dejected_warp_core

Selinux

Hey, let's not get crazy. I still want to use it for practical things, too. /s

The fuck is going on with that organization?

My two-cents on the matter: The NFL's relationship with problematic decisions and/or optics, have been a thing for a long time now.

• Military flyovers^1^
• Strictly IMO: player "draft" process resembles an auction
• Predominantly black player base with white team ownership
• "Redskins" as a team name for far longer than the public felt it acceptable
• Entire league suffering from concussions^2^, life-altering injuries after retirement
• History of team owners doing all kinds of problematic stuff, but keeping their jobs regardless

1. My problem here is that we're talking commercial sports, an institution one could feasibly use as a refuge from politics. But we add rah-rah military back in, opening the door for nationalism, because screw all that.
2. There are lawsuits out regarding a possible cover-up (going back a long time) by the league in this area, as highlighted in recent news.

IMO, it is/was an advice and self-improvement trend that, like all such trends, ends leaving a vacuum for something else. Kind of like fad diets. So yes, I think that has been largely replaced by the alpha/guru influencer thing now.

That's an extreme simplification, but yes, that's the gist.

It's also a very Paulie take on things: so close, yet so far.

IMO, peak Sopranos is Tony's reaction to his voice while in a coma. We finally get an idea of how he really comes across after many seasons.

At least he did some damage with that one.

I'm on Tim Kaine's mailing list.

Since last November, his entire office/campaign has been heavy on optics throughout the state, all with a heavy lean towards business as usual. Only recently (late October) did he write about "challenging trump's reckless tariff policies", which was little more than a statement of fact than any actual coherent plan to solve anything. Most shockingly, this communique had ZERO mention about DOGE, and the thousands out of work right now in his state, let alone the government shutdown and the hungry poor people out there right now. Or any of the other politically relevant horrors we have going right now. It was easily one of the best written, carefully crafted, barely educational, worthless, tone-deaf, rage-inducing pieces of literature to hit my inbox, and includes a bottomless cornucopia of spam mail.

There's an old saying in politics: "never waste a good crisis." Well, this is a big one, and opportunities to be a hero with accolades and job security for life can be had at minimal effort. I can only conclude that the man's brain is located somewhere in the vicinity of his spine, both of which went missing back in 2024.

While I'm no longer a Virginian, I emplore those of you who are to vote this trash out.

The real tragedy is how stale that bread is; Subway^(tm)^ crust isn't supposed to do that. Is it too late to rescue the lunchmeat and start over?

DOGE fired most of these people, or at least their friends, family, and neighbors. Read the room, donnie.

Paging Mr. Munroe...

No idea. Not even the most meta-gaming-est members of that party had a workaround.

If you haven't read it, this is explored somewhat in "DM of the Rings": https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612

... although, I myself cannot recall how they explained Gandalf's resurrection.