The rally was in Butler, a deep red town in the next county north of Pittsburgh.

The shooter was from Bethel Park, closer to and on the other side of Pittsburgh. There’s a subway line from Bethel Park to downtown Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh itself is very blue. I’d call Bethel Park purple. It’s definitely more suburban than rural.

Dude, no. I don’t want to live in a country where politicians are being shot.

Also, I’m pretty sure the blond woman on his left / our right is the one who died. She did not deserve that.

Not the time for jokes.

For sure, Giant Growth isn’t amazing, but it’s the baseline by which I compare green combat tricks. That is to ask “How much more does it cost and what else does it give you?”

In this case, the answer 1 for three good abilities. Heck yeah.

[[Giant Growth]] is +3/+3 at instant speed for 1.

So for 1 more you’re adding trample, hexproof, and indestructible. That’s a sweet deal. Hugely versatile.

As long as you’ve got the mana to spare, this seems like a clear upgrade.

Phone cameras tend to ramp up the saturation.

It gives the photo a more vibrant look, which many people prefer, at the expense of color accuracy.

But generally with artistic photography, you’re going more for a style than for accuracy, so I wouldn’t say it’s always a bad thing (though sometimes it is).

Tell me you’ve never worked on a farm without telling me that you’ve never worked on a farm.

The thumbnail photo is extreme, yes. But white farm workers still get sunburns.

In this example I would have committed both crimes.

It’s copyright infringement for me to republish and profit from your work without your consent (while that work is not in the public domain).

It’s plagiarism for me to pass that work off as my own.

So it was a bad example.

Jon Ossoff for 2028

The sides are definitely not the same. One side is a fascist, a rapist, and a felon; the other side has trouble being coherent after 6pm.

They’re not the same, and I know who I’m voting for (not the fascist). But damn do I wish we had some better choices.

Let’s say you write a novel. It’s really really good. But no one reads it because no one ever hears about it.

Later, I stumble upon your novel and recognize how great it is. Then I republish it verbatim, except with my name as the author. I am much better at business and marketing than you, so it goes viral. I receive millions in sales, am tapped to produce a movie version, and win a Pulitzer for it.

Is that fair? Or should you have some rights in all of this since it was your copy?