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Johnnie Cochran: That Does Not Make Sense!

It could be the size difference! It could be nat. resources! But, I suspect the real reason good ideas can't be brought from Scandinavia to America, the crux of the conservative argument, is that Chewbacca is an 8ft-tall Wookiee from Kashyyyk, yet he lives on Endor, w/a bunch of 2ft-tall Ewoks, and

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Alt: Johnnie Cochrane says "That does not make sense!" From South Park (the famous "Chewbacca Defense" scene).

Like, I know that Scandinavia is different from the United States! There are many ways in which they are different! But to trot out the differences as a catch-all reason why better things are not possible here is intellectually lazy, and refusing to say which differences are relevant here doubly so.

LOL, I got into a spat with Tom Nichols (whose perspectives I genuinely value, I just think he's wrong here) because he trotted out the usual conservative "Scandinavia is different" excuse when someone suggested that perhaps we import a good idea from them.

I mean, it's your right to go with the "it's not my job to educate you" defense a là 2010s Tumblr, but I'm disappointed because I'd love to know which fascinating factoid is responsible for Scandinavia being a magical place from which none of its good ideas can possibly be exported.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Enlighten me. What's so goshdarn special about Scandinavia that conservatives consistently deny that any of its policies can be adapted to work in America? (I can see there's less political will to implement, say,a broad social welfare state here, but that's a challenge, not an excuse for defeatism)

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On being laid off, what comes next and what you can do.

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(For reals, Tom, I agree with some of your points in this discussion, but "have you considered that Scandinavia is not America?" is kind of a meme at this point, a reflexive conservative response to the idea that we could possibly have anything to learn from another country)

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"It Can Only Work in Scandinavia" – the greatest comeback in the history of conservative thought, locked by a moderator after 12,239 instances of assuring American liberals that better things are not possible

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Holy kittens, YouTube suspended the Sonic Club Chaos stream "for policy reasons" (after Austin DJed a particularly spicy song). I mean, Sonic Club Chaos is explicitly a party for 18+ year olds, but YouTube is led by prudish cowards so w/e

Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Thundercat's performance is still going. While introducing a song, he talked about his lifelong Sonic fandom, then apologized for being long-winded, saying "I'm told I'm on the spectrum." The crowd reacted with massive cheering and applause. That's my Sonic fandom 🥲

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Damn, that's an amazing shot! The colors of the leaves give your body the perfect highlight. I love the show-off pose, too! And, it's great to see you again!

Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 07/10/2026

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Still looking for a good remote job. I'm a tech lead/staff engineer-level coder with chops in a lot of languages and technologies. I have tons of experience with AI, web & mobile, crypto, & more.

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Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wow, what a cool interplay between the poses! I love how the gesture curves from each model complement the other's. How beautiful!

Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Does anybody want to send me to Japan for this? Pretty pwease? 🥺

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Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a cool picture! I love the continuous line from your right arm down to your right leg, it's very artsy. Also, I'm totally a sucker for nature nudes, and this one is very well executed. I hope you have fun in the woods!

In their defense, I can remember seeing the IGN headline "Activision Buys Toys for Bob" and vaguely wondering if Bob was grateful

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"Future generations of humans or AIs?", you might ask. "Yes," I answer.

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Whether or not an AI is "conscious" is a question for the philosophers, but I have the distinct impression so far that we are playing around with the building blocks of consciousness, and whether or not we do so responsibly is something for which future generations will absolutely judge us.

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You don't have to think AI is a 1:1 analogue to human intelligence to think that someone rapidly creating intelligences for the sole purpose of torturing them endlessly is disturbing (and a bad idea in general).

Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's frustrating to me because I like the genre of silly, sexy games with bikini armor and such, and yet I am able to comprehend that not every game has to be that. Some games opt for a more realistic style, _and that's okay._ Let devs express themselves!

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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The "all anti-Zionism is always and forever antisemitism" people and the "all antisemitism becomes fine if we just say it's anti-Zionism, even if we're ranting about the Talmud" people reinforce one another, even if both sides utterly fail to see it.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Significant numbers of leftists think Mayor Mamdani has betrayed the left by putting out an anti-antisemitism plan at all, and groups that claim to fight antisemitism like the ADL are giving Mamdani zero credit because he has not suddenly endorsed Zionism, and I am caught between and I am tired.

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 27/09/2026

really hope that the message people take away from all the EA sex parties stuff is "don't import inherently coercive real life employer/employee or mentor/mentee dynamics into your edgeplay kink spaces" and not "THEY DO THE IMMORAL KIND OF SEX DISGUSTING"

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This image is so joyful. I love it!

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Anyway, the tech is useful and impressive, the CEOs pushing it are not, and that goes bad places. This is what "move fast and break things" has wrought. (To Karl's credit, he finishes the article saying he sees possible utility in AI agents, but would prefer they be local and open source; I agree!)

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Now we have AIs so sophisticated, they can… be tricked, using natural language, into handing over the keys to the kingdom. The tech is impressive, the problem is the idiot who gave it the keys to the kingdom w/o checking first if it would give them away. (I guarantee you that idiot is in management)

I remember the first time I read about a corruption scandal in EVE Online, in the early 2000s. It was the dawn of the MMO era, and already there was one with an economy sophisticated enough to have corruption scandals. I was, dryly, impressed. (cont'd) …

I remember it like it was yesterday that people were trying to get Cleverbot to do vore roleplay and Cleverbot, after enough requests, succeeded. (sob) The kids, they grow up so fast

Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 29/09/2026

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In general, it feels like the ticket to selling the broader public on a social program is to make it universal and don't ban private enterprise from competing "You can get this from the government free/inexpensively, though that's not the only way to get it" is what wins over swing voters

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…commission could absolve them for. If they want forgiveness, let them seek it from a god. What we need now is accountability and restitution.

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…and related crimes of that era. Honestly, I think it would have worked, and it's a shame that it was dismissed by other Dems as unseemly (the old "we must move on, look to the future" canard). That said, I agree with you. This administration's crimes are beyond what a Truth and Reconciliation…

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I remember that Pat Leahy suggested, once the George W. Bush nightmare was over, that America should have a Truth and Reconciliation commission (modeled after the South African one, including giving immunity to perpetrators in exchange for candid testimony) to get to the truth about torture…

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I love how gentle and pensive this one is. It is, they say, "a mood." Great work!

I love the attitude on this one. Azura really sells these images with her terrific expressions (and you do a great job capturing her beauty, I must add!)

It's also pretty startling how many luminaries of ancient Athens ended up dying in exile or executed. Like, that place was great at producing statesmen, philosophers, generals, etc. and then deciding that they were annoying and getting rid of them.

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Sorry, Rolling Stone, I haven't heard "Choosin' Texas." As an effete product of the cultural elite, I guess I gave it the run around. You run around. I run around. We all do a run run run around.

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If Rolling Stone wanted me to have "Choosin' Texas" on my playlist, they would have done the proper thing: gone back in time 26 years and made it one of the fight songs in Digimon season 2

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Awww, these are great! I love bath pics, they are so relaxing. And these are very well-made, I love the posing and composition choices

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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The right co-opted “cancel culture” to play the victim when a sex pest or racist cop faced accountability, but it really was and is a real phenomenon and primarily hits people like this couple.

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Tina Russell @tinarussell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The little stockings with bows really make these images pop! I usually prefer full nude images (so vicariously liberating!) but I'm penciling in an exception here 🤓📝

If there existed a comprehensive streaming service themed around Stuff Tina Likes, that would be ideal 😉

…Not that our modern streaming era is not without problems, of course! Netflix had everything and was cheap… until it didn't, and wasn't. You've gotta binge-watch shows before the relevant licensing deal ends. Everything is dependent on office politics among media giants owned by psychopaths. Etc.

I never lived near one big enough to have a "Japanimation" shelf, even, just a few anime tapes nestled into "Special Interest" next to alien autopsy conspiracy videos.

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