I get off work at this god awful hour to learn that the US has performed an extrajudicial kidnapping of a foreign leader and their spouse. This fucking wild and I hope it doesn’t turn into regional conflict for all our sakes.

Harris was going to solve everything! Just like Biden and Obama before her, can’t you see! 🙄

At this point, I want it to get worse. It isn’t going to get better until all the comfortable trash becomes uncomfortable. Even that could be wrong, though. The whites destroyed the labor movement in the US because it was more important to them to continue being racist and upholding race based power structures than to actually achieve their goals against the state that was gunning them and their families down, sometimes in their homes. We ended up with very little and a fucking holiday that most of us that actually perform labor have to work while the class traitors above us get the day off.

That claim is so goofy. There’s too much money to be made in NYC, even with higher taxes. Furthermore, three city is a cultural center that they absolutely want to be a part of.

If they have learned that, I also hope the memory lasts.

Latino men knew this policy position when they joined the cauc block in re-electing Trump. I’m frankly surprised they’ve swung back.

Via war and it’s fallout, yes. The disruption to food, safe water, shelter, medical care, etc can increase the death toll well beyond direct casualties. Those are the most immediate effects, which doesn’t take into account the extreme pollution caused by munitions or burning structures/vehicles. All this is also only considering the use of “conventional” weapons.

That shot from a distance is pretty wild as well, though I appreciate the detail in the closer shot more.

I’m not sure about this specific location, but I have seen similar structures (including being inside one) as a foreign visitor. There is something quite striking/humbling about large statues or similar structures when they dwarf anything in the area. They definitely give me a more surreal vibe in comparison to natural formations that stand out in similar ways.

“You love to see it, folks!”

This is a very common theme in both successful and unsuccessful attempts at totalitarian takeovers. Essentially blaming the opposition for specific issues/events, followed by a crackdown, then a “restructuring” (for managed opposition e.g. Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai) or completely outlawing the existence of such parties (Greece under Metaxas). I’m very concerned about the near future. If the Republicans (this is bigger than Trump) are successful in their final push for an authoritarian state, it will result in the death and suffering of billions, guaranteed.

This is about importing foreign white supremacists, not removing whites from Africa.

You’re not wrong! 🤣

I was much younger and significantly more fit!

There are always conclaves within and nearby the city that are deep red. This is often where cops live, which helps maintain the “occupying army” model of policing that dehuminizes the residents.

Guys who lash out like that are 100% looking for an excuse to assault LGBTQ+ people. I’m a straight cis guy, I’ve been approached by men and turn them down politely the same way I would a woman I wasn’t interested in, no violence. The few guys who were handsy or inappropriate were dealt with by the community, no involvement from me needed.

I wonder if you inadvertently set-up on the entrance to a ground nest, though they likely would have been aggressive if you had.

Voucher schools exist because christofascists found another way to gut funding from public schools and place it in private hands.

Definitely unusual for the business, but I would imagine it’s better for the staff.

My Ma is like this. Growing up, we’d just let her argue for her movie choice and then put on what we wanted in less than 30m 🤣.

I didn’t know this joke had Yiddish origins. Funnily enough, it was told to me by my Jewish grandmother when she was explaining in a convoluted way that I should sweep before mopping 🤣.