On the character development, it’s slightly bioshock-esque, like focus on weapons or powers, or split between them, combat vs. hacking and security sort of skills.

This is truly an exceptional form of being supremely fucking late to the party.

Neither should be political. In a world that isn’t insane, both should be simple statements of objective fact, and we would all go on about our day.

I will take decidedly more deep breathes, as my heart will no longer be flooded with adrenaline thinking of the myriad ways in which my life is primed to fall apart if the impending/potential oligarchy gets their way.

Libertarian-esque crazy people tried to make a their-version-of-utopia around 3 years ago called Galt’s Gulch in Chile and it was nothing but a scam. If they can’t get it to work on dry goddamn land, I see no way for them to go under the sea successfully.

One thing I’m wondering about:

Why you bother voting is you are making a choice. Not voting is choosing to not have a voice. Yeah, you might not win, as some 60+ million found out when Dorito Mussolini won, but abdicating your voice is not a solution. You vote because it’s a big part of what you can do, and as long as enough people remember that,…

An “Angel of Death” (also sometimes known as an “Angel of Mercy”) is a profile of a serial killer who works in caregiving, law enforcement, or possibly in firefighting.

It’s a really jarring but effective long term con that they’ve come up with.

Stepping past the myriad horrors herein that others are tackling just fine:

If they were being randomly selected, randomness would apply. But they aren’t randomly selected, they are being specifically selected for loyalty, and maintaining that loyalty through actions that are at the very least highly questionable, and that most people could look at and see objectively that long term they…

Really though, does this family eat old paint chips in the belief it will make them strong like old buildings or something, or is this just the effects of money and power isolating you from the bulk of the consequences you should have experienced for having the charisma and looks of a flesh eating bacteria and wits as…

As long as officers have so much latitude to choose if and when they turn the camera on, body cameras are a wholly incomplete solution. Even that won’t cure the issues of apathy at treatment of PoC, but it would at least leave the picture of what is happening a little closer to honest and a lot harder to deny…

This guy has all the hallmarks of the aspiring dictator. Someone on twitter had a great rundown of his stupid uniform. The uniform like that for military, which is what he is trying to evoke, is often compared to a soldier’s resume. Those ribbons, patches, pins, etc., would be a combination of where and when you…

I thought about it as a tool, and yeah, it sounded like something obvious, I’m guessing that there are issues of technological interoperability between the various OS and all the tools involved. But as mentioned, this goes for the fanciness. Where mobile devices could have interrupting notifications, lots of things…

So there was all the talk before the election went the terrifying direction it did about how Trump wanted to lose and launch Trump branded media that would be of a Fox News bent. Apparently part of the acquisitions Sinclair made were facilitated by Trump and/or his cronies. Which means that ultimately Trump is pushing…

So they get increased control over message and the likelihood of slightly lower metacritic scores against still fantastic sales (because it’s ultimately a Bethesda game and the word of mouth on most of them will be excellent unless it is objectively terrible) will mean a lower likelihood of having to pay bonuses? I…

Congress is the primary check and balance to the Executive in this sort of case, and as Congress is getting checks written to their bank balances, they don’t seem to care much.

Trigger Point foam rollers are absolutely fantastic, but the one they are showing there is an extra firm one. I have it and I like it, but my wife thinks using it on her back is like rolling around on stones, so if you don’t like very strong pressure this might not be the one you want. If you do like firm pressure,…

Trigger Point foam rollers are absolutely fantastic, but the one they are showing there is an extra firm one. I have…