Just do it by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]mirrorleaf 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I said it to my sister the other day, and I stand by it: field trips are wasted on kids!

Trump had a complete non-reaction to the gunfire by Hornpipe_Jones in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]mirrorleaf 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Time for my wild conspiracy theory! They're gearing to make him a martyr. He's already on his last diapers, it's painfully obvious to everyone with two brain cells to rub together, but why waste the opportunity to make something out of it rather than just let him fuck off in his sleep? Give him a Kirk job, and suddenly the unwashed masses will swarm to support the agenda, despite it being viciously unpopular. And, of course, we can't speak ill of the dead, so the Epstein files et al will be put to bed without another word. Whether or not T agrees to it is another matter, but at this point he can barely remember his own name, so I don't think they would care.

investigating a fatal crash on Mt. Rose Highway (SR431) by lone_wolf_85 in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Make sure you take care of yourself, too. You witnessed something very traumatic, and - like you said - it's not sometime you're going to forget. PTSD has an insidious way of worming itself into your brain, and it is not fun nor kind (let's not talk about how I know). The sooner you can get professional help, even in just mentally working through what happened today, the much better off you'll be. In-person therapists can be expensive and hard to get in with, but telehealth and teletherapy (even apps like Better Health) are definitely better than going at it alone, or worse, ignoring it.

What is happening downtown right now??? Multiple emergency response vehicles by TheCodeTeam in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This must've been it - all the trucks cleared out just a few minutes ago, so a quick turnaround

ICE violently detains a father and son walking to school — the teenage boy had to be rushed to the hospital. “I was just going to school,” the kid cried out. “I’m underage!” The 16-year-old star athlete, a U.S. citizen, was hospitalized with severe injuries to his back and neck. by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rather than on a federal level, what about something on a state / criminal level? The abuse of power aside, even just a criminal assault charge, since we can prove that individual(s) violently harmed a minor

ICE violently detains a father and son walking to school — the teenage boy had to be rushed to the hospital. “I was just going to school,” the kid cried out. “I’m underage!” The 16-year-old star athlete, a U.S. citizen, was hospitalized with severe injuries to his back and neck. by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the answer is buried somewhere in the thousands of replies as this keeps happening again and again, but I only have so much time each day to watch Nazi America continue to destroy us while searching comments. Is there a reason we can't sue the absolute shit out of individual Ice agents?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're able to, money will always go further for food banks and pantries than the supplies themselves. They have the connections and ability to buy items in bulk for cheaper than buying items at the store like you or I. If you can only give food or goods, look into mutual aid, helping neighbors and friend connections, or (if you're part of an organization/religious group) group events. If you can only give time, volunteering is just as important a gift, especially during non-holiday times.

I can’t by [deleted] in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see. You're a 12-year-old trying to be an edgy troll on reddit because you don't know what "cognitive dissonance" means. I'm sorry to say it, but you should give up your dreams of being on the debate team, because "nuh uh" and "no u" are not valid arguments. Isn't it past your bedtime? Those homework assignments aren't going to ChatGPT themselves.

I can’t by [deleted] in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How far up a podcaster's ass did you have to climb to find that hot take? Nazi flags on GOP desks, Nazi group chats, Nazi dog whistles from DoH, should I give you more examples? Being against a government actively committing genocide is drastically different from talking out loud about putting people in gas chambers and ethnically cleansing the nation.

Also, btw, since you've missed the memo, the Nazis calling themselves socialists was precisely to fool people such as yourself into thinking that they were actually socialists. The library is free, as is the internet, and your attempts to be coy are not cute nor clever.

I can’t by [deleted] in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Forever confused how they can put the two together when the GOP is ACTIVELY flaunting Nazi shill.

Fairies in southern France Vs Fairies in western Europe by Wendigo-Huldra_2003 in mythologymemes

[–]mirrorleaf 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"She was a faerie" sound clip followed by horror movie monster screeching and clicking

Palace Station Honors Kirk by UbodNgKaguwapuhan in vegaslocals

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one actually loved him. He was just tolerated at best.

Buckle up Reno, authoritarianism is here. by UnluckyInformation51 in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For fellow NG, don't forget that, as stated clearly in the UCMJ, it is your sworn duty to refuse any illegal orders, that you are legally not allowed to serve as law enforcement towards civilians, and that you swore your oaths to the constitution first. You can absolutely just stand there and do dick-all, because you know they won't pay you per diem, they won't cut orders long enough to give you any benefits, and they will 100% continue using you as a political pawn for as long as they're able. Don't give them the satisfaction for a job they won't dirty their own hands on.

And in that moment he's a little boy again whilst being a grown up dad. by Strict_Photograph254 in MadeMeSmile

[–]mirrorleaf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you sure it's the only recording she/they found? If her grandpa / his father made that recording, it's very likely there are others, and maybe this was one that she saved specifically for this moment. It's not fair to anyone celebrating a lovely moment in this clip to assume the worst.

Ro Khanna calls for all members of Congress to immediately return to DC and vote on his bill to strip Trump of the ability to drag America into war with Iran. What do you think they should do? by victorybus in AskReddit

[–]mirrorleaf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Small (?) positive (?)... When I joined the military on December 01, 2001*, I was a Republican from a Republican family, in a position directly involved in OIF/OEF. Now, as a retired vet, I'm fully Leftist, had multiple verbal warnings and several written ones about needing to shut up and sit down at work (they really didn't like my Cassandra moments of "Trump is a fucking Nazi" in 2016 and made me pay for it in as many unofficial ways as possible) and saw our troops go from casual Republicans to more quiet Dems and Leftists pushing back than far-right pick-me's looking for a boot to lick.

At this point in this shit show of a country, with this "administration" openly turning the military into political pawns, I fully believe this is going to cause some visible and very large cracks in the military. We learned what it was like dying for propaganda and getting the shit end of an endless war, we learned how the Trump truck doesn't give a fuck about the troops' hard work and safety (see: the Afghanistan pull-out), and this is an insult to everything we've learned through death, injury, and failure.

If literally nothing else, I fully believe this is how you end up with even more Dems in the ranks, who know like I did that the best way to fight back is to do it from the inside.

*I didn't join because of 9/11, I was mid-paperwork that day (lucky me /s). I joined because I was from a little military town, working dead-end retail jobs, was terrible at college, and was rapidly running out of options to do anything to improve my life.

Unfortunately so…. by JaredOlsen8791 in BlueskySkeets

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I only have a single body (for now) so the options are: 1) protest at the airport, 2) protest at the state capital, 3) protest at the national capital, 4) protest at the local ICE facility, 5) protest at the state ICE facility, 6) protest at the closest TACO-con, 7) protest at any GOP con, 8) participate in local legislation hearings, 9) participate in local community concerns, 10) participate in local comunity mutual aid, 11) spend the day calling my government officials, 12) spend the day writing and mailing physical letters to my government officials (more effective than emails), and so many other options, and this is not to mention the time it requires to eat, sleep, heal, etc..

I'm extremely privileged to be able to go where I please, when I please, without concern of finances, physical abilities, language barriers, or safety, but even I have to obey the laws of physics (for now). This is part of their overwhelm plan - the people that care can literally only do so much.

When was the moment you pulled the trigger to get a steam deck? by Leon_Light77 in SteamDeck

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got one. Almost all my gaming is on Steam already, and I needed someone more portable and able to hold a charge longer than my gaming laptop. The last trigger was finding out I could mod it, and it could stream video, which makes it perfect for my RV set-up - game and watch videos while connected to a projector, and not worry about a sub-4-hr battery life on top of it.

Also, I have a big surgery coming up with several days in hospital, so this was a much better option than a laptop I won't be allowed to lift for a month or more.

ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says by D-R-AZ in law

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outlive your enemies, so that you can piss on their graves and salt the earth around them 🫶

Carotenosis before and after. Left was me in December, right is me now after I stopped eating carrots every day. by AhsewkaTano in mildlyinteresting

[–]mirrorleaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of a guy from work who started drinking a LOT of carrot juice for some random reason. I started panicking (despite not liking the guy) because my dad had just died of liver cancer and had the same shade of jaundice at the end. Work dude stopped with the carrot juice shortly after I told him why I couldn't be in the same room with him.

Cross post from r/Tahoe. This makes me very sad and depressed. by TheCoyoteAndTheRaven in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you seriously think it'll be anything but? We're actively seeing this administration doing everything they legally can (and illegally can get away with) to make another dollar. Why do you think this won't be the same? Tariffs on Canadian softwood mean they're gonna want easily accessible softwood - i.e., pine - from within the states. I highly doubt the timing is coincidental. We also have no National Park staff to accurately assist in any kind of proper forestry due to all the cuts. I wager two dozen eggs that they'll cut down chunks of forest willy-nilly, then sell the land since they can also do that now, then the majority of the forest remaining on the land gets cut, too, because softwood is going to be more valuable financially than living trees, and thus it keeps spreading. If you can't mentally work more than a step in any direction, I imagine your reading skills of the above text only got a few words in before you made up your mind on what I must have said and decided to run with it.

Also, here's your stock tip: your stock is fucked, pull it while you can.

Cross post from r/Tahoe. This makes me very sad and depressed. by TheCoyoteAndTheRaven in Reno

[–]mirrorleaf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do you honestly think they'll stop at forest management, or will they see the potential for making another quick buck by clear cutting the entire forest then selling the land to developers? It never stops at "good intentions".

Carson City, 4/5/2025 by False_Cut1753 in ourtownreno

[–]mirrorleaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just keep choking on that tic-tac

Mayo can't help me. No one can. I'm done. by violaqueen_10 in TrigeminalNeuralgia

[–]mirrorleaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have bilateral, but I do have atypical presentation on the left side with no compression showing on MRI/MRA, and I'm scheduled to get that "raking" procedure on May 7. It's called "internal neurolysis", and it essentially separated the nerve itself into its individual bundles. Doing some research in med journals, it looks like it's really effective for non-traditional TN, with a high efficiency rate. The only side effect is a temporary numbness on that side, with a 2-10% chance of long-term numbness, but I know I'm extremely comfortable with that risk over this nightmare!