A 2021 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 23% of Republicans believe that “the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles.”

I’m torn between thinking “Well, Marx didn’t think of that” and “it’s predictable that during the death throes of hypercapitalism the proletariat may get a bit fuzzy-headed.”

Similar. I’d guess it was something like ctrl-z; ps -e vi; kill -9 procnum on a vt100 terminal.

Nah, they just can’t spell truth.

Considering that her husband’s on SNL, ot could happen.

ESR: “Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer’s personal itch.”

Holy shit, I laughed audibly at a meme!

Set sails, boys!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Reagan - whose father paved the way for the Bush/Trump syphilis parade

I’ve always low-key blamed Trump (and his minions) on lead poisoning - paint, exhaust from leaded gasoline, old pipes & so forth. I suppose there’s some portion that’s explained by inbreeding. But, I guess some portion of the phenomenon could also be explained by uncooked pork products…

…because corporations are people? Blegh.

Whenever I try, I get Ravi Bhatia screaming “How can she slap?!”

I read Nikki Haley as Kristi Noem, and frowned at this headline in confusion.

I’m a minimalist- no nightstand.

That horse has a tan cot.

Orions are demonstrably mammals, but unfortunately fictional.

My solution is good $100 custom inserts and Red Wings. Cleared up plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, and a number of leg/back problems. I think the inserts were more important than the Red Wings, but they are a quality boot.

You’re forgetting the pre-Web internet: 99% students & academics. It was largely awesome. When you did get trolled, it was by someone who could spell and form a cohesive argument.

That sense of relief when you check which community a post is in.

The DA figured it out: if you want to shut Trump up, just show him your Pecker.

Science often has maybe 6 pharma ads every morning. Today it had so many I went looking for someplace to discuss it.