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War on Iran for No Goddamn Reason

I logged off last night to eat some tacos, watch bad TV and hang out with my dog for a couple of hours and when I popped back on I discovered trump had kicked off a war on Iran.

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/06/22/war-on-iran-for-no-goddamn-reason/

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🗓️ Today in one sentence for Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Trump, Day 1597: "A very bad situation."

https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/06/04/day-1597/

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The midterm elections are in 517 days.

Re: Abortion Rights & the Surveillance State

Hey, did you need a reason to be horrified today? Got one for you.

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/06/03/re-abortion-rights-the-surveillance-state/

The Glorious 25th of May

"Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it." - Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/05/25/the-glorious-25th-of-may/

How do they rise up?

#GNUTerryPratchett #Glorious25thOfMay

White text superimposed over a closeup photo of lilacs. The text reads: "Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it." Night Watch, Terry Pratchett.

Kristi Noem, dog murderer, is developing The Hunger Games for immigrants with the Duck Dynasty producer.

Making the oppressed compete for the entertainment of the oppressing class is Villainy 101 when it comes to fiction. And, apparently, real life, too.

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/05/16/kristi-noem-dog-murderer-is-developing-the-hunger-games-for-immigrants-with-the-duck-dynasty-producer/

Now might be a good time to start stocking up a little bit.

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/04/10/about-the-90-day-tariff-pause/

I've spent the vast majority of my adult life wallowing the news on a daily basis, and I gotta tell you - these last few months, I've barely looked.

http://javaelemental.blog/2025/04/07/tariffs-stock-markets-recessions-all-that/

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#GNUTerryPratchett

Thanks to reddit user u/poem_for_your_sprog for making it suck a little less when he died.

Discworld carries on...

The sun goes down upon the Ankh,
And slowly, softly fades.
Across the Drum; the Roval Bank;
The River-Gate; the Shades.

A stony circle's closed to elves;
And here, where lines are blurred,
Between the stacks of books on shelves,
A quiet Ook is heard.

A copper steps the city-street
On paths he's often passed;
The final march; the final beat;
The time to rest at last.

He gives his badge a final shine,
And sadlv shakes his head -
While Granny lies beneath a sign
That says: 'I aten't dead.'

The Luggage shifts in sleep and dreams;
It's now. The time's at hand.
For where it's always night, it seems,
A timer clears of sand.

And so it is that Death arrives,
When all the time has gone...
But dreams endure, and hope survives,
And Discworld carries on.

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"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"

#GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName #Discworld

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#GNUTerryPratchett 10 years and his name is still spoken

"There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do."
- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
#GNUTerryPratchett

Happy #GroundhogsDay!

Some of the various rodentia, tortoises, and critters – taxidermied and otherwise – have predicted an early spring, and some have not, including Punxsutawney Phil (not the greatest predictor at 35% accuracy, according to NOAA).

https://javaelemental.blog/2025/02/02/happy-groundhogs-day/

Terry Pratchett on believing in S̵a̵n̵t̵a̵ ̵C̵l̵a̵u̵s̵ the Hogfather.

#Discworld #GNUTerryPratchett

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“All right,” said Susan. “I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans need… fantasies to make life bearable.”
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
“Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little -“
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
“They’re not the same at all!”
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET – Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME… SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
“Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point -“
MY POINT EXACTLY.

Terry Pratchett, "Hogfather"

A couple of things to be aware of…

Short blog post: https://javaelemental.blog/2024/11/12/i-cant-believe-i-have-to-pay-attention-to-this-dictatorial-orange-turd-again/

#USPolitics

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In a world where enough women are searching “can my husband find out who I voted for” to make it trend in search engines and social media, there should never be a question again about the value of and right to end-to-end encrypted and private personal communication.

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