I imagine what would happen is that the fire chief would go ballistic on the police chief until that officer was fired. That’s probably the best outcome that’s within the realm of possibility

The federation does trade and tries to help more primitive societies that they encounter. They provide medical supplies, food, and other things a society asks them for, but they won’t share technology or interfere with their politics because it always leads to massive harm. Putting their finger in the scale results in conflict, despotism, and weird religions around what the contacted people were exposed to.

Germany is about to pass a law declaring it antisemitic to be shot by the IDF. Those diplomats had it coming.

This is the inevitable result of “No Child Left Behind” linking school funding to how students performed on standardized tests. American schools haven’t been about education for the last 20+ years. They are about getting as much funding as possible.

What do you think testing is for? It’s to show what you know/have learned

This is the future that libertarians have been fighting for for the past century. Congrats Ayn Rand, you won i guess

That’s what makes us Midwesterners better than the rest.

The Ohio HoR just overwhelming voted to remove all state funding from any city that implements ranked choice voting. It threatens the parties in power, so they are both eager to stomp it out

They just pulled that in the Ohio House this week. They have been calling it “One Person, One Vote” and are going to withhold state funds to any municipality that uses ranked choice voting. It passed our house 22-5 iirc

I get loads all the time. YouTube has become such trash, but even with a nebula subscription i feel sruck with it

The meme police, they live inside of your head

I’ll pay you to check my prostate for cancer as well

Yeah government needs to start ratcheting down on landlords. Tax rental properties as commercial businesses, as well as taxing rental income at a higher rate. If a landlord can’t afford that anymore, then they sell the property and get a real job.

Those “luxury” apartments are just plywood and sheetrock byult as fast and cheap as possible. They look good at first glance but start to come apart after just a couple years.

It’s coming for me in a couple months. I was out dancing Friday night, and then did some disc golf wand walking all over town yesterday and my legs are absolutely killing me today

One thing that is important to note is that King Arthur was sorta used as a template for story telling in medieval England, Wales, and France. There are dozens of conflicting stories and accounts because some tales are from the 7th century, and some are from the 14th. King Arthur and The knights of the round table are essentially a folk hero tale for the nobility of the middle ages.

Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur is the first compilation of Arthurian tales that were collected, but it was written in the 15th century and can be a real bear to read if you want something more casual.

Very interesting that everyone tried to pin Kurt Cobain’s suicide on her after that.

I’ve never been one to party on acid, but I’ve had some amazing times tripping on a camping trip. No hangover and some of the best hiking if your life

I like a beer when i am peaking. It would be horrible on the come up, but drinking a beer and listening to an album is a great time tripping. Fortunately i am always hungover when i do psychedelics, so I don’t want to drink much anyway. A bit of weed on my cigarette breaks really brings out my experience.