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Affluent older white people will tell you with a straight face that crime is rampant on the subway, which they never use, or downtown, where they never go, amongst other easily disproven things.
I rode the bus for years, in some of the poorest parts of town, and the worst thing that ever happened was their budget got cut, turning hour-long trips into 3-6 hour ordeals.
Part of this is inherent to their racism, but part of it is that the people who are nominally anti-racist and who've had the opportunities to rein in or destroy the propaganda outlets that keep rotting older white people's brains just refuse to do it.
Every single Dem administration *should* have been pouring effort into finding any and everything they could nail on Fox News, OANN, etc. and the people behind them to put them out of operation. Same goes for Facebook, etc.
the funniest thing you can do to a boomer is tell them the change in the crime rate since they were young. they will not just disbelieve you, they will throw an absolute fit.
The craziest part is that driving is much more dangerous, results in way more exposure to crime, and causes way more societal problems. Our society has come up with unlimited dog whistles to pretend they're not racist assholes.
ugh - my mom is the opposite of rich, and doesn't think of herself as racist but believes all the horror stories on MSNBC about crime in NYC and is sure that all her home aides ( mostly muslim) hate her because she's jewish. We have lots of conversations about these false stories.
Also, if the white people came from another country they will whine about immigrants in their home country despite not having been there in 100 years. 🤷
I experienced this in my hometown. Worked for over 4 years downtown, working swing shift (both days & nights, in other words) and rarely saw anything that could truly be called "crime." Even what I did see was mostly lights from police cars.
The kicker: I worked at a TV station, one of the outlets where affluent older white people get the idea that crime is rampant downtown.
I live in a down-on-its-luck Southern US town. My dad and uncles live out in the county. When I told my uncle I wanted to buy a house in town, he said I'd be shot within three months.
Couple years now. No gunfire near me. Plenty out there near him.
@c0debabe I had a dude once rail about how dangerous our local city was (it isn’t). I told him I disagree and he said “then go downtown!!”
I do, a few times a week. No issues. “Well, I’d NEVER do that” bro then (a)how are you so confident and (b)why do you care about crime somewhere you’d never go?!
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters” X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Google continues the industry-wide trend of jamming AI down users' throats, making it difficult or impossible to opt out, and potentially endangering the privacy of communications: neowin.net/guides/google-can-n…
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FREE Allen Syncrograph Model E135 automotive distributor testing machine. What an antique! I have no idea if it works but it would sure look great as a display piece once cleaned up. You haul, no...
it's a device for tuning automotive distributors. looks like it's missing the chuck? you clamp the distributor onto that arm, and then a chuck is supposed to go from the plate up to the distributor. you put the wires on it and the thing spins the distributor at various speeds (see the 'engine speed' gauge) and the firing points show up on the plate at the bottom. the charts are various ignition timing information for various engines, so you can see how far off your distributor is and figure out what you need to change.
I haven't seen anyone use one of these things since I was a little kid, and I'm old as hell
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Probably so they could replace them with cars with special software to make repairs more difficult and so it would be more difficult for people to get cars that can not be location tracked
Never mind Russia, North Korea and Iran, a majority of Canadian citizens now see the neighboring United States as the “greatest threat” to their country.
Fifty-nine percent of Canadians view the U.S. as a major risk.
The reason I view the US like this is because their actions do not reflect their stated intentions: “rules-based international order”, until it becomes politically inconvenient. Then, it’s “might makes right as long as it’s *our* might”.
North Korea only became like this after the US blew up their entire country, killed about a fifth of their people, and then sat next to their borders for seventy years with guns pointed at them (and also sanctioning the hell out of them after the end of the USSR). Iran wanting to have nukes is due to the understanding that Israel has them, and getting their nuclear facilities bombed has not only not eliminated their nuclear weapons program, but fully justified it.
Seattle voters recently approved a 5% payroll tax on high incomes to fund social housing, aiming to build permanently affordable homes for a range of incomes. The initiative could generate $52 million annually for the new Seattle Social Housing program. theconversation.com/from-seatt…
It is actually very difficult to externally rotate the hips as much as they do in ballet for some people that have never trained in it even if they can do the splits and had a lot of yoga
Balancing on only the toes instead of the whole foot is also challenging
These two features make ballet exercise unique compared too many other common types of exercise and uniquely different than many other types of dance
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@shortstories My sister did ballet for years. She did not pursue it. She was remarkably fit and lithe. We are estranged... This reminded me of her. Sorry for rambling. Perhaps it was just cathartic release.
Aside: yoga is not a fitness regime. It is a spiritual practice to be grounded with Nature. Western ideas have subverted it. Unfortunate.
Also: The Russians were clearly better at this performance of Swan Lake. Synchronization and smoothness of movement.
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Or perhaps you believe that there are perfect candidates? That somehow when Jesus returns instead of doing the whole revelation thing he will just run as a third party candidate?
There is one perfect man, and he isn’t a politician.
There are no choices that are not for the lesser of two evils so long as you are voting for a mortal human.
@Jagahati I'm with @OneEyeKing on this. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm not going to vote Red or Blue any more. Voting for either one just perpetuates the illusion that they are different parties. Both want to control our lives, they just tell different lies about why.
But I will vote for someone else, just to make the point. They need a signal that they don't get to claim my support because I was silent.
@chromeratt @Jagahati I believe that unrealized future candidates will be looking at the voting numbers to decide if they can run. By being politically active, but voting principles, I think we could help encourage candidates that align closer to our principles, or at least move the overton window.
Catastrophic floods have occurred in Western Himachal Pradesh, with 14 known to have died at 28 people still missing. Many houses, businesses and roads have also been damaged or destroyed. #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment indianexpress.com/article/indi…
“ #SCOTUS cleared the way on Tuesday for #Trump administration to resume carrying out mass job cuts and the restructuring of agencies, elements of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government.” - reuters.com/legal/litigation/u…
I'm old enough to remember the SCOTUS saying Biden didn't have power to waive student debt, despite explicit legislation to do just that.
Yet Trump can mass fire civil servants, shut down Congressionally mandated bodies and send refugees to dangerous third countries without any due process.
Another "this is fine" moment in the burning ruins of America's former democracy. #ThisIsAmericaNow
Programming a computer is not weird or abstract or even that difficult. It's just writing a list of steps in a format your machine can understand. In theory, a human being could also "execute" a program as well if they understood how it worked.
And computers are just electronic circuits that are designed to execute stored programs. Programming is the original way to use a computer.
Man is kidnapped from a Walmart, by masked people wearing DHS-marked clothing in Bernalillo County #NewMexico. Video at bsky.app/profile/thejenniwren.…. I believe this is a Walmart between #Albuquerque and #SantaFe. Tough to watch, but we must bear witness.
This sort of awfulness is happening in many states. It is why I’m so active in fighting fascism in mine. If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend getting involved in your local Indivisible group. Find it at indivisible.org/groups.
Albania shuts down TikTok for a year, citing concerns over youth violence and bullying after a tragic school incident. The move sparks debate on child safety vs. free speech, with TikTok denying any link to the case. 🇦🇱📵👦 #Albania #TikTokBan #ChildSafety #oldnewz #reminder #ongoing #dpi
“Studies show actually deporting workers en masse from industries that rely on undocumented labor does little for U.S. workers … [and] actually reduces job opportunities for American-born workers.
That’s in part because many American workers, even those outside of immigrant-heavy industries, rely on the services generated by low-wage, undocumented labor — the costs of which would rise with mass deportations.”
KPBS: Worksite immigration raids are supposed to free up jobs for citizens. Here’s what really happens
(Personal commentary: there are extremely few US citizens who would take ANY of these jobs)
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Folks here will notice that I’m less frequently detailing lower court opinions that attempt to stop the Trump regime’s lawless actions. This is because enough time has passed for enough appeals to reach the U.S. Supreme Court for U.S. to know that no matter how carefully a lower court judge explains and supports her rulings, the Supreme Court will act as lawlessly as the Trump executive. 1/ #LawFedi
From the outset, we knew that certain justices were wholly and irrevocably in the tank for Trump. I put Robert’s very close to this camp but thought his desire to preserve his standing with federal district court judges and lower federal appellate judges *might* temper the fealty he displayed when he wrote the majority opinion in the ignominious Trump v. United States. 3/
Had Roberts more commitment to rule of law and less regard for Republican Fascism, he might have been able to peel off Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett occasionally and get them to vote with Sotomayor and Jackson and sometimes Kagan. But it is clear that he has no interest in this role and the other far right justices definitely don’t. 4/
I know that brave lower court judges will continue to write well-reasoned important memoranda in support of their correct and significant decisions. I will continue to commend their efforts and sometimes explain them. But for all their skill and integrity, they won’t be able to prevent the worst effect of the Supreme Court’s perfidy: plaintiffs’ lawyers will stop bringing cases they clearly will lose on appeal. 5/
The lawyers who represent the plaintiffs in the cases against the Trump regime do not have the funds or the staff to litigate every instance of the regime’s lawlessness. They also do not want to litigate cases that will only serve to give the Supreme Court the chance to hand down a lawless diktat as though it should be treated as precedent. 6/
So most plaintiffs’ lawyers will become ever more selective and careful in who they represent and the issues they put before the courts. This is natural and understandable. But it is also frightening. The actions of the U.S. Supreme Court play a direct role in sharply increasing the prospect of a hot civil war in the United States. 7/
this is a bit surprising take to me, because it seems to ignore what this non-lawyer considers the biggest guard rail on the Supreme Court:
Time itself
As you know SCOTUS only takes up 2% of merits cases in any given year, because they cannot afford to take more. That means they don't rule on most questions at all
For every case I've seen get headlines from the Shadow docket, I've found another where they just denied review even though the administration lost
and as you know this has always been the power of the appellate circuits -- if not the reason for the US' continued existence, IMO. They are the final word and may split
And that means they will decide how even shitty policies of the administration occur in practice, due to most in their jurisdiction following the law regardless
I just hope you don't despair. I remember Prohibition was added to USCON in 1917, & SCOTUS ruled in 1926 wire taps w/o warrant were fine. Now look
I have honestly given up completely on this adminstration. I just expect the worse possible outcome now. I am so dissapointed what is going on with our legal system
It is pretty damning when #SCOTUS Chief #JohnRoberts is actively working to dismantle and destroy our Country, with the assistance of Sam Alito. Forget Benadict Arnold! John Roberts is going to go down in History as the greatest #traitor to our Country.
Folks here will notice that I’m less frequently detailing lower court opinions that attempt to stop the Trump regime’s lawless actions. This is because enough time has passed for enough appeals to reach the U.S. Supreme Court for U.S. to know that no matter how carefully a lower court judge explains and supports her rulings, the Supreme Court will act as lawlessly as the Trump executive. 1/ #LawFedi
Why doesn't Trump's DOJ drop the charges against the Utah plastic surgeon who gave his fellow Americans a way of maintaining their bodily autonomy during a time of tyranny?
@Valvoline I get the preference against discussing salary, but everything else should be on the table. The candidate is interviewing the company just as much as vice versa, so some information before accepting a second interview or offer is required.
I would certainly ask about the job scope and what kind of awesome projects they have to look forward to.
@Killer_Mule @Meachamus_Prime absolutely true.. However, new managers are a nightmare. It takes time and experience to get good at hiring and managing, like any skill. This seems like someone new.
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The single most obvious cultural reality about the current moment is that we’re inundated, every day, by signals telling us that [X] is [Not X], the don’t believe your lying eyes messaging that forms the hardened core of media and political product.
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In The Age Of AI, We Each Have To Choose How Much Of Our Humanity We Want To Keep
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •In NYC, when the NYPD decide to check a bus for fare evasion, they fully stop it at the station until they can verify that everyone on board paid.
It makes the already unreliable experience of riding a bus so much worse for basically no reason
Nowhere Girl
in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •You ever tried being poor and taking the bus to work? Or school? In Texas?
"To ensure I get there on time, I need to leave 3 hours early."
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •Which was probably disseminated down to cab drivers and car salespeople by auto makers and oil weenies who never used a bus or subway.
Buses have the best stories.
Cassandrich
in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •Part of this is inherent to their racism, but part of it is that the people who are nominally anti-racist and who've had the opportunities to rein in or destroy the propaganda outlets that keep rotting older white people's brains just refuse to do it.
Every single Dem administration *should* have been pouring effort into finding any and everything they could nail on Fox News, OANN, etc. and the people behind them to put them out of operation. Same goes for Facebook, etc.
Warrior of Latte
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •"there are parts of london too dangerous even for police!!!"
me, a skinny, sickly, young-looking woman walking around those parts alone at night: 🤷♀️
Bi Disaster Preparedness 🦫🏴
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •I live *near* Minneapolis. My parents would constantly check to make sure we weren't in danger following the George Floyd protests. 🙄
That and the DaNgErOuS Lake Street.
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •As far as I can tell, a fair portion of the American middle class considers anyone brown or homeless to be 'crime'.
You saw a drunk homeless guy at a bus stop? You're a victim of crime. The crime of being forced to perceive your less fortunate neighbors.
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •I experienced this in my hometown. Worked for over 4 years downtown, working swing shift (both days & nights, in other words) and rarely saw anything that could truly be called "crime." Even what I did see was mostly lights from police cars.
The kicker: I worked at a TV station, one of the outlets where affluent older white people get the idea that crime is rampant downtown.
bstow
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •Rampant crime...
Rampant brown people...
Six of one / half a dozen of the other, right?
🙄
If I roll my eyes any harder I'll hemorrhage.
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •I live in a down-on-its-luck Southern US town. My dad and uncles live out in the county. When I told my uncle I wanted to buy a house in town, he said I'd be shot within three months.
Couple years now. No gunfire near me. Plenty out there near him.
Not rich. Just white.
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in reply to Nowhere Girl • • •@c0debabe I had a dude once rail about how dangerous our local city was (it isn’t). I told him I disagree and he said “then go downtown!!”
I do, a few times a week. No issues. “Well, I’d NEVER do that” bro then (a)how are you so confident and (b)why do you care about crime somewhere you’d never go?!