trump is just obviously imperialist to the point of saying ah maybe we’ll annex canada lmao. openly excited about gaza property development after the cleansing. labour take all the same positions but then cry about it if you imply that makes them right wing

like dawg you can ageplay your goddamn heart out or whatever i don’t care thats fine but like trying SPECIFICALLY to push social acceptance for the word “pedophile” IN THE NAME OF TRANS WOMEN when we are hardly even past the fucking groomer panic is INSANE FED BEHAVIOR

This is what plays him off so interestingly against a character like Garak, who considers himself a patriot working for a great good (as he might define it) but does not believe on any level, even for a second, that he's actually a misunderstood good person

Dukat's evil lies in his absolutely genuine belief that he himself is the most important person alive, and his seething, bubbling grievance when other people -- like, say, those whose occupation he oversaw -- disagree

I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop

like sorry but i’ve seen the true depravity of some of the games steam has for sale there’s no way this is actually materially worse than some of the shit that’s already up

Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.

The life of a French fence must be exhausting, one day it's a load of snails that like 4 restaurants worldwide even want, the next it's the crown jewels of a country that hasn't existed for 400 years, probably tomorrow it's a thousand baguette baskets carefully handmade from Aquitanian reeds