Freedom and democracy are only dead if you stop fighting for it. Keep voting. Keep protecting your privacy as best you can. Do everything you can to speak out against bullshit like this.

if the offices are empty, why not use that money for a government program to guarantee down payments of first time home buyers?

The Biden administration is doing that also, it just doesn’t make as good a headline.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/16/white-house-announces-new-actions-on-homeownership/

If utilized as it should be, this Is a really good idea. It creates desperately needed housing, indirectly supports work from home, rescues downtowns struggling from customer loss, helps prevent default on tons of property loans (and preventing something akin to the 2008 crash).

I will always be thankful for Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Marsha Linehan. I have never been diagnosed as borderline, but the lack of basic coping and interpersonal skills was obvious. It wasn’t a cure, but it has given me a foundation on which I was able to move forward with deeper, therapeutic processes. Frankly, I think everyone should go thru all the modules at least once.

I will take a look. Thank you.

Tho it doesn’t have any pharmacies listed right now, those site will hopefully soon list where novavax can be acquired. https://us.novavaxcovidvaccine.com/

R/Greebles and r/crabcats!

How is a novice to tell?

I microwave my ice cream. Not until it’s completely melted, but till there is just the right mix of melty and firm. Even better is eating microwaved ice cream in the middle of winter while cuddled under and electric blanket. Pure bliss!

I was wondering about this, plus what species are they invading upon by moving further north?

To your cheese sausage I would reply “And for you, I have tuna patte.”

Chastity belt… CLANG!

Not a single mention of Blowfly Girl

Note to self: “decorate with crystal balls…” Got it!

It could have been so much better, but The Black Cauldron with the oracular pig is a favorite.

Edit to add: and The Goonies!

Made all the better. Dark fantasy at its best.

Hasn’t that always been the case? When did wiki stop just being a jumping off point when looking for accurate information?

Teach 'em young to get more votes. Republicans have been playing the long game for generations now.

I could be wrong. Maybe GASP you could be wrong. But isn’t Lemmy a wonderful beacon of freedom in which we can express our (potentially) mutually wrong opinions? 🤔

The quote HappyBadger posted is from philosopher (among other things) Karl Marx; it has been abbreviated and taken out of context. The full quote says:

“We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror. But the royal terrorists, the terrorists by the grace of God and the law, are in practice brutal, disdainful, and mean, in theory cowardly, secretive, and deceitful, and in both respects disreputable.”

Marx made the declaration when Prussia sent soldiers to shut down his newspaper; he was saying force will be used against the State’s attempt to use force as a way to suppress people.

The article to which HappyBadger is responding is about PEOPLE suppressing people while the State is trying to show compassion; antithesis of the original purpose of the Marx statement.

By abbreviating/misrepresenting the quote, HappyBadger is saying that he wants no compassion, in turn will show no compassion, and that he’s not apologetic for his behavior.

My response attempts to call out his post as a lie. Our everyday lives are filled with moments of exchanged compassion; all of which enrich the lives of the givers and receivers. It is an unspoken aspect of how individuals relate to one another within a social context.

If HappyBadger truly has no compassion, then he is likely a very unhappy person. And if all the unspoken, unsolicited compassion received throughout his daily life was truly taken away because he didn’t ask for it (and supposedly doesn’t want it), his life would be made all the more miserable because of the lack.