Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving...
It's OK, he probably learned some quality life skills from the experience. /s
The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is intensifying his efforts to de-emphasize racism in his state’s public school curriculum by arguing that some Black people benefited from being enslaved and defending his state’s new African American history standards that civil rights leaders and scholars say misrepresents centuries of U.S. reality.
“They’re probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life,” DeSantis said on Friday
Attacks the source. Then attacks the publication. Then complains further despite that this publication link is just to avoid linking the original paywalled article (from a publication you apparently trust) wherein the same sources provide the same info.
You could have just downvoted and moved along, but instead gestures all around thread.
Esp when you consider that most street drugs are laced with fentanyl/carfentanil.
I've been wondering how this could make sense as I've seen it claimed more and more often (feels very similar to the original war on drugs hysteria of the 80s and 90s), and I admit I haven't looked too deeply, but it seems this is once again something being overblown due to the war on drugs.
**But according to experts, nationwide drug studies, and the DEA's own data, fentanyl contamination in non-opioid drug supplies is exceedingly rare, and largely centered on a specific, highly-vulnerable subset of users. **Critics say this is why the alarm raised by health officials and law enforcement is so concerning: Authorities stoking broad, misleading fears of fentanyl poisoning the non-opioid drug supply marks a damaging mission creep in the battle to stem the opioid crisis. As we've seen previously in the War on Drugs, narratives based on fear, not data, distract policy makers, public health advocates, and even first responders away from those who are at real risk.
There is lots more info on the article linked, I just cherrypicked these two summary statements.
So why the misleading claims about recreational coke and cannabis users being at such a high risk?
On one hand, public health officials are doing what they're meant to do: warn the public about health risks. On the other, the scale of the concern around fentanyl contaminating the entire US drug supply is a very familiar narrative in the War on Drugs: the belief that dealers are governed not by economics but by malice, that users are helpless addicts, and that drug eradication is the only solution to these problems.
Donald Trump continued his push on Saturday to win the Republican presidential nomination with a pair of caucus rallies in Iowa, beginning at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton and then culminating in Clinton. His speeches come on the third anniversary of Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and a little more than a week before the...
Theyve realized they are not going to escape being branded with this word and this is the start of a campaign to brand everyone who doesnt return their shopping cart to the corral as an insurrectionist to take the sting out of the word. After all who hasnt committed a little insurrection on their way home from work. You know, an oopsie daisy we all do.
This right here is 100% exactly what is happening, folks. Don't let it.
Wow that's going to be a rabbit hole. How amazing. The first one I watched was the rocket skateboard. (specifically this one: https://youtu.be/6JsOoQTHRuA )This man is going to die doing what he loves. The rocket sleigh was pretty insane too. Coolest new thing I've seen in a long time. Thanks for saying who it was.
In August 2022, a team located camera equipment that had been abandoned by famous explorers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in 1937 on the Walsh Glacier in Canada’s Kluane National Park. The cameras contained decades-old images of the landscape that could provide data on glacial movement. After months of searching led by...
I think they finally got the humor/drama ratio right for Season 3, I would be really happy to get a Season 4+ if they are going to maintain that sort of approach.
He said he recognizes it can get frustrating on the street but said police must make sure they have control of themselves at all times. “We (in law enforcement) are held to a higher standard,” Marino said.
You know what no amount of frustration, rage, stress, fear, sadness, or other mental distress has ever driven me to? Using profanities that weren't already a part of my vernacular.
Three words would pretty much guarantee trumps failure (or whoever ends up on the ticket if the ballot and continue), and would be more inline with the core value of being inclusive. The three words are “all lives matter”.
BLM had an implied "too" at the end. All lives matter was coined explicitly by folks who couldn't understand that (or chose not to understand it) and is a racist dogwhistle. So what you are saying is dems should incorporate racist dogwhistles so they can get the same voters Trump gets with his racist dogwhistles?
A big ass chunk of trumps cult-like zealotry support is simply because he’s saying it’s ok to be white… He is, ironically, picking up the slack that Dems created by vilifying those three words.
I'm white, and I'm even old, and I can't begin to wrap my mind around folks who insist that any path other than ignoring what we've done in this country against various minorities, or pretending those problems are solved, is somehow an attack on being white.
I go outside every day and interact with countless people of different ethnicities, and never feel it's not OK to be white. And I damn sure don't understand why "Black Lives Matter" should make me or anyone feel differently. Except for bigots, I get why it bothers those people.
No sir, I do not want the people you are saying we should court, and I see no upside to appeasing them. What will they come for next? We know what they will come for. They will come for anything they perceive as helping any group they aren't a part of.
Anyone with eyeballs and ears understands what this man is, what this man did, and what he evokes from his followers. Why do I need a court to confirm it for me to want him nowhere near the levers of power ever again? He'll stop living in my head when he stops trying to take control of the country.
Anyone else have a bit of smoldering rage that everyone knows what went on, and so far no one but Ghislane Maxwell, Epstein himself and one prince have had even an ounce of trouble from it?
Kinda how Trump will die of old age one day still living a 1% lifestyle and having never seen the inside of a prison.
Biden’s top priority for a second term: restoring abortion rights (www.politico.com)
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Confederate submarine discovered by the US government in 1878. (lemmy.world)
Known as the “Bayou St. John submarine”, this vessel was discovered when the Bayou St. John, in New Orleans was dredged by the US Government in 1878. For years, the vessel was thought to be the Confederate submarine Pioneer, but research in the 20th century showed it was of a different design. There is no surviving...
Whipping scars of a former Mississippi slave, US Civil War, 1863
SpaceX executives worried Elon Musk was on drugs during 'cringeworthy' all-hands meeting, WSJ reports (www.businessinsider.com)
The Journal reported executives at SpaceX worried Elon Musk was on drugs after an "unhinged" all-hands meeting in which he slurred and rambled.
Trump Says Civil War Could Have Been 'Negotiated' in Bizarre Iowa Speech (www.rollingstone.com)
Donald Trump continued his push on Saturday to win the Republican presidential nomination with a pair of caucus rallies in Iowa, beginning at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton and then culminating in Clinton. His speeches come on the third anniversary of Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and a little more than a week before the...
What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?
The "Steamboat Willie" debacle or: Why IP does us more harm than good (lemmy.world)
Hello frens,...
Extreme Grandpa (i.imgflip.com)
Successful ‘treasure hunt’ recovers 1930s-era cameras abandoned on Yukon glacier (reddthat.com)
In August 2022, a team located camera equipment that had been abandoned by famous explorers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in 1937 on the Walsh Glacier in Canada’s Kluane National Park. The cameras contained decades-old images of the landscape that could provide data on glacial movement. After months of searching led by...
HK MP5 Cutaway Illustration (lemmy.world)
Sorry it’s in French / Grâce à moi c’est en français. The French version I found was higher quality. Here’s and English one:...
Seth MacFarlane Says The Orville Isn't Canceled Yet (www.thewrap.com)
Retiring House Republican says $174,000 isn't enough money for members of Congress: 'Most of us don't have wealth' (www.businessinsider.com)
Rank-and-file members of both the House and Senate are paid $174,000 a year....
Pennsylvania cop put on paid leave after video shows him using the N-word (web.archive.org)
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/12/pa-cop-put-on-leave-after-video-shows-him-using-the-n-word.html
Google broke labor laws when it refused to bargain with YouTube Music contract workers (www.theverge.com)
What Biden Needs to Tell Us (www.nytimes.com)
A presidential vision for a positive-sum world of innovation and peace.
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality (1988) (youtu.be)
"Cult Of Personality"...
Fear of "backlash" is no reason to let Donald Trump make an illegal run for president (www.salon.com)
1.3.24 Epstein documents 943 pages unsealed (www.documentcloud.org)