We already require the President and Senate to agree to appoint a Justice. The problem there is the Senate gives each state equal representation with no regard to their population (this has been an issue since before the country was a country) and there’s absolutely no way that enough rural states are going to vote to change that system.

My favorite version is the gene-edited cats and accompanying folk song.

Just pointing out that some people may have mayors that are more symbolic than anything so it’s not unreasonable to assume the mayor of NYC is similar. I’m not disagreeing per se.

When I was in grade school we had multiple lessons on using Boolean search terms to find useful information. Google-fu used to mean something.

What a mayor does varies rather a lot between cities.

The Tea Party gave Repubs the courage to be the racist Christofascists they already were, the left side of American politics is far less homogeneous.

Working conditions and payment disputes are not “meta drama” and more than a “community” it’s an industry of freelancers. You may not care for it but independent entertainment is a huge part of our culture right now, in terms of hours watched per day and revenue generation. It’s a parallel arm of the gig economy, uncontracted workers entirely at the mercy of huge media companies and the fickle public.

They’re working class in the entertainment industry, their complaints are as valid as any other laborer.

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The ACTUAL failure was not switching to a nationalized single-payer system.

Sometimes I like to think about what the world would look like if Columbus sank in the Atlantic. How long until another European sailed West?

I’ll be deep in the ground before I play along with that kind of shallow pandering.

That one should be for writers. Poets and authors and literature enthusiasts. Feign ignorance if anyone comments on the name.

Respect your employee more, let them have a decent night’s sleep.

Twin Peaks (the 1990 series) is a pretty approachable Lynch experience (and very good) but you do have to get used to the slow pacing. The story builds and doubles back and wrinkles, sometimes erratically, but the strange drama and excellent characters really are worth experiencing. If you hate it you probably aren’t going to appreciate his really weird stuff either.

Or just jump straight into Eraserhead.

Innovation is not the most important trait a society can chase, I’d rather judge on how they treat those that need the most help.

The planet is better off with fewer people

Fuck off with that ecofascist soft genocide shit.

I just firmly disagree that parents should have that much control over their offspring. Government-mandated care and responsibilities are important, this includes safety laws and restrictions. This includes limiting the stuff they’re exposed to.

But children need to be raised and parents shouldn’t have carte blanche to fuck their kids up in the name of personal liberty.

The concept of society is fundamentally opposed to your “everyone is responsible solely and completely for themself” ideal up there. I have a vested interest in people not throwing their life away.

Colonial invasion is not the defense you think it is.