We are no where near being capable of that.

Using a laser beam to push a solar sail dragging a mini probe behind it (which is the closest thing as are even relatively close to) is a far far far cry from having the self-sustaining life-support technology to last the centuries it would take to get there.

Linux on all my computers. E/os on my phone.

Used to be a Mulder. Now I’m a Scully.

Alien life, although likely to exist somewhere out there (Its quite literally mathematically impossible for it NOT to) in some form, even if microscopic.

But it has never and will never pop by for a visit. Its never been here. And has no reason to ever come here.

A civilisation that is technologically capable of making the trip is, by default, also technologically advanced enough to not need anything from some hostile primates on a malfunctioning planet.

For some reason, some men automatically add two extra points (out of 10) for having big tits, even though they’re legitimately a butter-face. (See also: Sweeney, Sydney)

Every country at this point, whether good, bad, democratic or evil autocracy, should all have one thing in common at this point. And that is collectively telling the U.S. to shut the fuck up.

No one gives a fuck about your opinion anymore, 'Murica.

Author.

I’ve struggled all my life at finding the time to actually finish anything of note. I have folders full of notes, snippets of chapters, character profiles, etc…

All are ideas that I adore, but while I used to consider myself an “okay” writer, it’s very much like any other muscle, if you don’t use it regularly it atrophies. The longer it’s been, the harder it is to get back to it without feeling defeated by the mental effort it suddenly takes to think of one damn metaphor.

And no… i refuse to use A.I. to slop out some books. That would betray every ethical belief about human creativity that I have; which is that there is no “accomplishment” without “struggle”. The time, training, sweat and learning ARE the entire point of creative endeavour.

Camera pulls back yo reveal a drop that in no way whatsoever would hurt any cat that actually knows how to cat.

Then again, judging by this guys struggles, its best not to rely on his natural cat skills to land on his feet.

I’m a single, Gen-x male and I despise cooking. Twenty minutes to prepare something, five minutes to eat it, and then another 20 minutes to clean up afterwards is, IMO, the most insanely inefficient use it my time.

Frankly I have better things to do. when a pill comes out that I can just pop in my mouth a couple of times a day I will be the first person in line.

For now, sadly, the best I can do it keep things as simple and as easy as possible prep wise (or order in… which gets to financially prohibitive sometimes)

I’ve just considered it a casualty of the privacy wars.

I don’t know if they’re deployed as a “weapon of annoyance” or anything, but I do notice that when I’m using a) a degoogled browser, b) an ad-blocking dns, c) mask my location, and/or d) block my IP. Suddenly (almost) every website makes me wait by throwing that at me.

I think it’s lowkey trying to annoy me to the point where I give up on having those privacy measures, but they underestimate my hatred of corporate fuckery.

There’s a reason Kegsbreath announced an increased military presence in D.C. the day after the elections.

I firmly believe they’ll just refuse to seat anyone and then deal with the inevitable shit storm that results.

This isn’t over. Not by a long shot.

It all sounds good. But with Trump moving more military into DC, my gut tells me that come January they’re simply going to refuse to seat the new members and then deal with the inevitable march on Washington that results…

Yes. That’s true as well.

I’m weirdly great at parallel parking. Its my only real marketable skill, so I tell everyone. Lol.

I’m pretty simple.

Hunting to eat it? Great. I love me some deer sausage.

Hunting to chopoff its head and mount it on your wall like some ghoulish asshole? Go fuck yourself.

I feel like trophy hunters don’t show any respect to the animal, while hunters for eating do.

Have voters not made it clear enough that YOU don’t get to decide what is or isn’t a priority…they do.

The entire election was about Republicans doing whatever they wanted regardless of the wishes of their electorate. You sure you want to burn down that same bridge, Hakeem…?

No…the reason you lost is because you’re literally a dick head on ever…single…issue that the working people care about.

It’s as though MAGA and Trump loyalists make a fucking spreadsheet, cross reference it with current events and the opinion of the working class, and then mathematically determine the exact opposite and most infuriating take on it, and then disseminate that out to their social media influencer army.

Get fucked, Vance.

Pfft… Why don’t we just start publishing scientific papers on the loch ness monster and bigfoot too, now!

“likely”

I do not think that word means what you think it means…

In my defense, those stairs are pretty small…

Pretty bold words from a guy who looks like the Downs Syndrome gene just narrowly missed him by less than the width of a chromosome…