They should’ve thought about before they puffed metric tonnes of NOx into our lungs.

This might be ignorant and asshole-ish on my part, but couldn’t they just use Libreoffice?

Let this go down in the history books as to why you shouldn’t worship a head of state as a God.

The hunting restriction was one of the things that allowed the American bison (our unofficial second national animal) to came back from near extinction. This is a serious step backwards for conservation. Imagine all the other animals that might go extinct from this relaxation of hunting restrictions.

Me

Oh, yes, communism. When me and the bros live on communes funded by an apartheid state that’s actively killing an entire ethnic group. Just the way Carlus Marximus intended!

Don’t forget that if the planet is inhabited, it has only has one civilization that is mono-ethnic and mono-cultural. Star Trek is the most prominent offender example of this. Still a good series though.

So, universal healthcare would be a waste of taxpayer money but surveillance capitalism is a-OK?

If you’re into early 20th century pulp fantasy, I highly recommend Edgar Rice Burroughs’s John Carter of Mars and Robert E. Howard’s Conan.

Two things: Competing colonial interests and the orthographic differences between Spanish and English

The Spanish Empire took control of the Philippines and named the named the islands Las Islas Filipinas or just Las Filipinas which is still today used in Spanish to this day. It was named for the Spanish king at the time of the conquest: Rey Felipe II. Why the change from FE-lipe to FI-lipinas? I don’t know.

Towards the end of the 1800s, The Spanish Empire is crumbling and their last remaining territories (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and Las Filipinas) is taken by the USA. The US changes the name to the English-inflected The Philippines because English for, some reason, uses to two “F” sounds: “F” and “PH.” Spanish only has one: “F.”

OK, this is a tough one and what I’m about to say might get me some dislikes. Let me just say something that might soften the blow: Fuck Rowling, her transphobia, and the bigots that defend her wretched views. Even if she decided, in an alternative timeline, to keep her loudmouth shut, she would still be the scum of the earth for her views on trans people. I repeat, Fuck Rowling.

Now, with that out the way, let’s address the crux of the issue. I know that many of you in the LGBTQ+ community grew up with the franchise and enjoyed it long before Rowling exposed her true colors. If you’re LGBTQ+ and you decide to reconcile, in some way, with the franchise without directly supporting Rowling, you’re well within your rights to do so. The nostalgia you feel for something that brought you joy in your youth is yours to keep. No one, not even the creator themselves, can take that from you. As for the products themselves? You can: buy the books secondhand, pirate the movies, pirate the EPUBs if you have an e reader and buy fan-made merch from LGBTQ±friendly sellers.

If decided to not reconcile with the franchise, you’re also well within your rights to do so. Rowling has to made aware of the damage her views have on people. Demonstrate the hypocrisy of writing about a group of outsiders finding a place of acceptance and discovering their true selves and espousing bigoted rhetoric towards a discriminated group wanting acceptance for their true selves. There’s plenty of other fictional universes you can draw your attention towards (more on that in a moment) that are far less problematic and worthier of your time.

If you’re an ally (like myself), it’s best that we don’t engage with the franchise all together out of support. For me, this isn’t a problem since I didn’t engage with the franchise all that much in my youth (I was more of a LOTR fan). If you do decide to reconcile, much of what I have already said still applies.

In short, the question of reconciliation is a personal matter. So long as Rowling isn’t benefiting, you should be happy with your decision and the stand you take. As for alternatives? Well…

The already mentioned Lord of The Rings

Dune series

Discworld

Elric of Melniboné

Wheel of Time

Any rss reader recommendations, preferably cross-platform and FOSS? Also, I’m not a scientist; at least not yet. I’m what you would call a bedroom science enthusiast. I do hope, however, to become a legitimate scientist in computer science someday.

Can’t wait for the endless “end times near! look at this recent event” that are going made concerning this recent ruling. /s

Can’t wait for this to happen to the AI labs themselves. They’re the Thomas Edison to our Nikolai Tesla.

Damn, I’ve gotten to a point in my life that I forget that April Fool’s Day exist.

Is this only in the EU? On my end in the US, it’s still full price.

Edit: My dumbass forgot it was April Fool’s Day. Ignore this comment.

Lolita Express National Airport or Epstein-Trump National Airport. Either one should do.

Lars? Lars Ulrich of Metallica fame? Why would he get mad over fans liking music? When did this happen? The Napster case, while bullshit, at least had something of a leg to stand on but this is just absurd.

Crusaders: Is Deus Vult not the way of our Lord, your holiness?

Well, time to whip out the old Red Ring machine.