orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

never expect any proxy set up by a western power to ever be remotely democratic by any means because it's flat out never in the interests of said western power. and you wonder why the U.S. is so bad at "statebuilding" when literally every incentive is to have a stable, authoritarian ally rather than an unpredictable democracy on its hands. The U.S. never wants to install a self determining government if it thinks there's any chance the people there won't serve US interests.

Old radios have such great design. This is my Trans-Oceanic R7000-2, from 1981. You can't hear, but it's playing Songs From Under the Floorboard.

@melissasage You're gonna end up on the streets and you're gonna be grateful for the freedom to starve

@melissasage frankly it says a lot that the best thing you guys can say about america is that *at least* you're "free"

@ox 1920s: the Roaring Twenties

2020s: the Screaming Twenties?

"Wa is Wa Rio's family name and Wa Luigi took it when they got married" is the hill I will die on

HONK

Sharp high heels

DOOM is merely a continuation in a long western tradition of artistic depictions of hell, but with a distinctly American twist. in Dantes inferno Dante goes to hell to learn about it. in DOOM you go to hell to kick its ass. in this essay i will

I'm sorry

My step-kid is a 12-year old trans girl and wants to start taking puberty blockers. We don't know what the process is like, what hoops she'll have to jump through, etc. Her psychiatrist didn't know either (she is planning to get back to us, likely with a referral though). We would appreciate it if anybody can point us at a good resource! We live in the US. (Florida)