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Stage 2 is for some hardware techbro to invent an artisanal moebius toasting methodology, and then suddenly even most white people can’t afford to live there.

You’re thinking about it like cancer ceases to exist, but it’s more likely that we discover super early detection and non-invasive elimination.

Let’s use use the metaphor of a lawn that becomes overgrown by weeds. It’s difficult to control the entire ecosystem that contributes to the lawn, but if we’re able to detect a single invasive seed as it takes root, we could pluck it before it sprouts, let alone spreads. The lawn will quickly recover from a few blades of grass being removed. The longer it goes unmanaged, the more drastic measures and larger swaths must be killed to stop the weeds from overtaking the lawn.

Yeah, the warp pipe Easter Egg was was sold me on this type of build. I really hope we get to see more non-minifig scale mocs that do this type of fan service. As I was putting it together I was trying to figure out what the hell I was building, and when it clicked? Oh man! I love showing the secret to guests.

On a similar note, the 25th anniversary Millennium Falcon has a few Easter eggs, but you only get to appreciate them during the build. Opening the Falcon up to take a peek isn’t an option.

I feel like people are massively downplaying the mission statement and potential impact of this organization because they’re caught up on the mental image they’ve conjured of a prisoner being forced to grow marijuana while being imprisoned for selling marijuana. That’s not at all what is happening.

As you mention, a decommissioned prison is being used as a legal grow site. The non-profit organization running the operation has the intention of using the income generated from this to free people that are were imprisoned for doing this very same thing before a legal pathway was possible.

It’s crazy to me that people were not set free once we flipped the switch and decided that selling marijuana was something that should be taxed and regulated. Yes, I get that it’s still possible to sell weed illegally if you don’t have the proper permits. I also understand that these people broke laws when that’s what the law was. But it just feels wrong. Especially considering this was a once a way for people with limited income opportunities to take control of their financial future, and now the people profiting from this are mostly people with stable finances that are looking to increase their profits.

Anyway, I applaud Last Prisoner Project and I think the idea of using a former prison has helped spread their message. I just wish there was a concise way to explain where the irony actually lies.

The commercial itself didn’t feature the shirt or any nazi imagery. It was a 30 second clip of Kanye in a dentists chair telling you to visit his website. It only aired in LA.

I don’t understand this timeline.

https://youtu.be/4eR--0vYHGc

There’s a difference between offering opposition to outright fascism, and being the hope of the future of a political party. The bar is so low right now that I’m happy whenever I hear of someone pushing back in any amount, but AOCs passion and unrelenting sense of justice is fucking inspiring.

Even better, those doors open outward, into the only space that the wheelchairs can occupy.

https://www.deviantart.com/jakeparker/art/Tow-Truck-Anatomy-213222139

I really like Everdell’s card art. There are a lot more components than just cards, though: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/199792/everdell

Look at this guy who doesn’t live in a 400sqft apartment with only street parking.

I never made the Neil Young connection, but I absolutely stopped listening to Pearl Jam. The last album I enjoyed was Vitalogy, which lines up with them doing Mirror Ball with Neil Young before their No Code album.