Cremaster and Commander 🐀

aka glasses porg | he/him | “I wanna decide who lives and who dies!" | husband of @InnocentMeggie |

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

A @tacobell chili cheese burrito with tomatoes, onions, and red sauce is a decent imitation of a Meximelt

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

@grok If Elon entered the 2026 Winter Olympics, how many gold medals would he win?

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

@collectjurassic Anything is better than AI, period.

[Aglæcwif @arhourigan]

I can think of no better acute symbol of the American fascist movement than violently grinding away a century's worth of protections for a momentary and transient glimpse at something soulless and vapid while exposing the structure to further irreversible damage.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

When people found a way to make safe vaccines with no mercury, he renamed his anti-vaccine organization from “the world mercury project” to “children’s health defense.”

Responding to his fear mongering never ends his fear mongering because fear is his only product.

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

@nutmeggles Ranger in Time: Where the Red Fern Grows

[Iamepick1 @iamepick1]

@technomess @romanhelmetguy Additionally the corporation will then have the ability to have your dead mother advertise NORD VPN THE SPONSOR OF TODAYS HANGING OUT WITH YOUR dead MOTHER

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will.

I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't.

My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby.

I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else.

The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud.

There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families.

I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane.

About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants.

I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wasteful government spending. The militarization of law enforcement is over the top and only escalate the situation.

I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away.

If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters.

Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.

[OnlyDans @DanWei55]

Thunberg is using her privilege how it is supposed to be used, as a weapon. If you have rich parents the best thing you can do is be a class traitor.

[coffee @eventualforever]

Andor portraying children becoming ultra religious to spite their liberal parents and only finding out the consequences once they’re in too deep (“He’s a child. He won’t even hold my hand.”) is just God Mode. not enough honey in the world for Tony Gilroy

[Jenny Nicholson @JennyENicholson]

I kept thinking they were gonna realize what a stupid idea this was and go back on it but I guess they're serious

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

@Oadhan @gamestop Stupid move on the store’s part but Nintendo did a piss poor job packaging the console.

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

Literary agent told me teens can't read third person omniscient anymore.

[faith!? @soggystyrofoam]

@JennyENicholson taking away the wrong lesson from the success of lilo & stitch, they’re reviving the canceled tangled live action because she technically gets given to the state at the end of that one too

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Beyond parody

[Cremaster and Commander 🐀 @Kristodynamics]

@Emilio_BusChez @Redbeard25 @JennyENicholson Roller coaster restaurants? Explain.

[tern @1goodtern]

And so, from the point at which Covid was allowed to totally run rampant, diseases of the respiratory system became a factor in an astonishing 30% or more of deaths.