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French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims
Ragebait title. Bullying is one thing. Death threats is another. That goes way beyond simple bullying. The arrest was fully justified.
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French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims
Ragebait title. Bullying is one thing. Death threats is another. That goes way beyond simple bullying. The arrest was fully justified.
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Non political memes are the best
Everything is political. For example, Maude Flanders was killed off in the Simpsons because of a pay dispute between the voice actor and the studio.
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FCC says “too bad” to ISPs complaining that listing every fee is too hard
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The FCC is a governmental regulatory body whose leaders are appointed by politicians. Plenty relevance to politics.
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Increasing number of Canadians want to reconsider ties to monarchy, survey suggests
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Then you should have no problem if it was abolished.
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This Russian woman is a good illustration of how an average Russian person sees the war and Ukraine. It is a mix of propaganda, ignorance and stereotypes, with little independent thinking.
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Not that I in any way condone what Russia has been doing, that’s not exactly right. Ukraine was part of Tsarist Russia before the USSR. However, Ukrainians have the right to self-determination and the right to defend themselves from aggressive neighbours just like anyone else.
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Argentina Lifts Wages, Welfare in Defiance of IMF Austerity Push
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It's working exactly as it is designed to. Funneling money from the poor to the rich.
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Heather Stefanson Launches Ads Declaring She Will Never Search Landfill For Remains of Murdered Women
Canadians are racist AF towards indigenous folk. They fucking hate us, and take every opportunity to make our lives worse.
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City of Ottawa, police warn of traffic disruptions downtown for 'million person march' protest
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"U less you’re actively being harassed or attacked, it doesn’t matter."
That is literally the point though. Homophobes and transphobes are literally physically attacking, murdering, harassing, and legislating the rights away from 2SLGBTQ+ people. Either you are being willfully ignorant, or you're on the side of those doing the oppressing. There is no both sides to this. To be clear, you are on the side of the oppressors if you believe this.
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Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year - minister
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The amount of astroturfing for the nuclear energy lobby is insane. Always the exact same talking points. Every. Single. Time. Anytime a post is made about a country switching to wind or solar energy, these nuclear bros bombard the thread saying the exact same shit. Must be a coincidence…
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Increasing number of Canadians want to reconsider ties to monarchy, survey suggests
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Constitutions can be changed.
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What are some good dystopian novels?
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Very grim, but beautifully written.
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Thousands feared dead in Libya after dam collapses
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The dam collapsed due to flash flooding due to storm Daniel which dumped a much higher than normal amount of rain.
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Study finds human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire branches of the tree of life
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Indigenous peoples lived since time immemorial in balance with nature. Don’t pretend that it’s everyone that is causing this. We told you this would happen, but nobody would listen and just wrote us off as primitive and ignorant.
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Ottawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi terrorist group released on bail
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They’re dangerous nazis who also happen to be incels. Don’t kid yourself.
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Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year - minister
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Astroturfing isn't just paid shills. It's also useful fools parroting the same talking points, which makes it appear to be a grassroots-led initiative. It's muddying the water, like framing the argument as renewables vs nukes instead of renewables vs oil/gas/coal as this article is talking about. Increasing solar and wind power is a good thing. Period. But every time there's a discussion about how a country is investing in wind and solar, you nuclear bros make it about nukes vs renewables. Fossil fuels have to go. I do not endorse or support the use of fossil fuels of any kind. But nuclear energy is not a real solution, and all you are doing is derailing the conversation, which was about increasing renewable energy, which again, IS OBJECTIVELY A GOOD THING. Building NPPs take way too long and are way too expensive to save us from catastrophic climate collapse. Climate collapse is already happening. Crying about NPPs being decommissioned 30 years ago literally helps no one. It is spilled milk. It is nothing but a distraction that will prevent or delay the transition away from fossil fuels TODAY.
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My daughter's public school in Indiana is having "Hawaiian Day" today. That's offensive, isn't it?
Some indigenous Hawaiians would find it offensive and some wouldn’t. Hawaiians are not some homogeneous entity sharing the same thoughts and sensibilities. That being said, it sounds like the event centres around cultural stereotypes, which are romanticized from a western point of view, from a specific point in time, and in that sense I would find it in poor taste, but I am not Hawaiian. In my opinion, these sorts of things marginalize cultures more than they “celebrate” them. I would encourage you to try to educate your daughter on the history of colonialism in Hawaii, as that won’t be covered in class in any detail, I’d wager.
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My daughter's public school in Indiana is having "Hawaiian Day" today. That's offensive, isn't it?
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Are you indigenous?
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Conservatives on Wisconsin's Supreme Court are having an epic meltdown
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds, but does not protect.” - Frank Wilhoit
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Japan PM eats fish from Fukushima nuclear plant waters
Pretty hilarious to see people convince themselves that supporting nuclear energy is somehow counter-cultural and anti-establishment, or even anti-capitalist.
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My daughter's public school in Indiana is having "Hawaiian Day" today. That's offensive, isn't it?
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Again, I ask you, what do you think gives you the right to decide?