Except this case proves that to be a lie. I’m sure there were boys in suits there. Unless boys are also required to wear dresses? If that’s not the case, then this is a clear case of one student being treated differently from others.
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision....
So the church was homophobic a decade ago and then fought to protect their legal right to make an example of that homophobia to the children they’re supposed to be stewarding into the world for a full decade and now rest their case on homophobia… “Why are our attendance numbers dropping? Could it be that we’re completely out of touch with reality? No, it’s reality that is wrong.”
Having trans people in my life led me to question my relationship with gender. In doing so, I discovered that while I am cisgender, I have a lot of hangups about the expectations of my gender in society and among certain cultural groups, including the one I was raised in. It’s helped to resolve some things in my mind and discover things about myself, and I’m grateful for that.
Hate influencer Chaya Raichik – who goes by “Libs of TikTok” online – is trying to take her show on the road, and it doesn’t appear to be going well....
Two protestors who were chanting were taken away in handcuffs, according to The Bloomingtonian. Authorities haven’t said whether they will face charges.
What charges? For chanting? Isn’t chanting free speech? Were they creating a blockade? Were they causing harm to someone? Or just vocalizing dissent?
President Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday he went to both the special counsel and the attorney general to register concerns over what he viewed to be pejorative and unnecessary digs at the president’s memory....
Or that he’s not a psychologist or neurologist, did not administer any kind of formal cognitive examination, and is not qualified to make this kind of claim.
Hey everyone. After inheriting a bunch of old records, I started dipping my toes into this whole vinyl thing and… I think I’m hooked. I’d like to step a bit farther into this, but the deeper I get the more there seems to be to read up on. I’m beginning to get a little paralyzed by it, so I thought I’d ask for some...
A new bill in Florida would make accusations of Transphobia would be treated as defamation. The defendant could not “prove truth” by citing a plaintiff’s “scientific or religious beliefs.”...
Thought these guys were big on free speech. This sounds like abridging expression to me.
Don’t we already have crimes like slander and libel that cover when people do this and it’s not true? Thus, this law would widen that to include saying it when it is true?
The article asks what is the politically neutral answer to the question of whether a trans woman is a woman. I wonder why this is a political question at all. Send like a question for scientists - biologists and sociologists and such. Seems they have achieved something like a consensus on the matter. I don’t see anything inherently political about that, except that folks of a certain political bent have made it political. It’s not a matter of “what do we do in public policy about trans people” but “fascists refuse to accept trans people in society and have decided to lambast and punish them”.
In case my position isn’t obvious, trans people are people and trans rights are human rights. If there wasn’t a group of people trying to make them into a second class group of citizens (or a group of “eradicated vermin”) we wouldn’t be having a political conversation about this at all.
Yeah, this is like one of those illusions where you can’t tell if you’re looking at two people staring at each other or a vase. If you’re a leftie, you look at this and go, “Good, based Bernie.” If you only consume the mainstream narrative that the Israelis are on the right side of history here and opposition to their campaign or our support for it are heresy, this reads like “Bad Commie Bernie.”
Edit: Just read the article. It quotes Bernie heavily, seems to let him represent his own position. It juxtaposes the Israeli claim that they’re not being indiscriminate against some pretty ugly numbers about the dead and displaced. The article reads pretty pro-Bernie to me.
Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid...
A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
Did not read the entire article, but the first thing that stands out to me is the survey question itself:
Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.
This language is extremely in line with fascistic rhetoric. So the people agreeing to this are likely Trump supporters. Maybe this is a good thing that most people think democracy is in trouble but only 23% of them think fascism is the solution.
At the end of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys along with Wendy and the other kids are tied to a mast while Captain Hook monologues at them. Peter has pushed Tinkerbell away, and she’s fading out of existence. It seems all hope is lost.
But then Peter gets an idea and begins to chant. “I do believe in fairies, I do, I do.” Soon, they’re all chanting it together. “I DO believe in fairies! I DO I DO!”
And Tinkerbell pops back into existence to save the day. This is what faith is. The idea that if you believe in something hard enough it will pop into existence.
Of course, it’s a fantasy story for children. I can’t believe grown adults think it’s true, either. It’s absolute insanity, agreed. But that’s where Republicans have to meet their constituents, who apparently live in Never Never Land.
I am a daily Gnome user. There are many things which I actually dislike about Gnome, but I have solved them all through extensions. Fine, I’m not bothered because it can be customized.
But every time they introduce something like this, it takes me a while to get a functional desktop back. It takes time for those extensions’ developers to respond to these things. They have to research the change, implement it, test it, go through extra work to stay backward compatible, etc. These people aren’t being paid for this, so it takes some time.
I’m just frustrated about this. I know someday I will run updates and suddenly find all my extensions broken.
“What is it with liberals that want to control every damn aspect of your life?”
The party of Don’t Say Gay and Abortion Is Murder expect me to think that it’s the liberals who want to exert control over my life?
one of the first things they wanted to do was ban gas stoves
Not true. Cruz is (probably intentionally) conflating two different Republican talking points here. The New York State issue mentioned here involves preventing the use of gas stoves with inadequate exhaust that leak illness-inducing gasses into upstairs living spaces, and even then people can get exemptions for this. The changes at the federal level are for making stoves more energy efficient. This can only help consumers.
They’re trying to go after and regulate ceiling fans.
They’ve proposed more energy efficient ceiling fan criteria for manufacturers. This can only help consumers.
now these idiots have come out and said drink two beers a week, that’s their guideline.
These “idiots” are an organization built around reducing alcoholism. I don’t think they’re idiots for suggesting that drinking more alcohol leads to more alcohol dependence. I also think it’s probably not fair to categorize this org as liberal. It was created by Richard Nixon in 1970. It also has no executive or legislative capabilities as far as I can tell. It only reports information to the government and citizens. A “guideline” from the NIAAA is not a law and does not represent any amount of control over people’s lives.
Ted Cruz is a liar of the highest order. Newsmax is raw, uncut fascist propaganda. The only way to believe this shit is to be completely braindead, unwilling to do the 15 minutes of basic googling that I just did to form this comment, and unable to accept that the world they believe they live in doesn’t align with reality.
Lawyers of Lemmy, let’s say he gets stuck with a fine or some trivial amount of jail time or something as a result of these charges. Is there anything about these crimes or punishments that would prevent his presidential candidacy?
Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit (www.nbcnews.com)
Court rules North Carolina Catholic school could fire gay teacher who announced his wedding online (apnews.com)
A Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced his marriage on social media a decade ago, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s earlier decision....
Firefox community things [HELP] (lemy.lol)
lemy.lol/post/24667681Firefox pwa isn’t working
This is nice (lemmy.world)
Title and image source from this Mastodon toot by fatsam@mstdn.social. I even took the damn title because I couldn’t think of anything more apt....
Chaya Raichik left sputtering when asked what “wokeness” is as the audience bursts out laughing (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Hate influencer Chaya Raichik – who goes by “Libs of TikTok” online – is trying to take her show on the road, and it doesn’t appear to be going well....
Biden's legal team went to Justice Dept. over what they viewed as unnecessary digs at his memory (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday he went to both the special counsel and the attorney general to register concerns over what he viewed to be pejorative and unnecessary digs at the president’s memory....
That sure is a lot of guns you got there. lolol (i.imgur.com)
Biden Stands To Gain Double-Digit Political Support If Marijuana Is Rescheduled, Poll Of Likely Voters Shows (www.marijuanamoment.net)
Burgeoning vinyl enthusiast seeking guidance about next steps
Hey everyone. After inheriting a bunch of old records, I started dipping my toes into this whole vinyl thing and… I think I’m hooked. I’d like to step a bit farther into this, but the deeper I get the more there seems to be to read up on. I’m beginning to get a little paralyzed by it, so I thought I’d ask for some...
Florida Bill Would Make Accusations Of Transphobia Defamation With A $35K Penalty (www.erininthemorning.com)
A new bill in Florida would make accusations of Transphobia would be treated as defamation. The defendant could not “prove truth” by citing a plaintiff’s “scientific or religious beliefs.”...
Live updates: Colorado Supreme Court rules on Trump 14th Amendment case (www.cnn.com)
The Colorado State Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot appear on the 2024 presidential ballot.
BrInG Em BaCk (midwest.social)
Elon Musk’s Grok Twitter AI Is Actually ‘Woke,’ Hilarity Ensues (www.forbes.com)
Sen. Bernie Sanders opposes giving Israel $10 billion in aid (www.nbcnews.com)
Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles (www.newscientist.com)
Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid...
23% of Americans support political violence ahead of the 2024 election, survey shows (www.npr.org)
A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.
Ramaswamy Claims ‘Faith-Based Approaches’ Are ‘Better Ways’ to Treat Mental Illness Than Medication (www.mediaite.com)
He gets so close-...
Rule :3 (lemmy.world)
Where to get hot trendy ideas? (lemmygrad.ml)
I've been carving avocado seeds lately. Here are a pear and a turtle shell I made. (i.postimg.cc)
I like the flow state I get into when I’m focusing on small detailed things.
Extensions in GNOME 45 - New import system is not backwards compatible (blogs.gnome.org)
By now it is probably no longer news to many: GNOME Shell moved from GJS’ own custom imports system to standard JavaScript modules (ESM)....
‘Kiss My Ass’: Ted Cruz, a Newsmax Host, and a Group Of Fellas Walk Into a Bar… (www.mediaite.com)
My god are these people stupid....
live laugh love (lemmy.ca)
Trump Is Now on the Hook for 32 Counts of Mishandling Secret Documents (www.vice.com)
Sinead O'Connor performing War on SNL - Seems appropriate today (youtu.be)
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