If we live in a good place, with opportunities and prosperity, we should invite other people to join us and share in those opportunities and prosperity.
At minimum, we should not prohibit others from moving for a better life for them and their family.
Amazing new images of the moon Io have come down from the Juno spacecraft! This one shows the volcanic moon of Jupiter from only 2,800 kilometers away, which is the closest look we’ve gotten of Io since the Galileo orbiter over 20 years ago. Check out all those volcanoes!!!!
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
Just heard one on the radio where a "teen" said something to the effect of "maybe adults actually do know more than us and we should listen to them".
With my switch from #Substack to #WordPress complete, you can now follow and interact with my blog here in the #fediverse at @blog
"The allure of looms entices those people who fetishize fine textiles but dismiss the work. They're the people who tell knitters, "I'll give you the pattern, then you knit it, and we'll split the profits." For them, the vision is everything and the work is just an annoying obstacle. But the WORK is everything. The work is how a thing happens, where it's made, where skill is put to work. Looms in textiles are for the people who have no skill, no work, no effort, no ethic. They just want to push a flying shuttle."
Much smarter version of what I've been saying the last couple days:
Florida went so Florida that it couldn't even fit it all in the headline, JFC.
Florida teen allegedly shoots and kills sister over Christmas gift spat | Florida | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/27/florida-teen-allegedly-shoots-kills-sister-christmas-gift
Or you could just stop giving this shitty company your money.
"During their history, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, she said, all displaced indigenous people. No one is calling these countries illegitimate or demanding they evacuate. “So why is Israel different?”"
Israel is different because israel is the only country currently trying to bomb their indiginous population to smitheriens. North America is at least starting to come to terms with their genocidal history. Israel is trying to complete the #genocide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/26/lipstadt-antisemitism-virus/
jesus fucking christ. someone just told me "I block everyone who posts or boosts ads" and then blocked me because i posted about my games being on sale. people like this need to learn the difference between individual creators promoting art they made and "ads", for fucks sake
I guess Republicans only have room for one psychopathic fascist snake-oil salesman in their party.
Software engineering contractor/consultant in Florida specializing in .NET C# #WebDev, plus #Indie #GameDev in #MonoGame, #Stride, and #Godot.
I like complex simulations and enjoy writing procedural generation algorithms for fun.
#Pilot in training. Burgeoning fan of #Aviation in general.
Fan of #1A jurisprudence and the kind of #FreeSpeech that applies to everyone equally.
Pro-Democracy. Pro-Rights. Pro-Freedom. In that order.
Politically moderate, but a registered Democrat since January 7th 2021.
He/Him 🏳🌈
High risk of rants, especially with the lack of character limit.