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@starkatt

oh, this is neat

also relevant:
a close reading of Jay-Z's 99 Problems in light of US 4th amendment law

genius.com/Caleb-mason-jay-zs-

(but yes, the short version is don't agree to searches and lawyer up)

This (US) flowchart about whether a search is lawful or not is incredibly complex.

Probably better to just get a lawyer.

lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2256

For two weeks each year in the fall, operations on the USS Enterprise are halted and the crew are allowed to throw a celebration, in honor of the one crew member who most needs to let loose and can't.

The tradition has, oddly, been picked up by the Klingons, who still call it by its name -- even though they don't have the context to know what "Spocktoberfest" means.

DS9 actually gets reliably interesting, even if still suffering from some of Trek's fundamental flaws.

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Anyway TNG has a lot of garbage but also some pretty okay stuff and if you go in expecting it to be the kinda thing you half pay attention to it can be pretty fun.

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if you start with s2 TNG you'll miss the Extreme Gayness that is Tasha Yarr though.

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I recommend people wanting to get in to Trek start with TNG (possibly at season 2) but consider DS9 to be the best the property has to offer.

coming out 

@Eve@witches.town Glad to hear it!

Hey, just. Y'all are good and I appreciate having you in my life.

@crom I just noticed your current display name here and it is 👌🏻

Fleeting thought: It's *really* difficult to constructively communicate "I accept and will go along with this decision but would like to take this opportunity to express that this decision is not my desired outcome".

Have there been any essays on Bojack Horseman's relationship with millennial affect and culture? Because hoo boy is that a complicated thing.

“Emancipatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a 'natural order', must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable to be a mere contingency, just as it must make what was previously deemed to be impossible seem attainable.” – Mark Fisher

@shoofle It's real good. Worf is general is consistently one of the most interesting characters :)

I want fingernails that glow bright blue and leave phosphorescent trails hanging in the air.

@TipsyTentacle@witches.town they sometimes talk about tax incentives.

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