I had hidden those second two tweets away in a corner of my brain that you unearthed, and now I’m forced to feel that queezy feeling in my stomach at cringe on a level I find hard to describe.

So I mean, fuck you I guess.

Joevember

Yikes lmao. PR ghouls continue to demonstrate they are the least useful of bullshit jobs in the blob, given that they are actively harmful to the ends they purport to achieve.

no you don’t, you just miss not knowing better

how did u get this photo of me

I’ve been watching Reservation Dogs, and I highly recommend it! Great show that tackles heavy matters like poverty, the way it affects people who live in it, and contemporary American Indian life/culture. It’s also got Taika Waititi’s signature brand of humor, which is nice to balance out the heavy themes and problems which characters face. The main cast is good, but I think my favorites are some of the recurring supporting characters. There’s an ancestral spirit warrior who appears as a vision for some characters played by Dallas Goldentooth, and his entire character and performance are just one of the funniest things I’ve seen this year.

https://youtu.be/EShUeudtaFg?si=ZSBA6DwyOoVZ95rR

Actually yes really. Bring it up with your doctor.

It’s a kind of tendon problem where the finger gets stuck in the bent position and then snaps straight.

THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH VULGAR INSINUATIONS DURING A HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT.

This isn’t just white guy specific, though it will be more common. Some people just suck up all the air in a room. Having an effective moderator who can step in and politely cut people off/redirect the conversation on topic is a good idea. The following tips will be useful in moderating any kind of discussion, though I’ll admit it’s mainly geared towards groups of 15ish maximum.

(Fuck me, I was looking for a page discussing moderating small group discussions, but thanks to the enshittification of Google and SEO, all I can find is stupid advice for moderating focus groups from consultants. Thanks Google.)

Anyway, it’s helpful to set norms and expectations early. I use the following system as an academic. I have people raise their hand to be put on a “primary” queue. This means they have a unique point or issue to raise. People raise a finger if they have an “immediate response” that’s on topic regarding something the previous “primary” respondent said. You can just work your way down the queues, then, but you can set expectations about now long comments should be at the beginning. You can say “please keep your comments no longer than xyz minutes,” and if people begin to go over you can politely remind them they’ve approached time. If they keep going instead of wrapping it up say something like, “in the interest of fairness and robust discussion I’ve gotta cut you off here to give comrades a chance to respond without also requiring too much time to address everything. Please keep the time limit and respect for your comrades in mind when answering.”

If the discussion is moderated, you can then tweak the queue as needed to allow greater participation. If someone raises their hand a lot and no one else does, very well, but if you see that someone who hasn’t spoken yet raises their hand you can easily say, “in order to hear from as many voices as possible we’re going to go to ___________ next, and then we’ll return to the usual queue.” As long as you don’t overuse or exploit this people generally appreciate and are amenable to the exception.

the problem with using organic oils is that they’ll go rancid and start to stink. other posters had good suggestions for cheap alternatives. My first instinct would have been to grab wd-40 but they say don’t, and I don’t know enough to argue the matter.

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Have them touch down and recovered by a Russian crew, give them a massive welcome home and “mission accomplished” parade in Moscow before returning them to the U.S.

The blob only learns things after 10’s of thousands of civilian deaths.

Yes, presumably. Just one wouldn’t be any kind of threat. But combine dozens with aerial drones and ship missiles all together and it’ll just overwhelm the defense. You can’t be looking at every angle all at once. “We only have to be lucky once. You have to be lucky every time.”

Frogs are an invasive species in Africa.

That’s amazing. Navies from the 20th century really do be giant floating coffins at this point huh?

the eels yearn for nutrients electricity