Stuff like this has a real 'whistling past the graveyard' quality to it.
I'm sure it's catnip to his base, but man, does it ever have the possibility of coming back to haunt him if she keeps building momentum at this rate.
News like this makes me wonder if David Bowie finally reincarnated somewhere on Earth. Everything went to shit in 2016 after he left for his home planet.
It's pronounced "xitter."
While I wouldn't say that's right, I also wouldn't come right out and call it wrong either. This very much engages with the "Selfish Gene", an heuristic model of thinking about evolution from the perspective of the gene itself instead of populations.
As an added amusement, the book "The Selfish Gene" came out in 1976, and is the source of the word "meme," used somewhat differently than it is now, naturally.
Haha, I've been using old.lemmy.world for so long I'd forgotten I even had the Space Needle profile on my account. Was truly puzzled for a minute.
"How do they know I'm in Seattle? Oh, yeah."
Generation X here.
You can predict the outcome of this court's decisions with two questions:
A: Will it cause chaos?
B: Is it cruel?
They seem to feel it's bonus points if the answer to both is yes.
On the off chance you're unaware, this song is referencing an old standard, "Don't Fence Me In."
Here's Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters covering it around 1945. Love the melodic link to the original he incorporated.
This past Sunday's ride, a view across the water from Alki Beach in West Seattle.
JFC NY Times, you're just noticing his decline now?. It's been self-evident for years.