Well that’s me and my generation. Many of my friends left for other states, and I’m only waiting till my kid is old enough to move up to high school to move. I only have one friend left that has a kid and didn’t move out of state. Everyone else is long gone.

There were a lot of Republicans listening to Rush Limbaugh and reaching their kids back then, so I’m sure those are the ones cheering our drain-circling now.

There are ZERO teachers coming from out of state. Certified teachers that live here are quitting and doing anything else. There’s emergency certifications for regular people to teach, if they don’t mind being paid 20k a year.

They want us stupid so they can take every dime we have. In the 90s we had some of the top schools in the nation!

This is why we’re moving out of Oklahoma. It’s circling the drain, and too many people are cheering for the ride down to ever expect it to improve.

Kipp from Napoleon Dynamite. I greatly recommend watching it. It’s short, but very good at what it does.

Tomatoes are awesome this way, and why they’re so easy to grow. Even without bees. A stiff breeze is enough to make them pollinate. Perfect bisexual.

The scary part isn’t the Islamaphobia. That’s just because it’s easy sound bites based on his name. The real scary part is how much they’re trying to attack him, because a democratic socialist mayor in New York can show how shitty Republican solutions have been on solving core problems like wealth inequality. Beyond what Bernie or AOC can do as an individual member of Congress. A mayor is an executive, and new York is big. If he’s not trying to line his pockets, he can do real damage to conservatives and establishment Democrats just by showing everyone there’s a better way.

That’s a noble goal, to stop teenage suicide. At least, stop suicide by guns. Pills, hanging, idk. It’s certainly something a teen would do out of immediate opportunity.

What I find weird is they can sign up at 18 to be in the military and kill hundreds in the name of oil companies. With guns. They’re obviously smart and reasonable enough to make the decision to end other people’s lives. We trust their judgement enough in Afghanistan, but not at home.

I don’t know that there’s a perfect solution. I just know that this seems inconsistent, and the government is happy with inconsistencies as long as they benefit.

The point where they open a barn and find flying monster sheep that farted kinda killed it for me. Like they were trying to see who was stupid enough to continue enjoying it.

I just stopped caring at that point.

Thanks, that’s some pretty important context from the judge’s prospective.

The other side is that ICE wants to sow fear, making the legal process impossible and then they can point to that and say “see? We should just put everyone in a camp in El Salvador without trial!”

It’s hard to get an unbiased view from the news, but what I saw:

ICE showed up at a courthouse, looking for a guy with an obviously immigrant-sounding name. He was due to appear in court over something. The judge allegedly had the dude (in her courtroom) go out the back staircase.

This is from a biased source, so I expect there’s more to it, and I edited out the “he’s an illegal criminal!” Crap they were saying in both articles I read.

Is that a real photo of his knuckles? I mean, the MS13 is clearly added on and likely a “decoded” read of the pot leaf, smiley face, cross, and skull tattoos that are clearly in the knuckles (very dubious on that symbolism) but are this even Kilmer’s actual knuckles? Or just a random photo of someone else?

Edit: yes, those are his knuckles as you can see pictures of him talking to that senator.

I strongly doubt, based on a quick search, that those are in any way related to a gang. They are evidence of drug culture (gasp!) but I’ve yet to see any evidence that any gang uses those.

Edit 2: it appears MS13 members literally just get tattoos that say “MS13” and don’t attempt to hide it. It’s a proof of loyalty thing, apparently.

This is such a bad idea. Don’t trust any technology to be safe. I guess they’re banking on other countries picking up the slack, but we’re all going to get hacked now. A lot.

So remember when people made jokes about Latvia and how they really wanted a potato?

That’s us now, guys. The billionaire elite and ineffective politicians made us the butt of the joke we used to tell about former Soviet countries.

And on Nintendo’s website, there was an elevator sidebar that’d take you to different levels, each one having some other function like upcoming releases, tips, and stuff.

One was labeled “secret” or something, and opened on a black screen. You’d think it was a broken page. But if you moved your cursor around, you’d find a hidden link that’d take you to their secret page. I can’t remember what was there, but I sure remember feeling like an elite hacker at 10 years old when I did it!

So are we jigglin’, or…?

He tries. Everyone’s only human, but I can certainly appreciate the sentiment on wanting your kids to be ok. I feel the same about mine. And I worry that he’s going to be ok as he gets older. There’s a lot of infrastructure needed to care for the people that built the roads before you, so we can continue to build roads leading to the future. If he loses his safety net, I won’t expect one. And then where’s the incentive to better society?

Yeah my dad went. He finally retired at 65, and the pension he worked for was killed in the 90s. Then his 401k, RothIRA, and now social security are vanishing.

He voted for Dems every time, but we live in a conservative state. He did everything right, and still got screwed.

And you know what? He’s still most concerned for what happen to his kids and grandkids. He’s done his best, but rich people made that not good enough.

I feel like Worf sanitized it for Wesley. I doubt love poetry worked for everyone, because it’s either spur of the moment or everyone’s heard it before. More likely, the males talked dirty while ducking. That seems more in tune with Klingon culture.

I wish there was more. Nothing I’ve done seems very effective. Being in Oklahoma, that’s how I’ve felt my whole life. Anyone I vote for loses. Any time I protest, it happens anyway. Any time I volunteer, it’s too small.

My friends and I have recently started a small support group to share survival skills, gardening, canning, and basic marksmanship to recently threatened, marginalized, and like minded people but that doesn’t fix the overall problem. I’ve taught a lot, learned a lot, but I just don’t see it getting better.

I feel powerless, and I guess that’s the intent.

One whopper for the copper!

That’s a legitimate concern. Anything that’s on the Internet can also get an “update” (as if a dishwasher needs one ever) that accidentally bricks it, and you now need a new one.

I absolutely resist the Internet of Things.