you're high on mushrooms in the Viking age, the gods are everywhere
I wouldn't say I'm completely hopeful or doomed, the world is filled with terror and beauty. There are no gods or kings it's just people. Historic and scientific education can help reduce anxiety about the unknown, change your own beliefs and behaviors to improve the situation locally before joining organizations looking to make broader changes. Learn what your fears are and face them, otherwise it will cloud your judgement and influence your decision making process.
Does Orville count as a non canonical near remake?
They don't get arrested or charged, they get letters from the DoJ asking them to stop please.
Fascists don't use language to convey meaning or truth, they use it as a weapon to manipulate. It's on purpose that they muddy the meaning of words and won't define terms even in legal bills so their judges can use the worst interpretation of the broad, vague law like the anti lgbtq law in Russia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_anti-LGBT_law
It's the same way they try to count legal immigrants in the US under asylum as illegal criminals and won't define words like woke unless required by a court.
A sister that is a traditional conservative and brother that is a centrist liberal, they argue in talking points and both of their solutions are usually unrealistic garbage. It's a big family though so most just leave the room when they get going.
When I played on PC more EverQuest, counterstrike, TF2, wow, Skyrim
After playing more on console ff14, elder scrolls online, pillars of eternity 1/2, and souls games (ds2, ds3, bloodborne, elden Ring)
I also like to play Indies and smaller games but those are the ones I keep going back to
Liberty requires justice, justice requires truth. You can undermine the justice system like Trump and Putin have by attacking truth directly. Foreign and domestic propaganda fills most people's heads following the Russian method to overload with frequent bullshit to obfuscate truth. It's especially harmful to those most prone to influence with bullshit backed by paid actors to attack truth.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5100829/russia-election-influencers-youtube
'"The company never disclosed to the influencers or to their millions of followers its ties to RT and the Russian government," Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Wednesday.'
"What about what?" - Philip J Fry responding to the professor yelling WHAT in a tiny ship in Fry's ear when the professor and crew controlled tiny robot versions of themselves to sneak inside Fry's body
"Théoden no longer recognizes friend from foe. Not even his own kin. Saruman has poisoned the mind of the king and claimed lordship over this land. My company are those loyal to Rohan. And for that, we are banished." - Èomer, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
It's only remaining usefulness is for finding the latest Russian propaganda if you don't want to give RT advertising revenue directly
What's the difference between a home insurance crisis in Florida and building in a place where homes get destroyed over and over again and building there is a terrible idea long term? Insurance is to offset risks, if the risk is guaranteed to happen it's not the insurers fault they won't cover it for cheaper than it'll be expected to cost them even if it was a nonprofit insurer which I'm guessing most aren't. The best approach would be using state taxes to help residents relocate to less disaster prone areas instead of rebuilding the same destroyed places until nobody can afford to anymore.
I've listened for over 21 years and they have an obvious bias against unsubstantiated claims.
I did very well on my self-assessment too
How much do you want to bet some of them saw a Russian psyop of a right winger getting attacked first on Twitter boosted by musk and believed it was real
While that's probably true he's well educated, quick witted, and speaks well, all things that would be held against him in a general election in the US.
What is your favorite movie or TV show director's commentary?
Been listening to a few lately, a few John Carpenter's, Mayhem was pretty out there, looking for more that are interesting or wildly off topic or entertaining.
More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in any other war, according to the Committee To Protect Journalists data
"In these times of darkness and hopelessness, we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who are covering this crisis in such dramatic circumstances. As humanity, we have a huge debt to their courage and commitment to freedom of expression," said Mauricio Weibel, Chair of the International Jury of Media Professionals.
Tips for living an advertising free/minimal life?
Just trying to live with as little advertising as possible and curious what tips or tricks the community has aside from moving out to a cabin in the woods.
I can't really get away from road side advertising for now. Public sporting events are completely infected, and for the ads I am forced to see I try to make a conscious effort not to buy their goods or services. I won't subscribe to a streaming service if they have a sub+ad tier, if they're separate free with ads or sub no ads I'll support it.
Not really for any moral stance, but ad blockers are good at avoiding malware and some services are basically broken if you have to wait for an ad network, and I just feel mentally healthier in general without the extra propaganda.