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uninstall the Facebook app. you can still access it through your mobile web browser, but without the app you have more steps between you and it that givez your conscious brain more time to stop.

Godzilla Minus One does a great job at showing post WW2 Japan, and the effect the war had on the Japanese people.

Grave of the Firefly is the greatest movie that I will never watch again.

You asked why Americans won’t do anything and I answered. I’m not a psyop, I’m just a dude trying to feed my family and keep the roof over our heads. you want me go erect a guillotine in DC? cool let me go get shot or thrown in prison while my family starves. I’m not saying nothing can be done, I’m just not the right person to say what it is that we can do.

how long does it take you to get to your country’s capitol city? I can’t find an exact number for the US but I estimate less than 25% of Americans live within a one day drive to our capitol. meaning it is a significant investment for most of the country, one that the median household can’t afford.

for sure. brexit -> trump 1 -> covid -> invasion of Ukraine -> Palestine genocide -> trump 2 - > US invading itself.

the last 10 years have been wild.

it takes a lot of scientific literacy to effectively communicate the results of 1 research paper to the public. most people writing these communications lack the required literacy or intentionally overstate the current status. Furthermore, this paperay not be reproducable and will fade to history, or it could be the cornerstone of future drug development and have 100+ citations in 3 years. as it is, we simply don’t know where the continued research will lead, and this can cause “breakthrough fatigue” to the general public, and reduce public trust in science.

same moment for me. I thought he was super cool for starting an all electric car company, having the potential to start another space race and advance science, bringing together some engineers to quickly build a rescue submersible, but the pedophile comment totally broke the enchantment

Joklahoma was the name of my musical comedy improv group in college.

some forced perspective here making the kitty look godzilla sized. also the color palette reminds me of a Wes Anderson film.

Your intelligence is at least on the top 95% of people.

that’s great, fighting the good fight. we need to be amplifying these type of people, showing folk that change is possible, showing the dnc that progress is actually important to us.

do you have an old phone sitting around? you could remove all your time sink apps and install a pod ast app there, to remove temptations.

for fireTV, look up how to install smart tube, it’s a YouTube frontend with out ads and built in sponsorblock. you will need to activate developer mode for the install.

Mamdani EOd the undoing of over a years worth of Eric Adam’s EOs. there are people who are willing to do it and they can win.

geese. geese are what pass through my area.

Michael Alm, (Almfab on YouTube) replaced a load bearing wall in his early 1900s home. you should be able to find it pretty early on in his house reno playlist.

that’s super adorable. when she turns legal drinking age, you should pour for her the same amount, telling her “it’s only half a glass, daughter”.

knees are still okay, but the back needs some serious maintenance.

glory holes in every room!

nice!