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benroyce, 12 days ago to Texas

https://www.salon.com/2024/06/03/texas-professors-to-fail-students-seek-abortions/

'because #pregnancy is the result of "voluntary and consensual sexual intercourse," students should not be allowed time off to get abortions. If the students disobey and miss class for #abortion care, the filing continues, the professors should be allowed to flunk students. Additionally, Bonevac asserts that he has a right to refuse to employ a teaching assistant who has had an abortion, calling such women "criminals."'

Fuck #Texas

This is fucking embarrassing

#USpol

fraying, 16 days ago to random

I think my favorite part is watching all of the “realists” and savvy motherfuckers who confidently predicted that nothing would happen to him eat their motherfucking words.

Cynicism may be easy, but it’s not always right.

bedirthan, 22 days ago to random

Thought I told both of my D&D groups that I wasn't playing over the long weekend.

Now both DMs have asked if they'll see me Sunday (at the same time).

ai6yr, 23 days ago to random

Santa Barbara Fire PIO: "Vehicle Into Building: 7300 Blk Calle Real, Goleta. Sedan w/two adult males drove through store causing major damage. Driver transported to Goleta Valley ER w/minor injuries. No injuries to customers. Fire personnel assisting with cleanup. Store closed. CT 3:35pm"

***No, that's not a Drive-Through 7-Eleven.

***We need more bollards in the US.

Open air 7-Eleven, where a Subaru has conveniently opened up a bigger entrance to the front of the store.
Photo of the front of a 7-Eleven, where it appears the new open air entrance has attracted a hungry gurney and several firemen, who might (or maybe might not) be interested in a Slurpee
Another view of the inside of the &-Eleven. There's a burgundy and gray Subaru which appears to be chatting with the fireman about getting to the Slurpee machine behind him, but appears to have stopped at the Doritos, after crushing many small animals from some kind of stuffed animal machine.

lauren, 24 days ago to random

All too often I see techies (and clearly I qualify as a techie) who don't seem to give a damn about non-techie users of these systems. So long as there's some techie workaround for privacy-invasive systems ("oh yeah, do this to the URL -- run this extension, do this and that") they don't seem to be concerned at all that the vast majority of people just use systems in their default states and are burned every day by these systems. I've seen this attitude by so many techies my entire career, and if anything it's worse now. This is, by the way, where the term "lusers" for users (commonly heard in the tech community) came from. I find this attitude by this segment of techies to be disgraceful.

glennf, 29 days ago to random

This is actually quite sensible. There was a zoning agreement that the strip mall would exclude fast food but sandwich shops were ok. The court said, tacos and burritos meet the definition of how sandwich shops were described. Particularly like this:

"the original Written Commitment does not restrict potential restaurants to only American cuisine-style sandwiches”

Of course, tacos and burritos are truly American cuisine-style food.
https://newsie.social/@estherschindler/112457616035372766

w7voa, 1 month ago to random

Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony with ome chanting "free Palestine" to protest guest speaker Jerry Seinfeld. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/jerry-seinfeld-duke-students-walkout

pezmico, 1 month ago to random

• Why are you wearing a mask?

• Because I don't want to be sick, or make anyone else sick.

• Oh I've been sick so much recently!

• I know, I haven't been sick in about 5 years...

• ... wow that's incredible!

• Would you like a mask? I have lots to spare.

• No thanks.
  😷
  (Person coughs in the background)
  #CovidIsNotOver

JuliusGoat, 1 month ago to random

Isn't it interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that should never be thought to spoil the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, or all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them?

heidilifeldman, 1 month ago to random

I’ve spent the past few days driving across the country. The natural beauty of Arkansas and of Oklahoma surprised me. The aggressive, creepy white Christian evangelical vibe of western Tennessee did not surprise but it disturbed me. The Texas panhandle was as nuts as I anticipated. Some billboard messages from Texas follow. 1/

dangillmor, 1 month ago to random

Whenever I see a news article that discusses "unindicted co-conspirators" my immediate reaction is: "If they're co-conspirators, and not cooperating with the prosecution, why the hell weren't they indicted?"

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-giuliani-meadows-unindicted-conspirators-michigan-fake-elector/story?

BlackAzizAnansi, 1 month ago to random

The FTC just banned non-compete clauses.

A video via "More Perfect Union" which explains how non-compete clauses were banned by the FTC and how it will help people.

mikej, 1 month ago to sailing

Exciting #sailing day on the water, but any day you're on the radio with Coast Guard is exciting. Happily, it was more exciting for somebody else and we were merely standing by to render assistance. Didn't finish the race, but we didn't break anything, didn't lose anyone.

Back down the lake, our club's education director was missing for half an hour, but had been picked up by a jet ski almost immediately. She was safe, the person we assisted was safe, and we got in a pre cold front sail.

mikej, 2 months ago to Roku

I really don't believe in violence, but when a person sets a preference in a piece of software and it gets changed back to what the company would like it to be (no #roku, I really don't want your "recommendations", and I told you that before ), you should be allowed to punch the company's officers in the face.

The is not exaggeration. I really, truly believe physical violence could bring us better software.

LRRRonEarth, 2 months ago to random

WEST COASTERS RESISTING THE URGE TO BULLY PEOPLE BACK EAST FOR FLIPPING OUT OVER THEIR LITTLE BABY EARTHQUAKE FOR BABIES.

mikej, 2 months ago to random

If you're embarrassed to have people think you paid for a blue check, why aren't you embarrassed to be there at all?

scalzi, 2 months ago to random

Perhaps the Most American Headline of All Time, from Reason Magazine

arstechnica, 2 months ago to random

Here’s BMW’s electric replacement for the X3—production starts in 2025

BMW has developed an all new EV platform with better efficiency and more tech.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/heres-bmws-electric-replacement-for-the-x3-production-starts-in-2025/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mikej, 3 months ago to random

Illegal hotels told to not put spy cams in rooms.

BenCisco, 3 months ago to random

“Does the Constitution of the USA set the president entirely above the law?” is not a question we should need to ask in court. It’s a question we should know the answer to already.

samlitzinger, 5 months ago to random

Abcarian: Really young voters? You want to teach Democrats a lesson by letting Trump back into the White House?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-01-03/polls-election-younger-voters-abortion-student-loan-climate-joe-biden-donald-trump

mikej, 5 months ago to random

Dear Republican candidates: do you believe each state should have the freedom to decide for itself if slavery or rape or murder or kidnapping should be against the law?

mikej, 7 months ago to random

Seeing a lot of people today who have been fucked over by a PM who says, "end users always complain about changes at first, but they'll eventually see that this new way is better."

mikej, 8 months ago to sailing

Running the dock today. Catalina 27 practicing mooring ball approaches, one rs vision practicing rudderless, 3 others just out for a sail. #sailing

mikej, 9 months ago to random

Drug ad:
"Blah blah blah is not recommended for people with type I diabetes or children."