Honestly, that's the main thing I was thinking.
Damn, that's rad as fuck
I'm sure whatever it is it'll be very fun and funny. I'm looking forward to this.
Yeah. I think there's a lot she could do with the stories, but I really need more hope right now. I think Parable of the Sower managed to provide just enough of that.
I don't fault her for being so brutal. It's honest. Reading both this and Parable of the Sower, I couldn't help thinking that there are people in Haiti and Palestine for whom these books are just their present reality. I even feel bad that I'm so demoralized, because I know that I need to toughen up. This is what the real world looks like. But I need to have enough composure to be an effective dad and activist, and it takes a balance for me to do that. Too much truth can leave me too drained and despondent to be the force in the world I want to be.
Didn't see Echo. Good?
I hope it's good. That said, I thought the writing and characterization for Fisk in Hawkeye was rather disappointing. And also, the writing for the later half Daredevil season 2 on Netflix was... not good. I don't recall if I saw the third season, but I remember being very genuinely disappointed in The Defenders. Not disappointed like a bitter comic book nerd, more disappointed like a parent. Like... there was so much there you could've done! That was all? Oh well. Points for trying, I still love you.
Anyway, time will tell. I'm happy that they're trying, but I won't get my hopes up yet.
It sounds like there's no fundamental disagreement between us. It sounds like the only difference is one of attitude.
I worry sometimes that people express frustration with the state of things as though articulating what people should do might serve as a road map to getting them to do it. But getting people to do it requires understanding why they don't.
This is true. But it's incomplete.
We do not have a functioning democracy. Most people feel that. Voting works when there are candidates with voting for, and votes translate into change, but when the system has been hollowed out by money and judicial capture and voting rules designed to prevent actual change, we are in a bind.
Will voting fix this? No, not singularly. So voting doesn't make a difference? Absolutely not! It's still one of our most powerful tools, even as weakend as it is!
Vote ... and March. Vote... and boycott. Vote... and disrupt. Vote... and organize your neighbors.
We can't stop voting, but that can't be our biggest or only tool. And everyone needs to understand this.
Okay. I don't really have anything to add to that. Good luck though.
I'm not disputing this, I'm just asking for clarity so I can understand key facts. Are there soldiers actively serving in Israel? How many? Since when?
That article didn't actually provide much clarity. I tried searching for more, and found a bit in this article:
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/
The main thing this says is that US military presence in Israel is deliberately ambiguous. For instance, the day after the commemoration in the article you shared, US European Command actually denied that this was a us military base, insisting that it was actually a "living facility".
I don't doubt that we have troops there. But historically the army doesn't seem to acknowledge them. So announcing sending people does seem significant.
These are good questions. I don't know. First, what state are you in? Second, does she have any coworkers? Also, does she know anyone in a similar field? If she went to school, does she know any classmates or teachers who might have advice?
Also: can this be automated? Nowadays, you can have a large language model code a lot of things. Could she instruct one to write a python or bash script to reduce since of the work?
Ultimately, I think she should keep looking for better work. But I know that can be challenging.
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Your Houseplants Can Think with Zoë Schlanger [Factually podcast with Adam Conover]
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Our indie dev group just released our third playable adventure! This is the climax of a four-part set! It is now available for free on DriveThruRPG!
It’s for a free, open-source game system/setting we made that’s like cyberpunk in a post-scarcity society. Check it out! Honest feedback is appreciated.
A gang of whitehat biohackers suspect they’re being targeted. That threat is about to get very real.
On a sunny summer day, your help is needed escorting a eccentric researcher to a meeting with their collegues. It’s been six weeks since unknown actors staged a daring armed robbery on their laboratory, and tensions are running high. But when this mysterious adversary puts their plans into action, it’ll take all your skills and judgement to avert a nightmare.
This story continues to build on the previous two in its scope, complexity, and challenges to give diverse player and character types opportunitites to see more places, meet more characters, and find ways to use their specialities to help their communities in a story with around 8 - 10 hours of content.
Our indie dev group just released our third playable adventure! This is the climax of a four-part set! It is now available for free on DriveThruRPG!
It’s for a free, open-source game system/setting we made that’s like cyberpunk in a post-scarcity society. Check it out! Honest feedback is appreciated.
A gang of whitehat biohackers suspect they're being targeted. That threat is about to get very real.
On a sunny summer day, your help is needed escorting a eccentric researcher to a meeting with their collegues. It's been six weeks since unknown actors staged a daring armed robbery on their laboratory, and tensions are running high. But when this mysterious adversary puts their plans into action, it'll take all your skills and judgement to avert a nightmare.
This story continues to build on the previous two in its scope, complexity, and challenges to give diverse player and character types opportunitites to see more places, meet more characters, and find ways to use their specialities to help their communities in a story with around 8 - 10 hours of content.
A lone figure at a party reflects that the rest of the revelers don't know that "xylophones" with metal bars are actually glockenspiels.
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My game group just release a new adventure set in the world of Fully Automated!
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Before you get mad at me, relax: I live under an electoral system in which my vote isn't counted.
I mean... Isn't the elephant in the room that this is not going to happen if Trump wins?
It's like speculating over whether either candidate might push for am arms embargo against Israel after the election.
I don't really see any ambiguity here. If Trump wins, Zelensky should probably prepare for a complete end to support from the US, right?
Am I missing anything?