GraniteM

@ GraniteM @lemmy.world

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10h ago

Mark Kelly’s battle with Pete Hegseth prompts presidential talk
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GraniteM @lemmy.world 10h ago
The description I've heard is "front of the class minds with back of the class attitudes." It worked for Obama, it worked for Clinton, and if we don't recognize that it's a winning combination we're going to continue to get fucked in the general elections.

16h ago

Riker has to fight

...and then I'll ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay eggs in your chest! But I'm not an alien!

16h ago

Good Christ, can you imagine a holodeck version of The Lord of the Rings? Even allowing for the occasional time skip forward, it could take months if not years to work through the whole trilogy. It would be glorious.

2d ago

Consider this

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 2d ago

Unknowingly?

2d ago

Nobel is out, Leonor is in

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 2d ago

I read a lot of the Hugo Award short story collections and it's a great way to get into sci-fi. They're usually pretty good if not excellent. If you like the author's style, you can go out and look up more of their work. If you don't, not a problem, it's just a short story anyway.

2d ago

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 2d ago

By that argument, the victims of Nazi occupation are themselves Nazis.

2d ago

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 2d ago

I'm old enough to remember Bush v. Gore. Arguing against stupid motherfuckers who advocate against voting, or voting third party when the vote is split 49%-49%-2%, is one of the few internet fights I'll still let myself get dragged into.

4d ago

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 4d ago

Gotta use the spray.

5d ago

Trump to meet Venezuela’s Machado and says it would be ‘great honor’ to take her Nobel Prize

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 5d ago

Give him one made of chocolate. See how long it takes for him to notice.

5d ago

What is the actual worst TV series you've ever tried to seriously engage with?

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 5d ago

The Mayfair Witches.

Interview with the Vampire is fantastic, and AMC paid a lot of money for all of Anne Rice's IP, but Mayfair was doooogggggshiiiiiit.

Still hyped for IwtV season three, though.

6d ago

Happy New Year

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 6d ago

6d ago

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 6d ago

Civilian review boards. Abolishing qualified immunity. Abolishing the practice of cops getting fired for some fuckery but then getting new cop jobs in a different district. Abolishing civil forfeiture. Disarming cops except for highly specialized and carefully managed units. Training in de-escalation and enforcement of its use. Employment of mental health crisis agents when armed cops aren't warranted. Abolishing no-knock raids.

These are just the policies I could think of off the top of my head that would go a long way to improving the police problem. I imagine there are tons more. We could try to implement any or all of them and see immediate improvements. But instead people go straight to "abolish the police / ACAB," and suddenly there's no such thing as a discussion anymore, just pro- and anti- groups screaming at each other.

6d ago

Quest for Glory

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 6d ago

That's clearly not the original text.

6d ago

Guys vs Gals! (Sexual dimorphism in Barn Owls)

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 6d ago

I wonder if there are markings on there in infra/ultra wavelengths that they can see but we can't.

6d ago

Mechs shouldn't have heads

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 6d ago

Carcinization rears its cephalothorax again!

7d ago

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 7d ago

I mean, let's be honest. I've had almost this exact fantasy about some real shitheads that I've dealt with. The trick is to allow the dark thoughts to come and go and not let them come out and really start causing problems.

7d ago

we can keep the carts though

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 7d ago

Wait, why aren't we supposed to talk about dog parks?

7d ago

Satire rule

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 7d ago

Riker and Troi were in a big deal relationship before the events of TNG, and there's a scene later in the show where they are talking about their respective relationships and giving each other advice and I find that quite wholesome. It's not always easy or even possible to break up with someone and remain in contact, let alone friends, but it can happen under the right circumstances, and it's nice to see a depiction of a breakup that doesn't have to turn into enmity.

1w ago

Sad Ganymede noises

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 1w ago

Also they shouldn't have called the category of "things that aren't planets despite being in some ways planet-like" "dwarf planet," they should have called them "planetoids." Star Trek had been referring to small planet-like objects as planetoids for decades, so the work in the popular consciousness had already been done. Dwarf planet not being a planet makes it sound like they're saying dwarf people don't count as people, and I don't care for that at all.

1w ago

Insiders Spill on Stephen Miller’s Daily Yelling Meltdowns

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GraniteM @lemmy.world 1w ago

Steve Bannon looks like if a pile of laundry from a cheap Vegas motel soaked in piss, liquor, and gas station meth wished that it would become a real boy.