Yeah, I mostly agree. Most Americans will buy an EV as soon as the price is reasonable and the charge anxiety goes away. If BYD made a hybrid that was as cheap as their current cars and performed like a Tesla, I think most new car buyers would forget their qualms with China really quick

“You’ll never thrill the bold
Divisions in the sky
Of whom predestined you to always
Be the last in line” Winners - Deadsy

Oh no, don’t take The Ultimate Warrior from me…

Is this even that big of a problem?

If so, take away their license and plates. Bus pass or bike from now on.

Still coming up to speed on the terminology here, but labels aside, I would hope we can all agree on the fact that society should work for the people first. A society that works for corporations and the rich first (I’d argue that most developed nations show advanced stages of this, regardless of capitalist alignment) will decay internally, like a cancer. I think we’ve seen the global decline of society working for their members since the mid 1900’s.

This has resulted in a broad rightward swing in the US, and to a slightly lesser degree abroad. People feel like they’ve been taken advantage of. And they have been, but mostly by the very rich, and it’s getting exponentially worse by the day.

Argue nuance if you feel so inclined. But my point is: the more that we’re divided by these labels is to our detriment. And when I say “we”, I mean “not the ownership class.”

Do you work? Do you draft a paycheck anywhere on earth? Then you’re getting fucked, because those who don’t draft a paycheck to live basically don’t pay anything to partake in society. We pay for them. We truly live in a welfare state, but it’s not the poor that are the recipients but the rich.

Tankie or not. Western or Eastern. We’re all manipulated into serving the will of the powerful, and constantly at odds with one another when our plight is similar. We all don’t want to get fucked. But the more we’re divided, the easier it is to conquer us.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

• wireguard

LOL 99%?! The best films ever, by a HUGE margin, don’t get 99%! The Shawshank Redemption, widely considered to be one of the best films ever made, got a 98%.

I have to see this steaming turd covered in burning hair of a film. I had no idea it existed until it got scathing reviews.

Oh man, a great hack is to microwave your garlic for about 5 seconds and the peel comes right off.

We’ve done it before (violating sovereignty). Kind of a lot. Oh man…I hate this list. Looking at it all (AI generated) at once is a big oof. Several are joint operations.

Year(s) – Aggressor – Victim – Colloquial name / shorthand

• 1846–1848 – United States – Mexico – Mexican–American War
• 1893 / 1898 – United States – Kingdom of Hawaii – Overthrow & Annexation of Hawaii
• 1899–1902 – United States – Philippines – Philippine–American War
• 1903 – United States – Colombia / Panama – Panama Secession (Canal Coup)
• 1912–1933 – United States – Nicaragua – U.S. Occupation of Nicaragua
• 1915–1934 – United States – Haiti – U.S. Occupation of Haiti
• 1916–1924 – United States – Dominican Republic – U.S. Occupation of DR
• 1953 – United States (CIA) – Iran – Operation Ajax
• 1954 – United States (CIA) – Guatemala – Guatemalan Coup
• 1958 – United States – Lebanon – Lebanon Crisis
• 1960–1965 – United States (CIA) – Congo – Lumumba Assassination / Congo Crisis
• 1961 – United States – Cuba – Bay of Pigs Invasion
• 1964 – United States – Brazil – Brazilian Military Coup
• 1965 – United States – Dominican Republic – Operation Power Pack
• 1969–1973 – United States – Cambodia – Secret Bombing of Cambodia
• 1960s–1970s – United States – Laos – Secret War in Laos
• 1970–1973 – United States (CIA) – Chile – Chilean Coup
• 1976 – United States – Argentina – Dirty War / Junta Support
• 1979–1989 – United States – Afghanistan – Operation Cyclone
• 1980s – United States – Nicaragua – Contra War
• 1983 – United States – Grenada – Invasion of Grenada
• 1989 – United States – Panama – Operation Just Cause
• 2001–2021 – United States – Afghanistan – War in Afghanistan
• 2003 – United States – Iraq – Iraq War
• 2011 – United States / NATO – Libya – Libyan Intervention
• 2011–present – United States – Syria – Syrian Civil War (U.S. Intervention)

No idea what I think about this. It’s terrible as a concept. It’s dated 25 November. Has anything happened with it since?

It’s so sickening it almost seems like a twisted fan fiction.

The Devil in the White City

A split third person narrative; One describes the architects that built the 1894 world fair in Chicago, and another that follows the escapades of one of history’s most notorious serial killers, HH Holmes, that prayed on the women that went to the fair.

One of my favorite books I’ve ever read.