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Fighting a war on drugs beats fighting a war sober

You don't have to be racist to participate in systemic racism. US policing produces racist outcomes even from "not-racist" people. I'm going to explain (again):

* why I've probably been pulled over way more times than most people you know, even though most of the times I'm pulled over, I get no ticket (because I did nothing wrong)
* how I stopped getting pulled over so much (because I understand the system)
* And why lots of cops say that the average voter is more racist than the average cop

Boostable patter! 100% substance-free!! Get it before I delete it and post it again!

This day in history. 1920. The Dutch refused to extradite German kaiser Wilhelm because his pronunciation of "squirrel" was just too funny.

Energy spent learning and growing often feels wasted in today's climate. So I'm returning to my true passion; pettiness and revenge.

judge: are you lying on the witness stand?!

me: I’m really very tired, your reverence

Me at 20: I want to make a difference in the world

Me at 40: maybe if I stand really still and never speak again, I won’t fuck anything else up

• 1 carton of yogurt
• 1 frozen dinner
• 1 apple

Cashier: you must be single

Me: you calling me ugly?

Cashier: no your cat is bagging your groceries

Ex-Amazon employees on the almost impressively cynical way Amazon smile started:

I guess what I'm most curious about in the Leopard-2 nonsense is whether the current German position is:

a) Clearly understood in Germany;
b) Playing well there politically.

Externally it's obviously neither - a garbled incoherent mess. All politics is local however and if it's playing well domestically it's at least understandable if not ethically justifiable... but is it?

God of War should not be Steam Deck Verified when it will hard crash the Steam Deck.

I'm cursed with living in a building where the mirror in the elevator is much better than the mirror in my bathroom, and I do not wish this upon my worst enemy

A young couple came to the door asking if I’d found Jesus.

I told them I had no idea he was missing and that I had an alibi.

I was there was the original OGL was created. I know first hand how hard those drafting it tried to sincerely make it so that it would last forever and would never screw over anyone that used it. So when we decided to create a Cypher System open license with the same goals, of course we used the OGL as a model. And now after two days of potential WotC shenanigans, people are looking at our open license as though it's dodgy. Sigh.

I like how Fergie starts the bridge in "Boom Boom Pow" with an exhortation to "people in the place", rather than just "the club". Perhaps you're in a Kia dealership! Or an underground ferret neurosurgery parlor! Truly a pioneer of inclusive language. 🙏

This close to uninstalling Snapchat. Just the worst social media imaginable

Last isthmus I gave you my chart
the very next day
you sank to your grave
This year
a ghost ship appears
you turned into something spectral

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