I’d think we could probably engineer similarly insanely capable biotech if we were completely reckless, committed a serious fraction of our resources and people, and had infinite Earths to ruin in the process.

I’m not sure how GMO’s are handled, but I’m guessing it’s a quite restrictive on the engineering side and somewhat cautious in implementation.

Yeah… I want your mommy, too.

Chuck Schumer is pretty much the stereotype. But what’s important, it seems to me, is that the stereotype (and power) isn’t as widereaching as conspiracy theorists think.

The most notable part of “religious control” is that Non-Christians successfully got some periods of mostly separated church and state in America. Expressly Jewish interests stand out more clearly against that backdrop, in my opinion. American government allowing for such obviously religiously motivated policy despite the intent to separate church and state makes some sense in the context of the Holocaust, but makes less sense in the context of Israel’s actions.

Imagine aliens that don’t have anything like trees.

They’d be so fucking jealous.

Imagine being born on a world made of just mostly slimy grasslands, with bare rock and deserts and a shallow sea full of parasites. And the atmosphere is awful, so running a marathon would be like physically impossible. Actually, besides the dry parts, that kinda sounds like Florida… At least Florida has trees, though. Imagine how shit Florida would be without any trees at all.

Is that device meant to alleviate SDS symptoms at all? I’d be interested to see any studies on it if there are any, if you could tell me what it’s called or point me to the research it would be much appreciated.

We’re looking at all the options we can for our severely SDS afflicted SIC.

COUGAR CUBS? LEAVE EM!
FAWNS? KIDNAP THEM, RAISE THEM AS YOUR OWN
MAKE THEM LEARN CALCULUS

It’s pretty likely they’ve heard of it as a niche option, as a forgettable factoid years ago.

Then they may also have learned it’s a very small platform and something about decentralization.

if they went to sign up regardless, it seems likely they didn’t end up picking an instance. (Possibly having left the page open, briefly looked up Mastodon instances and read a few sentences, then moved on to something else.)

Now that they wouldn’t have had to pick an instance, they’ve long forgotten about it, maybe you could get them to try the normalized sign up process.

But anyone who knows anything about people knew from the start that Mastodon wasn’t really even aiming for successful growth. Of course the instances were gonna be an obstacle.

Of course.

I’ll mention you probably missed the Depart men(t) of Education wordplay in the title.

No apparently what they need is absolutely nothing. Because that’s what you wise motherfuckers have concluded they should have.

Please, no! Coconuts don’t fit up there!

Yeah squatters are so picky. Not much is better than pavement and fresh air.

I disagree. Shooting captains dropping anchors near undersea cables is reasonable.

You, on the other hand, are insane to think we can keep going like this.

Maybe we should make that not work and just start killing suspicious sailors?

The issues with city people go way beyond just progress.

They’re garbage spirits, but I guess there are some similarities.

there’s no real estate investment structure outside of land near train stations.

So it’s the way it should be, then.

No real “I’m gonna buy cheap land in fuck-off nowhere and build a fucking theme park or whatever and run ads to make sure some idiots make the long trek out to this miserable tivoli of scams and no options. But then other people get the opportunity to settle close to me and compete by selling almost reasonably priced sustenance, and such. And some years down the line we’ve got a shitty pointless desert town going, one with a defunct theme park about raccoons or some shit.”

A lot of homeless people would love for there to be more “sheds” on the market. US citizens just seem to think it’s better to have no home at all, than one that isn’t up to snuff, so they make sure cheap sheds are not up to code.

Some parents just don’t mind losing one.

Splice with spider genes? I’ll allow that, too.

On a completely unrelated note I just bought a new Porche and condo.

I am convinced, I vote to allow it.