Daniel Dvorkin @medigoth@qoto.org
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Joined Oct 2022
I'm so tired of thinking about #politics.
This isn't me saying "I don't care about politics," because of course I do. It isn't "LOL nothing matters," because everything matters. And it sure isn't "who cares who's in office, it won't change my life," because I know better. Politics matters to me at least as much as ever, and that's a lot.
But I used to be able to go hours, sometimes maybe even days, without thinking about it—because for the most part, it just *worked*. Yeah, there was always some awful bill or executive order or court decision. The machinery that led to those outcomes, as bad as they could be, kept grinding along.
Now that machine, which like most clunky old machines requires constant maintenance, is instead being sabotaged. "Need an oil change? Try sand and hydrochloric acid instead!" And if you think the machine does bad things when it works ... wait until you see what happens when it doesn't.
My worry won't do anything to keep it going, of course. Like I've said many times since November 5th, and especially since January 20th, the *only* thing I can do that will have any effect is to keep my personal machine running. Take care of me and mine.
Yeah, I'm trying really hard to do that. It's not working.
I hate the saboteurs for more reasons than I can count. I hate their cruelty, and their bigotry, and their pettiness, and their murderous willful ignorance. Always have, always will.
Right now, I think I hate them for pulling me away from taking care of those I love more than anything. Which is a really high bar.
@cstross I see your question has already been answered. I love the internet.
A friend on Facebook helpfully provided links to several other liquors, some US-made, which come with handy bags. My reply was, "That's just what Big Dice Bag *wants* me to think. Or drink, as the case may be."
@nyrath You definitely wouldn't want anyone to think you were a paperback player!
@bassoonwrath they're multipurpose!
After the collapse, when the survivors admit they're living in Mad Max world, CR bags will become carefully hoarded relics of The World That Was.
Also, #Carney should really hire Trump as his #campaign manager: https://338canada.com/federal.htm
For the first time since the start of his second term, #Trump hit 50% #disapproval in #VoteHub's #polling #aggregation today. https://votehub.com/polls/
Presidents have come back from this. #Reagan bottomed out at something like 30% early in his first term, and then of course won re-election in a landslide. But Trump doesn't have that kind of political acumen.
If we have anything resembling a fair #election, 2026 will be a bloodbath, and I'm willing to bet 2028 as well. If we don't, well, it will be a bloodbath of a different kind.
Comment on a post about #tariffs and the possibility of #smuggling from #Canada: "without Crown Royal, we'll run into a national shortage of #dice bags."
I know I should just block #spambots and delete their comments, but sometimes I can’t resist.
@TomWellborn@universeodon.com Republicans are the enemy of humanity.
Yuge #protests. Amazing protests. People come up to me with tears in their eyes, and they say, "Sir"—they always call me "Sir"—"Sir, how do you have such beautiful protests?" And I tell them, "No one knows how to make a deal for protests like your favorite President, #Trump!" The best protests. Bigly.
In principle, I’d prefer to live in a world where private political views aren’t grounds for denying people housing. But I’d also prefer to live in a world where Trump’s brand of politics is the province of a despised lunatic fringe, not half the country. Since we don’t live in the second kind of world, we’re under no obligation to live in the first.
The same people who have been whining that The Democrats Aren't Doing Anything are now whining when ... #Democrats do something.
"Corey [sic] #Booker's filibuster was performative nonsense."
"we knew it was BS when #Schumer was gushing about it lol"
Well, those were two easy blocks.
Republicans hate you and want you to die.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/trump-health-agency-layoffs-cuts
Bioinformaticist / biostatistician, veteran USAF medic and Army infantryman, armchair paleontologist, occasional science fiction author, long-ago kickboxer, oldbat goth, vaccinated liberal patriot.
Joined Oct 2022
