Heck Porter’s TRUE Holy War

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All helpful urges should be circumvented.

Crazy how we invited opportunistic carnivores into our homes and beds for utility and companionship many years ago and are somehow still constantly surprised at how it sometimes shakes out co-existing with said opprotunistic carnivore. “This dog is behaving [like a dog]!” That’s right!

Safe communities are built on trust, strong neighborhoods, and people looking out for one another. Thank you to everyone who came together for National Night Out to strengthen community partnerships, support our local law enforcement, and help make Albuquerque and New Mexico safer for every family.

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Mama pseudoscorpion & her cute baby high in the mountains of Montana. Mama is half the size of a grain of rice. These harmless micro arachnids have no stinger, but can deliver venom to prey via their pincers. Also, they can walk backward. Also, you probably have them in your house. #BugSky 🐙🌿

A macro photo looking down at a mother pseudoscorpion and her baby. They're on a patch of pebbly, sandy substrate. These arachnids look kind of like regular scorpions but without a tail and stinger, which means they are to regular scorpions what corgis are to collies. The mama is dark orange with reddish-orange pincers, while the tiny baby facing her is translucent, with a bluish white cephalothorax and pale yellow abdomen.

The NAACP has released a statement while the Tarrant County Commissioners Court considers a proposal today that would cut the number of Election Day polling locations nearly in half "Let's call this what it is… voter suppression"

Tarrant County, Texas, could see around 50 percent fewer polling locations in November's election.

"Let's call this what it is… voter suppression," said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. "Cutting nearly half the places where people can cast a ballot doesn't save democracy money, it costs voters their voice. Tarrant County is home to a significant number of Black and Latino voters and is a majority people-of-color county. There is no question that this plan strips away polling access on a scale that will hit Black and Brown voters hardest. That is not a coincidence. It’s an intentional assault on our ability to make our voices heard and we will push back with every tool available.”

Okay, a certain amount of this “The Odyssey” stuff really seems to just be renewing well-trod discourse on the tensions and contradictions basically inherent in action and war films.

"Uncommitted was a PRIMARY movement!🙄" Oh, we know. You (and/or enough voters) "committed" for the general all right. Those feelings didn't stop at the convention and you should stop pretending you're some smol bean with no responsibility for this fucking shitshow.

Agamemnon: “Don't make my mistake. Don't walk in the front door expecting garlands and praise. Come in disguise. Take your time. Assess-“ Odysseus: “Don’t light my child on fire to get a stiff breeze?” Agamemnon: “…” Odysseus: “…” Agamemnon: “Just get back on the goddamn boat, Odysseus.”

Odysseus and Agamemnon in the Underworld in The Odyssey.

The MAHA movement are a bunch of bigoted eugenicist cranks who believe food regulations are government overreach, vaccines kill, children with autism should be sterilized for the good of the gene pool, and an issue like a peanut allergy or celiac disease is a sign of evolutionary inferiority.

Trump has dismantled a hundred years worth of environmental protections and the Sunrise Movement's banner image in August 2026 is a photo of them protesting Kamala Harris.

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That seems like the essential paradox of leftists in America. Either we suck and deserve the worst, so you should sit back and let Trump win. Or, we deserve better than any of the choices, so you should sit back and let Trump win. It’s funny how there’s never an option where you try to stop Trump.