Here is the graphic I use when I teach on how the militarization of police has impacted protestors

Yeah the “defensive sovereignty” you get from nukes is a very different thing from the ability to be an effective empire.

Just ask America!

stallman was right. for gen x and millenials, we experienced firsthand how technology is demonstrably a tool of the corporate state and donor class to reify existing socioeconomic hierarchies and violence. capitalist realism has dashed our hopes and impoverishes our imagination.

Worse: it’s impossible to tell what products or services are actually good. Reviews on the internet are gamed, outright faked or written by people with no taste. Now price isn’t even a signal, we’re screwed.

Superb. Also, I’m in Reno.

An entire universe lives in second life. Also the cultural incubator for furries.

Nuke it from orbit.

Somebody ought to do a “not at burning man” camp for burners with kids — same kinda vibe but for six year olds, a Summercamp.

It would be lifechanging for so many parents and maybe the kids too.

Do casinos have daycare?

If so, your situation becomes a little easier.