever you THOUGHT you knew about how things work in government DOES NOT APPLY to fascist behavior. Why is this hard.

    jargoggles,
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    @StillIRise1963
    Expecting fascists to operate in good faith is a great way to end up eating boot for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

    Gary, to random
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    https://www.dw.com/en/polar-bears-forced-to-change-diet/video-68420634
    Polar bears are now spending more time hunting on land, eating berries and animal carcasses. Their familiar territory — sea ice — is melting, forcing them to move away from hunting seals and other prey. As a result, they're losing weight.

    jargoggles,
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    @Gary @GhostOnTheHalfShell
    Polar bears are dangerous as fuck and now they're not just moving inland, but they're hungry, too. That is a really bad combo for anyone who likes having their face attached to their skull.

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    The man was born to skate.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    jargoggles, (edited )
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    @lowqualityfacts
    This is even more amazing because the skateboard was only just invented an hour prior.

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