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Especially Texas. They are effectively the nuclear weapons power within the US, as that's where the Pantex facility is.

A little known quirk of gnome biology is that that's not a hat.

The movie theatre experience makes me appreciate the hextube all the more. It's like the world's best indie theatre for free from the comfort and safety of home.

I would laugh my ass off if Trump deports him and freezes his assets.

It's actually an open question if that's even technically possible. The Chinese crewed spacecraft Shenzhou is based heavily on the Russian Soyuz, but there's very little public technical info on how much they changed the docking system.

BRB, gonna find a bathhouse and combat fascism with my cadre.

Seconded, may Alaskaball rule the conquered land with a merciless iron fist for a thousand years.

Fedora is a genuinely polished distro. I've used the KDE version on three laptops in the past few years and I've been really happy with it. It's got very good hardware compatibility, and modern KDE is a top-tier desktop environment.

Actual Indians.

Well, it's not porn, but there's something adjacent in the adult colouring book market. Look for Comfy Friends volumes 3 and 4.

They sell paper copies on (sadly) amazon which I will admit to buying. The paper copies have a lot more than the downloadable PDF versions which are basically teasers.

Even despite the past year+ shenanigans with tiktok's algorithm, it's still scary good at figuring out one's preferences, and there's a lot of good left-wing people on there. The trick is to make extensive use of the like button, it's really as simple as that.

I recent got back onto tiktok, and despite being a cis bi man, it seems to think I'm a trans woman and/or lesbian due to all the videos I've liked out of solidarity to those commnities. Not really complaining though, most of their videos are funny as fuck.

Tortillas are used a lot on the international space station. They're a very practical way to keep all the food under control in microgravity.

(Insert usual caveat about how my respect for SpaceX's accomplishments is strictly for the actual scientists and engineers and technicians actually doing the work, and not for the know-nothing dipshit who owns most of the shares.)

In fairness they are trying to develop an entirely new type of spacecraft that's never been tried before by anyone, an upper stage that's actually reusable without refurbishment. My hope is that the Chinese space agency sees what works and what doesn't with Starship, and applies those lessons to their R&D program.

Moist.

Serial Experiments Lain. The story of a hyperfragmented, hypercapitalist corporate hellscape where everyone (even schoolkids) are carrying around a 24/7-internet-connected pocket computer that they mainly use to shitpost and gossip.

I keep seeing people here talking about some Andor TV series, but I have never once heard them mention Commander Shran. What's the deal with that?

This woman is fearless.

I watched Babylon 5: The Road Home.

Spoiler-free thoughts:

You'll never look at a pair of blue socks the same way again.

This is very good. This is JMS putting in 100%. He is in peak form on the script. If you're a B5 fan and have been ambivalent about watching it, have no fears. It'll make you smile, cry, rejoice, despair, grin, smirk, think, and feel. It is peak B5. It's basically a love story, and fans of the show will know exactly whose love story I mean. The ending feels so right and so earned. The opening voiceover is amazing. The station looks gorgeous. The music is flawless.

This is not a phone-in by any of the returning actors providing voices. Obviously some recasting had to be done as half the live-action main cast have passed away.

Bruce Boxleitner returns to voice John Sheridan, and he is killing it. This wasn't "aging actor can't sound like they used to". From the instant you hear his voice you totally buy that this is genuinely Sheridan. And Bruce puts the same drive and emotion and slightly-nerdy-goofy vibe into the character as he always did.

Claudia Christian returns as our favourite slightly-snarky slightly-cynical always-ready Ivanova. And it's another blowout performance. You're not hearing Christian in a sound booth, you're hearing God Herself.

Peter Jurasik also returns as Londo, and my god he is every bit as good at reprising the role convincingly as Boxleitner and Christian. And not only are you hearing genuine Londo, but JMS is just as good at writing him as he was during the original show. Londo, Sheridan, and Ivanova are in a tragically comedic scene later on and every single line is convincing.

Patricia Tallman comes back as our snark-hiding-a-heart-of-gold resident telepath. She doesn't get much screen time but she makes the most of it. Same for Bill Mumy as Lennier, and Tracy Scoggins as Captain Lochley. I actually liked Lochley as a character in season 5, I think she did a fine job both then and now.

No major complaints on the recast voice actors except maybe Marcus. He just sounded too stiff. Marcus is supposed to sound way more casual even in tense situations. Fortunately he has very few lines.

JMS wisely showed a lot of restraint in nostalgia callbacks. They're there, but they're subtle.

The animation style took me a bit of getting used to, but I soon started enjoying it as its own style. Movements look realistic, characters look like they should, facial expressions are spot-on. Londo looks extremely Londo.

But meeting people where they're at is also really important. Reading to people or teaching direct courses on things like civics, labour organizing, or community defense have also been really successful strategies.

This! Lenin didn't lock himself in a room for his entire career and limit himself to academic jargon, he went out to the streets and the factories and he spoke to workers directly. We need the academics certainly. But meeting the people where they are both physically and linguistically is vital.