But we dont roll like that, today.

A stone grotesque, a common part of gothic architecture.

If it had an open channel for running water away from the building, it would be a gargoyle.

Am I the only one who sees this as the inciting incident of A Christmas Carol?

It’s a running Dickenson theme that no one is sad, yet many rejoiceful when a rich man dies. Heck, Scrooge faces the possibility while touring with the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. The meeting Thompson intended to attend got news of his demise, yet proceeded without with. It’s likely Thompson had associates, but no actual friends.

Brian Thompson now just needs to haunt one of his colleagues to warn them that no one gets to take it with them. Not even Peter Theil.

Right now there are a bunch of supreme cout justices who have lied to the public and reversed some laws, stripping away the rights of vulnerable demographics, resulting not just in a body count, but some particularly ghastly preventable deaths.

The story goes on with Texas changing its investigation and reporting policies so that these gruesome deaths can go without public scrutiny or outcry.

I am not a militant activist, and in most cases do not condone assassination, including the attempt on Trump. But if the lifetime appointments of supreme court justices were to suddenly become a liability, say if any of the FedSoc jurists were shot at, I would certainly enjoy the poetry.

It’s actually Leonard Leo and his dark money benefactors that deserve a proper Disney eaten-by-hyenas demise, and so much damage has been done that the imbalance of justice will be felt for centuries.

So even for peaceniks like me, there are exceptions to civilized process.

And will continue to be.

The industrial espionage sector usually cracks backdoors inside days of first release (unless they find a better exploit).

That was the point of NSA before 9/11 and the Patriot Act. Before it was completely captured.

I have gazed into the abyssal maw of H.R. Pufnstuf

The damage is done.

The scars are old.

I know the verses that can unmake the earth.

Most of the English impressment was drafting able seamen from other vessels, usually merchants.

The intrinsic counter-loyalty fueled the Golden Age of Piracy.

Serious Oscar vibes.

Live grenades are now Kiwis

Once you pull the pin, Mr. Kiwi is no longer your friend.

As Randall Munroe observes, the first billionaire to create an AI-controlled swarm of killer robots will try to take over the world. So it may be Robot Wars on a grand scale.

TIL wanking habits fit into recruitment parameters.

Haven’t seen TIE Fighter mentioned yet.

Precarity does that. And yeah, the number of households in precarity (worried about rent, housing, health, food, etc.) is between 66% and 88% in the US.

Also there’s intergenerational dysfunction ever since the industrial age and the rise of the nuclear family.

We’re all mad here. 🐇🎩🫖

Tactical Stealth Pringles. They should dye them black.

Quintessence cyberpunk dystopia moment.

Germans in WWII had bicycle troopers. I think they’re light mechnized cavalry.

If it and its crew are hired by an NGO, yes.

We fight for Rock and Stone! 🪨⛏️💎

[Case in point] SESTA and FOSTA which created carve-outs of [Section 230] for Human Trafficking, which killed human trafficking ads on Backpage.

Except it didn’t. [Backpage] was busted before the law was passed. Despite that they were actively cooperating with law enforcement to track higher-rank mobsters.

And then, traffickers returned to the streets and are now more active than ever.

In the meantime sex worker networking suffered since platforms closed down forums where violent and manipulative johns are reported. So the whole sex work industry suffered.

And because the social media platforms are chilled, some won’t host LGBT+ support.

All for the kids, who are worse off since sex ed materials are also struggling to find tolerant hosts.

Edit: Stupid mobile typos

The most popular way into the Rebel Alliance is through the Imperial Navy.

During the golden age of piracy, able seamen discontent with their treatment by the (aristocratic) officers would go onto the account of a private ship, a pirate or privateer.