it’ll be kamala/newsom vs trump/desantis or something else nobody wants
Anyway I’ll make sure my friends who promised to beat the shit out of me for going back to her are informed of my folly
lol I was rejected by my ex and now she’s mad at me for even asking
I’m fine with the rejection, was pretty much expected (I thought I had nothing to lose either way so it was worth trying), but l’m confused about the anger. Things ended amicably due to circumstances out of our control (she had to move away). I’ve tried my best to be a good friend to her for the past 6 months. Now that she’s back in town and we’ve hung out a bit I thought it was reasonable to ask her out. She’s treated me like shit for for the last 8 months so maybe I should take the hint and cut all ties
update: she blocked me without any notice or further contact lol. Doesn’t make sense to me at all but at least the ties were cut
I’m set on asking out my ex tomorrow. I have nothing to lose if I get rejected, but dating her again would be nice. Unfortunately, my friends have threatened to kick me repeatedly in the balls if I do this because they don’t think I should go back to her for complicated but valid reasons (they want the best for me)
I thought it was common knowledge that the dams deliberately destroyed their way of life, every museum with exhibits on pre-columbian cultures I’ve been to in the PNW acknowledged this
If they weren’t libs they’d do reparations
Ancient Jews believed in the existence of Egyptian and Canaanite gods separate from their own, and that Yahweh would battle them when they were at war
About to be hiking across the Alps and Norway for a few weeks. Due to a series of stupid events it’s impossible to get international data on my phone (shout-out to verizon) so I’ll be logging off for a while. Fingers crossed that nothing ever happens gang stays winning
he is deeply unpopular with anyone who isn’t white though
either they do this or Galilee secedes and the apartheid state begins to collapse anyway
a jungle primary between beto, pete, stacey abrams, newsom, some random senators, the worst billionaire you have ever seen, and eventually AOC probably
they will rally behind newsom after pete proves to be too unlikeable
Polls need to show non-voters and their reasons for not voting. Like the US, I guarantee there’s a ton of left-leaning people who feel shut out of the political structure
Nobody would think you’re being condescending by saying you don’t use social media, that is the most normal thing you could say
I’m younger than you, but texting seems to be the #1 way everyone stays connected these days. Social media is more of a way to send memes
Obviously follow up by offering your number if you want to stay in touch with the person
Huawei is about to start paying its argentinian workers in beef
the cold war turned every civil war into a proxy war with at least one large power (the US) prolonging conflicts and fuelling large death tolls by supplying weapons to the right-wing, if not directly intervening
vietnam/cambodia/laos, both afghanistan wars, angola/namibia, liberia, sierra leone, syria, ukraine, both congo wars, occupation of lebanon, libya, yemen, and the years of lead are some examples of this
less nations legally declare war on each other now because declaring war requires UN backing, but the cold war was a violent extension of imperialism that never ended and a lot of people have been killed
I haven’t read the full article but yes, this goes back to post-war Stanford University under Fred Terman creating the virtuous cycle between universities receiving DoD funding for research, companies subcontracting out professors to develop intellectual property, and products from the companies benefitting the government. It created silicon valley out of ICBMs. It became the model all schools followed because it gave access to near-unlimited government funding, and there is no escaping the cycle of supporting imperialism without a new funding mechanism
I slept in this town once when I was temporarily homeless. I was lucky enough to not be harassed by cops. Letting people sleep in public spaces doesn’t harm anyone except landlords, the housing market, and the hotel/airbnb industry. How the fuck is an unemployed unhoused person supposed to eventually afford rent if they’re fined for existing outside?
Until my state has a cheap and quick train/bus system that can take you to state/national parks, I need a car. My next car will likely be a prius because I doubt the promised big expansion of charging stations will actually happen
If you don’t go on road trips, you don’t regularly drive long distances, and your city lacks decent public transit, cheap EVs are great relative to your other options
support for biden is support for trump now