Thiel links these religious themes to what he calls the exhaustion of the Enlightenment story of progress and the crisis of modern liberal democracy, arguing modernity’s faith in reason, institutions, and global cooperation is breaking down under the weight of geopolitical conflict and technological upheaval. He has suggested the stagnation of transformative innovation, rising bureaucracy, and a growing reliance on supranational bodies are signals that the modern era is ending and that a new, more openly theological politics is emerging in its place.

Within this framework, Thiel has repeatedly singled out Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as emblematic of what he calls “legionnaires of the Antichrist”—figures who seek to halt or tightly control scientific and technological development in the name of safety or planetary survival. In leaked recordings of a four‑part “Antichrist” lecture series, he described the modern Antichrist not as a reckless technologist, but as a “Luddite who wants to stop all science,” adding, “It’s someone like Greta,”

Lets say for the sake of argument his overall idea has merit, but hes way off in choosing Thunberg. Who do we know, what major political figure, has massively undermined society’s faith in reason, institutions, and global cooperation? What major political figure has rejected scientific advancement that would save the planet in favor of the archaic “drill baby drill” model of propping up destructive industries like coal, oil, etc.? What major political figure has argued that the United States should have unilateral control over the western hemisphere, and has time and time again reduced global cooperation via the UN, treaties, etc.?

I dont even think most of his argument is that far off base. I also think its plainly obvious that Donald Trump is the antichrist if there is one. His followers wear the mark of the beast on their foreheads (MAGA). He seemed to suffer mortal wounds, or came close, and yet miraculously survived (Covid. Or almost being shot in the face). He literally calls himself the “President of Peace” which is such a blatant ripoff of the “Prince of Peace” aka Jesus Christ. The antichrist is someone who will turn good people into bad people by convincing them that being on the side of evil is actually righteous. Look at the moral denigration of his followers who will never see the light.

There was a website that tracked all the ways he was similar to the biblical descriptions of the antichrist that is ten miles long. They stopped updating it years ago before he even reached a second term in office. Its only gotten more obvious in the interim. Trump is literally the antichrist

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

For…. Science?

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The damage to her scalp and vascular network was so severe that restoring the ear at the time was impossible, so the procedure was performed to save the patient’s aural orifice so it could be reattached to her head later.

Okay, but its going to be really hard to find socks in the meantime. Also, dont the hairs that allow you to hear not grow back? I assume the ear will never be useable again. Although I guess the aesthetic appeal is still there

“For the military… its an opportunity to recruit… kids” is a hell of a statement. Hot take but maybe the military shouldnt be recruiting children

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If airlines could get away with stacking people in there like a transatlantic slave ship they would do it.

As a mildly tall person, not even exceptionally tall, flying as it is already is borderline painful. The seat space is not built for anyone who isnt pint sized

Isnt the drumstick, which is most people’s preferred “wing”, actually the thigh part of a chicken?

At first, passengers didn’t realize the man wasn’t a bus driver, McKenna said. But when he started making some wrong turns, they started asking him questions and one gave him directions to return to the scheduled route.

He even went as far as to deny someone looking to board with an expired bus pass," police said in the news release.

The absolute legendary irony of the man stealing a bus but denying a rider with an expired pass. “Sorry bud, I dont make the rules” Im dead

In the state I learned to drive in, if you fail a driving test 3 times (to be fair that is the actual driving exam, not the learner’s permit paper exam) then you have to get clearance from the governor to be allowed to take it a 4th time.

Failing 3 times definitely indicates you will have some serious issues driving safely. Its not that hard to get a minimum score of 70/100.

The paper exam idk if the rules are the same. But still, failing 128 times is seriously indicative of ones ability to learn the rules of the road

Guilty on these three counts, and 34 more

400lbs is a lot of weight to have poorly distributed directly over the very tail end of a car. Sure, a car can easily handle 2 200lb people sitting in the rear of it with little issue, but their weight is in an expected place and well dispersed. Having half of a 400lb fridge sticking out of a trunk where it is largely unsupported means that a great deal more stress than just 400lbs is ultimately coming down on that part of the suspension

The average payload of a small sedan like that is about 850lbs, which would include the driver. So while were probably talking 600lbs-700lbs of payload between the driver, the added equipment weight for police modifications, and the fridge, that number also assumes normal distribution of weight within the vehicle. Im no engineer, but I would bet that having the weight of the fridge (which is the bulk of it) sticking out of the car halfway is probably pushing the sedan beyond tolerance for weight in some ways. But I could be wrong

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Some harm was probably done to that rear suspension lol

That is a parole board as in the board of a prison that grants or denies parole to people currently in prison.

This parole commission sounds like it isnt a parole board whatsoever, theyre just using the term improperly. This is a body that supervises parolees after they have been granted parole by a parole board

An expert in starting shit and then peacing out

The real question is why the fuck anyone would go hunting for squirrels with a large enough caliber weapon that it could kill a person.

You can drop a squirrel with a pellet air rifle im sure. Anything larger than that and youre not hunting a squirrel, youre just blowing it away.

Hunting squirrels is stupid enough on its own without doing it solely for the sake of shooting something thats alive. Thats not conservation, its blood sport

Because when every property is worth millions of dollars, and even a parking space goes for half a million, the school could easily be funded using property tax well beyond what it even needs.

Instead, the school never has enough money to fund education. Teachers get paid below national averages. Test scores are below state and national averages. And then the school district asks for more money by placing the burden on everyday working class people just buying food or whatever (who dont own property worth millions of dollars) and tourists (who can be discouraged from visiting under increasing taxation) to primarily educate the children of the people who own property worth millions of dollars.

If you dont find that absurd then I dont know what to tell you

They do have height requirements in the sense that they use such standardized equipment that you cant be either extremely tall or short and still serve. Like you cant be in the navy if you cant fit in the beds on a ship, which is logical. However that same person might be able to fit in somewhere outside the navy depending on how tall they are. But if youre 7 ft tall you probably just cant serve, as youre too tall not to be a liability in some way pretty much everywhere.

That said, Im not aware of anyone whos height significantly fluctuates (outside of normal everyday fluctuations) on a month to month basis

It is highly dependent on local, state, and federal funding sources, usually in that order. Property taxes are usually where most of the money comes from in most places, but that is not universally true. For example, in Colorado property taxes are not as much of a direct source of funding for schools as they are in other places. So despite having some of the most expensive property values in the country, Colorado has some of the worst funded schools and worst paid teachers in the country as well.

I live in one of the highest property value areas anywhere in the entire country, and the local district’s primary source of funding is municipal sales taxes. It’s truly absurd.

At the state level, many states use lottery money from any given area to supplement other funding. Which sounds great on its face, but the reality is that the lotto is effectively a regressive tax of sorts. Areas that have high property values save money from lotto contributions. Areas with low property values tend to have more people playing the lotto, but that money is rarely enough to make up for a lack of funding. What most people dont understand about those programs is that they dont take the lotto money from rich areas (or pool it) and provide it to poorer area schools that need it more. The money is geographically limited to the areas it comes in from

If the waymo hadnt been painted white they would have unloaded a clip into it instead