nickwitha_k (he/him)

Glad that you’re fully informed on everyone’s life situation and acceptable risk profile, putting you in a great place to cast judgement on others. /s

Yeah. It really is a good thing that nothing has happened in modern US history to make people think that the government would use military ordinance against civilians. /s

And this is why multidisciplinary education is important.

I would argue that it is not ethically possible to separate art from artist when consumption of their art can provide them any material benefit. If they’re dead, it’s a lot less likely to be problematic. Plus, there are plenty of great artists and writers out there who are not TERFs, nazis, or generally awful. Refusing them patronage is a double ethical failing of both lending aid to awful people and refusing to support smaller artists who have a harder time making a living when competing with the ethically bankrupt.

Probably odorous house ants (sometimes also called sugar ants). I’m fairly sensitive to their scent, myself and recall being in tears as a small child ~6 because one of them walked across my finger and no amount of washing would get the smell off. I’m not a fan.

Ok. That’s cool. I don’t know if I’ve intentionally recalled touch in that way before. Lamb’s ear and comfrey plants are interesting and satisfying to recall.

I… Didn’t know that was a thing but it makes sense. Is less than 1 something that people typically do without intent? That is, I can imagine a cartoon apple but, it’s different than imagining an actual apple.

Because those Left of center tend to stay home and roll over for fascists at the ballot box, despite it being a betrayal to all vulnerable people. The Right has their religious leaders and other authority figures making sure that the vote and promising to oppress vulnerable people.

More importantly, are there any laws banning outsourcing American incarceration?

Yes. The US Constitution:

• Fifth Amendment (prohibits imprisonment without due process and indictment by a grand jury)
• Sixth Amendment (enumerates rights entailed in due process for any criminal facing prosecution)
• Eighth Amendment (“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”)

The Eighth is the most clearly in play, supposing the courts actually follow the US Constitution, which they’ve been flagrantly ignoring for several decades (ex. there is no good faith interpretation of the Fourth Amendment that allows civil asset forfeiture or compelling anyone in the US to unlock a smartphone or surrender it for cloning, nor for the Fifth and Sixth which allow removing individuals to a military base to be held without trial).

If you don’t know much about Palantir… Well, its founder would definitely side with Sauron, too put it lightly.

Breadlines?.. Have you been paying attention to the actions of the last decades? They even arrest church staff for feeding homeless people.

No. They just want people to die in the gutter.

Lawmakers are calling on the Social Security Administration chief to resign after internal emails revealed that the administration shut Maine off from the late-age insurance program in retaliation for publicly defying the MAGA agenda.

This really seems like it should be more “20-years in prison gen pop, without possibility of early release” territory than “resign and continue life as normal after likely causing unnecessary deaths for revenge”.

with the help of voter suppression.

And amplification of the anti-electoralist/accelerationist cult’s propaganda.