I’m always a few years behind on consoles and enjoy the robust secondary market, so to me, it doesn’t matter much.

Outside of Zelda and Mario Kart, there isn’t much these days that’s exclusive to Nintendo that I give a damn about anyway.

I just like Lemmy more.

I know one of the rules is to post headlines without editorializing, but it really pisses me off that the term ‘strikes’ is subbed in for ‘bombings’.

Which, of course, it 100% did. That’s what it’s designed to do.

I had a long drive back from Texas yesterday and heard a podcast on the story of Mark Codman, and felt compelled to share it as this was never part of the Paul Revere story that I was taught in school, and I imagine it’s because of the general whitewashing of slavery in the public school curriculum.

Maybe some of you have never heard of him either.

Agreed. Biden LOVED bloodying his hands.

I feel shocked.

/s

Wow.

I wish we could find people in our government half as committed to a living wage as they are to the Vances’ PR.

I took a ‘no tolls’ route through Oklahoma on a road trip yesterday and passed through several basically abandoned towns. (Every damn one had a 30mph speed limit with a cop hanging out at the sign to hand out tickets, too.)

Even though these towns are broke they still have enough money for a fat, piece-of-shit cop to sit with their engine running in a new cruiser at a 30mph sign every day.

I feel like we’re already there, Mark.

If anything, it appears that protesting is helping ICE, making it easier to ID people to deport.

Unless you all are going to start running your protests uniformed and masked like the Nazis do, which seems pretty essential now.

An important reminder here:

If ICE, cops, or anyone purporting to be an official wants you to tell them where someone is, you know nothing.

Don’t help the fascists.

I think “You’re a fucking liar”.

Looks like they’re following the American way.

If you can’t abuse them in your country, it’s easy to find a Gitmo, or an Abu Ghraib, or a CECOT. Where there’s a will to violate people’s human rights, there’s a way, because our species is the worst and programmed to destroy itself.

Yes, unequivocally.

I wish more people got their asses kicked for violating historic places and things.

I built my physique over 10 years in a gym, but I’ve kept it with heavy handweights and a collapsible bench in my home gym. Anything’s possible as long as you know what you want, know what works for you, are willing to do the work.

I got some of my equipment just by putting out an ask on my local Buy Nothing group. There are a lot of people out there with big dreams who buy stuff they never use are are happy to gift it if you’ll keep it out of a landfill.

For me, the effort of going somewhere to exercise is a big impediment,

For most of my adult life I was the exact opposite: I needed somewhere to go as part of my routine. Now that my car’s been on loan to my mom and dad for a year, and I’m pretty sure I’m never getting it back, I had to get home equipment and adapt by necessity. Luckily I enjoy lifting, so it’s been less difficult to stay consistent than I expected.

When it comes to exercise the struggle isn’t doing it, it’s finding a routine that works for you. That’s the key, figuring out something you can do and make a habit of it so it becomes routine, like brushing your teeth.

I bought a collapsible bench and hand weights in late 2024 so I could cut the gym membership from my budget, and I’ve been able to maintain my usual habit of lifting 3-4 times a week. The added benefit is that it’s nice not to have to deal with other people or wait for equipment. You can learn better ways to work out from professionals for free on Youtube, and you can add equipment to your home gym over time.

It’s definitely reasonable to be new and never go to a gym.

Is it, though?