So many people are ragging on this guy, but they don’t understand what it’s like to have 131 middle managers sing you happy birthday before they go splurge their per diem on two mai tai’s and try to get the waitress, who’s actually your daughter’s age, to drink one.
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•Lemmy's political discourse when Republicans gutted the Voting Rights Act yesterday:English
141·19 days agoNazis are Nazis.
People who enable Nazis are also Nazis.
Democrats are enablers.
Republicans are Nazis.
Enablers = Nazis
Democrats = Republicans
Lots of people say this.
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Framework announced the Framework 13 Pro with full Linux compatibility from the StartEnglish
382·28 days agoI love my original Framework running Fedora, but in order to compete with MacOS, Windows and Linux need to figure out standby battery usage without hard shutting down after each use. Otherwise, the size of the battery is not pointless, but pretty close.
If all those voters were so upset by Kamala Harris’ stance on Palestine, they should have voted in the primaries for a candidate that matched their views.
If you leave off the /s, you find the trolls.
I don’t know if that’s the argument you think it is? The first modern Chinese and Russian billionaires are products of the 80s/90s, decades after the deaths of Stalin and Mao. Arguably, there’s a fair amount of compromising that led to the collapse of the USSR and the rise of capitalist communism in China created these billionaires. Maybe if they’d kept a harder, purer, uncompromising communist line there’d be fewer billionaires.
You can also take a look at Reconstruction. Any black person will tell you that while there has been progress, it’s obviously not been enough. And Reconstruction played a large part in that. We were uncompromising at first, which led to real results. Then we compromised and Reconstruction ended. And the South went right back to the way things had been.
The sad truth is that if more people were uncompromising on their moral core, we probably wouldn’t be in this mess.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•‘God, you’re hot’ Tennessee school board member says to student during board meetingEnglish
13·1 month agoI’ve been hoping for that for a long time, but for every one that has the grace to age out and die, at least one more ages in.
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World News@lemmy.world•Pope Leo says God rejects prayers of leaders who wage warsEnglish
92·2 months agoPSALM 140
1 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men, 2 Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war. 3 They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men, Who have purposed to make my steps stumble. 5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah
6 I said to the Lord: “You are my God; Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. 7 O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have [a]covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not further his wicked scheme, Lest they be exalted. Selah
9 “As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them; 10 Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
12 I know that the Lord will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor. 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence
Sounds like the opposite might be true, and it’s OK to pray for the death of evil men.
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pensEnglish
5·2 months agoThey’re also much easier to hold and use for someone with motor issues, especially the big ones.
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politics @lemmy.world•At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy'English
1·2 months agoBut imagine the returns on that Kalshi bet.
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politics @lemmy.world•At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy'English
2·2 months agoYeah, he’s not Catholic, so he’d spin it as a badge of honor for sure.
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World News@lemmy.world•Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?English
203·2 months agoCo-opting alpine divorce, which regularly involves a murder attempt, feels weird? Just call it the sierra split.
I do wonder how much of this is a cheapening of the weekend getaway, where you’d go to a B&B upstate, find out your potential partner snores, drinks to much, is rude to service workers, or views a toothbrush as optional. You’d sigh and split. It’s just a bad weekend.
But with this, camping and hiking is a complication. You’re drinking warm filtered water from a Nalgene, eating granola because someone forgot to bring a lighter. Also, it’s raining and all your socks are wet. Did you bring anything to wash dishes? Ah, there are no dishes. You smell like smoke and are covered in sand.
Granted, you can do camping/hiking well, but I’d bet some of these cases are from people doing it poorly, trying to save a buck by avoiding more expensive weekend getaways.
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Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Buying a new car has become unaffordable for a growing number of Americans. The auto industry is worriedEnglish
2·2 months agoNah, the guy is probably badly upside down on the loan, and the truck is depreciating so fast he won’t be able to roll the loan/trade-in over into another truck.
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News@lemmy.world•Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power GrabEnglish
12·3 months agoThe ending is OK. It’s the journey there we all want to avoid.
pachrist@lemmy.worldto
politics @lemmy.world•The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem | How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?English
8·3 months agoMany Nazi ideas are a direct port of racist ideology from the USA. It’s pretty easy to argue the Nazis picked it up from us. The Republican party is a haven for Nazis, not because Nazism is a new phenomenon in the USA, but because it’s made in the USA.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in USEnglish
3·3 months agoGotta be al that avocado toast.
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News@lemmy.world•Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not PassedEnglish
19·3 months agoYou can also casually remind people that more Republicans live in California than Texas, which usually makes their head explode. It’s an enormous state, with a huge economy, with tons and tons of people.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Kamala Harris unveils “Headquarters 67” to mobilize Gen Z through a new digital media hubEnglish
33·3 months agoThis is a “Pokémon go to the polls,” vibe. Not a compliment.
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politics @lemmy.world•House Speaker welcomes Trump call to ‘take over’ elections, claims Dem wins appear ‘fraudulent’English
16·3 months agoIt’s really easy for Republicans to make this argument as well.
How can libs win elections when you don’t know any?
This makes a lot of sense to some guy from Kansas. Everyone he knows loves Trump, so how can Trump lose? I hear this from a lot of relatives.
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News@lemmy.world•Melinda French Gates on Bill Gates in Epstein files - 'Painful times in my marriage'English
272·3 months agoI think most people’s issue is that all she’s ever done is hint, and now that there is less reason than ever to hint, that’s all she continues to do.
This case needs someone to step up, corroborate the documents, and speak out so some of these things can be unredacted. She, as a billionaire, is best equipped, but chose to keep hinting on a podcast tour instead, and in the current climate, that makes people suspicious.

I know you said MacOS, but if you ever get the chance, Che k out Eastshade. It’s the most relaxing, lovely, fun little game I have ever played.