The current state of US OpSec: youtu.be/wpAj1kn-Cr8?...

Trump signed 2 EOs today. One on IFV coverage, and Fox News is hailing his moderate stance. They're not talking about the other EO claiming only the president and AG can interpret law, and describing it as "reestablish[ing] a long-standing norm”. Once you notice the slight-of-hand, it's everywhere.

A recently proposed (and fortunately then rejected) bill in North Dakota sought to (for the purposes of murder, assault, etc.) designate that a. "Human being" includes an unborn child. and /1

Any chance these Superbowl results foreshadow a victory of patriotism over tribalism? Looking at it that way, it makes sense that Trump backed the Chiefs I guess.

Ultimately, WE THE PEOPLE are the guardrails of our democracy.

When republicans talk about smaller government, I thought it was more a "take up running and lose some belt fat" thing, not a "cut off the arms" thing. But here we are.

This ain't comin' from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand
When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
Then we shall be free

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is the recipe for A More Perfect Union.

Civilization is a house of cards made of complex systems built over an ocean of chaos and death that we've spent millennia clawing out of. From food production to supply chains to medical knowledge and care, to human rights, we must fight as hard to keep them as others worked to create them for us.

The role of government is to provide the services and enforce the rules that are not profitable to have, but are expensive (as a society) to not have. Running a government "like a business" is incongruent to its purpose, and anyone seeking profit at societal cost will oppose a functional government.

Whether it's a kid or a country, if you want to change a behavior, you can either use the "carrot" or the "stick." The "carrot" is usually best because it guides towards how to be instead of pushing in whatever direction away from how not to be.

A functional democracy relies on a well-educated and well-informed citizenry.

A lot of people are worried that the US abdicating its leadership role in the world by withdrawing from WHO will make us and the world less healthy. There may even be an increase in anxiety disorders as a result, but we may never know given the freeze on CDC communications.

I'm loving the block functionality here. See a troll in a conversation thread that's antagonizing and not adding anything of value? Simply block and refresh. #EvictedFromMyLife

All this election news has me wanting to scream into the void, but I'll try posting on Bluesky instead.