“I ever tell you about the time my buddy Keith and I were on the top of a burnin’ building, and we had to fight our way down like five floors of zombies and― Hey, wait a second…I guess that was you guys. Oh, shit, man, I can’t wait to tell Keith about that one!”

I rewatched this recently, and yeah, all the cliches are there (some rather clumsily filmed by even 40s standards) - but fuck me if Bogie still doesn’t blow it out of the water with that performance. I can’t think of a single film noir protagonist that matches what he pulled off in that film. He’s better here than he is in Casablanca by a long shot imho.

In theory they can, but it’s very unlikely, as it requires a 2/3rds majority in both the Assembly and the Senate. One of the things I severely dislike about California politics is that the Governor’s veto power is near absolute in practice. On top of that this state has an entrenched political machine that has invested in Newsom since he ran for Mayor of San Francisco - and many in Sacramento owe their careers to him. There’s no realistic chance any of these vetoes get overridden.

Newsom, we get it - you want to run for president. But don’t fuck up my state to do it.

You’ve done ok in CA when you’ve kept your mouth shut and followed in Brown’s footsteps, but this latest bullshit display of throwing widely popular progressive initiatives (this one passed 66 to 9) under the bus is a slap in the face to all Californians, proving yet again that you’re an empty neo-liberal suit playing progressive to pander to the public.

California is not your billboard for a future presidential run. Do your damn job and stop using your veto pen to try to appeal to voters who aren’t even your constituents yet.

You see, according to Cocteau’s plan I’m the enemy, 'cause I like to think; I like to read. I’m into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I’m the kind of guy likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - “Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?” I WANT high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I want to smoke Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green jello all over my body reading playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I’ve SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It’s a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing “I’m an Oscar Meyer Wiener”.

Regardless of what any of the Klingons in this thread claim, I suggest following S.P.O.C.K.'s advice - never trust a Klingon.

@some__guy they’re playing your song

ngebHa’‘a’ yInvam’e’? jaltaHghach ‘oH’a’ neH?
mujon pumbogh puH, DI’rujvamvo’ jInarghlaHbe’
mInDu’lIj tIpoSmoH, ‘ej chalDaq yIlegh
chovup vIneHbe’, loDHom Do’Ha’ jIH neH
jIghoSDI’ ‘ej jIjaHDI’ ngeDmo’, vItlhchugh pagh vItlhHa’chugh
SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS, jIHvaD tlhoy ‘oH bop vISaHbe’, jIHvaD
SoSoy, qen loD vIchotpu’
nachDajvaD HIch vIQeqpu’, chu’wI’ yuvpu’, DaH Heghpu’
SoSoy, qen jIyInchoHpu’
‘ach DaH yInwIj naQ vIpolHa’chu’pu’
SoSoy, ‘o-‘o-‘o-‘o, qaSaQmoH ‘e’ vIHechbe’
qaSpa’ wa’leS poHvam jIcheghpu’be’chugh
yIruchtaH, yIruchtaH ‘ej pagh SaHbogh vay’ yIDalaw’
narghpu’ ‘eb, tugh jIHegh
jIHeghvIpmo’ bIr pIpwIj, ‘oy’law’taH porghwIj
naDevvo’ jIjaHnIS. Savan, Hoch.
tlhIHvo’ jImejnISqu’ ‘ej vIt vIbamnIS
SoSoy, ‘o-‘o-‘o-‘o, (SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS)
jIHegh vIneHbe’
paghlogh jIboghchoHpu’ rut ‘e’ vIjInqu’
[leSpal mob QoQ]
wa’ loD QIb tu’qomHomHey mach vIleghlaw’taH
SIqaramuS, SIqaramuS, qul mI’ DamI’‘a’?
mughIjqu’ wabDaj’e’ pe’bIl’e’ je, mughIjqu’
ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’, ghalIl’eyo’,
ghalIl’eyo’, vIgha’ro’, QaQqu’ ghu’vetlh
loD Do’Ha’ jIH neH, ‘ej mumuSHa’ pagh
Do’Ha’bogh tuqvo’ loDHom Do’Ha’ ghaH neH
ghu’vam qabqu’vo’ narghlaH ‘e’ yIchaw’
jIghoSDI’, jIjaHDI’ ngeD, tujonHa’‘a’
Qun pongvaD! Qo’, bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
(yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
(yItlhabmoH) Qun pongvaD! bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
(HItlhabmoH) bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’
(HItlhabmoH) bIjaH ‘e’ wIchaw’be’. (HItlhabmoH) ‘o
Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’! Qo’!
(‘o SoSoywI’, SoSoywI’) SoSoywI’! HItlhabmoH!
jIHvaD veqlarghHom poltaH veqlargh ‘e’ vISov, jIHvaD, jIHvaD
nagh chojaDlaH ‘ej mInwIj Datuy’laH ‘e’ DaQub
chomuSHa’laH vaj HeghmeH cholonlaH ‘e’ DaQub
‘o bangwI’, jIHvaD yIta’Qo’, bangwI’!
jIHaw’nIS neH - naDevvo’ jIHaw’nISchu’ neH
ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’, ‘e’ leghlaH vay’
ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’
ghu’vam vISaHbe’qu’, jIHvaD
SuS HoS vIqeltaHvIS

我可能發布了 XI 的視訊聊天記錄…

I avoid this by not watching porn that makes me sad. There’s plenty of consensual, happy, joyful sex-positive porn out there.

While your point is valid about this particular situation (which is horrible and criminal on multiple levels), your overbroad generalization of porn and the implied assumption of guilt in the viewers is what’s led folks to react negatively to your statement.

On a larger level, this kind of statement plays into the puritanical doctrines towards sex that paint it as a negative force, and subsequently leads to the twisting of a positive, creative act into a negative expression of power and rape in those that accept those doctrines.

Porn is not at fault here, nor are its viewers. Those at fault in this crime are the producers and publishers, who were well aware of the abuses happening under their watch, and deceived their viewers into believing they were observing consensual performance acts. I hope that these women get every cent and more, and it would be excellent to see a class action suit from Pornhub’s subscribers arise in tandem to and in support of their complaint.

抱歉 - 這可能是我的錯

Hilarious that the screed they’ve typed is only protected under the First Amendment of the country they wish didn’t exist. That last bit would get them jailed in Russia, and if they took a similar stance against the Chinese leadership, they’d be vacationing in a re-education camp before Thanksgiving.

If I were a marketing manager interested in maintaining my brand’s image, I’d pay to keep my ads off of TwitX.

TIL Mozilla has a mastodon server. Have an upvote.

Stop. My face hurts from all the palming.

I watch the Watchmen.

See, by posting this, I’m on the watchlist too. So the watchlist is watching the watchmen watching the watchlist watching the watchmen ad infinitum. If you’re asking “watch the fuck?”, to explain without using the word watch, I’ve engaged an infinite mobius surveillance loop.

Side note, by making it to the bottom of this comment, you’ve all done Dr. Seuss proud.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Kbin is the Jamaica of the Fediverse, a land of special people where champions grow.

This article stinks of an agenda. The author goes out of their way not to mention the term Fediverse (pluriverse? wtf is that?), and they clearly haven’t done their due diligence on Activity Pub. Either they skimped on the research or this article was heavily edited afterwards to remove any concept of the Fediverse being a viable alternative to centralized platforms. Doesn’t surprise me coming from Business Insider.

That being said, the overall dynamic the article speaks to is valid, as is the discussion it engenders, so have an upvote despite my gripes with the writing.

Now that’s just wrong. Fungoidaphobia and the resulting discrimination against hybrid lifeforms is a real problem, even in today’s enlightened Federation, and you should have never suffered empty birthdays as a result.

Family over fungus, I always say. But family is where you find it, and seeing as I just happened to be passing through Orion space on my way here, here’s a keg of Klingon blood wine and a barrel of Andorian ale for the party, that is if you don’t mind a bit of pirate contraband to liven things up a bit…

Happy Birthday! I didn’t get you anything, but the internet archive did:

• Star Trek - The Complete Original Series

• Wrath of Khan

• Star Trek the Motion Picture Comic #79