I dunno, with the American system you have like 2 year long campaigning cycle for president. There’s almost no break and it’s exhausting. In Canada when an election is called the campaign is only about 6 weeks give or take a week.
Also, if the government becomes dysfunctional, it can be dissolved and a new government elected. The US system doesn’t allow for that flexibility.
It’s really different though. The politicians are expected to be working at the national capitol during normal sessions. While they are ‘campaigning’ in that they’ll be trying to score sound bites and such for the media, they’re not allowed to spend money on regular campaigning until the election season starts.
How many rallies for president haver been held already with the election still 166 days away? How much money spent? It’s utterly exhausting.
It is some comfort to know that. It was almost too late when I took my cat to the vet when he got cancer or some sort of digestive tract blockage. I still feel bad for how quickly his health fell at the end, but cherish the last night I had with him. Didn’t help that I had to call the ambulance for my wife that night as well. When we have events in my family we try to get them all at the same time. My wife was fine, just wasn’t a good idea for her to have a shower while sick.
Anyway, sorry for your loss. It hurts to lose a loved one.
This is why I love having a “Trump” filter on my Lemmy feed. I get my news in meme form first, then I get to remove the filter to see what dumb shit has been going on before sighing and putting it back.
As the climate has warmed, there’s been an increase in the ingredients that make up hail storms: more instability in the atmosphere and stronger updrafts. The altitude in the atmosphere where water freezes has also been rising because of the warmer weather. This means that small hailstones often melt before they hit the...
The article did link the research article so you could have read it instead of jumped to conclusions. In this case fertility rates are being defined as rate of infertile couples, or couples who cannot conceive. Specifically, the worry is that the global sperm count is declining, and that the decline is accelerating.
A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario, according to the province’s public health agency, the first such death in more than a decade....
My first thought was ‘zombie work’ was a phrase for a job where you don’t have to think at all while doing it. Say a factory job like picking up rolls of tape and putting them in the tape dispenser.
I have a deep urge to be independent, but I think my mind has taken it too far. I want to be able to make everything myself, I want to do all from machining, to electronics and plumbing to bricklaying to programming....
I hate paying others for what I could do myself. But I also realize my time is important and has its own value. It might be worth it to have someone else take a look at a task for me. Generalizing is nice, but specializing has its advantages.
LockBit says they stole data in London Drugs ransomware attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/15967176...
Rishi Sunak announces UK general election for Thursday 4 July (www.bbc.co.uk)
Paying for advertising (sh.itjust.works)
Well growmies, there's one less predator for my veggie garden this year, my 14 year old dog will Godzilla all the plants she wants in heaven tomorrow. (lemmy.world)
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Giant Hail Is the Weather Threat Keeping Insurers Up at Night (www.bloomberg.com)
As the climate has warmed, there’s been an increase in the ingredients that make up hail storms: more instability in the atmosphere and stronger updrafts. The altitude in the atmosphere where water freezes has also been rising because of the warmer weather. This means that small hailstones often melt before they hit the...
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
Robert F Kennedy Jr lists foreclosed New York home as voting address (www.theguardian.com)
Independent presidential candidate does not own the listed property and is not in public searches as one of its residents
Winamp is going open source, and it feels like the early 2000s again (www.xda-developers.com)
Fire Emblem Meets Superheroes In 'Covert Crew', Flying Onto Switch This Year (www.nintendolife.com)
Trailer Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJMV871xNTs
Big Game Hunter [Marko] (lemmy.world)
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Stroller designed against gas attacks, England, 1938
Several men and a PUG in a Saloon, Illinois, USA, ~1910s
18 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
High levels of weedkiller (glyphosate/e.g. Roundup) found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The levels (of glyphosate that the) French researchers found in sperm were four times higher than in the men’s blood...
Arizona officials say they can’t find Rudy Giuliani to serve him with indictment notice (www.cnn.com)
Ontario child under 5 dies of measles: provincial health agency (www.cbc.ca)
A child under five years old has died of measles in Ontario, according to the province’s public health agency, the first such death in more than a decade....
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report (www.theguardian.com)
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found...
17-year-old girl trafficked into U.S. from Mexico rescued after texting 911 and describing landmarks (www.cbsnews.com)
What zombie work across all mediums does it better?
Do you have the same feeling?
I have a deep urge to be independent, but I think my mind has taken it too far. I want to be able to make everything myself, I want to do all from machining, to electronics and plumbing to bricklaying to programming....
Wrong cell (lemmy.world)