Never eat meat that looks like an oil slick

Beef and probably other red meats can get an oil-slick appearance pretty quickly from certain packaging. My very first job was grocery, part of which in the meat dept. This was always something that struck as odd: we’d get fresh (like bright red, truly fresh beef) that I’d personally cut and load it into those foam trays and plastic-wrap them. Come back the next day, and the trays I assembled would have this weird chromatic glisten like an oil slick, like they were starting to rot despite being on the shelf (refrigerated) for a single night. Dude in charge of the meat dept said it was something to do with it being sealed off from oxygen - it’d go away when cooked, and is totally fine to eat. (this could be total bullshit - but taking his word at face value. Grain of salt)

Actual rot has a similar chromatic glisten, but kinda permeates deeper into the tissue. When in doubt, the smell test will tell you everything you need to know.

No one said there wasn’t a shooter or bullet - would you put Trump above sacrificing a pawn for a photo op?

No of course not, gunshot wounds to the ear heal up completely with no scar tissue in like 48 hours all the time. One of the ER techs asked Grok.

I think those might have been bulls.

I share that frustration, but discouraging voters from showing up isn’t going to help anything: focus your anger at the actual fascists, not the ballot box.

Actually achieving some meaningful reform is a complex project that requires every tool in the box. If you run into a stripped screw, don’t get mad at the screwdriver for not working, but instead reach for your other tools to use alongside the driver. Might need to grab it with a vicegrip (like a general strike) or whack it with a hammer (like a molotov cocktail), but don’t just discard the screwdriver - the screws aren’t all stripped, and the project is a lot bigger than just the one striped screw. If the next screw is also stripped, by all means light up another, uh, hammer… but the screwdriver is the easiest and most effective option for the parts of the project that aren’t already fubar.

So… advocating for alternatives when they’re called for: absolutely necessary! Throwing the screwdriver away: unnecessary and critical error.

Fortunately voting isn’t mutually exclusive to any other flavor of activism. So, unironically: yes, please do vote, as often and informed as you’re able to.

Light up some billionaire’s warehouse on the way home if you want, but voting is easier and safer than pretty much any offer method of driving some rapid reform, so start with voting, and take whatever other action you feel still needs to take place.

Lots of hate on voting lately… Why? Use every tool we’ve got.

He should paint the walls red.

The cool thing about voting is that it’s not mutually exclusive with any other action.

You can assassinate a Nazi, cast a vote, join a protest, and burn a Tesla dealership down all in one day.

So… vote. It’s easy and super low risk. Do whatever else you think will make an impact too - but in addition to voting, not in lieu of. And I don’t just mean the big elections - voting a Nazi off of your local school board or w/e is going to make a bigger impact to your community than any dipshit in DC.

It may not fix the country by itself, but it’s a tool in the box that we need to use every resource from that we can.

I think JD Vance should stay out of US affairs.

Surely this time people will stop talking about the Epstein files…

Alternatively, have you considered replacing your monitors with AR glasses?

Oh man, there’s a whole world that I know absolutely nothing about. My immediate concern is resolution and latency - I use my computer for gaming mostly, would these have a look and feel on screen similar to a decent monitor?

Second concern… I’d kinda hate to even support that product line. The concept is good for what I’m asking about, but these things are a security and privacy nightmare in general. Mine would never leave the home, but even just buying a pair would feel like making a deal with a serial voyeurism sex offender. Is there a brand that doesn’t have the sketchy camera?

Charge and arrest are important first steps, but conviction and appropriate sentencing are the ones that matter.

We get a lot of pseudo-justice with fuckers like this being arrested, but then the legal process drags its feet until people stop talking about it, then the charges get dropped and nothing happens.

Stay angry until that murderer is in prison.

I would argue that MAGA embodies pretty much every one of these indicators

Of course it does, but calling the right out on hypocrisy is a never ending and absolutely maddening endeavor.

Cruelty is the point, and that’s the only thing with which the right shows any consistency.

You don’t need to worry about shit. Propaganda like the OP’s serves only to make you feel guilty about speaking up, pushing you to become one of MLK’s white moderates.

If you’re in a position to advocate for a group who’s voice is being muffled, do it.

You already know the distinction between that and talking over them - don’t let internet bullshit blur the line.

We can assess his brain for abnormalities during autopsy. Until then, continue to treat him as the domestic enemy to the Constitution, war criminal, rapist, and con artist that he is.

…asking Valve to make a third game in a franchise is a tall fucking order!

Current phone is near FUBAR. Had an incident involving the sidewalk, and, uh… the sidewalk won the fight.

Repair is an option, but shelling out more money for a brand I’ve come to detest is not super appealing.

Fairphone! I forgot about them. In light of recent events, the modular nature of their design is pretty appealing.

Hadn’t heard of Ulephone, but I like what I’m seeing so far!

What model do you have? A lot of their phones look like they have a thermal camera, which could be really useful (temps get pretty extreme where I live, so being able to see heat-leaks in my home could help to insulate them).

Also thermal aside, how’s the camera? I used to think more megapixels = better, but have since found there’s a lot more to image quality than just pixels (focus accuracy, good color saturation, etc).

Doesn’t say great things about their marketing that the first time I (a chronically online gaming nerd) am hearing about this company is their notice of shutting down.

Maybe hit a few more ‘AI’ data centers, just to be sure. And perhaps a different type of good deed all together just for variety sake!