flexbooth (78)in #aclu • 19 hours agoThe ACLU is currently suing the government in a campaign for the right to sterilize children.There's no kind way to put it. One of the more perverse and pervasive forms of gaslighting is when people tell us…flexbooth (78)in #death • 2 days agoTaking things to the grave.One aspect of growing old is accepting the death of many things, sometimes complete death, and the only remaining…flexbooth (78)in #academics • 3 days agoA lot of academics just live in the weeds.Thomas Sowell once said, "Socialism has a record of failure so pervasive that only an intellectual can evade it."…flexbooth (78)in #political • 3 days agoIt's been reported that the second would-be Trump assassin had an AK-47.I might be wrong about this; but, I'm usually more right about gun details than the legacy media. It's been reported…flexbooth (78)in #film • 5 days agoAmerican Cinematographer.I just renewed my American Cinematographer subscription for two years. I actually made the decision to spend six…flexbooth (78)in #aclu • 6 days agoThis is one of the reasons why I cut off my donations to the ACLU ten years ago.Look...I don't know how many ways I need to say this... we should be tolerant and caring. Kids with gender dysphoria…flexbooth (78)in #novel • 6 days agoI have a few reasons why I regard Brave New World as a better novel than 1984.Not the least of which is that, when I describe 1984 to people who haven't read it, they all find the concept…flexbooth (78)in #lockdown • 7 days agoI do not have lockdown nostalgia.Okay, seriously, fuck you. If there's one thing about the lockdowns that people aren't talking about, it's that, for…flexbooth (78)in #openai • 8 days agoShould we be getting worried?OpenAI's new model has an estimated IQ of 120 -- above the vast majority of humans. My rough estimate is that by 2027…flexbooth (78)in #harris • 9 days agoScary bullets.I have two rifles now, a 30-30 lever action and an AK. The bullet to the left is what goes into my old lever…flexbooth (78)in #bills • 10 days agoIf you play your cards right, the Super Bowl "window" doesn't really "close" in the way that we think it does.Here's a big reason why: I know it's early; but, my Bills were supposed to be in a rebuild this season. We lost our…flexbooth (78)in #gun • 11 days agoI'm sure that Harris and Walz love guns.Walz especially, I'm sure, loves to go to the range now and then and shoot some guns. I'm sure that they're…flexbooth (78)in #peta • 12 days agoHow about we talk about PETA.Maybe since it's become the new thing that people are talking about, that people in Ohio are stealing people's pets…flexbooth (78)in #presidential • 13 days agoA few thoughts on the debate.As always, you should NOT gauge your analysis of the likely impact of the debate by your own reaction. The only thing…flexbooth (78)in #gun • 14 days agoJust another example of people playing with numbers...⁰0pp0One of the most cited statistics to bolster the claim that the "Good guy with a gun" isn't a common thing comes from…flexbooth (78)in #self • 14 days agoWe're all potential jurors.This is a little difficult to navigate. Forgive me if I get some of my wording less than perfect. I understand that…flexbooth (78)in #obituary • 15 days agoRemembering James Earl Jones.I usually don't say anything when a celebrity dies. I generally figure that other people are going to say whatever I…flexbooth (78)in #elections • 16 days agoGet rid of Government.I know that I've been shitting on the Democrats a lot. I know that, since I've said publicly that I'm voting for…flexbooth (78)in #force • 17 days agoWe talk a lot about things that we should teach in government schools but don't.How about requiring that kids learn basic use of force law and ethics? I'm not saying that kids should be…flexbooth (78)in #georgia • 18 days agoShooting in Georgia.I guess I should address the charges against the father of the dickless incel who committed the shooting in Georgia.…