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I totally get that. Personally I am of the opinion that the world is in desperate need of empathy, and I don't have enough time to have it for literally everyone, so I'll start with actual victims of tyrants, and move to the enablers of tyrants once I have some free bandwidth.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I totally get that. Personally I am of the opinion that the world is in desperate need of empathy, and I don't have enough time to have it for literally everyone, so I'll start with actual victims of tyrants, and move to the enablers of tyrants once I have some free bandwidth.
Doesn't actually look like they're getting bailouts this time. Looks like big agriculture companies, JD Vance and others are going and buying their farms for cents on the dollar, often not even enough to clear their debts, and leaving them bankrupt. Apparently there's been quite a few suicides.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Doesn't actually look like they're getting bailouts this time. Looks like big agriculture companies, JD Vance and others are going and buying their farms for cents on the dollar, often not even enough to clear their debts, and leaving them bankrupt. Apparently there's been quite a few suicides.
No, my question was where you got the idea that voters who don't care about anything Trump's done so far, but will abandon voting for democratic candidates because some democratic members criticise them are "swayable". Seems to me like they've made a pretty clear decision already with those terms.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No, my question was where you got the idea that voters who don't care about anything Trump's done so far, but will abandon voting for democratic candidates because some democratic members criticise them are "swayable". Seems to me like they've made a pretty clear decision already with those terms.
The best bit is the way it's outer shell just completely shatters and scatters all over the stage. Couldn't spring for the shatter proof plastic I guess.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The best bit is the way it's outer shell just completely shatters and scatters all over the stage. Couldn't spring for the shatter proof plastic I guess.
I am desperately hoping for some kind of creators collective to form their own platform and move their fanbases over. Fight for free speech aside, I'd have thought a lot would be interested just to get a better share of the revenue they actually generate (directly or indirectly).
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I am desperately hoping for some kind of creators collective to form their own platform and move their fanbases over. Fight for free speech aside, I'd have thought a lot would be interested just to get a better share of the revenue they actually generate (directly or indirectly).
I don't mean to divert attention from this, because it's incredibly important, but I thought you'd be interested in this anaylsis of Trump's lawsuit against the BBC, specifically the three reasons it was incredibly stupid to even ask for a billion.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don't mean to divert attention from this, because it's incredibly important, but I thought you'd be interested in this anaylsis of Trump's lawsuit against the BBC, specifically the three reasons it was incredibly stupid to even ask for a billion.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo...
You would also think the person frantically fending of allegations of Russian connections that could well amount to treason would be less keen to associate themselves with a President who is behaving like a Russian asset and a Government categorically proven to be lousy with them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You would also think the person frantically fending of allegations of Russian connections that could well amount to treason would be less keen to associate themselves with a President who is behaving like a Russian asset and a Government categorically proven to be lousy with them.
Does anyone else see and hear Nelson in their head at incredibly inappropriate times? I feel like it got ingrained some point in my childhood and now it's my go to for something I subconsciously find funny (usually due to irony) but consciously know I shouldn't.
a cartoon character from the simpsons is standing in front of a window .
ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is standing in front of a window .
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November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Does anyone else see and hear Nelson in their head at incredibly inappropriate times? I feel like it got ingrained some point in my childhood and now it's my go to for something I subconsciously find funny (usually due to irony) but consciously know I shouldn't.
I'm afraid whether their history has good news is a matter of perspective. In short, they spent too much time bullying everyone and not enough time developing economically and got left behind by rivals, started suffering bad military defeats, then got picked apart by slave revolts and neighbours.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm afraid whether their history has good news is a matter of perspective. In short, they spent too much time bullying everyone and not enough time developing economically and got left behind by rivals, started suffering bad military defeats, then got picked apart by slave revolts and neighbours.
They've been trying to turn actors into empty shells with no opinions or values that aren't scripted for them for decades, with varying levels of success. I really wasn't shocked when they jumped on this bandwagon like it was heading to El Dorado - they probably think it is.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
They've been trying to turn actors into empty shells with no opinions or values that aren't scripted for them for decades, with varying levels of success. I really wasn't shocked when they jumped on this bandwagon like it was heading to El Dorado - they probably think it is.
Honestly I'm not sure it was great for them either - if a Spartan mother thought her son was going to grow up to be weak, she'd actually kill him so he didn't shame the family. Plus they had to be constantly worried the slaves would realise they heavily outnumbered them and launch a full revolt.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Honestly I'm not sure it was great for them either - if a Spartan mother thought her son was going to grow up to be weak, she'd actually kill him so he didn't shame the family. Plus they had to be constantly worried the slaves would realise they heavily outnumbered them and launch a full revolt.
Yeah, character limit didn't let me get to the really weird bits in post 1, or 2 really. They get so much weirder and grosser than I can cover here.
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yeah, character limit didn't let me get to the really weird bits in post 1, or 2 really. They get so much weirder and grosser than I can cover here.
They also apprenticed younger boys to older warriors in a way that seemed to often explicitly involve sexual stuff and definitely didn't consider it a problem. So, basically, they were violent pedophiles who made everyone else do the hard work.
So probably actually quite fitting for this lot.
So probably actually quite fitting for this lot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They also apprenticed younger boys to older warriors in a way that seemed to often explicitly involve sexual stuff and definitely didn't consider it a problem. So, basically, they were violent pedophiles who made everyone else do the hard work.
So probably actually quite fitting for this lot.
So probably actually quite fitting for this lot.
Basically, what the Spartans did was enslave everyone around them, and then use the time they saved by having slaves do all the actual work of building and maintaining a society to prance about practicing with a spear and shield formation so they could keep enslaving everyone around them.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Basically, what the Spartans did was enslave everyone around them, and then use the time they saved by having slaves do all the actual work of building and maintaining a society to prance about practicing with a spear and shield formation so they could keep enslaving everyone around them.
You use what you have available - that isn't "logical arguments", "Factual statistics" or "Competence" in their case, but they do have "blood money", so they use it to try and bully everyone into recognising how important they think they should be.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You use what you have available - that isn't "logical arguments", "Factual statistics" or "Competence" in their case, but they do have "blood money", so they use it to try and bully everyone into recognising how important they think they should be.
Weird that you said "Ok!" like you were going to answer my question and then went on to just ignore it, ask your own and announce that only about 200,000 voters matter as if this is sacred wisdom only you can see.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Weird that you said "Ok!" like you were going to answer my question and then went on to just ignore it, ask your own and announce that only about 200,000 voters matter as if this is sacred wisdom only you can see.
Like, these "swayable" voters you're so concerned about the opinion of, how'd you come to the idea that democrats criticising their own candidates is enough to put them off voting for Democrats, but "literally everything Trump's doing" isn't going to be enough to sway them?
Doesn't seem "Swayable".
Doesn't seem "Swayable".
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Like, these "swayable" voters you're so concerned about the opinion of, how'd you come to the idea that democrats criticising their own candidates is enough to put them off voting for Democrats, but "literally everything Trump's doing" isn't going to be enough to sway them?
Doesn't seem "Swayable".
Doesn't seem "Swayable".
No, I definitely think it's more their responsibility to uphold the values they claim to stand for than it is everyone else's responsibility to stand by them regardless in case criticising them somehow drives other people to decide fascism is their best bet.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
No, I definitely think it's more their responsibility to uphold the values they claim to stand for than it is everyone else's responsibility to stand by them regardless in case criticising them somehow drives other people to decide fascism is their best bet.
It's understandable if you get confused which party you are. Apparently your party can too and you'd really expect them to be the experts on this. 🤷
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It's understandable if you get confused which party you are. Apparently your party can too and you'd really expect them to be the experts on this. 🤷
It seems to be the same story in most of the world. But what's amazing to see is how much of the world is also pushing back harder and harder against the idea that "You'll take what you're given and be thankful for it" and demanding real options promising real change instead.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It seems to be the same story in most of the world. But what's amazing to see is how much of the world is also pushing back harder and harder against the idea that "You'll take what you're given and be thankful for it" and demanding real options promising real change instead.
He's disgraced our country on the international stage from both an ethical standpoint and a dignity standpoint by brown nosing war criminals and fascists. It used to be "Same shit, different shovel" but at this point the shovel's become a JCB and I'm not willing to settle on "slightly less awful".
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
He's disgraced our country on the international stage from both an ethical standpoint and a dignity standpoint by brown nosing war criminals and fascists. It used to be "Same shit, different shovel" but at this point the shovel's become a JCB and I'm not willing to settle on "slightly less awful".
In the UK, I voted for Kier Starmer because the Tory party was a catastrophe and Labour was most likely to beat them. He has now removed trans rights, declared a genocide protest group as terrorists, gone back on almost every promise he made and pandered to the far right instead of stood up to them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
In the UK, I voted for Kier Starmer because the Tory party was a catastrophe and Labour was most likely to beat them. He has now removed trans rights, declared a genocide protest group as terrorists, gone back on almost every promise he made and pandered to the far right instead of stood up to them.
Reading their thread was infuriating. Reading the replies was pretty cathartic though - it's pretty much a tidal wave of uh...let's call them "un-fond farewells" (very polite and reasonable by and large, but also suitably scathing).
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Reading their thread was infuriating. Reading the replies was pretty cathartic though - it's pretty much a tidal wave of uh...let's call them "un-fond farewells" (very polite and reasonable by and large, but also suitably scathing).
Something about him gives me the weirdly specific feeling of "Nobody liked you in school and you're going to spend the rest of your life making that the world's problem".
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Something about him gives me the weirdly specific feeling of "Nobody liked you in school and you're going to spend the rest of your life making that the world's problem".
"No don't be silly! That's rain!" says the politician squatting over you.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"No don't be silly! That's rain!" says the politician squatting over you.