Here’s a swing state rep explaining it. Sorry for a reddit link but it was this or tiktok

I’d be interested to see what polls say about NC with the Robinson stuff by next week

I love being able to throw 150 books into my backpack, pocket, or briefcase. Especially when it means that all of them have the same font, text size, and margins. I bought mine when libraries closed down with covid and it’s one of the best $100 purchases I’ve made

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke: I’m about 70% of the way in and it’s pretty good. I really enjoy reading early/pre-space age stories because the ideas about what would and wouldn’t work in space are so fascinating. The way he talks about moon life, interstellar travel times/methods, and more show so much creativity. It’s also interesting to see the difference between movie HAL9000 and book HAL9000. I’m excited to watch the movie again after I’m done

Maybe it is actually cursed. The curse is that while you wear it your life goes by faster but if you remove it you slow down. Most people get too greedy and slow their life to a standstill but you are actually using it perfectly to enjoy your free time at night and less time during your work

My understanding of the Sony deal is that they have the film distribution rights to everything Spider-Man related that isn’t already in the MCU. Thus their push for making the spider villain movies, so they can maintain those rights. Since Andrew Garfield Spider-Man is in an MCU movie that takes him off the table

I agree that this is a bad idea. Bus travel sucks. It has basically all of the downsides of air travel with basically none of the upsides, minus cost obviously. Without knowing what countries you’re going to be going through it’s harder to say. Bus stations in my experience can be difficult to navigate in my language, in a language I don’t know I’d be even more concerned. Usually you can eat food, but like airplanes try to be considerate about what you have. Avoid fish, common allergens, smelly food, etc.

Finally consider that over those 36 hours you’re going to have to either bring food, or buy it, you’re losing time wherever you’re transit, and are at the mercy of the bus time tables instead of waiting on a single flight

I’m pretty young and my mom has told me stories about when the token black kid was bussed into her Oklahoma school because of legal requirements. She’s not even retired yet. Passing a law doesn’t magically fix things overnight. It takes time AND community effort to enact social changes

There are just some people out there who despite having every moral reason to do so, can’t get themselves to kill another person. I don’t necessarily think those people should be shamed. Especially because they are trying to defend their home and it may have taken getting to the front lines before they realized that they just aren’t capable of doing it

This sounds good but what is “Cajun seasoning”? Is there a specific brand, spice mix, or what? That seems like it could cause a lot of variation in the dish

This is just an ongoing joke in Kite-Man right now

Convicted felon hatches illegal scheme

Is this headline about a former president or meth addict trying to score?

Educator takes kids to China on school trips? Evil America hating monster

US Senators travel to Russia on Independence Day immediately after being told Russia meddled in our elections? True US Patriots

largest police and surveillance apparatus

Who do you think the people who want to use violence to overthrow the election are?

M. Night Shyamalan’s viral marketing for Trap is getting really weird

Blowing exhorbitant amounts of cash every time a politician takes an anti-fascist Israel stance isn’t a sustainable strategy

I want to agree with you on that, but it’s pretty clear that promoting fascism is at least in the short-term very profitable. Plus the money they spend ousting anti-Isreal politicians means they are more likely to get US Military money, so they spend less on their own military, which frees up funds in order to… influence US politics. I don’t like it, but so far it appears to be an effective strategy

Yeah, have you ever had an annoying roommate? Isn’t it so much more frustrating and isolating than living alone? You don’t even have your own space to get away so you just become more irritable all the time. Now imagine if you wanted to not live with that person that you need to get lawyers, your family, another family and the government involved

A lot of people get married because “they’re supposed to”, “they’ve been dating for a while”, or because it’s arranged. Is it shocking that those people don’t have the foundation for a good long term relationship? Is it shocking that every day is a little bit worse for them?

The Jacques Mckeown books have been very entertaining so far. I’m irritated that Audible is paying him to make them timed audio exclusives, but what can you do? Douglas Adams was my favorite author so I don’t use the comparison lightly. Slight complaint, Yahtzee loves the word nacelle

A personal Scalzi recommendation would be Kaiju Preservation Society. It’s short, shows his humor pretty well, and should give you an idea if you want to start his books. Personally I didn’t find Old Man’s War to be his best work

If I thought he or his supporters had enough world knowledge to associate the concept of Shambala from Hinduism to Indians to Kamala then maybe I’d go with him trying to say being Indian is worse than being black which he argues she isn’t

Instead I think it’s more likely he just is incapable of saying her name without stumbling all over himself, so he’s decided if he can’t say her name it’s because she’s foreign and that’s bad

Enjoy!