And as we enter the "Entire cities burning down" part of climate change the world will do... Absolutely nothing.

Funny thing for me, is that Beehaw was the first bit of the Fediverse I ever came across. Tried to sign up, twice, didn't work. So that's how I ended up on .world, the first group I found that didn't want an essay to sign up.

I think it's more like, if you're ever in a custody dispute your diagnosis can be used against you.

If conservatives (or dems) were smart they'd lean hard into something like the CCC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps?wprov=sfla1

Teach young people life skills, lift a whole generation out of poverty, plant and manage forests, fix up our infrastructure... So much could be done. A modern, environment-focused CCC would be revolutionary, and I would bet whoever runs with some form of that idea first sweeps the following elections.

Never tried meth but I was homeless for a time. I can absolutely see why you'd flock to it if you live on the street.

It's not safe to sleep, even more so at night. Cops make a habit of stealing/destroying your stuff, and because of that other homeless people steal your shit. It makes you feel invincible, helps you ignore the cold, and 10 bucks keeps you high for 2 days.

It's all well and good to say don't do drugs, but not having a place can really change your priorities in ways you'd never expect.

Same.

I was like, huh seems like she was overworked I guess I wonder why there's so many comments... Oh fuck.

It's not that anyone had to do anything.

But if a particular demographic is dying more frequently of a specific cause, it's worth digging into why that's happening. These are people for fucks sake.

How many do they have not in Ukraine... Who are also willing to kill fellow Russians? If the average Russian military sentiment is, "Eh, let them through" this could be huge.

Plus a lot of the "Royal Guard" may be well-connected rich kids who are even less inclined to fight.

Way too soon to know for sure, but. 🍿

Start talking to your coworkers!

Even if you don't convince your workplace to unionize, you're laying the groundwork for the next person who tries.

Exactly. This wouldn't even be a blip in the news if he weren't a former president. Judges lock people up for contempt all the time for way less than he's already said.

Most sane people agree you can't tamper with witnesses or threaten prosecutors (or anyone). He just has a loud cult of rabid defenders who would believe the sky was purple if he said it.

Someone who's more informed than me, please chime in.

As I understand it Alexis stepped away from the board(?) of reddit in 2020. Supposedly in protest after George Floyd was murdered. I believe he's just your standard "Hey look, I'm woke too!" venture capitalist nowadays. Likely still heavily invested in reddit, seeing as I don't think he's spoken out on the controversy lately.

He caught a lot of heat for firing Victoria back in 2015 iirc.

Most of what I saw about him was from his own website so take it all with a huge grain of salt.

https://alexisohanian.com/news/2020/6/5/what-did-you-do

Although as much as I hate to give props to a rich guy, he does put on a much better Real Human act than spez, Musk, or Zuc.

I'd maybe haul a ton of potatoes for a thousand pounds.

Sure as shit not tilling, fertilizing, planting, watering, maintaining, picking, hauling, and selling that many potatoes for that kind of money.

There's a reason big ag is so dominant, and it's (partially) because their margins are so insane a small farmer can't easily break into the market.

I feel like this would be highly dependent on your resume.

Might catch some looks if your work experience is mostly Dennys and Walmart and you're trying to hide a six month gap behind an NDA.

Seems like a blatant violation of the first amendment.

Peacefully assembling to share a meal isn't speech? Who the fuck says all these people aren't my friends and family?

Oh it definitely is complicated, and I'm not an expert in any sense. As I understand it a lot of the original water rights in this area were given out during unusually wet years, which has been a cascade of failures since.

I don't know that it should have been the Supreme Court dealing with this. Seems like congress should have, but doesn't like to weigh in anymore. Especially since fixing the water problems out here would cost money and maybe even require us to stop building houses, golf courses, etc.. so it gets punted to SCOTUS by default.

It feels unjust to me to guarantee people a permanent home somewhere and not have a responsibility to somehow address their water needs. Although, how do you give them more of something that barely exists as is?

I just hate how our government has so effortlessly "othered" people throughout the years. I feel like if 1/3 of Tuscon (about 175,000 people) didn't have running water, every level of the government wouldn't just shrug.

It is a terribly complicated issue and I don't know how to fix it without changing human nature. It's just endlessly frustrating.

Nah my job is terrible I'm barely getting the due benefits lol. Thank you though. I figured I'd have to do something malicious for it to matter, but I've never even thought about this stuff.

It is kinda odd that they ask at all.

Yep, Costco is fine we all knew the deal when we signed up. But the Walmart greeter stopping me? No way.

You wanna see if I'm stealing? Check the damn cameras.

The criminal court gave him a pass. I believe this is a civil lawsuit from the families of the victims.

It's not justice but it would be better than nothing to make sure he dies broke.

My favorite part about history is learning how conservatives fucked up things that used to be good.

Stuff can also be funny twice.

Like sure I'm not gonna repost something knowingly but I'll chuckle at this the next time I see it.