X-Wings & History
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Public, military, and social history, in this galaxy and beyond. Also TTRPGS and this space camp I went to one time.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
I'd unflinchingly trade the next season of Mando for SkeletonTwo.
Jon Watts tells Variety that he’s ready to make #SkeletonCrew Season Two:
“I mean, I love ‘Star Wars.’ I’d love to do anything in the ‘Star Wars’ universe and I think we set it up in a way where the story can continue in a lot of interesting ways.”
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“I mean, I love ‘Star Wars.’ I’d love to do anything in the ‘Star Wars’ universe and I think we set it up in a way where the story can continue in a lot of interesting ways.”
🎬 buff.ly/0zDMvvo
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'd unflinchingly trade the next season of Mando for SkeletonTwo.
Play this in Congress and have everyone pointedly stare at Chuck Schumer.
Other highlights include:
🎥 An immersive panoramic video experience of the asteroid impact
🎮 A digital game that introduces visitors to the tools used to track near-Earth objects
🎨 A layered collage, titled “Web of Life,” by artist Clare Celeste
And more! Get tickets.👇
🎥 An immersive panoramic video experience of the asteroid impact
🎮 A digital game that introduces visitors to the tools used to track near-Earth objects
🎨 A layered collage, titled “Web of Life,” by artist Clare Celeste
And more! Get tickets.👇
Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs | AMNH
Opening November 17, Impact presents a before-and-after look at the asteroid impact that changed life on Earth.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Play this in Congress and have everyone pointedly stare at Chuck Schumer.
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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I mean honestly, it *does* explain how elite backlash against MeToo was about as intense as the reaction to 9/11.
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I mean honestly, it *does* explain how elite backlash against MeToo was about as intense as the reaction to 9/11.
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Every Epstein email is like "I love that you're a rapist and a pedophile! Signed, a man who personally has more wealth than 20% of the world's population."
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Every Epstein email is like "I love that you're a rapist and a pedophile! Signed, a man who personally has more wealth than 20% of the world's population."
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god damnit
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
god damnit
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You think that they’re meeting in smoky mahogany rooms doing eyes wide shut shit and while that does happen mostly it’s just emails to fellow perverts like “stupid purple hair barista was mean 2 me im gunna fund gender essentialism center at a prestigious university
Sent from my iPad”
Sent from my iPad”
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You think that they’re meeting in smoky mahogany rooms doing eyes wide shut shit and while that does happen mostly it’s just emails to fellow perverts like “stupid purple hair barista was mean 2 me im gunna fund gender essentialism center at a prestigious university
Sent from my iPad”
Sent from my iPad”
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It's a big club and you're not in it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's a big club and you're not in it.
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tired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because it broke with norms
wired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because now we have a revanchist court
inspired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because he clearly took it easy on Trump.
wired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because now we have a revanchist court
inspired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because he clearly took it easy on Trump.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
tired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because it broke with norms
wired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because now we have a revanchist court
inspired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because he clearly took it easy on Trump.
wired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because now we have a revanchist court
inspired: it's bad that Garland wasn't given a SCOTUS seat because he clearly took it easy on Trump.
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so uh, what was Merrick Garland doing
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
so uh, what was Merrick Garland doing
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It’s important not to believe CEOs who just want to sell you something so they don’t have to pay people
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It’s important not to believe CEOs who just want to sell you something so they don’t have to pay people
Everyone can see the Northern Lights tonight except me, because a beloved local farmstand is burning to the ground up the road.
Facebook is already blaming it on the Chinese.
Facebook is already blaming it on the Chinese.
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Everyone can see the Northern Lights tonight except me, because a beloved local farmstand is burning to the ground up the road.
Facebook is already blaming it on the Chinese.
Facebook is already blaming it on the Chinese.
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I cannot stop watching videos where Dracula Flow describes mecha and characters from Gundam with searing, pinpoint accuracy.
I do not know who or what Dracula Flow is outside of this context and I do not wish to learn.
youtu.be/WiCghNGUKtA?...
I do not know who or what Dracula Flow is outside of this context and I do not wish to learn.
youtu.be/WiCghNGUKtA?...
Gundam Characters Described by Dracula Flow Lyrics
YouTube video by cipher032
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I cannot stop watching videos where Dracula Flow describes mecha and characters from Gundam with searing, pinpoint accuracy.
I do not know who or what Dracula Flow is outside of this context and I do not wish to learn.
youtu.be/WiCghNGUKtA?...
I do not know who or what Dracula Flow is outside of this context and I do not wish to learn.
youtu.be/WiCghNGUKtA?...
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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you cannot win over the New York Democratic Party, you have to beat them
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
you cannot win over the New York Democratic Party, you have to beat them
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“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
-Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Cursed timeline
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Cursed timeline
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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the minute flights got canceled, Dems folded like a house of cards, leaving me to wonder why the fuck this post made some of you so angry
not enough chatter about how frequently members fly and how attacking airport capacity directly affects them in a way that cutting SNAP does not
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
the minute flights got canceled, Dems folded like a house of cards, leaving me to wonder why the fuck this post made some of you so angry
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this thing happens when, if you look at what Dems have done recently and the predict an outcome based entirely on their own actions, people call you a doomer and get mad.
don’t hate me bc Dems doing deeply predictable Dem shit gives off doom vibes. hate them!
don’t hate me bc Dems doing deeply predictable Dem shit gives off doom vibes. hate them!
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
this thing happens when, if you look at what Dems have done recently and the predict an outcome based entirely on their own actions, people call you a doomer and get mad.
don’t hate me bc Dems doing deeply predictable Dem shit gives off doom vibes. hate them!
don’t hate me bc Dems doing deeply predictable Dem shit gives off doom vibes. hate them!
The real fight should have been the last spending bill, where they should have staked themselves to Congress' constitutional role to control spending. But any fight was better than no fight, which is what we always get.
I actually am less mad about this capitulation than the other ones. But if this means that a bunch lf safe dem senators get primaried, fine by me
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The real fight should have been the last spending bill, where they should have staked themselves to Congress' constitutional role to control spending. But any fight was better than no fight, which is what we always get.