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In Star Trek, Data, a robot with free will, has a wide variety of leisure activities, but in Star Wars we have no clue what R2-D2 does for fun.

And they did not ask to eat our dear Merel. Yay Cavalry Corps soldiers!

@thechirurgeon.bsky.social and I present: Lore Explainer - the Ultramarines! Here's Part 1.

Basically I think The Khan would be the only viable choice right now, though I hope by the primary Governor Spanberger does as well.

The Houthis got their equipment to carry out their anti-ship attacks from the Iranians. If the Iranians are no longer able to get their own anti-ship weapons, they are not going to have any to smuggle to the Houthis.

Yes but Russia also needs components for cruise missiles that it gets from China, and why would China be willing to sell Russia technology for re-export to Iran to destroy Chinese shipping?

Because Russia isn't in that game? It's the People's Republic of China, and it's their shipping and energy costs that are going to get screwed because of this.

Iran ceases to have trading partners willing to sell it components for cruise missiles.

Adding features to Outlook.

The article is just 1. Something bad happens and 2. Trump "declares a state of emergency" and federalizes elections, and doesn't even stop to contemplate that there's a #3.

It's an article that assumes state elections and municipal bonds aren't A Thing. I cannot give this fanfic enough scorn.

I'd push it further with a more intense pale yellow/white for the source of the object's light.

I absolutely love the texture on these guys! They look like proper ancient and not-meticulously maintained war machines! I think the main colors choices work for that in an eye-catching way.

I think where I'd go further is in pushing contrast - imo the green lighting looks a bit flat.

But have you considered that some mental illnesses can only be treated by the mass application of clicks, likes, and subscribes?

Maybe change the energy bits to be a different color? IMO they're a smidge too similar (and too saturated) vis a vis the rest of the brightly colored model.

Given the enthusiasts' love of the Houthis, they seem to be OK with the outcome "Oceans are now Battlefields".

He didn't mislead. Instead he pointed out what isn't really in dispute: the Guillotine was not an instrument that eliminated only decadent rich nobles but was instead a tool of terror used against the people; and the broader point of the French Revolution ending in the Bourbon's Restoration.

So they can sell a Rotta the Hutt toy that looks meaningfully different than the Jabba the Hutt toy.

I withdrew a recommendation I gave to a job seeker based on their unwillingness to understand that about the guillotine.

Fascist Dem Tracker is a ratfuck operation that's lying to try and depress votes in 2026 because they like Republicans and want them to win.

The main thing, of course, is that while Whedon was ahead of the curve, now everyone is basically doing a version of what he did, often better.

I think we have to mark it as a W(ayne).

You mean getting dunked on by Bluesky professionals isn't a negative consequence?

On the Venezuela thing. Americans, historically, greatly prefer to have a plausible altruistic (or self-defense) cover story for our military actions. Saying the "fork over the oil" normally quiet part so extremely loud does not appeal to that.

There's an easy way to reconcile this. It is not a way that speaks well of that particular Podcaster's character.

I don't agree with this. Senator Fetterman might be annoying and an ass, but he's not going to vote for an anti-trans Republican.

Heck it's even more funny than that - it's some kook trying to suggest that Donald Trump wander around and yell "I DECLARE ELECTIONS", and being immensely frustrated no one in the White House will bite.

To which basically every other power center *has* challenged him on this issue and he's lost. This is some crank feeding a story to the WaPo and it being treated as news, despite the White House itself effectively saying this guy is a crank.

? Parliamentary procedure is just the term used to describe how legislature is run, and has nothing to do with whether we have a parliament or a Congress.