@Helena_Handbasket @Maude

Perhaps. However he was more upset by being ridiculed; by being called “weird.”

He was obsessed to the point that he went to great pains to argue he was NOT weird. True he likes to see his name dropped, but hates it when it is in the form of ridicule. That’s why he hates SNL.

Ridicule is Trump’s kryptonite, because he is, at his heart, a child who wants validation as being stronger and better. Ridicule tells everyone he is that weak and stupid child.

Orwell had nothing on Florida:

“In yet another case, Florida's government is arguing that book removals in public schools are "government speech," meaning they are unrestricted by the First Amendment.”

Censorship is free speech.

Wow.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/19/florida-government-argues-first-amendment-does-not-prohibit-book-bans/76407329007/

@JazzCrafter

Yes, and it’s not very good.

But thanks for the heads up.

@Clavius_42

Hopefully no one considers the Thatcher years as one of great prosperity. It was nuts.

@SentinelOfTruth

After a decade+ playing I’ve found food to be negligible. While you don’t LOSE anything, I have found it to be more of a waste of inventory space (despite that, a good chunk of my inventory is, you guessed it, food). 🤷🏻‍♀️

@JazzCrafter

Hearing impaired, so I read my news. Sorry.

Also, I don’t think this writer understands what “eye of the needle” allegory means—it’s not that one CAN’T get through the “eye of the needle” (a tricky passage through a rock formation) it’s that it is difficult.

Microsoft shows it’s not even that difficult.

“Normally, these kinds of emails are supposed to get caught by spam filters, but because they’re being sent via an official Microsoft address, they’ve managed to get through the eye of the needle. It’s not entirely clear how these hackers managed to send the extortion emails as of this writing, but according to BleepingComputer, the incident is currently being investigated by Microsoft.”

So… again, after the fact, Microsoft investigates. Does MS do ANY testing?

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2524078/hackers-are-exploiting-microsoft-365-to-send-extortion-emails.html

#ffxiv #Gaming

Well, got all my crafters, EXCEPT Culinarian to Level 90 for one character (I have five). Fisher, likewise is in the 80’s. Meh. Both are relatively boring classes. Food is literally given away after quests so it’s not like there is great demand (and what buffs it gives you are lame). And fisher? 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I’m crafted out.

@redenigma

Pretty much nailed it.

@Tacitus_Kilgore

America will skip all that and go to authoritarianism.

@Tacitus_Kilgore

Your analysis is pretty good. Too many “analysts” are too short-sighted. They don’t seem to understand what the fuck a long game is—and it isn’t three months.

I get very frustrated with “analysts” that can’t see beyond four years, much less one.

Putin has been about uniting Russia back to the way it was when it was the Soviet Union. This is said, OUT LOUD in Russia (much like many Trumpers forgetting how bad “the old days” really were).

Good analysis.

@MakerWerks

Hahaha!!!

@Maude

What is better?

Ridicule. Those like Trump HATE ridicule. They do not want to be thought lesser.

They WANT you to think of them as having great power, that they are untouchable. In fact, they count on it.

Ridicule the man. He is a clown who will never be smart no matter how much power he accumulates.

He is dumb. He invents nonsense words. He talks about electric boats, sharks and Hannibal Lecter.

He is probably the dumbest human being who has ever been rich.

@Maude

Names must be used. Only those of great evil (the Devil, He Who Shall Not Be Named) or those of great good (God)’are given monickers. They represent power so vast that one cannot mention their name or to use their name is blasphemy.

Although she means well, I refuse to follow this advice

MLK Jr. called out the great evils of his time, from racism to capitalism.

Ignoring them did no one any good.

@Clavius_42

No even apples and oranges. The Abortion Act of 1967 is incredibly “liberal” compared to what it being implemented in states like Texas (where I live) which actually will give you money if you narc on someone, say, driving someone to get an abortion.

Item c cannot be found in a single state that has outlawed or banned abortion. In fact, it is much more liberal in that you have to be on edge of death (not just risk) to get an abortion.

Not even close.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/87

@TemporaryTraveler

But he doesn’t KNOW about Project 2016!!!

How could this be?!? 🙄

State sanctioned porn. Huh.

Inside of you are two wolves:

Both are deciding how to procrastinate and make the other do the work.