BeDeeP
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World-traveling geek in my 50s. Far too much of my luggage is taken up by books and dice. Yes, I also own a Kindle, but sometimes a fella's gotta have books.
Alan Rickman as Elliott Marston in Quigley Down Under > Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard ... and I will, myself, Die Hard on this hill.
December 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Alan Rickman as Elliott Marston in Quigley Down Under > Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard ... and I will, myself, Die Hard on this hill.
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it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.
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Tina Peters, a former official from Mesa County, Colorado, was found guilty last year of seven criminal counts for letting Trump’s allies illegally access the county’s election system.
Judge Smacks Down Trump’s Desperate Demand to Free Supporter
Former election clerk Tina Peters had filed a petition to be freed on bond while she appeals her felony conviction.
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tina Peters, a former official from Mesa County, Colorado, was found guilty last year of seven criminal counts for letting Trump’s allies illegally access the county’s election system.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is a good excuse to post my all time favorite Star Trek meme
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
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choo choo, motherfucker
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
choo choo, motherfucker
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Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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If Hegseth's "declassification in my mind" legal theory held water, then all of their complaints about Hillary's e-mail server were for show. Like Hegseth, Hillary was an OCA at the time she sent and received those e-mails. Under Hegseth's legal theory, Hillary had the power to "declassify" them
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If Hegseth's "declassification in my mind" legal theory held water, then all of their complaints about Hillary's e-mail server were for show. Like Hegseth, Hillary was an OCA at the time she sent and received those e-mails. Under Hegseth's legal theory, Hillary had the power to "declassify" them
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It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
Noooooooo!
A legendary Fort Lauderdale restaurant will close after nearly 40 years of delicious ribs, pulled pork, and cornbread, marking the end of an era.
Fort Lauderdale Bar-B-Q Institution Closing After Nearly 40 Years
A legendary Fort Lauderdale restaurant will close after nearly 40 years of delicious ribs, pulled pork, and cornbread, marking the end of an era.
www.miaminewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Noooooooo!
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Hi I'm Bex! I'm based in the UK and I make "Palaeoplushies" - Palaeontologically Accurate Plushies! I also make other animals (mostly fish).
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hi I'm Bex! I'm based in the UK and I make "Palaeoplushies" - Palaeontologically Accurate Plushies! I also make other animals (mostly fish).
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
Check out my work here: www.palaeoplushies.com
So, basically, we can start comparing Elon to *Thanos*, not just Hitler. Got it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So, basically, we can start comparing Elon to *Thanos*, not just Hitler. Got it.
Yup. This.
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Yup. This.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Bluesky, where some are singing about opening up a window while others sing for independency.
December 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bluesky, where some are singing about opening up a window while others sing for independency.
@vaspider.gay, I believe we have specifically discussed this very topic before.
one real problem with contemporary evangelicalism is the tendency to try and appeal to the Hebrew proof texts without reading any Hebrew outside of specific concepts used in sermons
The brief discussion of the Hebrew is also just not true. It treats the prepositional כנגדו (comparative prepositional prefix; נגד, also a preposition meaning opposite, corresponding to, in front of, facing, etc; then the third person possessive suffix) as if it were a noun without any citations
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@vaspider.gay, I believe we have specifically discussed this very topic before.
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The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
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NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
No matter where you go, Charlie Brown, there you are.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
You're too short for that gesture, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
No matter where you go, Charlie Brown, there you are.
Sadness. There were a few years in the late 90s and early 00s where I saw this guy in just about every third film I watched. I used to call him the guy Cuba Gooding Jr wanted to be when he grew up. But, you know, in a good way.
Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
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Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sadness. There were a few years in the late 90s and early 00s where I saw this guy in just about every third film I watched. I used to call him the guy Cuba Gooding Jr wanted to be when he grew up. But, you know, in a good way.
For my history and cartography nerds.
A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online.
Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network
Archaeologists have compiled the most detailed map yet of roads throughout the Roman Empire in AD 150, totalling almost 300,000 kilometres in length
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For my history and cartography nerds.