X-Wings & History
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Public, military, and social history, in this galaxy and beyond. Also TTRPGS and this space camp I went to one time.
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once again, there is a borg of centrist thought that is trapped within its own mind prison of that website, and it is increasingly divorced from the reality of how most people feel. & the beltway press is attached to it via umbilical cord
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
once again, there is a borg of centrist thought that is trapped within its own mind prison of that website, and it is increasingly divorced from the reality of how most people feel. & the beltway press is attached to it via umbilical cord
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fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
New: Gov. Greg Abbott and Turning Point USA are launching a partnership to create chapters of the right-wing organization on every Texas high school campus.
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
fellas, is it good when the ruling party requires public institutions to recruit for ideological youth cadres
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It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s very funny to me that countries are trying to pass laws banning teens from social media until they’re older and can “handle it” as if the last decade hasn’t been about watching rich middle aged men nuke their brains on Twitter and then run the USA via shitpost.
Entirely on brand for a conservative oaf from Indiana to view the world outside his flat non-entity of a state with hostility and suspicion before learning that things are pleasingly normal elsewhere.
When he went to teach at Harvard, Republican Eric Holcomb, former governor of Indiana, found a community that could still talk with each other & work together toward the greater good — education, discovery and the development of ideas and technologies.
Opinion | I was a red state governor. What I saw at Harvard surprised me.
The spirit of association remains alive in unexpected places.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Entirely on brand for a conservative oaf from Indiana to view the world outside his flat non-entity of a state with hostility and suspicion before learning that things are pleasingly normal elsewhere.
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it's fun that the Chiefs are stuck with Butker because if they bench or cut him ICE will raid the wedding.
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
it's fun that the Chiefs are stuck with Butker because if they bench or cut him ICE will raid the wedding.
Got to this cutscene tonight, and it is the most ripped-from-the-page thing I have ever seen in a game. Phelan talks shit to Vlad and then has an innuendo-filled conversation with Ranna. A day in the life of Phelan.
NEW YORK CITY, YOU LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU'RE NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT NOW, ANY TYPE OF 24-HOUR STORE, GO INTO THE STORE RIGHT NOW AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THEIR MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Got to this cutscene tonight, and it is the most ripped-from-the-page thing I have ever seen in a game. Phelan talks shit to Vlad and then has an innuendo-filled conversation with Ranna. A day in the life of Phelan.
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You all have to understand, Tom Cotton has a chip on his shoulder against society because society is keeping him from owning slaves.
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You all have to understand, Tom Cotton has a chip on his shoulder against society because society is keeping him from owning slaves.
Best I could do with a rickety folding ladder and a few mismatched light strings. Merry Cheeses for us Mices, everyone.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Best I could do with a rickety folding ladder and a few mismatched light strings. Merry Cheeses for us Mices, everyone.
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![Mytus Adema's gaberwool Imperial kepi
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“No evidence the intent went beyond freeing slaves” — the framers of the amendment openly stated that it would grant citizenship to the children of Chinese immigrants. It’s in the Congressional record. Cited extensively in Wong Kim Ark. These aren’t obscure sources, especially for law professors.
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“No evidence the intent went beyond freeing slaves” — the framers of the amendment openly stated that it would grant citizenship to the children of Chinese immigrants. It’s in the Congressional record. Cited extensively in Wong Kim Ark. These aren’t obscure sources, especially for law professors.
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this gets to the fundamental lawlessness. the difference between law as a game and law as a tool of government.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.
December 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
this gets to the fundamental lawlessness. the difference between law as a game and law as a tool of government.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
birthright citizenship is the law. nothing has changed. the documents are the same. if that can change based on *nothing*, you don't have a real constitution in the first place.
I love where I'm from so much.
The Nature of Nature: Biodiversity in the Hudson Valley
YouTube video by NYSDEC
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December 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I love where I'm from so much.
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50 people are going to have to look for work because the University decided their collective labor was worth less than a losing record in football.
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
50 people are going to have to look for work because the University decided their collective labor was worth less than a losing record in football.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
I have so many other things to listen to, but the universe keeps on giving me signs that I should re-listen to Wraith Squadron and the audiobooks are staring at me like the Green Goblin mask.
a man in a green suit is standing in front of a brick wall
ALT: a man in a green suit is standing in front of a brick wall
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I have so many other things to listen to, but the universe keeps on giving me signs that I should re-listen to Wraith Squadron and the audiobooks are staring at me like the Green Goblin mask.
God it sucks that he's this easy.
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
God it sucks that he's this easy.
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don't listen to the haters, Bryce, I for one think you should continue to do a bunch of weird shit which will definitely not impact your playing!
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
don't listen to the haters, Bryce, I for one think you should continue to do a bunch of weird shit which will definitely not impact your playing!
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The perfect color for painting the interior of your home so that banks don't have to do anything after seizing your property and selling it to a predatory private equity investor after you foreclose.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The perfect color for painting the interior of your home so that banks don't have to do anything after seizing your property and selling it to a predatory private equity investor after you foreclose.
There is a guy in the Rev War historian community who does absolutely incredible primary source research and embodies all the best potential of living history as a research tool, but he publishes his work either as Facebook posts or various document-posting sites. Fascinating man.
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
There is a guy in the Rev War historian community who does absolutely incredible primary source research and embodies all the best potential of living history as a research tool, but he publishes his work either as Facebook posts or various document-posting sites. Fascinating man.
Riddhe Marcenas your days are numbered.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Riddhe Marcenas your days are numbered.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
NEW YORK CITY, YOU LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU'RE NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT NOW, ANY TYPE OF 24-HOUR STORE, GO INTO THE STORE RIGHT NOW AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THEIR MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
NEW YORK CITY, YOU LISTEN TO ME. IF YOU'RE NEAR A CONVENIENCE STORE RIGHT NOW, ANY TYPE OF 24-HOUR STORE, GO INTO THE STORE RIGHT NOW AND PUT YOUR HAND IN THE CASH REGISTER FOR NO REASON. THEIR MONEY IS YOUR MONEY AS OF RIGHT NOW
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The last decade in US politics
November 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
The last decade in US politics
DC statehood is the moderate position.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
DC statehood is the moderate position.