It took me way too long to figure out what was actually going on in this picture.
It took me way too long to figure out what was actually going on in this picture.
That's what defund the police is about. It's about shifting the funding to other sources, social workers and such, that can handle calls like these. It relieves police of having to deal with stuff like this, too.
I need to read that book again. It was scary, but I finished it utterly confused. I clearly missed a ton from the appendices.
In what way did he not do an insurrection? They're just trying to get laws and rulings to apply to Democrats but not Republicans now?
I think the point is the mix of weird, nonsensical lyrics with intense, serious political points lol
Republicans are insane right now. They're going full fascist. I don't know what else you call it when they so blatantly ignore the rule of law to disrupt the peaceful transition of power to stay in power.
Is Graphene OS good? Any downsides? I need to get a new phone soon.
Those two things seem like they'd be connected...
Another good reason why every company shouldn't be bought by the same big companies over and over again.
Yay! Love to see Lemmy promoted.
I mean, you can use that same logic on the US government, even Democrat run ones, which have supported genocides in the past and even current ongoing ones, and have tried to stomp out left movements, been racist, sexist, and homophobic. But people have still supported the US and the Democratic party and called themselves leftist. The point is, I assume as I'm not a CCP Stan myself or anything, is to give critical support to back an actual socialist project and give a counterweight to a pure single superpower world (esp. When that superpower has destroyed or undermined almost every left project it can in the world). Critical support meaning you pick out the good from the bad, supporting the good and criticizing the bad. China actually puts a leash on its billionaires = good. But they seem to be forcing some cultural integration of Uyghurs = bad. But they're providing lots of housing and cheap EV's = good. But they can have bad working conditions = bad. But they're helping support economies and infrastructure in the global South with the Belt and Road project = good. But they keep doing that shit with territory in the south seas = bad. But they seem to have a long-term plan for implementing communism that they are actually following = good. And so on. I do think some people go too far in being CCP supportive, but I also think some people on Lemmy go too far the other direction, and think everyone that gives the slightest critical support to China or analyzes some US propaganda on China a bit before swallowing it is a CCP troll.
In the end, it's a mixed bag, but I do think there is some worth to not having a single hegemonic superpower in the world, so other leftist countries or colonized global south ones have alternative access to allies, trade, and support without bowing down to the US and their often reactionary policies. Cuba for example was doing pretty good until the Soviet Union fell and basically the only market became the western, US-controlled one that they had been mostly sanctioned the hell out of. I wish it was a better country than China, but hopefully they improve their social issues as they improve economically, which tends to be the pattern. I just wish they'd stop doing the aggressive maneuvers near the Philippines and Vietnam.
Does anyone know if there's a way to identify nearby unionized stores? I'd like to only go to my unionized Starbucks or unionized Trader Joe's, if there's any of those close to me.
Stilll helps factory workers have better commutes. Everyone who wants to work from home should be able to, because it helps the people who want to go in or have to.
What a strange comment. They're being genocided. I'm imagining someone in WW2 being like "well now you suddenly care about Jews when you find out the holocaust is happening", as if that was a bad thing.
These tech companies bring a lot of money to California but also produce some of the worst people in it lol
Tbh it probably is. I don't use Reddit much anymore for discussion or news or memes, but when I need the answer to a problem or an opinion on a product or service from actual people instead of an overly long review listicle, Reddit search results are still very useful.
I haven't been paying attention. I can't believe it's so soon. Are you nominated for anything, movie superstar Margot Robbie?
"It has to be in the correct region of Germany."
It looks so easy 😠I wish I had the starting capital and lack of morals to start one of these grifts.
Damn I still use this. Now what should I use for budgeting?
Doesn't Turkey still deny they ever did a genocide, too?
The revealed their code to a US company already: Oracle.
They just don't like that the youth use it to see what's happening in other parts of the world, like Palestine. They want to be able to keep the US populace within their propaganda bubble, in the state we were in when we didn't know about things like the Irgun or The Great March of Return.
I swear, half of these people are grifters, while the other half are true believers who are incompetent or unstable enough to fall for the first half's cons.
I thought the EU has been pretty good on privacy so far. Of course the US is trying to duck it up.
Someone find him an instance! Is there a hiking one? What place is he from?
This is incredible. Like, it was always obvious from a gut feeling or seeing comments reposted in the exact same thread, but this makes it even more obvious.
Well that's a total dick move. But at least he acknowledged it and apologized for it. I like that he just changed the order lol.
Or imagine politicians like Trump saying the most heinous stuff and then denying it saying it's fake or AI. How will people know? You won't even be able to trust your eyes or ears anymore.
But then it just comes off hypocritical and disingenuous if you selectively apply pressure. Then it just looks like you're trying to give a competitive edge to US evil social media and preventing youth from learning about the situation in Palestine.
Or the academic version: CRT (critical race theory). Remember when that was the rage among conservatives?
I had a friend watch this recently with a relative and they weren't allowed to say what was in the cocktail (so I wonder if this person could get in trouble for making this public lol). There was also an attending physician who made sure the patient finished the whole thing. The second he stopped, they said he has to keep going and finish it. And they were right next to him to the whole time, inches from his face.
Sounds like this was a failure by the attending paramedic, who was too far or had the slowest reflexes in the world lol.
That's so weird, because it's such a manly profession out in restaurants and the career version of it. But the second cooking happens at the home, now it's woman's work (to these toxic masculinity guys). So bizarre.
That's the thing about all these articles on how well the job market is doing, while simultaneously there are tons of articles on layoffs and bankruptcies that they never acknowledge that all - the new jobs always feel like they are in gig and crap work.
Intuit must be pissed.
I definitely know everyone can't work from home, I've got a couple coworkers who can't focus there because they got kids who work there, or a spouse who works from home and takes meetings in the one office, or they need the social interaction. But, wfh saves gas, saves money on commute, allows saving money on childcare, more flexibility with doctor and dentist appointments, and has tons of other benefits. It's got lots of benefits, especially in cities with tons of traffic. Having it be a choice seems like the best option all around.
Ya it's way better to stay ignorant to the shitty stuff your country does in the world than gain awareness of new issues. It's cool to support a genocide.
House of Leaves, I believe
I wonder why water indicates nerves and coffee indicates confidence. It totally makes sense to me but I have no idea why.
This is basically all the same issue: not enough users. It's so dumb. "Lemmy isn't as good as Reddit because everyone isn't there yet. But ya, Reddit sucks." /face-palm Then come over and get users to come over instead of saying there's not enough people.