Regardless of who wins this election, it is vital that progressives in their 40s and younger get involved in local politics. Republicans have an outsized influence on politics because they’ve spent 40 years managing the ground game: school boards, town councils, library boards, art councils.
I have a regular 8 and yeah they can take my actual, physical home button from my cold, dead fingers.
HE MADE IT!HE MADE IT!
Yeah I’m not convinced not voting because of this administration’s (real and indefensible) complacency on genocide is necessarily the move
From my partner: “JIMMY CARTER ONLY HAS TO MAKE IT ONE MORE DAY!!! Then he gets to vote for Kamala and he can finally be at peace!”
Alt: In his final moments, Luke Skywalker sees the twin suns of Tatooine one last time, before fading from existence and becoming one with the Force.
Re-reading Fellowship of the Ring while I’m bedridden with a fever. Frodo starting his adventure after doing fuck-all for 10 years, and immediately thinking, “oh man I’m out of shape,” hits so different as an adult.
I think the most disappointing thing about AI bros is that I’m a person with ADHD and no self-discipline, who gets frustrated when my over-ambitious projects aren’t quick or easy. And I see those same traits in AI bros, only I’d never resort to using the planet-burning plagiarism machine.
I did the math years ago, and determined that if I ran a 10-week campaign for every game I wanted to try running, it would take me 30 years to clear my TTRPG backlog.
Spending Yom Kippur in bed with a fever and trying not to read into it too much. 🤷♂️
“Why do you keep hitting that same spot on my thigh?” I asked the Greek vigilante. “You’ll see!” He answers. I lunge forward, past his guard, and my leg gives out.