MyBrainHurts

I think it's Heroes of Might and Magic 2?

I dunno, I'm torn. On the one hand, fair, trump's basically been doing whatever he wanted. But on the other hand, is that really accurate? How much power does a shutdown grant him to seriously cut back on things before the midterm results can hopefully constrain him?

And then the really icky politics, will this hurt dem voters enough to sit out midterms? If you lose your job because the democrats fought on this, sure you might have healthcare but people are really bad at keeping those hypothetical comparisons in mind at the ballot box (witness the rage at Biden for the inflation that ravaged the entire globe.)

But then to veer back to Jon's side, what's the alternative? Just give donald everything?

After reading the article "OH! I guess at her mom's funeral wasn't the right spot."

I organize a few co-ed soccer teams. My Tuesday team all said whether they would or wouldn't play without me having to nag anyone, which is always nice.

At work, a project I've been leading for what feels like an eternity just crossed the second last hump and most of my efforts towards it are done (for now until something explodes.)

Apparently the fediverse enjoyed a silly meme I made, which is always nice as I like to try to contribute to this place.

You could listen to the teacher in the beginning. Or notice the constant jingoistic propaganda. Or watch any voice of reason be shouted down.

To each their own but especially these days, it's important to notice that the road to authoritarianism isn't a wild swerve from thr status quo but a slow, gradual drift.

Personally, I quite enjoy a movie that respects its audience enough to not have to have the bad guys murder babies for a reasonable viewer to catch on to the what's going on.

It was fine as a adumb tits n ass action movie when I was 12, realized "hey, this is an actual movie" in my 20s. And that's fine, if it is somehow too subtle for people, well, so is authoritarianism.

You might try piefed? It's a fediverse platform so still links/syncs etc with lemmy and everywhere else but the UI is nice and I think it does a lot of the stuff you mention (except for the ama style stuff.) I followed PugJesus here (and am using Piefed right now) and exported all my feeds etc so the switch was relatively painless.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions etc. I probably won't be able to help but uhhh, I'll commiserate?

Fall, and thus Halloween preparation, is ramping up!

On a more serious note, wildfire season is winding down.

For Canadian sports fans, the Blue Jays are thus far, crushing the Yankees. (And hockey season is finally back!)

Oh damn, this sounds amazing! A chance to live out my childhood dreams!

Just watched Yesavage strike out the side, what a beast!

Yeah now, again not to jinx it, but things look pretty good?

Though my vague understanding was our bullpen isn't as deep as we might like so, who knows?

This was an unexpectedly fascinating technical read. Admittedly, I'm "watching" baseball so take my definition of fascinating with a grain of salt.

I finished a flick at film fest, jumped into a local bar and joined in just in time to watch the Clement out and then Gausman load the bases.

Apologies if I jinxed this.

Edit: Thank you Varland for making me feel much less guilty!