Kirklin (he/him)

Yes there are. Most important being the continued proof that ice cream is a panacea.

"They won't assimilate into our American culture!" Bitch, please. Cajun and Texan and Southie and great plains farmer and biker and more may overlap but I dare you to tell any of them they aren't really Americans because they haven't fully assimilated into _your_ culture. Ignorant racist asshole.

I submit native Americans in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.

Add Waffle House, though its "probably minus the war crimes." Same expected quality performance on a full and memorized menu regardless of circumstances.

Double? What, are you a vampire trying to survive? Where it says clove substitute head. Use tablespoons instead of teaspoons and lose count a few times over. There is such a thing as too much garlic but that threshold is far higher than you think.

If you are in Texas the polls are open for early voting today and tomorrow this weekend. If you don't know where your voting location is I've got the link to the state's poll finder here. goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

Cigarette smoke. I can think of no practical way to explain how it was normal for an airplane flight or restaurant to have at least 2/3 of people present smoking.

A tactical option for congressional anti-corruption actions. Investigate, turn over all evidence to both federal and appropriate state agencies so they can prosecute, convict, and sentence. Then impeach. For everyone but the President or VP. Just have to avoid the Oliver North loophole.

But her emails. (sigh)

My rebuttal to point 1 bring to ask how much of the fundraising fees are going to consultant selected agents in which the consultants just happen to have an interest. I am to recall that being a thing.

One of my AI apocalypse examples is AI getting into bank accounts and changing balances leading to bank runs on all banks that use AI agents Which would be pretty much all of them. There just isn't enough cash on hand, especially if businesses get involved.

I noticed in the body cam footage that officer Foster Hunter played BCP tag (put your body in front of a moving vehicle and use that as your excuse to start shooting "in defense".) I'm wondering if that was the reason he escaped justice. well, in addition to the racism.

Sometimes I suspect the reason the Epstein files haven't been released is not because DT's name is throughout but rather because it contains so many entries of various billionaires' names. Ima guessing several are more frequently tied to money shenanigans, but they are attached to the rapiness too.

If you self-host and run PHP on it (which is very likely) you NEED to update it later today, ASAP. A major vulnerability that affects PHP versions since 5 has been found, which allows remote code execution (very bad). You MUST retweet and share with friends who self-host. THIS IS CRITICAL. ⚠️

I recall my wife and I celebrating after voting in 2016. The polls were good, there were record numbers of people voting in early elections - we just locked on the idea of cheering for Madame President. Then came the electoral college pissing on the democratic majority. Vote, dammit. All of you.

Axelrod and Meagher. Not Dem politicians but rather the same Dem pundits who told Walz to quit calling Republicans weird. Fuck'm and their so-called moderate "Mustn't anger the other side" positions. Same to any politicians who decide to follow their advice.

"When you tax something, you get less of it." You say that like fewer billionaires is a bad thing.

And of course there will not be a negative impact on the price of oil when this happens, right? Right? right?

David Axelrod and David Brooks clutching their pearls because El-Sayed didn’t roll over for a racist is such a perfect example of America’s white guy politics that it would sound made up if you put it in a novel

Every. Single. One.👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

I believe it was Eric Flint who pointed out in one of his novels that mass education is a core requirement as well as the inevitable driver of democracy. People think. Education helps people have the tools to think more effectively, and good education is even more effective.

Public schools in Utah banned a best-selling Jodi Picoult novel and ordered all copies destroyed. So ... Picoult arrived at a Salt Lake City high school this weekend with 600 copies of the book. And she gave them all away, for free. "Applause and cheers erupted." www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

Boosting this. Disclaimer: I contributed a word or two to the 1st ed design but get no benefit beyond seeing Ken do well. But it's the resson think 3d and heat management in sf games.

Which rather proves David's point as i find performance be a pleasant bonus but not anything close to being a significant component of a ttrpg.

I think we've said "never again" far too many times, along with "forgive me, Lord". We need to mean it and stop it from happening again.

And most recently the Political Director for Philip Sarnecki's failed run at being the GOP candidate for governor of Kansas.

A - Do you disavow any attempt to read any religious doctrine into the laws of our country? T - I do not. A - You do not? Then I think it's you who needs to understand the constitution, not me. T: Tommy aka Thomas Teepell, GOP political director A: Abdul El-Sayed, Dem candidate for MI Senator

Just some numbers. ICE was founded March 1, 2023. ICE agent deaths by violence since founding: 0 Deaths in school shootings since ICE was founded: 348

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/w...

Early voting in TX starts tomorrow, Oct 19 and ends Oct 30. Specific times may vary by county - check yours - but: Oct 19-23 polls open at least 9 hours Oct 24 open 12+ consecutive hours Oct 25 open 6+ consecutive hours Oct 26-30 open 12+ consecutive hours Want change for the better? Go vote.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Abolish Fire Prosecute. Looks like Rep Ramirez (IL-3) is working on step one. Good for her.