I am a little suprised at how quickly we acquiesced to "cutting down on crime maybe a little but in no significant measurable sense, is worth martial law"
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I am a little suprised at how quickly we acquiesced to "cutting down on crime maybe a little but in no significant measurable sense, is worth martial law"
Not just cops, but judges, juries, prosecutors etc etc Car culture is so pervasive, they identify with the driver I don't mean to be that guy, but it happens *a lot* www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/c...
> the transaction in concept is neither outlandish or suspect, *at least no more than any other part of modern finance.* load-bearing phrase I wonder if the generally accepted crookedness of modern finance makes stories like these less noticeable or actionable
I'd like to think this is the first time they'd ever gotten behind the wheel of a car and were starting out by practicing parallel parking That doesn't make any sense but I'd still like to believe it
I'm not even sure they can manage the handoff. Knives will be out
does he define it? how is it different than leftism? what are the defining credos of Blueskyism?
I just lost the game
One problem with your hypothetical is that politicians working against trans people have no plan to help starving children or Medicare Your "choice" is bogus, and even if it weren't, we can walk and chew gum at the same time You wouldn't accept racial segregation in that (bogus) exchange
Every major news publication has spent countless pages on the subject
That's a good point, b/c Likes are a much more powerful factor on Twitter compared to Bluesky, and there's a much larger incentive for artificial/bot Likes Not many people here seem to use the algorithm feed (and I'm not really sure how the Discover algo prioritizes Likes)
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Poe's law
I think it's useful to unpack this. If Democrats agree with Republicans on excluding women's sports, what's the harm? Is it primarily harm to trans women who play sports, or is there something more to it? A reasonable person who doesn't know much about trans issues could ask these questions.
I can understand the confusion tbh I see a lot of moped-like scooters in SF bike lanes, but they have tiny little pedals (that the delivery drivers obv never use) I don't know if they qualify as e-bikes or not. They go fast It would be good to have clarity. This is sold as an "electric bicycle"
Because criminalizing children playing with their friends is an absolutely terrible idea
So you're OK with trans athletes competing in high school?
I think they’re already doing it at significant scale and not admitting it, but no way to prove it
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Is that real?! I thought he tried to claim the player was trying to give it to one of his own kids and he “saved” it (which is bad enough but wow)
Biggest mistake was not promoting masks early and often (and free supplies of masks for everyone)
Astroturfed Tea Party and media embrace of it was a huge factor, but I agree Obama disappointed
That’s my take. As soon as people find out something is AI with no real person behind it, they don’t want it That might change if personalities like this guy can get popular but I don’t think so
Curious about this deal: >> Last month, he signed with independent record label Hallwood Media Because why would A&R execs pay anyone for stuff they can do themselves I think Spotify and other streamers are going to be the main creators of this garbage
I just read it completely wrong lol
Ah, good point. Thanks
Oof BART just added this, and I gotta say that it sort of makes up for the rest of the Cubic gate mess Eliminating the $3 fee and unnecessary plastic card? Great idea I'm still gonna use it for privacy sake, but visitors should be able to pay with ccs, and now they can (I think NYMTA does too?)
Bill Clinton era seems when Dems really threw in the towel to become GOP lite
I think you're both right, tbh. Jordan was a harbinger, but no one has reached his popularity
It's accurate but one big reason is that players didn't switch teams nearly as much in the past (esp. before free agency etc) And I think it's more prevalent in the NBA because individual players matter more than in the NFL or MLB
That's basically my argument. Instead of "never be a right to work state" he should have said "always be pro union" -- that's all I'm saying I don't think we need to hide the ball, we need to better explain that companies and unions do have "free association" to create whatever CBA they agree on
Agreed in general, but this seems to be a trans woman She says "I don't have a right to be on boys sports"
I'm not a labor (or legal or policy) expert at all, but I always favor plain true speech, so I prefer yours "allow unions to bargain with employers to require mandatory membership" sounds right to me (but again, IANAE)
When was the last time he went this long without talking to the press? Somebody must be tracking that shit apnews.com/article/trum...
*not-> now
I realize some unions have been corrupt and are corrupt now, but that's a separate issue to address and now via RTW laws RTW laws are failures and mostly intended to weaken union protections for workers (imo)
Right, and I apologize if I inferred anything about your beliefs I feel that "right to work" is unnecessarily confusing and anti-union, so people who support unions should avoid it in the same way people who support repro rights should not use "pro life" to describe anti-abortionists
That's like accepting the term "pro-life" for people who want to ban abortion
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Yes, the lines of what's OK and what's not depends heavily on who's doing them. The borders shift constantly
I think maybe he (or someone in his admin) realized how terrible it's going to look when people in blue states can get the COVID vaccine and people in red states cannot Although only ~20% of people have been getting the booster 😔, it would still look terrible newrepublic.com/article/1998...
> they may not have a history of depression to qualify Can you talk about what might be needed to "qualify"? I have a written diagnosis from a therapist years ago (for insurance purposes) Could someone just schedule one therapy appointment and get something similar that would work?
There's a story here that I can't quite grasp, but you're on it It reminds me of the backlash to the women dancing video, which was no more "cringey" than Trump or MAGA daily There's a right way and a wrong way to have "fun," and non-white people/women/gender-non-conformists do it the "wrong way"
That's some pretty impressive company you got there
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That sentence summarizes our current situation quite nicely
There's pretty good argument that many of them already have
It does raise a big question for those who say the press likes Trump because of "TV ratings"
tbh it was weird to see someone actually recording it the right way. they realized and fixed it lol
This definitely feels like a crack in the facade Somebody told Trump that Democratic states are gonna let everyone get the vaccine and red states will be fucked
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When he actually dies, the Qanoners will definitely not believe it
fwiw, I have a burner account that follows 0 accounts, and my For You feed is mostly popular progressive posts The majority of Twitter posts and accounts are actually progressive, but that algorithm just boils people’s brains it’s understated how much Twitter has changed national public opinion
These guys don't mean white people To them, white people can never be immigrants
"foreigners" 😡
I'd love to see a campaign from the most attractive, most successful, and most intelligent (impressively educated) celebrities sharing their vaccination histories
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The photo of the printouts of the chats month by month was shocking
I know of at least 2 people who got in (minor) car crashes bc they were fiddling with the radio so it’s not ridiculous
Deleted the deleted 🥴 It was a post noting Trump wore a red hat yesterday In the Gruden photo it’s white
Same as those texts about your extended automobile warranty
I think it’s the way that the “tracks” (there are no tracks) are blended together Instead of hearing instruments individually, they’re now getting mushed together Just a thought, but I can definitely tell (with indie rock and folk style music)
Customer service and HR are going through massive reductions right now
I get nervous when I take my eyes off the road for a second to change the radio channel. I can't even imagine I think you're right that the mental distraction and displacement (a conversation with someone in a different place) is extremely dangerous
I don't want to post misinfo, so let me know if I should delete The timing seems odd, but I know there are a *lot* of these flights (because I follow your account. Thanks)
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
That seems to be a pattern, but not proven here yet
Not trying to spread misinfo. Just doesn't look good though that this is happening while the court is in session
Is this not them? bsky.app/profile/jjin...
I don't think they're that stupid. They've already pulled back on those threats www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland... And it would be nearly impossible to do anyway www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/b...
(I think many are stupid enough to believe it works, but I'm sure many are also pandering)
The headline is really off there I get what they mean -- effects that lawmakers didn't anticipate -- but everyone else did
it seems like as big a loser as the COVID vaccine it just give states another chance to say "fuck you" to the feds with no recourse (other than full martial law/authoritarianism, which seems impossible to do at scale)
Or (I'm not going to listen to it, so maybe they did), follow up with making them explain what would have happened? How would LA have "fallen"?
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This CNN report from 2003 estimates 1.3 million porn sites us.cnn.com/2003/TECH/in...
YES. Thank you. That is one of the biggest lessons from that disaster and they're trying to memory hole it
too bad. the Snow White line was pretty good
I would think there used to be a *lot* more, before OnlyFans and social media
Great reporting. My only beef is the hed -- this was entirely expected (I'd really love to be sitting in on VPN company meetings these days. Those folks have gotta be pumped right now)
I agree in general ... if "rural" means "white" suburban/enclave white voters seem to be the targets of most propaganda
and yet only 20% of people in US live in rural areas... 🤔
I might do it, but I would be terrified
More good context here www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/29/f...
They want to eliminate all LGBT people and culture, and they'll destroy all art to do it Sorry for the Threads link, but this is a good read from Robin Haines Merrill, a Christian minister whose award-winning art is scheduled to be destroyed www.threads.com/@sister_robi...
I would posit it stems directly from the Pulse memorial standoff that's going on They're gonna die on the hill of keeping that crosswalk rainbow-free, even if they have to destroy all intersection art in the whole damn state www.orlandoweekly.com/news/first-p...
non-weird one here (maybe) football should be banned from college and high school at the least
Honestly a bonus in my book When they were 2-3, my kids used to love to climb these silly racks they have in Albany and pretend to ride them
definitely not the worst
The article mentions and quotes @derekberes.bsky.social. His book Conspirituality is a great dive into the bigger subject www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/derek...
Doh! 😞 Sorry. I will fix
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On 15 my drive was a good 250 feet OB. Utter disaster 🤮 Golden Gate Park main course
Being able to confidently make every 10-20 footer was *the* biggest game changer for me You can run almost everything under 100 feet and not worry (usually) about making par
50 foot line drive blasted through the back of the chains looks pretty good 🤷🏼♀️
I tested this conundrum in the wild today * Parked it on 1 (15 feet) * 50 foot birdie on 10 I gotta say the birdie on 10 was much more fun You don’t get to run in a park job #DiscGolf
I probably agree, but the problem was Bernie couldn’t get the Democrats In a general election, I think yes
Color me b I thought Trump’s margin of defeat would rival Goldwater
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