I didn’t have to hear stories. I saw. Not because I was there.
My cousin took his digital camera with him. He has a BLAST showing off his photos when he got home. I’ve never been so sickened up to that point in my life.
It wasn’t really the taxes, that was their excuse to get the masses to agree to a rebellion.
The main reason was land. They wanted to expand west to continue growing cotton and tobacco. Kentucky and Tennessee were ripe for cultivation, however, the British empire had made a proclamation in the 1760s saying the colonies were not allowed to expand further into native territory.
The taxes were a tactic to get the poor people to die for them, so they could get rich off of stealing more land for these crops that destroyed the soil they already had
One of the comments reads : Actually, we will probably never figure out, was it man or woman. but I thought this comment of the professor was an interesting eye opener. mastodonapp.uk/
Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk (lemmy.world)
It Do Be Like That (lemmy.world)
Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden (www.nytimes.com)
I don't need any of that in my silly little life at all (sopuli.xyz)
Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?
TikTok sues the US government over ban (www.theverge.com)
TikTok is taking the US government to court.
Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)
As if the Prime Video app couldn’t get any worse.
Based (midwest.social)
Thomas Edison was the Elon musk of his era (lemmy.world)
I bet that rich dumb ass would love this comparison.
Colombia's Medellín declares war on sex tourism after US citizen found with two little girls at a hotel (english.elpais.com)
Homer (sh.itjust.works)
there's a reason it's "hard out there" you know (OC) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This comment section: “Actually I’m pretty sure the bike fell over for reasons unrelated to the stick”
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe (www.livescience.com)
How often had I overlooked women's contributions ? (lemmy.ml)
One of the comments reads : Actually, we will probably never figure out, was it man or woman. but I thought this comment of the professor was an interesting eye opener. mastodonapp.uk/
‘I Don't Believe Deepfakes Should Be Regulated,' Says Man Who Is the Reason Deepfakes Should Be Regulated (reductress.com)
Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public (www.theguardian.com)
Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public...
$3 for a single McDonald's hash brown? Some customers are fed up and pushing back (www.ksl.com)
“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call....
Lemmy - A link aggregator / reddit clone for the fediverse. (github.com)
Oh boy, here we go