IDK how hourly workers do it.

In theory it should be no problem for salaried workers. The point of salary is that you are supposedly being paid for your work output rather than your time. I know that isn’t always the case; companies love to control workers.

I have been lucky. At every place I worked for the last 20-ish years the salaried employees come and go as they please. It’s normal to leave for a mid-day appointment and then come back to the office. All that matters is shit gets done in a timely manner and we’re available when people need us. I wish everyone had that level of flexibility.

You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve

Nevermind the measurement. How are you going to use the branch?

we migrate to a location where we can get sensible people together in a location.

This has already been happening for quite some time. People move to be around others like themselves. It’s why northern Idaho has been taken over by far-right newcomers, and why so many LGBTQ folks move to places like Seattle or greater Boston. Hell, the Free State Project has been actively trying to pack New Hampshire with libertarians for almost 25 years. The result of this self-segregation is stark political boundaries with easily-identified in- and out-groups. But we’re all still part of the same overall nation, so there’s a distinct political split and culture war politics take center stage. Hence our position.

Then we can rebel against the for profit system by protecting each other with weapons, food, community.

History tells me that secession by force is a losing proposition.

I don’t have a good solution. It’s tempting to organize and try to make peaceful secession a palatable political outcome, though that’s a long and difficult path with a lot of vested interests in the way.

TL;DR: The DNC admits, in soft language, that they have nothing to offer the American electorate aside from “At least we aren’t Trump.” They are toothless and have no counter to anything the Republicans throw at them. They have no plan to revamp the party in any significant way to become relevant again. They admit that Republicans are simply better at politics.

They have plainly admitted the obvious.

CNN has report highlights here for people who don’t want to waste time reading the whole 192-page report:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/politics/dnc-autopsy-takeaways-vis

Frozone

Edit: There’s a 2-year-old thread on that other site that asked the same question and received lots of examples. I get that tropes and stereotypes exist, but I’m not sure black superheroes and lightning fits the bill.

https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/1gpxcn2/black_superheroes_without_electric_powers/

Yeah, it’s a fun show. I never thought I would care about a fashion podcast. Avery does an awesome job.

I happened to be passing by the Maryhill Museum a few years ago, and had to stop in to see the Théâtre de la Mode dolls. Had I not heard the episode about them I don’t think I would have appreciated the exhibit nearly as much.

There is definitely a fashion aspect to camo. Less so in hunting, and more so in the military world. Relevant fashion podcast:

https://www.articlesofinterest.co/podcast/episode/39c00bac/gear-chapter-5

The rare times I have been hunting we wore blaze orange hats & vests with no camo at all. Not getting shot by accident was priority #1, avoiding hypothermia was priority #2.

Nicole, the Fediverse chick

Read lots of history. Humans have not changed in thousands of years. Though the details of our current problems may be new, the underlying motivations and mechanisms are the same as the have always been. And despite all of our problems, the trend line of humanity is moving in the right direction. Try to remember that progress is not linear. Rather, it is a constant pattern of three steps forward, two steps back.

Still is hot, but he used to be, too.

Clever of the author to put their Patreon in a spot unlikely to be cropped.

Hey, nice avatar. Hail Cascadia!

Post-WWII, white folk saw groups of Mexicans having fun with cars and decided it was a nuisance, or had some connection to gang activity, or a bit of both. Heaven forbid people be allowed to show off their custom cars by driving slowly and safely down the street.

Depends on the season. In winter it’s a vintage 1980’s shirt-jacket thing that I found in my dad’s storage closet: red/black plaid, soft flannel exterior, thinly insulated. My parents had matching shirts and dad’s old one fits me perfectly.

Pretty soon my favorite will be a thin blue cotton-linen button-down that’s perfect for hot summer days. And it goes well with my big straw shade hat.

Thanks for asking. 😁

Bring a decent bar of dark chocolate and compliment my shirt and I’m yours.

But every once in a while it briefly changes to It’s Not Unusual.