It’s a lying game.

Republican politicians and thought leaders pretend they are the victims of unfair persecution (“cancel culture”) and censorship in order to 1) encourage a sense of righteous indignation in their base, and 2) create pretext for them to perpetrate actual unfair persecution and censorship when they’re in power.

“If they can do it, why can’t we?”

Half of the Republican base doesn’t recognize this happening, and the other half doesn’t care because it’s working.

…if you wanna JAM

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Whoops, correction: it was installed using the debian package onto ubuntu 24.04.3.

I’m on team “f’ohnt” personally.

The Linux GUI client still freezes for 5-10 seconds when you change focus to it (under Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS). Is that ever going to be fixed?

Edit: “Debian” -> “Ubuntu”

People naturally want the world to make sense.

Some folks find it more natural to ostracize those who don’t fit within their worldview rather than updating their worldview to accommodate new information.

By my understanding, people are watching it for its ridiculous self-seriousness. Audiences are laughing at it. I don’t quite get how that alchemy works, but somehow it’s working enough for Apple.

I suppose somebody is watching it.

Tl;dr - “We’re thinking about it.”

west hollywood indeed

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If anyone knows good brands for button up shirts for trans dudes who are still binding, can you please share them with me? I know someone who is having the hardest time finding shirts that properly accommodate their butt and chest.

Salt & Straw had a prosciutto and melon flavor last month. It was outstanding. Salt is magic.

VIP-Halla welcomes you with open arms. Craft services are in the circus tent.

I had a really good conversation about this sort of thing with someone who has been to Wasteland, the Max Max-style cosplay festival on the US West Coast. They are reportedly very strict about people always being “in costume” or “in character” (ie: dirty, post-apocalyptic-ish) whenever outside private camp spaces.

I find it pretty ironic that the Deathguild folks from Burning Man are out there, running an event that enforces mandatory culture. Subsuclutre implies depth, nuaunce, context, space to fuck with things.

It’s all play, which is what all this ridiculous stuff is supposed to be in the first place. If you want a shallow simulacrum, go to Disneyland.

After I watched this I went looking for a crappy recorder version of Toss A Coin To Your Witcher, but it sadly doesn’t exist (yet).

The perimeter was always the new releases for our store. That one shelf with the documentaries, workout videos and that one copy of Mind’s Eye was where man dare not tread.