Boeing or Airbus won’t matter if ATC is dark.

I cut a very cherished friend out of my life on Tuesday because of this mentality. When he said “I’m not going to read what you write or consider the point you’re trying to make” the first time it was enough. The second time was too much. I expressed my wish for his life to improve, told him good-bye, and removed/blocked him.

The next morning I woke up to a text claiming I didn’t value his friendship and that he’d be here for me when I got better. That’s when I truly realized how long he’d been disregarding the support and compassion I’d been sending his way.

I spent Tuesday mentally digging a grave for the friendship. I spent Wednesday filling it in, and that night I drank to the loss of a friend and to the health of the man who replaced him.

Any and every form of dehumanization.

Any and every form of bigotry.

Any and every form of supremacy.

Any and every form of authoritarianism.

Every single person from the homeless guy at the on-ramp to TACO himself is an ordinary human. Some humans are born into extraordinary circumstances, some humans accomplish extraordinary feats, but we are all human. Humans are not born hating other humans. Hate is taught and encouraged and ingrained so that it may be passed on.

Universal Basic Income is a bandaid on a system couched in one of the ugliest human motivations; greed. I chose my name for that reason; Universal Basic Justice. Justice must be the base motivation; not ‘eye for an eye’ or ‘frontier justice,’ but the belief in treating others as you want to be treated; the belief in the powers of forgiveness, responsibility and growth; and the power of compassionate care dedicated to help those that are willing to learn and grow.

If and only if all those fail should a human be separated from society in a humane way that prevents their flaws from harming others.

Death Row is not justice. Guillotines are not justice. Systemic violence is not justice. No government nor individual should be empowered to decide who is worthy of justice, of forgiveness, of growth. Of life.

Every human is fallible. Every human deserves the opportunity to recognize their mistakes as well as the opportunity to learn, grow, and make reparations for those mistakes.

I don’t see these changes happening in my lifetime. At this point, I’m not sure we humans have enough lifetimes left to achieve these goals.

What I am sure of is the danger and violence incumbent within any ideology willing to look down at another human being.

As someone who was just diagnosed with C5-C6 spondylosis and facet arthritis, with an MRI ordered to see how absolutely fucked my trapezius is; thank you for reinforcing what I’ve already told every doctor since my ex-fiance’s little brother overdosed and died:

Fuck opiates.

Everything else you mentioned was informative or reinforced my doctors advice, I appreciate it.

Hear me out; horizontal pinwheel configuration.

You and I listen to very different metal if simple, groovy, and infectious describes what you’ve heard. I’ll give you “gets you moving” but only towards the direction of the pit. What bands are you referring to?

Is Limp Bizkit your idea of metal? Three chords doesn’t even get me halfway through the first measure. Truly confused at this take.

Societal alienation makes for the best art and metal is no exception. Metalheads trying to exclude someone for being different (NSBM excepted) have completely missed the point of the entire genre.

Shout out to Genital Shame and Lust Hag making excellent Transwoman Black Metal!

They’re not sitting outside of a Starbucks on a cell phone

My dude can we not gatekeep homelessness‽ Lack of a home in societies with abundance is a systemic issue stemming from the diversion of tax funds away from supporting those who desperately need it. Just because the Starbucks people are human enough to give the guy a cup of coffee while he charges the best chance he has at getting the support doesn’t mean he is the problem.

Dehumanization of any population is the issue. Your neighbor is not a subhuman to you, nor you to him (I hope) but suddenly the neighbor a few blocks down is a subhuman? What’s the local “radius of exclusion” before we start othering more humans?

European Aerospace/Defense ETF - ticker EUAD

If it’s Windows give Fancy Zones (included in PowerToys) a whirl. Modifiable window snap zones are excellent.

Reject urb-spreading!

High density, mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods for whoever wants to actually live a healthy urban life.