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community is punk (slrpnk.net)

dangillmor, 7 days ago to random

Big-time sports is part of the gambling industry now. This will end predictably, with scandals that make people assume everyone in the -- whatever -- game is corrupt.

https://defector.com/sports-is-betting-it-all-on-gambling?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

Daojoan, 15 days ago to random

The conservative paradox is a desperate need to be seen as both powerful dominators and persecuted victims.

gmoke, 1 month ago to random

Appamada
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/14/2235300/-Appamada-in-Gandhian-or-Nonviolent-Economics

...The general principle of economic conduct for the Buddhist layman is appamada, which translates roughly as paying attention and taking care. The basic virtues that this principle invokes are attention, carefulness, conscientiousness and diligence.

The householder who seeks to follow the Dhamma must therefore work hard, avoid wasting resources, cultivate his skills, practise thrift and, without becoming possessive, take good care of his possessions.

dangillmor, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

I'm wondering if there's a precedent for one country deliberately bombing another country's embassy (killing a senior government official) in a third country?

Anyone know?

mathling, 1 month ago to martialartsmemes

#humour #eclipse

JamesGleick, 1 month ago to random

A state rep got caught committing securities fraud. A grand jury indicted him on felony charges. Years passed. The defendant was elected attorney general. Years more passed.

Now he has agreed to accept punishment. He must pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, take legal ethics classes and perform 100 hours of community service.

And he remains attorney general.

Given these impossible facts—what state are we in?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-texas-plea-deal-securities-fraud.html?ugrp=c&unlocked_article_code=1.fk0.8BHi.hUSHim_e5rvK&smid=url-share

I made some new art for the game – sort of a recruiting poster for the Civil Defense. (slrpnk.net)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7878389...

dangillmor, 1 month ago to random

A reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/21/trump-joint-fundraising-committee-rnc/

Also a reminder that Big Journalism has never, ever attempted to pull it all together. Rather, our news media report only (some) individual cases of blatantly obvious corruption, which goes wide and deep.

It's like sporadically covering brush fires but never reporting that the entire forest is ablaze.

QasimRashid, 2 months ago to random

Americans: Roe is settled law

SCOTUS: Nope—State’s rights means Roe is repealed

A: Absurd but at least states can remove insurrectionists from their ballot

SCOTUS: No—No State’s rights on this particular issue

A: But you Just said—

SCOTUS: How dare you doubt our legitimacy!?

#ExpandTheCourt

dangillmor, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

The Intercept has published a damning deconstruction of the NY Times' "October 7 Expose".

Notable: The Times' standards editor "stepped back" from his position shortly after the piece appeared.

https://theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new-york-times-anat-schwartz-october-7/

As former Public Editor Margaret Sullivan is quoted in the piece, the Times desperately needs -- no, the public needs -- a public editor again. The paper killed the position years ago, and essentially all accountability with it.

dangillmor, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Take the time to watch this short video of an American Nazi rally at NYC Madison Square Garden in 1939. It is chilling. You need to understand that modern fascism is on the rise here.

https://anightatthegarden.com/

The new fascists aren't as cartoonish as the ones in the film, nor quite as regimented (yet). But they are deadly serious.

They believe they are approaching the finish line, when they will take control of everything.

We can't let them succeed.

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago to random

I got the grade of "A" I was expecting from my publisher for the manuscript I just turned in.

"Hi, wow! What a story! Here is my edit of BILL OF RIGHTS. It’s really good, and I found it very helpful to me as an adult, so I’m sure kids will appreciate it as they have to study it in the classroom. Teachers and librarians everywhere will thank you."

Edits are small word tinkers.

🎉

I like when teachers and librarians thank me. I also like when the editor who gives me money is happy.

georgetakei, 3 months ago to random

❤️

homelessjun, 3 months ago to random

why is, or was, #healthcare profits included in the gdp?

strange product.

very strange product.

libraries occupy the Venn diagram intersection of punk and bureaucracy (slrpnk.net)

JoshuaHolland, 4 months ago to random

When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Hitler and Mussolini went all-in backing Franco’s Nationalists but the big democratic powers, England and France, offered the democratically elected Republicans tepid support because they were wary of socialists and trade unionists being part of the coalition.

Their half-hearted defense of democracy emboldened the fascists and contributed to the outbreak of WWII.

Anyway, I think about this whenever I encounter anti-anti-Trump liberals. #fascism #magacoup

ericmacknight, 4 months ago to socialism

"French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents"

If this is #socialism, I'm all for it. If it isn't socialism, I'm still for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/22/montpellier-france-free-public-transport-residents

heidilifeldman, 4 months ago to random

The big question: Will #ClarenceThomas recuse himself from the case deciding Trump’s eligibility to be on the ballot for the U.S. Presidential election in 2024? He absolutely should, because of his wife’s involvement in the #Jan6 insurrection attempt. #LawFedi

MissingThePt, 4 months ago to random

Tesla removes Disney+ from vehicles amid Elon Musk’s Twitter beef with Bob Igor; drivers forced to watch other streaming options as Autopilot careens them into semis.
https://electrek.co/2023/12/18/tesla-removes-disney-cars-amid-elon-musks-beef-bob-iger/

dangillmor, 4 months ago to random

Tesla's "Autopilot" saga has been series of deceptions. But Musk and his company have used every sleazy trick in the book to insulate their consistent malfeasance from accountability.

Maybe, just maybe, that's going to change.

People who've bought into Musk's lies should ask ask themselves some searching questions. (Sadly, they won't.)

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/elon-musk-tesla-crash-1234930544/

georgetakei, 4 months ago to random

99 years and our media hasn’t learned enough of the lessons it needs to.

Deglassco, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

They referred to her as “Moses” for guiding the enslaved from the South to freedom in the North. But, Harriet Tubman’s resistance to slavery extended beyond her role in the Underground Railroad. As a Union Army soldier and spy during the Civil War, she made history by becoming the first woman to lead an armed U.S. military mission.

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Image: “Harriet Tubman,” by Mark Fredrickson

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