If there is one succinct statement which sums up my political philosophy, it’s “Every adult individual owns themselves and absolutely nobody has the right to overrule that.” –
“Your Body, Your Choice”
Politicians can always be counted on to pander to hordes of ignorant lackwits who view any knowledge that might contradict their deeply-stupid weltanschauung as an existential threat. – “The Kinsey Factor”
I fail to see any important difference between the government forcibly taking people’s homes to quarter troops and forcibly taking them to enable cops and robbers games. – “A Broker in Pillage (#1438)”
Prohibitionists have learned…that decriminalization is viewed by all experts as the best framework, so now they’re all lying by calling whatever modified criminalization scam they’re selling “decriminalization”, so as to trick ordinary voters into believing they actually support human rights. – “Not Decriminalization“
Secure messaging service Signal, which uses end-to-end encryption, is warning it would withdraw from Canada if asked to compromise its users’ privacy under…Ottawa’s proposed [surveillance] legislation…the bill…would…[not only] threaten encryption…[but] also…make private messaging services a…target for cyberattacks…The bill would require telecoms, internet companies and other electronic service providers to [give cop shops and spook houses the same kind of ill-considered back doors which enabled the 2024 “Salt Typhoon” attack]…and…require…[them] to retain metadata for up to a year…includ[ing] information about which telephone numbers have been in touch with each other, and data allowing someone’s location to be pinpointed…
The mayor of Arcadia, California, Eileen Wang, abruptly resigned…[after admitting] she had been…acting as a covert foreign agent for China…a…felony…[with] a…minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison…Wang…and an associate, Yaoning “Mike” Sun…worked…to promote [Chinese]…propaganda…[via] a news source for Southern California’s Chinese American community…PRC officials contacted Wang through encrypted WeChat messages to deliver prewritten news articles…[denying] the [ongoing] Chinese…genocide against ethnic minorities…[one of her contacts was] a high-level member of PRC intelligence…[named] John Chen of Chino, California, [who]…was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for [his actions]…
…Child Protective Services…has targeted mothers in multiple states who helped their daughters seek out abortions. In one case, [they abducted the] teen from her home—and threatened her mother with murder charges—to stop her from getting an abortion. Another…who lives in a state where abortion is legal, faced an investigation from both CPS and local police after helping her teen end a pregnancy…the government is using family separation as an anti-abortion weapon—and women will fear that simply helping their daughters get care could mean losing their children…bringing your [teenage daughter] across state lines to end their pregnancy is not illegal anywhere in America. But what the law says on paper and what [cops and associated creatures] do…are two very different things…the…[typical] strategy…[is to pretend their target is] forcing her daughter into having an abortion…
Three days after Tiffany McElroy was taken to an Alabama jail…her water br[oke]…several weeks early…[but when] she told a [screw the woman yelled “Stop faking!”]…at her…a…jail [“nurse” later threw]…a diaper and Tylenol a[t her through the bars, but ignored her while]…fellow [victims of the st]ate…helped…[deliver] a [blue] baby girl…[and] worked to resuscitate the newborn, sucking mucus from her mouth and rubbing her until she began to cry…McElroy…[is suing with the help of] Pregnancy Justice…[and] the Southern Poverty Law Center…one of the defendants…called the incident “barbaric” [and reported that she was threatened with firing if she helped]…McElroy was arrested…[by ab]use [of]…Alabama’s chemical endangerment law…During and after the birth [screws actively tried to stop the other women from]…assisting McElroy…[calling them “retarded”] and… “stupid”…[and] threaten[ing] to “tase” [them, then] later [retaliating against them]…McElroy…was [finally taken to the hospital after]…she [went into] shock…Her daughter was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, while McElroy remained in the hospital for three days…with [severe] anemia from blood loss…
The first comprehensive report on the impact of offering free phone calls in [US] prisons and jails shows that not only do such policies strengthen family connections, they’re directly associated with making prisons safer for both [victims] and [screws]…Two companies, Aventiv Technologies and ViaPath, hold about 80 percent of th[is fascist] market…Securus and/or JPay…[are] Aventiv…Global Tel Link, GTL, GettingOut, ConnectNetwork [and] Telmate…[are] ViaPath. The report includes data from the six prison systems that have implemented free phone calls—California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and the federal Bureau of Prisons—and 17 local jails that have done the same…To date, New York is the only state to have made prison phone calls free through administrative action; the other[s all had to be forced to give up their gravy train]…
An Auckland software engineer who pressed record on his [perve]rt glasses without consent while a sex worker was naked in front of him claims that being identified…would cause him extreme hardship…[the judge dismissed the case] without conviction…[because] the sex worker [caught] him…and…immediately took the…glasses [then] told reception staff to call police…the [perpetrator whined that he] would lose his job if…named…and would not be able to get another…so…the judge [let him keep the anonymity he tried]…to [deny]…his victim…
[Polling company Gallup wants to use chatbots]…to create…responses…designed to simulate how individuals and populations might answer survey questions…with[out] the…[effort of actual] research…Gallup[‘s]…goal is to learn…[how to] replace…human…[employees and interview subjects with]…probability-based data…to [badly]…approximate results from a[n actual] sample of…real people…Gallup’s…goal is to explore where this methodology can…substitute…for [paying] work[ers]…
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Sunday was graduation day for the pullets. On Saturday night I left the nursery open, and when I went into the henhouse on Sunday morning only one of them was still in there; after shooing her out I removed the chick feeder, water bottle, heat lamp and timer, so from now on they’ll come and go with the other chickens, on a natural daylight schedule. It’ll probably be a few weeks before they start to follow the flock, and they’ll generally keep to their own clique until they start laying sometime in July. I can’t yet tell whether the turkey is a tom or a hen, but she’s bolder than the others because despite being two weeks younger, she’s already noticeably larger. But in any case, by September the hens will all be one flock (plus the turkey), and on the first day of autumn the timer-controlled heat lamp will go back on, and the cycle will begin again.
"She swindled him out of the $40,000 he spent on her…"Make up you minds; either he spent it or she swindled him. Buyer's remorse does not a "swindle" make.
In my youth, nobody used a word any harsher than "eccentric" to describe old ladies who refused to drive economy cars, insisted big tube radios sounded better than transistor radios, or was unimpressed with cinema special-effects spectacles.I hope to be afforded the same courtesy.
A sophomoric twit proposes a stupid thought experiment involving button-pushing. If more than 50% of people on social media respond, other sophomoric twits will continue to propose stupid thought experiments, but if less than 50% respond the fad will die. Do you participate?
I'm sick to death of hearing this nonsense about "girl dads" and "boy moms". How about just being parents who actually CARE about their children, regardless of gender? And I don't mean "help them achieve arbitrary standards of success" or "keep them physically 'safe' at the cost of personal growth".
I do not keep cursed objects in my home, and furthermore as a wise old crone who lives near a damp, creepy forest I advise y'all not to keep them in your homes, either.
A housecat is much smaller than a human, and absolutely cannot win in a fight with a determined human. But it doesn't need to; all it NEEDS to do is make grabbing it so painful and bloody that the human decides grabbing it isn't worthwhile.
The Bluesky autocensor has labeled this "explicit or potentially disturbing". If you're disturbed by the Three Stooges' cartoon violence, I suggest you just mute or block me now, because it isn't going to get any better for you.
I stopped considering myself a Christian about 50 years ago, and I am still nauseated by the level of blasphemy constantly pouring out of Gomorrah-on-the-Potomac.
I propose we change the name from the Department of Justice to the Department of Vengeance, so as to more accurately describe its activities. If a hypothetical future regime somehow changes that in a way that will make abuse much harder*, we can consider changing it back.*This will never happen.
Millennials and Gen Xers may recognize this song as the main title of "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". But what Polaris didn't dare tell Nickelodeon, for fear of losing the gig, is that the song is about the Kent State massacre. The titular "Sandy" is Sandra Lee Scheuer.
A lot of people (ESPECIALLY in cities like Portland or Seattle) use the term "anarchist" as a synonym for "hooligan", when in actuality they're closer to antonyms. True anarchists have their own moral code which they firmly adhere to, for reasons which should be obvious.
So the antecedent of "you" here is…countries? Or is he saying all "not stupid" countries should shoot at an individual, such as a US local cop, who shoots at me, Maggie McNeill? Or does he mean there should be a grand free-for-all in which all national militaries avenge all individual shootings?
Roughly 1/3 of US voters are authoritarian.Roughly 1/3 are liberal.And the remaining 1/3 are spineless reeds who will bend with the political winds.The entire history of US politics, from the founding generation until now, is the struggle to capture the middle third.
He also announced future initiatives to fight saline bags, stints, dental chairs, and MRI machines, but he's leaving the fights against vaccines and antibiotics to his buddy Frankennedy.
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San Francisco prosecutors [let]…four Baltimore [cops who raped a San Francisco woman skate without charges. All four rapists were rewarded]…by the Baltimore Police Department [with paid vacations] since November of last year…[for] the…September 2024 [rape by pigs]…Jai Etwaroo…Juan Rivas, Angel Villaronga and Jahmoor Acosta…The woman…[foolishly] met up with the [predato]rs…[via] social media….went out for drinks, [was roofied by one of them and gang-raped]…she woke up…naked the next day alongside one of the [rapist pigs] in a [strange] hotel room, bewildered and unable to remember what had happened. All of the [cops ignored her and left]…
In recent years, choking during sex has become much more common, especially among younger adults in the United States…31.9 percent of women ages 18-24 reported ever being choked during sex…40.6 percent of women ages 25-29 reported the same…[but] only 5 percent of women in their 50s reported this experience…many young people are exposed to rough sex—including choking—through…Pornography…Social media…[and other] online content…[but] have little formal education about sexual safety, consent, or kink practices…A recent study…found that [near point convergence, a simple test used to detect mild brain injuries such as concussions]…increased after sex in general but that the increase was significantly larger after sex involving choking. In simple terms, participants showed more signs of mild neurological impairment after being choked…these effects can last for days or weeks….
Last August, a married couple went before a [Florida] court in…a routine surrogacy case. The couple, two men living in France, had contracted with a Florida woman…to carry their child. As her due date approached, the fathers-to-be petitioned for early parental rights. While the judge did grant the order, h[e also]…opin[ed]…that surrogacy [should] be unconstitutional….[barfed “]personhood[” in the plaintiffs’ faces, and tipped off Florida’s psychopathic anti-queer]…Attorney General James Uthmeier[, who immediately] began pushing to intervene in the case…[pretend]ing that surrogacy is akin to slavery…This is not the first time [the deranged] Uthmeier…has injected himself into a[n]…uncontested court case. His office’s involvement in a 17-year-old’s request for an abortion last spring further whittled down Florida’s abortion access…and…[now] seems…interested in securing a court opinion limiting reproductive technology …in…[order to] limit Floridians’ access not only to surrogacy but to things like the use of sperm donors and…in-vitro fertilization…[he also wants to be able to inflict] child support [on sperm donors]…
Daniel Savala, a [typical and representative]…Assemblies of God…minist[er who was allowed to run loose by his superiors] for years despite repeated warnings about his predatory behavior, [has] pleaded guilty…to…sexually abus[ing] boys…[and] sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole…The…case…began in 2023 after revelations that leaders in the Chi Alpha campus ministry repeatedly [refus]ed to [stop] Savala, allowing him to continue m[olest]ing teens and young men for years…in Texas — even after a 2012 child sex abuse conviction in Alaska. Instead…Chi Alpha…called him…“the holiest man alive” and sent scores of students to his Houston home for [sexual assault]…
…on…at least 780 [occasions in the past year, ICE goons have beaten or gassed]…immigrant [victims]…of the Trump [regime, according to]…ICE records [leaked by] a government employee [who could no longer ignore his conscience]…the “Daily Detainee Assault Report”…summarize[s] every incident in which [goons assaulted helpless victims]…at 98 [dungeons and concentration camps. The goons routinely]…punch…kick…ta[ckle, choke]…and [torture by] restraint…[in addition to using] Tasers and pepper spray…[on victim]s who [dare to] ask…for things to which they are legally entitled, including food and water, medical care and personal belongings…
French prosecutors are seeking [criminal] charges against Elon Musk and [Twitter]…for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by [Musk’s erratic chatbot, MechaHitler]…
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For most of my life, my writing process was more like gestation than construction; an essay or story would grow in my head until I put it on paper fully-formed. When a high-school English teacher wanted us to include a “jot outline” of rough ideas along with the essay, I would do the outline after I finished (sometimes as late as the beginning of class) because writing down half-formed notions was simply not part of my writing process, and even in university I typically wrote my term papers at the (manual) typewriter, and the only necessary revisions could be accomplished with Liquid Paper. When I got my first computer in the spring of 1989 this process became even quicker and more seamless, because with a word processor I could revise without even leaving a detectable trace. And while this may sound wonderful to those of you who struggle to write, it meant I never developed the cognitive tools to write anything more than a few thousand words long, just as I never developed the cognitive tools to gain understanding of any topic I couldn’t master by simply paying attention to the book or teacher.
It has certainly not escaped the notice of my long-term readers that most of my fiction is in the short-short category (< 2000 words), with only occasional forays into the full-length short story category (< 10,000 words). So last summer, when I wanted to tell a story that needed more time and space for character and setting development, I needed to learn a new skill: actually plotting a story rather than simply shouting “Eureka!”, reaching up to grasp the light bulb over my head, and quickly inserting it into a document. Most of the work was still done in my head, and my first two novellas were written all out of sequence, with each scene or section written as it developed in my mind, then put together in proper sequence and polished. And what I learned from that process made me confident enough to embark on a still-larger project, a short novel (in the 45,000 word range) set in the spring of 1925 and tentatively entitled The Big Boom. So far, I’ve finished the first draft of the prologue and first three chapters, and yesterday I started chapter four (which will trigger some additions to chapter one). This story seems to be developing more in sequence than the other two, though it may not continue in that wise; still, given that “Hellhound” was written in sequence to a greater degree than “Until the End of Days“, who knows? I’m taking my time and enjoying the process, and I hope y’all will enjoy the result.
Calling the name on government records “real”, rather than the name by which people are widely known, the name they chose for themselves and built a career on, is a sickening obeisance to the State. – “What is Real?”
True principles and valid ethics don’t depend on the gut-level preferences of any one person. – “Under the Sun”
My lifelong practice of burning my candle at both ends has resulted in my brain aging far more than those of people who haven’t been running theirs on “high” since the Nixon era.
– “More Often Nowadays”
Catholic education has traditionally put such a strong emphasis on critical thinking skills that some wit once pointed out that the Church was its own worst enemy because it provided children with the tools that undermine faith.
– “Just As Good“
An adult model is facing up to a decade [in a cage] in Turkey after she allegedly spoke out in support of sex work on national TV, which is against the country’s strict [censorship] laws. Prosecutors claim Merve Taskin “encouraged prostitution” during a television appearance where she is said to have talked about the work she does behind a camera…on a programme hosted by Turkish media personality Hulya Avsar…Prosecutors claim that during the broadcast, Merve…[honestly] said that she could earn an entire month’s salary in one night…An indictment…alleges that her statements “promoted prostitution”…
A U.S. Secret Service [spook] has been [rewarded with a paid vacation for following] a woman…to her hotel room in Miami and…masturbating [at] her…John Andrew Spillman…was…[caught in the act by] hotel security…[and was still at it] when [cops arrived to arrest]…him…Spillman…was in South Florida to [attend his master, the mad emperor]…
…Wyoming [politicians]…recently passed a[n unconstitutional] law to outlaw abortions once…fetal [cardiac myocyte activity can be detected by machines]…it is “clinically inaccurate” to describe what can be heard via an ultrasound during very early pregnancy as a heartbeat. Cardiac cells in an embryo may exhibit electrical activity that is detectable, but there are no cardiac valves that could generate the sound that people know as a heartbeat. The Wyoming law…which has now been…blocked [as unconstitutional like other recent attempts to reduce women to cattle, was justified by wannabe feudal lords as]…”sending a message“…that…young [women] are [chattel whose only function in life is to repeatedly spawn tax cattle]…for…the state…
…the U.S. is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tools that give [cops, spooks, and goons] easy access to the home and workplace addresses of American citizens, their social-media accounts, vehicle information, flight history, law-enforcement records and other personal information, as well as data to track their daily comings and goings…[all] in the name of border control. As of 2022…ICE…had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults…had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults…and…could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records…Palantir…provide[s]…the ability to track people’s movements with “near real-time visibility”…and…the Mobile Fortify app…[allows thugs] to identify anyone they happen to encounter…[especially] protesters…and…their associates…in direct violation of Carpenter v. United States…
A[n] RCMP [cop] who took a sexualized photo of a…female prisoner and sent it to a[nother pig] using a work-issued cellphone…will not be fired [but instead merely told he was a naughty boy and should think about what he did]…Samuel Culic admitted…[that] the woman…[did not] consent…[but he thought it was his right to exploit her sexually because someone barfed “]outstanding warrant[” while he] was [in earshot]…The message [he sent his wanking pal] read “Haha hot little senorita in cells tonight. Straight from Mexico’…[and] the [other pig] responded [by oinking] “Niceeee hahaha”…
How exactly do people think a quadruple silent e would affect a word’s pronunciation?
On October 3…the Trump [regime] abruptly stopped paying…for medical care provided to…ICE [victims]…including “dialysis, prenatal care, oncology, [and] chemotherapy”…payments…were supposed to resume on April 30…but…did not resume. Instead, [the billing contractor now…claims [it may be] June…[before they even begin to] process…the…claims…A source…[reported] that this is false…[and] no claims are being processed…the [regime’s refusal to]…pay…for medical services…has c[aus]ed…a massive spike in [ICE victim] deaths and medical crises…From 2018 to 2024, the average number of people who died in ICE c[oncentration camps] annually was 8.9…in 2025, 33 people died [as prisoners of] ICE…[and] the trend is accelerating. In the first four months of 2026, 18 people have [already] died in [the camps]…since…October 3…[the death] rate [has increased to] 51.7 people annually…more than five times the death rate before [Trump reverted to his typical practice of not paying his bills]…
Maryland has become the first state in the US to ban surveillance pricing…[the practice of] rapidly chang[ing] the cost of products based on consumer data, including their location, internet search history and demographics…the [industry uses the euphemism “]dynamic pricing[” but no matter what the term it amounts to]…charging each person the most that they’re willing to pay…the Federal Trade Commission…has documented examples of surveillance pricing in stores selling clothing, beauty products, home goods and hardware…Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey may likewise regulate…the [exploitative]…practice…un[fortunat]ely the…Maryland…law is riddled with industry carveouts that will [undermine its stated intent]…
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This has been a rather timid brood; though the turkey chick has been occasionally venturing out into the chicken yard since the first day I started opening the nursery in the daytime, it took over two weeks for the pullets to even begin venturing out at all. It was last Wednesday before I found them all out of the nursery for the first time, and the only reason they even went that far was that I moved their water bottle out. Then on Sunday I stopped refilling their bottle in the morning, forcing them to use the same water dispenser as the adult hens. I’ve also started to shoo them out of the nursery in the morning; they’re going to need to be out by Sunday, when they officially join the flock. The timer (which sounds unusually loud in this video) will be also put away then, to wait until the first day of autumn before it’s again put back in control of the heat lamp.
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If there is one succinct statement which sums up my political philosophy, it’s “Every adult individual owns themselves and absolutely nobody has the right to overrule that.” –
