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👻Really Spooky Smith👻
👻Really Spooky Smith👻
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Author of Even a Dog Enlists, Why Not You? and Rank Absurdity: An Irreverent Military Memoir. Formerly a US Army, MI, UN, NATO, etc. guy. Currently a Regular Human Person goofing off on Bluesky. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sean-Smith/author/B0B6KPP5XL
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I think Democrats writ large have the "problem" that people paying attention simply can't hate the GOP more. Like how do you REALLY move the needle on a war that STARTED at 1972 Vietnam War disapproval? They're basically pushing against the Electron Degeneracy Pressure of politics.
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Even as an amoral tactical maneuver...who is it for? Everyone whose whole personality is trans panic is already locked in for the GOP.
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.
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If anyone is interested, I shared a chapter of my book on my blog. sleepyneutrons.com/2026/10/25/f...
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Mass Effect 3 botching the ending so hard made everyone forget how much good game there was up to that point.
The thing about ME2 is that while it doesn’t move the main story forwards, it’s excellent execution of the “putting together a team” conceit. What it actually moves forward are player companion stories, which are both satisfying in their own right and paid off in ME3
I get it, back when my nieces were little I was taking a nap and they Krazy Glued esoteric military valor signifiers all over me like they were Blue's Clues stickers.
When it came out that the Nevada Republican David Flippo’s campaign had falsely claimed he received a Bronze Star with valor, there was just one problem, the Air Force veteran, wore a hat with V-shaped emblems for years. His new explanation? His grandkids added the Vs without him noticing.
Star Citizen's commitment to the bit is incredible, and the whole saga started in the Obama years, so it definitely was ahead of the "just keep scamming forever" curve.
Star Citizen is an exception though; early adopter of "everything is fraud or gambling", picking a niche audience of whales who are deep in sunk cost fallacy
I'm sure I saw some Disney cartoon or something when I was younger (The Rescuers, maybe?) but the first one I actually remember was the 1979 re-release of the original Star Wars.
First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people! Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :) Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.