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Andy Burnham Declines to Call Israel’s Mass Killings in Gaza a Genocide
Oh, awesome. Another genocide apologist.
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Andy Burnham Declines to Call Israel’s Mass Killings in Gaza a Genocide
Oh, awesome. Another genocide apologist.
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Louisiana sheriff retires after pleading guilty to beating podcaster who often criticized him
What a fucking pussy. Sheriffs are the most corrupt arm of law enforcement. Every sheriff can suck my dick.
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Threats and promises are your guiding principles?
This argument has bugged me since the early 2000s. The guy who did the McDonalds Super Size Me (somewhat fake, I now understand) documentary got a stupid reality tv show and some dumbass christian (who had to live with a Muslim family for a month) asked the same goddamned question.
He also wondered if the family, while saying prayers in their native language, might be saying something like "death to america." You know, in front of television cameras during the height of our "war on terror." That's how fucking stupid these people are.
They are holding us back. If their fear and hatred couldn't be weaponized, we'd have a much nicer society.
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Trump says it may never be known who was at fault for strike on girls' school in Iran
You know, he's right. I thought it had to be us (USA). Or our lunatic ally (israel). I mean, these were the combatants waging war. But it could have been anyone. Maybe Poland bombed the school? Or Uruguay? Canada is looking shifty…
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How do you find the meds? Anyone tried non-stimulants?
Not ADHD but very much diagnosed and under the care of a doctor. You just have to keep trying stuff to see what works. There's science behind it, but it's broad. Getting specific (what works for you) takes a lot of trial and error. Don't lose hope.
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MAGA Spirals After Pro-Israel Politics Loses Big-Time in NY Election
Appearing on Fox News, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller complained that the “Democrat Party has abandoned [centrism] and instead adopted this radical, revolutionary, and in many cases, violent ideology that wants to tear America down, and destroy everything that we know and love, from top to bottom.”
You're right. The dems are violent and reactionary and revolutionary. That's why they've been supporting the status quo for some multiple decades. It's certainly not people who are fed up with dems saying that they've had enough. There's no way that normal people think genocide is bad.
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MAGA Spirals After Pro-Israel Politics Loses Big-Time in NY Election
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If I have to reply to you taking this seriously, get off the fucking internet.
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Stuck in the machine
The better post that I saw was someone saying how ex-USA citizens jumped at loud sounds because we fear gunfire and Europeans took them in stride.
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Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote
Don't worry. They'll keep trying.
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Meta gave 6 executives options worth up to $921M each, then cut 8,000 jobs after a record $56.3B quarter
They had to stay competitive and all those low hanging fruit were dragging them down!
Zuck is a bastard.
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Nothing makes them back off faster IME...
He could have a weapon or be emotionally unstable. That's what I think of first, though the point is 100% valid. See the discussion on HN two days ago about the danger of dating a cop's ex. Sucks to be anyone who isn't a cis white male in america, which sucks (said the cis white male in USA). We're terrible.
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Life goals
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don’t talk about hobbies or personal life,
Fuck that, I'm loud as shit (not literally) about the fun stuff I do (live shows, nerd projects, etc). Otherwise, no notes. We got chased by dolphins on a whale watching trip. You think I'm not gonna talk about that? It was awesome.
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Life goals
In my 40s: I'll do anything I can to not work and be lazy and it'll be fine. (You have to be good at what you do for this to work.)
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How come people are stupid nowadays? Especially on social media
Tribalism. We care more about being accepted by our desired peers than being correct. At least, that's what articles and podcasts have told me. Also, stupid. Weaken education and make people stupid and unable to think critically. Do you think Ted Cruz (Harvard) was complaining about the Paris Accord because he genuinely didn't know that it wasn't Paris-only? His voters are goddamned morons and he knows it. The contempt is sickening, but they see none of it.
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17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law
“Once again, California is trying to enact a policy that negatively impacts the rest of the country. If California goes unchecked, consumers will be forced to pay more for basic necessities,” Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, who led the coalition, said in a news release.
Once again, we will drag you into the future because we're the fourth largest economy in the world and laws that we pass force compliance in other states. You can thank us for regulating the market ahead of the rest of the country. And backwater red states can suffer the progress inflicted upon them while allowing Elon to poison their constituents with gas powered generators and disenfranchising voters.
You're fucking welcome.
https://www.californiacarlaws.com/
Edit: Fuck the south
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Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline
Maybe it is. I don't know. But I've read a lot of comments suggesting that Windows burns RAM harder than MacOS and Linux.
I'm so glad my work is buying laptops with 32GB of RAM. Finally, we're in the future. (I think true nerds need more, but these are office people using Word and Outlook. It's glorious.)
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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more
I'm doomed. I got a new GP last month. I told her (in front of my partner) that I don't believe we have a future and I'm going to enjoy the time I've got, not make changes I don't want to make. She didn't like it, but I think she appreciated that I wasn't full of bs.
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17 states and trade group sue California over plastics packaging law
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Took a 2h road trip to go whale watching and observed tons of Georgia, Texas, Ohio license plates at the hotel. Why they would drive across the country to hang out with us commie satanists is completely beyond me. I wanted to tell them to get tf out of my state.
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‘I don’t know how to save my daughter from her husband’: the brutal reality of the Taliban’s new marriage law
She had never met her husband before their arranged wedding in the summer of 2024. Each time her family asked to see him, they were told he was shy. It was only on the wedding day, relatives say, that Fatima understood what had been hidden from her: her husband had severe intellectual and physical disabilities and could not eat, wash or dress himself without help.
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The decree also legalises child marriage. It allows male relatives to marry off children and says that once those children reach puberty, they may ask a court to nullify the marriage in limited circumstances.
Fucking nightmare.
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More than 10,000 Kansas children lose food assistance in wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act
My asshole mother lives in Kansas and voted to make those kids hungry. Our relationship ended because of it. Fucking shitheaded fox news voter.