What if we gave universal healthcare to everyone who wanted it and everyone else who didn't can just keep getting scammed by these companies for some reason

THIS IS KILLING ME

if you don’t remember anything else for the next 4 years, remember this: don’t be a fucking snitch.

Also. Kendrick opened with an unapologetically loud performance focused on Black America with a ton of political messaging. And the women sang “someone better squabble” in almost a mocking tone?? Because so many white Americans only know Kendrick from the Drake beef, and they’re there to see two black men fight, not a celebration of Black Culture.

The american flag literally dissolved into depictions of violence and shooting. And then, once the performers were united in sync again, the audience flashed “WARNING, WRONG WAY”

That has so many meanings, both in the context of the performance being about politics and the path America as a whole is going down—the wrong way.

But also in that specific moment, when black men were working together as a whole, America would rather see them fighting. After that section is over, Uncle Sam mocks Kendrick.

Once the performance turns into a pop song and , Uncle Sam says, “yeah, that’s what I’m talking about! That’s what America wants—nice and calm! You’re almost there. Don’t mess this-“ and he is cut off by Not Like Us starting. White America is content to watch Black artists as long as the art is palatable to them, but Kendrick disrupted that with the Drake beef, and white America watched because it glorifies violence between black men.

But Kendrick emphasizes that this is not what this performance is about. When asked if he’s really about to do this, he says “It’s a cultural divide, Imma get it on the floor.” And “40 acres and a mule, this is bigger than the music.” He is doing this for Black America. Not Like Us has brought folks together when America has tried its hardest to divide and conquer. Hell, Kendrick had Crips and Bloods dancing on stage together at a concert. He’s managed to work through centuries of oppression and trauma to bring Black America together in this moment. This is bigger than the music.

And he brings it back to politics with “yeah, they tried to rig the game, but you can’t fake influence.” There’s a reason he said that with the president in the audience. Kendrick had the biggest stage in the world and he used it to say “They Not Like Us” with the president, a known child predator, in the audience. And the rest of the crowd was screaming the lyrics along with Kendrick.

Kendrick Lamar the man you are

For the ones that need it today

part of what i like about "queer" as a label is that it is inherently hostile to definition. this part of myself is alien and unknowable to outsiders and I like it that way. no boxes for you to check and guess like you're playing cluedo. just queer.

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

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I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

uh oh! one of your organs has mysteriously vanished! Spin this wheel to find out which one!

I'm always frustrated by people who imagine complex systems in our society can be replaced by Mutual Aid, and build their entire post revolutionary fantasy on that idea... Real medical care for instance can't ever be replaced by Mutual Aid

Without access to MRI, dialysis, and cutting edge medicine I would have been dead back in August of 2024... If I lost access to my medical treatments I would be dead in a couple of months.

I hate to say it, but I think at best they aren't thinking about the extent of what people need and how mutual aid won't be able to help. At worst, they may see this as completely acceptable.

Honestly, would not be shocked to find there's a deep eugenicist stripe to it for a lot of people.

so if plastic cellophane is bad bc of microplastics and aluminium foil is bad bc.of aluminium in the brain, what da hell am i supposed to wrap my cured meats in to keep them fresh in the fridge???? i get acid reflux from dilemmas like these

You would have to consume more than 40 mg per kg of body mass for aluminum to be toxic, which for the average person of c. 62 kg means consuming 2.5 grams of aluminum at a sitting, or the equivalent of a square of foil 23 centimeters on a side. It is not very bioaccumulative; its presence in Alzheimer’s patients has never been shown to be causally linked (i.e. it seems more likely that something about their brain tissues makes aluminum build up, rather than aluminum buildup causing Alzheimer’s).

Microplastics, similarly, aren’t dangerous on their own, but there are toxins that can be trapped in the body by them. And since cellophane is made of dietary fiber (cellulose), it’s not the kind of plastic anyone should be worried about.

There’s also wax paper and silicone parchment paper, the latter another “plastic but not an issue” plastic. (Silicone is basically sand, chemically.)

there have been dozens of idiotic and borderline infuriating replies and tags on this post since it broke containment and this is literally the only worthwhile one. acid reflux resolved

new one

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did you know: alligators are functionally immortal as they neither age (negligible senescence) nor can they be slain with any blade of man. only elven steel can kill an gator and elves aren't real, so

the magic of the internet is that i can write literally anything and as long as it's four lines or less you're going to read it and let my poison into your brain. i'm turning off your brain cells for fun

who let biologists play dnd

cc: @somethingshortandsnappy

I love using "by the way" as a segue into topics that are completely unrelated to the matters at hand. it isn't remotely by the way, quite a ways out of the way in fact. a little adventure

i hate seeing people drink the openai/chatgpt koolaid 😭😭😭 genuinely feels like watching someone get seduced by scientology or qanon or something. like girl help it's not intelligent it's Big Autocomplete it's crunching numbers it's not understanding things i fuckign promise you. like ohhh my god the marketing hype fuckign GOT you