“It’s not about the money. It’s about sending a message.” -Mark “Not the Joker” Zuckerberg

In short, there’s increasing hints that the “greater good” espoused by the Ethereals (i.e., the Tau’s mysterious leadership caste) may actually be a cover for a lot of mind control and eugenics.

You’ve got the important foundational elements. The other big event is the Horus Heresy, where about half of the Emperor’s sons fell to Chaos and started a huge civil war that left the Emperor in his current half-dead state, but the imperial bureaucracy keeps on chugging.

The other thing to keep in mind is that the world of Warhammer 40k has been evolving over decades of novels, tabletop games, and video games made by multiple authors. As a result, the canon is vast and occasionally self-contradictory.

If you want to know more, I highly recommend the Ciaphas Cain books (novels with a comedy streak) and a silly fan series called If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech device.

Strictly speaking, there are also do-not-angles.

The best time to repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution was decades ago. The second best time is now.

JAQing off

Were you taking to John Carmack or John Connor?

The CA law is a prompt for self-reported age or birthdate. (1900 Jan 1, obviously.) This is not at all equivalent to “age verification” using ID or face scans.

This is a terrible take. This law is not “age verification” at all, there’s no ID checks or face scans. This is the exact equivalent of entering 1900 January 1 for websites that ask for your birthday.

What? This is a press release from the California Attorney General literally taking about what they are doing in court right now.

How do you go from that to “thEy’Re DoiNg NothIng”?