It seems to me that the whole human experiment is an effort to answer the question, "Which is stronger? The desire of most men to be free, or the desire of some men to be monsters?"
okay sure so it worked in Denver
and in Austin
and it worked for downtown Oakland and for Sacramento
and yes, it’s worked for decades in Tokyo
but how can we be *sure* that building a lot more homes will make California a more affordable place to live??
So... JD Vance killed the Pope, right? /j
It is truly concerning the amount of AI slop that people are falling for. I fear we're genuinely at the point where whoever controls social media algorithms controls America. (Hint: it's billionaires)
Stop saying "with justice and liberty for all" if you don't mean "all."
One potential solution to the Fermi Paradox is that developing nuclear weapons is apparently much easier than developing stable, resilient, benevolent democracies.
You may be fearing your 401k is no longer enough for you to retire. But with all the cuts to NIH and Medicare you also won't live as long. So the policies are integrated.
I have a coworker who habitually disagrees with anything you say, just to play "devil's advocate."
The devil does not need an advocate. He's the devil. Don't advocate for him. Stop it.
Hope it was worth it to stop a few of us from peeing.
Imagine living in a country where public officials are held accountable for their crimes... Doesn't that sound nice?
Every once in a while I run across a statistic that demonstrates just how many people run their lives through religion and superstition (i.e., black cats being the least adopted color), and I get sad.
When I start a new D&D campaign, I have a rule for the players joining the game: "no evil characters." To help my players, I give evil a simple definition: "unnecessary cruelty."
Reading the news these days, I wish the real world followed those rules too.
I have a pet peeve regarding "would this superhero beat that superhero/supervillain" questions because the true answer is, "Only if the writer wants them to." Every. Single. Time.
I encourage you to read the copy on this box and imagine anyone other than an early 2010s manic pixie dream girl with a Tumblr profile being the one who wrote it
Let it be known that I am HILARIOUS in the hypothetical conversations I have with myself
It seems like the answer here, if you're a fed employee, is just to answer "I eliminate needless government spending to reduce waste and fraud" and then go on with doing your actual job
It seems like the answer here, if you're a fed employee, is just to answer "I eliminate needless government spending to reduce waste and fraud" and then go on with doing your actual job
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
I'm about to start texting coworkers links to cheap bluetooth earbuds if they don't stop blasting Facebook reels in the break room
It has taken me a long time to get here, but... I think I'm finally to the point where I can allow myself to try things I'm not automatically excellent at. And more importantly, be willing to do the work of getting better.
As the "gifted and talented" kid growing up who never studied, that's growth
It’s simple: in congested urban areas, the supply of free roads can’t keep up with demand to drive. Pricing allows faster movement for people who need to drive (e.g., deliveries), while investing money into better transit for people who don’t.
Pricing isn’t punishment, it’s making the roads work.
My brain being like "Julyyyyyy? No wait June"
The most recent Major Order in #Helldivers 2 has players help construct a "Centre for Citizen Surveillance" after Super Earth passes the "FREEDOM Act"...
I love how non-subtle this game's political commentary is
When the Illuminate update dropped and I felt my inner Helldiver coming back to life...
Mankind really peaked with soup and bread. No notes, really.
We have a motion, do we have a second?
A pepper packet with approximately half a pinch's worth of pepper
that's a white-people amount of pepper
@hankgreen.bsky.social I think you'll like this question- Would human civilization have been able to flourish if not for trees?
So much of early humanity relied on wood, for fire, bows, spears, construction materials... What alternative to wood would have allowed *gestures broadly* to happen?
I think the best part about working night shift is the reaction you get from people when you tell them you work night shift.
...bc there's not much else all that great about it
How much energy would the US save in the next 10 years if we just forced landlords to pay for utility bills?
