I remember playing about half of DA: Origins before it began taking over my life so I had to stop. DA2 apparently sucked. This one got a lot of critical praise when it came out and people seemed to like it at the time but I haven’t heard a peep about it since then. Worth playing? Did it stand the test of time or get washed...
I suspect most people go through at most two election cycles here as a politically-aware person before recognizing the nature of the game and tuning it out. Unless they’re a neoliberal pervert who gets turned on by the price stabilite policies or whatever
spoilerThe White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale invasion by the Israeli military on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It said last week it had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns civilians would be...
there’s a berniecrat house dem in my district who is coming up for re-election. Reading their website it’s like support for everything Bernie was going for in 2020 and more. Then I see they voted to give 20 billion dollars to israel and I’m like nah ain’t voting for this dickhead
Something’s gotta be written about how quick libs are to want to make “hard nosed” decisions like murdering children is okay or whatever. Some weird psychological reflex. Maybe the conservative bullying of them being naive hits home and they jump at the chance to show they’re a real adult or something. But it’s just so strange because objectively the “hard nosed” decision they’re making is the absolute easiest one for them to support. It isn’t hard at all.
On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people’s hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country....
This is not for sketchy reasons, I swear. All the primo spaces in our apartment building’s bike storage room are taken up by rusting rotting flat-tired cobwebbed piece of shit bikes that clearly haven’t been used in years. Half their owners probably moved out of the building and left them there. I have repeatedly asked...
These fuckers have been spreading like wildfire so now Parks Canada has invoked the nuclear option. This is a bit of a test case and I really hope it’s successful and shows that zebra mussels can be stopped given appropriate and possibly even temporary restrictions. Of course to Canadians the natural world has no value beyond...
don’t really have one but my partner hates when people call it “instapot” instead of “instant pot” anyway I just accuse them of being a brand integrity cop
I started a new job at a whole new grocery store a couple months ago. Got hired as a cashier a little while before the grand opening, but my first weeks consisted entirely of stocking all the empty shelves. Then when we opened, it was a nightmare suddenly dealing with customers for the first time but I thought I adapted fairly...
Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met....
wow as a student of history I love learning more about historical contexts and can’t wait to see what context I’m missing on this photo of a dead Palestinian child!
“Israel is an illegitimate settler state that must either face reintegration like South Africa or be destroyed and consigned to the dustbin of history” is like the bedrock understanding in all those encampments lmao they gonna learn
Voting power is proportional to shares owned aka how much money you have. The market cap of Lockheed Martin is $110B. Where are the students going to get the literal multi-10s-of-billions of dollars to acquire an activist-size stake? Like holy fuck this is so unbelievably stupid.
It’s a hard problem. Joining orgs to meet people to sleep with is obvious wrecker behavior but often orgs are where you meet people most compatible with you. Every political party, even mainstream ones, has lots of people sleeping with each other. Humans are gonna catch feelings, especially in leftist orgs where trauma bonding from violent interactions with cops is possible. I don’t have the solution really.
It isn’t all grey marching frowning guys and beating up ethnic minorities and suppressing art. People who show you personally great kindness, who make jokes, who enjoy music and good food - they find fascism compatible. Just endless numbers of seemingly nice things can happily coexist with and violently defend fascism. The...
Dragon Age: Inquisition is free this week on EGS (store.epicgames.com)
I remember playing about half of DA: Origins before it began taking over my life so I had to stop. DA2 apparently sucked. This one got a lot of critical praise when it came out and people seemed to like it at the time but I haven’t heard a peep about it since then. Worth playing? Did it stand the test of time or get washed...
Technical debt (hexbear.net)
Just realized 2016 was just the warm-up for 2024 in terms of "Both candidates suck ass, who gives a shit" energy
Even that election had more passion than this dead fish we’re getting this time
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
spoilerThe White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale invasion by the Israeli military on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It said last week it had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns civilians would be...
‘Why Am I F*cking Listening to You?’ Bill Burr Berates Bill Maher Over Simple Solution for the Middle East (www.yewtu.be)
BATTLE OF THE BILLS...
So how do we feel about the Chinese EV tariff
On one hand allowing obviously superior and cheaper Chinese EVs into the states at MSRP would obliterate the automakers which are one of the last bastions of organized labor. On the other hand getting cheap EVs into people’s hands is the outer limit of viable climate change action in this treat demon settler country....
How do I learn how to pick bike locks?
This is not for sketchy reasons, I swear. All the primo spaces in our apartment building’s bike storage room are taken up by rusting rotting flat-tired cobwebbed piece of shit bikes that clearly haven’t been used in years. Half their owners probably moved out of the building and left them there. I have repeatedly asked...
Parks Canada bans watercraft from Manitoba's Clear Lake for 2024 over zebra mussel concerns (www.cbc.ca)
These fuckers have been spreading like wildfire so now Parks Canada has invoked the nuclear option. This is a bit of a test case and I really hope it’s successful and shows that zebra mussels can be stopped given appropriate and possibly even temporary restrictions. Of course to Canadians the natural world has no value beyond...
What's your most irrational/obnoxious pet peeve?
Something that makes you annoyed as hell when it really shouldn’t, or something that makes you feel like a nerd for getting annoyed at it....
Got fucking ghosted by my employer two months into a new job
I started a new job at a whole new grocery store a couple months ago. Got hired as a cashier a little while before the grand opening, but my first weeks consisted entirely of stocking all the empty shelves. Then when we opened, it was a nightmare suddenly dealing with customers for the first time but I thought I adapted fairly...
Tom Morello led a sing-along of Killing in the Name Of at the protest at USC (kolektiva.social)
Convincing people to give up their lifeboat
So @EmmaGoldman had a nice comment here in a previous thread explaining the dynamic of Jewish people’s attitude toward Israel....
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met....
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for carbon that was never captured, report finds (www.cbc.ca)
walter-shock
TikTok challenges US ban in court, says it violates the first amendment (www.npr.org)
Saying the quiet part loud (hexbear.net)
independent.co.uk/…/blinken-romney-israel-hamas-t…
Aktually you not wanting to murder all the brown people makes you the bad guy. (hexbear.net)
theguardian.com/…/israelis-voice-sadness-and-defi…...
The average public policy professor (hexbear.net)
In authoritarian country, (hexbear.net)
Exclusive: Yemen Braces For Impending Massive US-Led Air and Ground Campaign (www.mintpressnews.com)
New level of bidenism unlocked (hexbear.net)
linky...
Someone in a meme chat just asked somewhat as a joke whether Republicans would like Batman if he was real, and I am now absolutely fascinated by this question.
https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/8c30ae31-48c5-415f-818a-04c6ca28d45e.png...
Only KKKhama$$ would advocate for such vile principles such as, clean up after yourself, and drink water. (hexbear.net)
twitter.com/DeTahmineh/…/1785036417913000140
The most unbalancing thing about becoming more politically aware is realizing how many things are compatible with fascism
It isn’t all grey marching frowning guys and beating up ethnic minorities and suppressing art. People who show you personally great kindness, who make jokes, who enjoy music and good food - they find fascism compatible. Just endless numbers of seemingly nice things can happily coexist with and violently defend fascism. The...
Several prominent New York Democrats accused Johnson of "politicizing" the chaotic pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked Columbia for over a week (www.axios.com)
uhhhhh showing the world that we are fully 100% on the same side as a christian fascist is a bit too political, sweety