TODAY: Hundreds of thousands in Minnesota braved -10°F weather to march through downtown Minneapolis as part of the statewide general strike demanding ICE out of the Twin Cities.
I love that the responses are either "it's not gonna happen" or "no one cares because it's not an infinitely long general strike across the whole country". Reality is, if we get an actual city-wide general strike it'll be the first time that happened in this country in 70 years
genuinely think fallout new vegas is the absolute #1 most successful at combining these into an open world model and I wish more people would look to it as an example
A lot of people seem to believe that there’s this mythical thing called “third places” which:
1) Do not already exist
2) Need to be created by Someone Else™️
3) Would be filled with different, better people that would finally be worth being around
this is why 2026 is the friction maxxing year. taking the long route. going to the friends birthday party you wanted to skip. writing the grocery list yourself. facing hard conversations. choosing the less convenient route that may be slightly harder but for a good cause.
what definition of “porn” are we using in terms like “trauma porn” / “grief porn”? is it like “art created for the sole purpose of inciting an intense libidinal response”? by that definition, are joke-packed comedies “laugh porn”?
(staring at display case)
Toy store cashier: Sorry but my boss says you can't play with our toys in your mind unless you buy them (quietly) can you conjure a version of me free from this shitty job lol
(staring at him)
Manager: (on the intercom) stop imagining my cashier happy