rambling_lunatic

I was very antagonistic because I grew up an atheist in a conservative ultracatholic hell. Now I live in a chill place that used to also be conservative ultracatholic hell. I got to meet religious people that didn't sincerely believe that I deserve to be tortured forever for not believing in what they do, who aren't bigots, who believe in abortions, who hate rapist priests. When people aren't mad at you all the time, it's so much more peaceful to reciprocate.

It's easy to fall into antitheism when the only religious people around you are structurally supporting evil, it's hard when you see that people can actually have a positive relationship with their religion and community, even if they are incorrect about some metaphysical truth.

Unironically think they would be proud. I clawed my way out of the depression pit and am working on the plans I had since I was younger.

"The further onwards, the scarier"

~ Russian Proverb

Asperity is the word

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_satellite_conspiracy_theory

Yeah it was a thermal blanket from the mission that took the photo

Solar Sails, Generational and Cryogenic Ships: We'd be able to see the craft slowly approaching us. Covering it up would be increasingly impossible as it approaches us because as the comrade from before said, telescopes are readily available technology. Even if there was a coverup of an international scale that had the support of every single institution, it would require dealing with thousands of amateur astronomers and utterly subverting scientific peer-review.

Wow: The Signal has never been repeated. It could genuinely be aliens who sent it by accident. Other more sensitive radio telescopes didn't detect it though. The discoverer believes that while it isn't impossible that the signal is extraterrestrial in origin it could also be some nonsense done on Earth. The signal band is protected but it could be interference from a close-by frequency or someone with a powerful transmitter making the funniest pirate radio broadcast ever.

Asteroid: If they were trying to communicate with their folks back home, there's a good chance we'd pick it up. Furthermore, maintaining a livable space station on an asteroid will generate waste heat and such. Our astronomers would probably notice such an anomaly.

Artemis II happened recently, despite all the cuts :)

Cruises are cool. The problem is that modern cruises are ecologically ass and only reasonably affordable to the rich.

Red Hat / IBM have contracts with the Israeli military so yes

Desire is a production-process, and we are all machines that desire.

An old antifascist gym had a slogan.

"A fascist worked out today. Have you?"

Defensive driving is for pedestrians too

RCV still has some flaws although of course it is infinitely better than FPTP. Ireland continues to be held in the grasp of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Approval voting seems to be the best according to most scholars on the topic.

Missa times acceleration

The job description is literally to protect the powers that be and in exchange get your own authority to power-trip on too. It is fundamentally a reactionary job that should not exist, and neither should the system they protect.

A wee bit sad that people say this now when immigrants have pretty much always been legally required to have their papers. It is shit but has always been shit.

Hell even in Ireland a legal alien must always have their residence permit with them.

Very fucked if you live on an island though. Not only do you need to be rich, you need a visa.

At least the Dominican Republic will be getting a new penal code this year that allows it in cases of life-threatening complications this year. Then you can pray that the courts let your doctor do it instead.

Ah my bad didn't realise that was the same guy in the screenshot and the reply chain