Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I genuinely believe we're being conditioned into learned helplessness so that we do not trust our own decision-making abilities without external validation, because people who don't trust their own beliefs and instincts are easier to manipulate and control

I feel like you're looking for logical coherence between his stated positions, but we're talking about Sean Duffy so I think you're going to be very disappointed.

ugh it's gonna be aaron judge reinjuring his elbow and, ope should've had that surgery after all, rip 2026

Those naturalization ceremonies were the purest form of American patriotism I have ever witnessed. The way this regime desecrates what it means to be an American continues to break my heart every day

These mask ban people are always like “well there can be an exception for medical necessity,” and first of all, there’s lots of other reasons to wear a mask, and second, I’m not gonna fucking carry around a crip card to prove to the cops that I’m disabled. That’s some nazi shit

As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?

(also i fully acknowledge that it was a certain kind of privilege to even be in a position to deny it for so long because i have intermittent invisible disabilities i could conceal much of the time. but we shouldn't have to.)

realizing there's no alt in what i quote posted & i'm very sorry but i don't know where to start. it's a screenshot of a tweet saying "architects are cooked. AI is coming for you," with an AI floorplan of gibberish, including a room with 3 sinks & nothing else, a mudroom with 2 bathtubs, & more

I also love a house with a Master Roksn

It’s honestly criminal that masks are not simply required in health care settings. If I were a provider I would be horrified by the current state of infection control and the risk I was subjecting my patients to