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My wife has started her evil run of Baldur's Gate 3 at least four times. She invariably gets to Baucus on the windmill, says "I can't be mean to Barcus!" and reverts to a good guy playthrough again.

Just a point of clarification: the probationary period of federal employees is much longer than 90 days. For most, it's one year. Some roles are two years.

Not every argument has two sides. Some have five sides. Some have one side. Pigeonholing everything into a duality hampers our ability to understand nuance.

But I guess it does make for better television.

I dunno. Anyone investing in tech or energy took a pretty big hit in the last couple days...

Dr. King’s policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumption. In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

• Stokely Carmichael

Biden campaigning in 2020: I'm going to put guardrails in place to stop all this corruption and this slouch towards fascism. I'm going to Save the Soul of America.

Biden leaving office in 2025: Why didn't anybody do anything?!?

It's clearly meant for a fish.

Either this comment is also misogynistic as all hell, or my mother was very masculine.

Could own a two-family home. It's super common in my area for there to be one apartment downstairs and one upstairs.

You're definitely spending less on them.

It's not his fault he sexually exploited women! It's the goth chicks corrupting his mind!

Wow. What a take.

Just to piggyback off of this: trial-by-jury in the US is nearly nonexistent now. Less than 10% of arrests lead to a jury trial. Most go to a plea bargain.

The state no longer has to convince 12 of your peers that you're guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They just need to convince you that you'll suffer more if you maintain innocence than if you accept guilt.