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A partial win? So far this is the most resounding and embarrassing defeat I remember witnessing over the past decades.

It’s Rosa Luxemburg. I assume the quote is by her, but OP should provide a source.

I think OP is referring to the passage following what you posted, Matthew 24:36-44:

36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (ESV - emphasis mine)

There’s some additional passages in the Bible that reference the “thief in the night” motif, namely 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10, and Revelations 16:15.

That said, my interpretation is that these talk about the point in time which is unknown, not about the manner of Jesus’ return.

The German city I used to live in has an oversized pedestrian overpass with three large openings or holes. It never had an official name (as it was never intended as a monument or sight), but right from the start it was locally known as the Elefantenklo (“elephant loo”), or E-Klo.

These days it’s often considered Gießen’s most well-known landmark, which… tells you something about the place.

German wiki with photoa: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefantenklo_(Gießen)

Meh, he’ll just forget about Iran and do Cuba next. Remove/kill Díaz-Canel, bomb some civilians maybe. Then the next target (maybe something in Africa for a change?) and so on. Who’s gonna stop him? The Senate? SCOTUS? lol

Music and chess, mostly

I was joking in case it wasn’t absolutely obvious. I would strongly contest the view that he facilitated peace in even one country.

I mean he ended what, 8? 9? wars - he can start like another three or four and still be a net peacemaker.

I’m sure I have a bunch, but for the fediverse I think the most controversial is that I think neopronouns are a bad idea. DISCLAIMER I support queer folks, and I also use neopronouns when requested (because there’s zero reason to be a dick about it), but I think everybody would be better off without them.

The entire purpose of pronouns is to offer a quick, generic (i. e. non-individual) way of referring to people or objects without using their names. Using neopronouns which have to be communicated and learned first is the opposite of that. So in my view they’re not really pronouns, just additional names one has to learn for a person.

I think the most sensible way of accommodating all genders is using whatever pronouns are present in the language (usually male and female, or a generic pronoun), plus a non-binary pronoun if needed, like singular they in English.

Dunno about that, but the DoW is alive and well, fulfilling its purpose.

Slightly off topic, but one thing I"ve learned from the files is that all these rich assholes have terrible grammar and orthography.

Here’s a sobering thought: You think all these predators suddenly stopped trafficking and raping girls once Epstein was dead? This shit is still happening in other dark places more likely than not.

He’s too stupid to understand that they can change it back immediately once he’s gone. You don’t build a legacy by randomly naming stuff after yourself.

Writing this from Linux which I installed last fall in lieu of the Windows 11 update.
I’m still using both OS via dual boot, and I still have some unresolved issues on Linux, but I will fully transition during the course of this year.
One thing that is really mind-blowing is the difference in performance on my ~7 y/o laptop. My Linux Mint is just lightning fast compared to Windows 10. You can quite literally feel how Windows runs a thousand random things in the background (most of which I never asked for) whereas Linux feels very clean and… empty, but in a good way.

One thing that hasn’t been tried is a general strike (and by strike I don’t mean one day off, but a sustained, complete standstill of business without a set end date). That is like the only peaceful means potentially affecting the US oligarchs who finance fascism. And it doesn’t have to be the entire US, for starters it would help if at least some states and/or large cities would take part.

Can you elaborate? Do you mean guerilla warfare?

I think you need more of those black panther type people. The protestors far outnumber ICE in the city. If only half of them carried guns openly, I think ICE would be much more hesitant to go after people like this. They would always have to factor in the risk of someone randomly starting fire, just like US citizens currently have to factor in the risk of law enforcement suddenly shooting them for no reason.

Thanks!

What’s it from?

Absolutely worth it though. Maybe watch it together with somebody so you can do some adhoc mutual therapy lol.

I love Ghibli movies so much because they tell stories very well, they are never black and white, and they always make me feel and ponder things. (And all that with beautiful art and music).