Thanks for sharing this extremely edifying article. I hope their new index gets adopted. He is 100% correct when he says we have a responsibility. I'd go one further and say it's a moral imperative.
Monday is a holiday in the US, and I am going to make one of my fav dips for it.....I am gonna eat so much fucking dip. I can't wait lol. Its the small things, ya know?
"Malcolm had a turbulent childhood that he clearly doesn’t want to talk about. He comes from a wealthy family and grew up in Dallas, but was sent to a “troubled teen” residential facility when he was 11. The only reason he can give me for being sent there was that his parents were getting divorced and were locked in a bitter custody dispute, and the judge “thought I shouldn’t be with either parent”. After that, he lived at a private boarding school, with his fees and expenses covered by a family trust. “I have no beef with my parents. My childhood was hard, but my adulthood has been easy. Can I say a parent did a bad job if I’m happy with my life today? I don’t think so.” "
L to the O to the motherfucking L. These people are just reacting to their trauma and acting like they've found some magical answer to life being hard. Their poor children.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm always moved when learning about our queer kin and what our ancestors went through so that I can live happily with my partner. Here's to hope and taking these examples as a reason to persevere through our own struggles.
"Florida Man posts trivialize the hardships of marginalized individuals, perpetuating societal inequities.".....that are perpetuated by these very same people and the way they vote.
Seriously. I feel like a stone cold asshole, but holy shit what the fuck were they thinking? I am struggling to scrounge up any sympathy for such an outrageously stupid decision. People truly think they're special, and act like they have plot armor. Very sad, but not surprising.
This is cool, but I hate that the article basically says "you should just watch the video and I'm going to report on essentially nothing." No motherfucker. I want to read it.
I comment a lot on stories having to do with state governments and legislation or regions of the country. It got me wondering how many people I’m accidentally disparaging when I don’t mean everyone in said state or region is terrible. So… Please be as specific or obtuse as your privacy filter requires. I’ll start:...
Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has declined to serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, according to a senior Trump campaign adviser and a statement from Melania Trump’s office....
Spouse and I have a discussion on what to do after you pour a sauce out of a glass bottle. I do nothing but my wife takes her finger and wipes the excess from the bottle before she puts the lid back on. I think touching the food is disgusting and she thinks leaving it there to gum up the lid is disgusting. What do people do?
If you write a whole paragraph and cant be bothered to organize your thoughts by using a single period, I can't be bothered to read it. I am going to assume you have nothing of worth to say.
They feel powerless in their lives so they exert it aggressively and loudly over the menial things that they actually have control over. Another way to put it, they are not smart.
What happens in November is up to Biden – it will not be the fault of the protest voter if Trump is elected. The questions remain: does the Democratic party fear Trump as much as we do? And does it value its voters enough to shift away from an approach to the onslaught in Gaza that a majority of Democratic voters are against?
It’s unconscionable. But it’s not just the antisemitism that has me despairing. It’s the hypocrisy. Where were these caring young people when Hamas took over Gaza and slaughtered hundreds of Gazans, or when Hamas held 2 million Gazans captive for more than 17 years? Why didn’t they speak out about the fact that Hamas led...
Baltimore County Police arrested****Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
I thought it was particularly interesting that the only official to initially reserve judgment and fight for the principal was from their union. Unions are so important and are proving their use again and again. Also, the idiot who made the deep fake was caught essentially stealing from the school, and retaliated using the schools network to access everything he used to retaliate. Like, this is not a smart human. Some people really think they are the star of their own little movie. Real life doesn't have plot armor you dumbass.
The Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now (www.theguardian.com)
What are you currently excited for?
The birth (or death) of a relative, the release of a new program, game, series, movie, the date you were dreaming about, could be anything
America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ (www.theguardian.com)
The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.
Sovcit made her own license plate out of cardboard. (lemmy.world)
Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate (thehill.com)
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate....
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic [The Institute for Sexual Research, founded by Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin, Germany (1919-1933)] (web.archive.org)
“Love is as varied as people are.”...
a distraction to keep us at each other's throats (lemmy.cafe)
My reasoning:...
Strong feelings of a strong man
cross-posted from: lemmy.vg/post/57262...
Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan (www.bbc.com)
Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running (arstechnica.com)
USA Lemmies: Where do you live?
I comment a lot on stories having to do with state governments and legislation or regions of the country. It got me wondering how many people I’m accidentally disparaging when I don’t mean everyone in said state or region is terrible. So… Please be as specific or obtuse as your privacy filter requires. I’ll start:...
GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza. (www.thedailybeast.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15286301...
Georgia GOP vice chair booted for illegally voting 9 times as a convicted felon (www.alternet.org)
Alternate.org
Australia tries to stop a violence against women 'epidemic', starting with schools (www.bbc.com)
…...
Barron Trump declines to serve as an RNC delegate (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has declined to serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, according to a senior Trump campaign adviser and a statement from Melania Trump’s office....
Kristi Noem’s Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story Two Years Ago (www.politico.com)
Do you clean the opening on your glass bottles?
Spouse and I have a discussion on what to do after you pour a sauce out of a glass bottle. I do nothing but my wife takes her finger and wipes the excess from the bottle before she puts the lid back on. I think touching the food is disgusting and she thinks leaving it there to gum up the lid is disgusting. What do people do?
Learning to appreciate your "boring" parents is a major moment of growth (lemmy.world)
Sovcit argues with a cop, doesn't go well for sovcit. (lemmy.world)
I know covid is "over", but please continue washing your hands! (lemmy.world)
Also, please social distance your ass out of my basement .
Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is (www.theguardian.com)
What happens in November is up to Biden – it will not be the fault of the protest voter if Trump is elected. The questions remain: does the Democratic party fear Trump as much as we do? And does it value its voters enough to shift away from an approach to the onslaught in Gaza that a majority of Democratic voters are against?
Message From a Gazan to Campus Protesters: You're Hurting the Palestinian Cause (www.newsweek.com)
It’s unconscionable. But it’s not just the antisemitism that has me despairing. It’s the hypocrisy. Where were these caring young people when Hamas took over Gaza and slaughtered hundreds of Gazans, or when Hamas held 2 million Gazans captive for more than 17 years? Why didn’t they speak out about the fact that Hamas led...
Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore County Police arrested****Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
The real reason men grow beards (www.bbc.com)