Texas “was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery-- the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits-- a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which [Texas] people intended should exist in all future time”
Gee, what a hard question to figure out from historical sources, guess we’ll never know what they were thinking…
it would be “nonsensical to imagine the framers of the amendment, fearful of former Confederates returning to power, would bar them from low-level offices but not the highest one in the land” - commented the lawyer
Donald Trump has flitted erratically from one position to another on a variety of political beliefs, but he has hewed with remarkable consistency to one: Dictators are good. Trump has maintained this belief throughout his long public career, and he asserted it once again in a speech in New Hampshire Saturday....
Sounds a lot like what Joel Spolsky was advocating for since 2003, although now it’s easier since most people already have a private office, just not in “the office”.
“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public...
“The jury, he argued, was essentially allowed to conjure up damning evidence in their minds that may not have existed”
Well yes, that’s exactly what the court will do if they find that you’ve been deleting evidence - they assume that whatever you deleted must have been damning to the case otherwise why would you have told employees to use “delete after 24h” communication channels?
If you’ve got a ‘fake’ christmas tree, then absolutely display that thing every year for at least twenty years to lessen the environmental impact without the fire risk of bringing a real tree without roots indoors.
The soldiers saw some (unarmed, shirtless) people and one of them immediately said “terrorists!”. That’s the level of analysis that’s going on when making kill decisions here.
Nikki Haley doesn't cite slavery as cause of the Civil War after question at campaign stop (abcnews.go.com)
She responded it was about “basically how the government was going to run."
rule (pawb.social)
Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders | Facial recognition | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Texas Lt. Gov. Floats Removing Biden From State Ballot in Response to Colorado Dumping Trump (themessenger.com)
HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly (www.ghacks.net)
Oh so that's what its for rule
How technology breakthroughs typically go. (startrek.website)
How old are you? (reddthat.com)
Saudi Arabia’s Secret Plan To Keep Us Hooked On Oil | Climate Town [28:48] (vid.puffyan.us)
MEGATHREAD Trump Disqualified from 2024 Election per Colorado Supreme Court (lemmy.world)
The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president....
Trump Unable To Come Up With Own Material, Keeps Ripping Off Hitler (www.wonkette.com)
Trump Touts Endorsements From Global Dictators (nymag.com)
Donald Trump has flitted erratically from one position to another on a variety of political beliefs, but he has hewed with remarkable consistency to one: Dictators are good. Trump has maintained this belief throughout his long public career, and he asserted it once again in a speech in New Hampshire Saturday....
This should really be standard. (startrek.website)
Eddie Izzard fails bid to become Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion seat (www.bbc.co.uk)
Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do Not Disturb) (blobstreaming.org)
US man charged over damage to Satanic Temple display in Iowa (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine starts mass production of 750 km range “kamikaze” drones (euromaidanpress.com)
So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t? (www.theguardian.com)
“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public...
Bot (sh.itjust.works)
Practicing hard surface stuff.
Christmas tree rings (reddthat.com)
The most credible death battle humanly possible (sh.itjust.works)
Israeli strike on school kills Al Jazeera cameraman in southern Gaza, network says (apnews.com)
Your partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?
Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....