Carl [he/him]

break the lever so that it cannot be pulled

there should be a “block instance” option in your settings, though I don’t think that blocks them if they post in a separate instance which is the whole point of the fediverse.

I find it hard to believe that imperial china didnt invade anyone between 598 ad and 1912

Not really interested in the Machine but the Controller v2 and the Frame look absolutely perfect. Especially that controller - every single annoyance about the v1 seems to have been addressed, from the lack of a real D pad to the ease of accidentally touching the trackpad without meaning to.

Unfortunately for Valve, I’m the type of person who will continue using my Index and Controller v1 until they literally disintegrate in my hands, which hasn’t happened yet because they made them so high quality in the first go around, so I probably won’t be buying either for a while if ever.

historically accurate Ariel where she’s just a dolphin

Imagining a world where Nancy Pelosi was using her insider trading money to fund Maoist rebels in the Appalacians.

It’s always projection. Even if they’re not literally doing the thing that they accuse their opponent of doing yet, the fact that they’re making the accusation reveals their intention.

Ah shit, this means they’re gonna do everything they made up about Xinjiang (if they’re not doing it already at the alligator place)

Should be noted that Europe had commons for hundreds and hundreds of years before they all got enclosured and they managed them just fine with local-level spontaneous democracy.

Also the “tragedy of the commons” as we know it today was invented by a malthusian in the 1960s and everybody who invokes it as an argument against socialism ignores the part of the essay where the author advocates for central planning

Been doing rideshare late at night the last week, holy damn I didn’t realize how bad the public bathroom situation was in my town, and I’ve got a car to hunt for one.

We should genuinely have a public bathroom minimum. You want to run a store in town? You gotta make your bathroom open to the public. Don’t care if the people using it are customers or not.

why does civility have an absolutely massive trunk?