“On the bright side, each reentry produces a beautiful fireball–and the odds are increasing that you’ll see one. Visit the Aerospace Corporation for reentry predictions, and submit your photos here.”

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A fixer-upper.

I appreciate the suggestion, but I’m single and live in a garage “apartment.” It wouldn’t be a good life for them.

My paternal family name. No one else carries my last name and I’m almost 40, been single for a decade now so kids are out of the question.

God knows how many generations of this name existed only to die out because I’m pathetic lol

"As he tries to consolidate power, we must protect the institutions in our society still able to oppose Trump’s tyranny — independent centers of power that can stop or at least slow him. Not this Congress, tragically, but federal courts and judges. Many of our state governors and attorneys general, state legislatures, and state courts. Perhaps even our state and local police. Hopefully, our communities. "

Oh, so no one. Got it. Cool. :/

“I look forward to the mid-terms and I hope the Democrats get their heads out of their asses, because we could really use the help.”

I have no faith whatsoever that they’re going to win anything. The political persecution will be in full swing before hand and we’ll be having article after article of “xyz Democrat being investigated for (insert excuse here)”

It’s going to be Hillarys emails all over again except this time there won’t even be a grain of truth behind it. I’m honestly expecting a “red wave”

Every package both is and isn’t a bomb until you open it!

Or something. Idk I never studied physics.

“Coworker 4 - talking too much in general about any topic (they would just prefer I shut up tbh unless there is zero work)”

I am this person lol without knowing them at all I can say at least for this type of person I think the best thing to do is just be direct about work stuff, get to the point right away after the initial pleasantries of initiating the conversation. If they’re anything like me they might actually dislike conversation for similar reasons that you feel anxious. I just don’t have much to say other than strictly work related business and it stresses me out to be stuck in a “meaningless” conversation.

If coworker 1 really is “a bitch” then there isn’t all that much you can do, just treat her similar to coworker 4 and just accept that she might be judging you for stupid reasons. That’s more of a “her problem” than a you problem. As they say “you can’t make everyone like you.” but that doesn’t have to mean there’s anything “wrong” with you, some people just don’t mesh well.

It slightly saves my sanity. Only slightly though.

Compelled speech it is then?

So when are bakers going to be forced to bake cakes for gay couples?

Oh, right, hypocrites. Naturally.

Because they’re so small I think a bowl of tardios would be more like a liquid, probably not very viscous, and more than likely wouldn’t taste like anything. I think the “texture” of that would feel disgusting though

No, unfortunately it’s used like the image shows. Get into a conversation with a Magoo about the terrible things Trump does/has done and they’ll resort to “you people just have Trump derangement syndrome, he lives rent free in your heads all day!”

Then they’ll go “HuNtEr BiDeN! BuRiSmA!”

…

The people that want to rule in the coming dictatorship run the government currently, the GOP holds every lever of power including the federal “police” force and has installed loyal “yes men.” It’s the whole reason you read about “buyouts” to let people resign, it’s so they can all be replaced with people who have to undergo a new loyalty test they’re implementing which apparently ask questions along the lines of “how do you feel the January 6th protestors were treated?” Looking for an answer of “unfairly” or something.

There is no force within the government that isn’t under their control. There are individual judges scattered around the country that can try to stop the worst offences with sternly written letters, but with no method of enforcement, the paper just gets torn and ignored.

The people with “brains” are diseased with the greed virus and have looked to history, seeing that Germany was stopped by force and knowing there is no force that could stop us. There is no stopping fascism when it goes full tilt here in America, there is no outside force that has the capacity to free us. It will somehow have to happen from within and I honestly don’t see that happening with all the new methods of technology driven monitoring and successful propaganda outlets.

I’m not really sure I am coping. I’ve been seeing a decline for a long long time, but even though I knew it was possible I really didn’t think we’d reach the point were we’re pretty much going to be living under a dictatorship.

I knew that capitalist interests would continue to decrease everyone’s standard of living, and I figured there would be some kind of reaction, I just never in a million years thought it would be the dumbfuck duo of Trump and Musk that actually harnessed the reaction in such a destructive manner.

It’s been incredibly depressing to see the right get what they want time and time again making things worse for everyone and yet the propaganda machine somehow manages to create more right wingers.

But then again “the house always wins” and billionaires are the house so it shouldn’t be a surprise. :/

Whenever companies pull especially greedy bullshit it just makes me want to find the content another way…

The game Avowed just pulled this “advanced release” bullshit, pay $20 more and get access a few days early. Had they simply released the game I’d have bought it, but after seeing that I said fuck you I’ll find it another way and honestly I’m glad I did. As one review put it: it’s aggressively “meh.”

Because you still need the Senate. The GOP almost always votes as one since it’s almost always about benefiting the rich. When the Democrats “had power” they had 2 Republicans “Democrats” that would always vote against them whenever it was something that would help people that aren’t billionaires.

I wish I wasn’t an atheist so I could believe Manchin and Sinema would rot in hell when they die. :/

At the same time, Democrats can’t see idly and do nothing.

Here’s what the Democrats currently have the power to do:

Honestly with the DOJ entirely in Trump’s camp there’s nothing stopping them from doing anything at all. At least nothing that wouldn’t force every military personnel to storm the White House.

Yeah it hurt to look at that lol …that lane is done for

Not enough people unfortunately, although I’m sure there is some overlap between those that don’t vote but still watch the news. I think we overestimate how many people are “politically engaged.”