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  1. Shorthand explanation Groyper: White nationalists who like to pretend they're not racists by making racist "joke" memes; think Pepe the Frog. Sycophantic: ass-kisser; brown-noser. Tradwife ("traditional" wife): Racist white Gen-Z chicks (and some Millennial ones) who cosplay in feminine garb like 50s housewives and bake shit for clicks on TikTok.
  2. It looks like things are kicking off in Far West Texas, near Fort Stockton and northern Coahuila, just west of Del Rio.
  3. Can someone give me a summary of who's who and what's what? I don't have the patience to wade through the past week of arguments. Is there anything new to this story, or is everything still in the suburban rumormill stage? Who's the cast of characters involved now? Who's swatting the victim's family? Who's the "criminal Armstrong"? Has new evidence become public? Has this whole thing gone completely CR?
  4. Within Texas, it looks like it's mainly staying on the Caprock. New cases: GAINES (Seminole) +15 LUBBOCK +5 BAILEY* (Muleshoe) +2 EL PASO +2 ECTOR (Odessa) +1 MIDLAND +1 * New county
  5. Wordle 1,403 4/6 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #681 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1184 4️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  6. Discussions of a nationwide protest started circulating on social media in late 2024. According to organizer Kay Evert, the movement started on Reddit, with activist organizations eventually joining in.[12] The movement claims it was organized by grassroots activists and spread through social media.[13] The movement used the hashtags "#buildtheresistance" and "#50501", with the latter standing for "50 protests, 50 states, one day".[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50501_movement https://www.fiftyfifty.one/
  7. Because that "inefficient" data segregation that keeps different bits of data about you in different agencies protects your privacy. The inefficiency is the fucking point. Say, for example, there's a data breach in one of them. Keeping other private details about you in other places prevents that other information from getting stolen, shared, or even easily abused by a single bad actor within the government itself. Siloeing data in different places protects your red ass in the same way you shouldn't use the same password for everything you do online. Do you really want the entire universe of data about you, your family, your bank accounts, your tax information, or even whether your fucking kid is getting special ed stored in a single place? Here's a taste of the kind of data about you that DOGE is trying to consolidate, making all of this shit very vulnerable (spoilered for length). Maybe taking a little care, spending a little more, or being a little inefficient is worth it when all of this is at stake.
  8. I hear Gaza’s coastline would make for a nice beachhead.
  9. Pretty sure this is the closest I've ever gotten to solving it on the first guess. Wordle 1,402 2/6 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #680 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🙂 Daily Quordle 1183 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  10. Wordle 1,401 6/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #679 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1182 4️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  11. Lamar CISD doesn't want you to see this.
  12. Google Lens search led me to this Threads post.
  13. Wordle 1,400 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #678 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1181 7️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  14. I worked on a planning project for the OKC region around 2009-2010 and was impressed with everything that was going on back then. Bricktown and Devon Tower were both still pretty new, and I recall there were big gaps in the "urban fabric" around both of those. Strengthening the connections between them or enhancing the immediate areas around them was a big theme of the plan. Did any of those areas eventually get filled in? The filling-in part was something that seemed sorely needed for the city, since many of its major "anchors' are isolated from one another. This was especially noticeable coming from Austin, where all those major activity nodes are clustered in the urban core. For the benefit of Austin people, the way they're set up would be analogous to: The Capitol building would be located about where the old Concordia Campus used to be, but a little bit east of I-35. It's basically in a low-density, residential-type area. The Dell Medical Center would be in Austin's Chestnut neighborhood, a few blocks east of Oakwood Cemetery. And the University of Texas campus would be out by Niederwald. Don't get me wrong, though. I did, in fact, like OKC. It's just that all those things being spread out seemed to hold back the downtown area from being a vibrant urban core back then. To make this post relevant to the thread topic, I didn't visit the museum but did wander around the memorial for a while. It is very well done and should be seen by anyone visiting town.
  15. Thanks! I had to run to the airport late this afternoon to pick someone up. It looks like they screwed up the data entry for Midland County in that column, although the totals add up to what they should be. Midland reported a third case yesterday.
  16. I thought he was referring to the two brothers in Eastland County who’ve also been doling out the Christofascist cash to Texas pols.
  17. Here's how I would group them: Fascists Tacit fascists Partisans: Yay, team! Morons: It doesn't affect me, so why should I care? Denialists
  18. Yeah, that's a great example. That thread, chock-full of racism, went 44 pages over in the Daily Texan. Finally! Whiteys are vindicated! https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/7866-looks-like-we-have-another-fake-hate-crime/
  19. That's why so many of them have glommed onto the stabbing. Complete silence about all the other bullshit and injustices going on. But, man, there's a Black kid who stabbed a white kid, and that's one crime they can all rally around and place their confused anger to right their collective consciences.
  20. Yep. After lying about Abrego being a gang member, JBJ is going on ignore. He's just another authoritarian cult member who's willfully drunk the orange Kool-Aid. Not worth my or anyone else's time. I'd say he's useless, but that wouldn't be the truth. He's, in fact, just another fascist tool.
  21. @JBJ The regime manufactured this case with how they’re handling these deportations, and now it’s a Constitutional crisis because they are ignoring court orders. Drop your loyalty to the GOP and pick up your loyalty to the Constitution. You're choosing Party over Country, bud. Take a look at what your Party has become and pay attention to what real conservatives like David Brooks and Bill Kristol are saying.
  22. Our very conservative SCOTUS literally ordered this Administration to facilitate his return so that he could receive due process. If THE COURTS then determine that he should go back to El Salvador, he can at least go home as a free man and not be held in a nightmare prison situation. If you are okay with the Executive Branch ignoring the Judicial Branch and deporting people to concentration camps, then I can only assume you’re simply another stupid little authoritarian who wants to live in a dictatorship, which by definition makes you an enemy of constitutional democracy.
  23. It's not simply the lack of due process and ignoring SCOTUS's order, which is all very, very bad, but also it's the "where" specifically he's being deported to and held in (paid my fucking money) that makes this so fucking awful. Kafka wrote a story about this once. You should read it. They are lying about him being a terrorist and a member of a violent gang. He has no legal recourse to defend himself. He is being held in a concentration camp (by definition a place to hold people with no due process). It's not like they simply deported him to his own country to live his life as a free man outside the US.
  24. Fascism has had its place within the American conservative movement for damn near 100 years. It took them a few generations to fully take over the GOP, but Trump's rise put them over the top. 1930s: America First movement, Charles Lindbergh, Father Coughlin, paleo-conservatives. 1950s: Red Scare, McCarthyism. 1960s-1980s: Realignment of the parties with Southern segregationists leaving the Party, with anti-abortion Evangelicals tagging along (often one in the same); Nixon's corruption and the start of the War on Drugs; pissed off Vietnam Vets forming the backbone of the modern gun movement, NRA, Soldier of Fortune magazine; conservative think tanks established; Ronnie Raygun. 1990s-2000s: Pat Buchanan's xenophobia (anti-immigrant, Islamophobia) and economic nationalism, 9-11 Freedumb Fries bullshit got added to the mix; Libaugh and FOX News. 2010-present: Trumpism (a true authoritarian, strong "business man" finally discovered to pick up the mantle); aided by social media. It's certainly been a progression. Planned or not. This is my interpretation and summary of how we got to this point. Edit: I should've started with the 1920s with its anti-immigrant movement and the rise of the KKK as a national movement. And, of course, a lot of that shit just goes back to the Civil War/Reconstruction and Jewish, Italian, and Eastern European immigration during the Gilded Age. There's a singular ideological tent pole holding the whole thing up.
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