Because the rich pay the middle class to keep the poor in check. It’s that simple really.

It’s the deal the military and police have offered for a long time - recruit heavily from the underclass with the promise of social mobility, up to the next tier - the middle class. In exchange, you agree to oppress and/or kill people from your former social class.

It’s somewhat ironic that this meme is presented from the perspective of two monarchs, who clearly already understand the social dynamics at play, but hey, it makes for good rabble rousing.

I’m organic sungrown Humboldt Indica

He’s \sorry that he was forced to agree to a settlement of $567 million against him courtesy of New Mexico, or 1% of his 2026 $56 billion in revenue.

If all 50 states started jumping in, he might have to skip on buying that new yacht this year.

Trump?

You’re not gonna believe this, but…

Gen X and I haven’t paid a music company since 1998, but music has been mostly shit since then, and the constant string of economic collapses left me unable to buy at full price even if I wanted to.

Side note, that’s really why we’re pissed off. We’re the ones who figured out the game was rigged from the start, and that we’d be forced to play it without ever having the numbers to affect real change.

Since we’re on the subject of real life horrors, what happens when the borders of this outbreak overlap the borders of the current ebola outbreak?

This is a real question for any medical professionals in the chat, btw. I believe it’s highly likely we’ll see spread of the latter beyond Africa given the collapse of US disease control support under the current administration.

It’s not about Fauci. It’s about sending a message that if you don’t toe the MAGA line, the federal government will be weaponized against you and drag you through the mud.

Fauci made Trump look a fool by simply telling the truth. This was his sin, and this is what he’s being punished for now.

And make no mistake, this message is not just to government officials. It’s directed squarely at me and you, and it’s coming straight from the KGB’s playbook.

Don’t ask me, ask the ghost of John McCain what he thought of Rand Paul.

I think the commentators griping about this are missing the larger message here. Harris is a career politician who represents a significantly powerful wing of the Democratic establishment. She wouldn’t have made the endorsement without their approval.

This is an olive branch to the progressive wing of the party, and it’s a sign that the Dem establishment is finally acknowledging that they’re in real trouble without embracing progressive politicians. It’s also a shot across the bow to AIPAC and Israel at large. This means that the neo-liberal wing of the party has finally realized that while they rake in tons of money from AIPAC, the GOP will always receive far, far more.

While it’s likely far too little and far too late, it does represent the first significant shift towards party unity since the last election. I’ll take the win - we need all we can get these days.

So pennies on the dollar then?

EDIIT: $567 million is .03% of Meta’s current net worth of 1.51 trillion, or 1% of its 2026 revenue of $56 billion.

Also better than 90% of my managers.

Trump has his ballroom, Nero had his fiddle.

History doesn’t repeat, but it’s been rhyming a lot lately…

NEW GUY IS RANDOM TWITCH GUY!

Finish the PhD, then get a new job.

$65k will be worth half of what it is or less in 10 years. You will, at best, get a raise of about 5% per year. You will see a 20% - 30% raise if you jump ship with the PhD provided you go for corporate positions (you’ll barely be treading water if you decide to teach).

The stability of the current job is an illusion - they will let you go the moment it becomes profitable for them to do so. The only person who can ensure you stability is you, and the only way you can do that is by maximizing your earning potential so you have enough wealth to survive a jobless period. Do not rely on unemployment benefits - they’re a joke and often arrive as much as a year late.

Source: I took the stable route at that same salary number. Was laid off after 10 years during COVID, while I was sick. My next position I jumped from 65k to 90k, and with the next to 110k within three years. It took over 18 months for me to receive my unemployment benefits.

Companies have no loyalty to you. You are a resource to be exploited. Treat them the same way, and you’ll be much wealthier and likely happier for it.

Once Twitter was bought out by Elon, the writing as on the wall for Truth.social. It only got initial traction because Trump was banned from Twitter. Once Twitter was yanked violently to the right into X, there was no need for Truth.social, as both systems are effectively providing the same propaganda to the same audience.

I just realized I haven’t played an EA game in over a decade. SW Battlefront II was the last one, and it felt like a downgrade from the 2005 version.

I mean, are there any of their titles that have made an impact in the last decade? I can’t think of any other than sports and racing games.

So, ICE is trying to dox folks:

The effort has swept up U.S. citizens and activist groups that track ICE activity, with contractors assembling dossiers that can include a poster’s name, birth date, employer, Social Security number and vehicle records. To identify anonymous accounts, the Department of Homeland Security has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social media companies, and recently escalated to grand jury subpoenas that are harder to fight.

Meanwhile…

The administration now treats organized doxxing of officers as domestic terrorism, a label it has stretched to cover filming agents at work. ICE spending on surveillance tools and consultants hit $258 million in Trump’s first full year back, a 57% jump.

I’d point out the hypocrisy if it weren’t so depressingly obvious.

When speaking to the oppressor, its best to do so in their language lest your intent be lost in translation or to a knee-jerk rejection based on the implications of a particular term.

The question was not directed to Australians nor to fellow travelers such as yourself, rather to the various operatives of the CCP that are likely monitoring this post.

They’ve yet to reply at the time of this writing… better hurry up Xinne the Pooh, my popcorn is getting cold.

Explain to me how erasure of an ethic identity is not considered ethnic cleansing?

And when you realize you can’t, then explain to me why I, as a citizen of another country, should uphold your law designed to ethnically cleanse your nation within my borders?

I’m very glad that I decided to grow my own lettuce on a whim this year.

Turns out it’s pretty easy to grow. I used a packet of Dollar Store seeds and have had the best lettuce of my life for the last 3 months (and still going):

https://www.almanac.com/plant/lettuce

Soundtrack for my space bros