My_IFAKs___gone

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Good time to reread Mila 18

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

It's the old orangutan-train-engineer argument, which gained legal precedent in Plessy v. Ferguson, brought by passage of an 1887 Florida law, whereby states began to require that railroads furnish separate accommodations for each race.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 47 points 5 days ago (7 children)

They're being called Brown Coats? Malcom Reynolds would be furious to learn this.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks for the recommendations! Putting them on my list.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, you're absolutely right. Fuck all shit parasites.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I am enjoying it. It's fascinating. Fascistnating...

I wish I were reading it because it's so detail-rich and I really need to take my time in some spots. Were I studying it for school, I'd certainly be intending to pore through its pages while referencing maps and portraits of its main characters. As it is, it's fairly decent for low-stress driving.

This guy's YT review provides a pretty summary of why it's a worthy read (or listen). But it is 57 hours long, so quite a heavy time commitment. But definitely a book that should be mandatory for everyone on earth to read at some point.

I also highly recommend watching HBO's Conspiracy with Kenneth Branagh, Stanely Tucci, and Colin Firth. It complements the story in Schindler's List incredibly well.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Agnostic or atheist or Scientologist techbro grasping at straws to clumsily influence Christians to do what he wants them to do.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

So I'm like 45 hours into the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich audiobook and it's really amazing to see how much an obviously crazy person can get away with, even when everyone around him is like, yeah, that dude is totally batshit and probably going to get us all killed, but idk, I guess we should still do what he says?

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (4 children)

As long as the apocalpti are agnostic to wealth, I'm all for it...although I would prefer for it to target only humans. All the other flora and fauna should get a free pass.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Her real name could be Cori Ander.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Now it makes sense why they're called carpal joints, although I guess the metacarpal bones are closer to home on this one...but only the most anal would care about that.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I consider you lucky. NSAIDs are a forbidden fruit for me.

 
 

A page from The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley

I guess it's not exactly surprising, but it seems to explain a lot of things I'm witnessing in my later adulthood. I've always felt deeply impressed by selfless heroes, but I never really pondered the profile of heroism.

 

Senate Bill 918 would allow children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts.

Currently, teens are prevented from working earlier than 6:30 a.m. or later than 11 p.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is in favor of the bill.

“Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people,” DeSantis said at an immigration panel, according to the network. “And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now? I mean, that’s how it used to be when I was growing up.”

The bill, according to CNN, would also eliminate working time restrictions on 14- and 15-year-olds if they are home-schooled and end guaranteed meal breaks for teens aged 16 and 17.

It went in front of the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee on Tuesday, where it advanced with a 5 to 4 recommendation.

FIXED IT!

 

Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.

Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, are the five politicians who drafted the bill that would add the so-called “syndrome” to a lengthy list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota.

If passed, a section of a statute that includes definitions for terms including “diagnostic assessment” and “outpatient services” would be appended to add one for TDS. The authors describe TDS as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons” in reaction to Trump’s policies.

If something like this passed, wonder how easy it would be for the authorities to confiscate someone's weapons and/or forcibly relocate them to a 'mental asylum' for 'treatment' to cure their 'TDS.' Big 1984 vibes in this bill.

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