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I’m so tired of hearing about this woman.
Previous First Ladies have become champions for some cause (whether it’s a cause I agree with or not – looking at you Nancy), but Melania is MiA until she’s hawking a book, and now she’s all over my feeds.
Just kindly fuck off to obscurity until your sugar daddy gives you the payout for being his side piece. Nobody cares.
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Oh no. Now we’ll never hear from FlyingSquid again. RIP, fiend, we’ll mis
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Pence rummaged in the law’s panty drawers looking for a loophole, and when he couldn’t find one, he called Dan Quayle to ask if there was any way at all he could violate his duty and support trump. Only after Quayle told him no multiple times did he finally, begrudgingly decide he had to certify it.
Let’s not give Pence more credit than he deserves.
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It shouldn’t be a hard sell, either, because the president specifically doesn’t have any official duties surrounding the election. This would defeat the entire purpose.
The vice president doesn’t either, as was made clear by that conversation between Pence and Dan Quayle:
Over and over, Pence asked if there was anything he could do.
"'Mike, you have no flexibility on this. None. Zero. Forget it. Put it away,' Quayle told him.
"Pence pressed again.
"'You don't know the position I'm in,' he said, according to the authors.
"'I do know the position you're in,' Quayle responded. 'I also know what the law is. You listen to the parliamentarian. That's all you do. You have no power.'"
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Quick correction: he bankrupted multiple casinos, at least some of which were fronts for Russian money laundering.
e: formatting
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He is dumb. Hitler was an idiot, too.
Being a moron makes autocrats more dangerous, not less, because they’re more easily swayed by evil opportunists, and are more likely to make deadly, impulsive decisions without thinking them through.
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Yearly reminder to test your carbon monoxide detector.
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Ha, called it.
Calling it now:
Since there’s not enough time left for him to recover from this brutal ego bruise, I predict he’ll only do rallies from now on, or appearances on far-right media, because he’ll retreat to his snowglobe for reassurance for a while. He’ll avoid addressing Kamala directly, but he’ll ramp up his own network and rile up his mob. His team will struggle to rein him in, and some appearances might be cancelled.
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I can’t watch anymore. Vance is riling me up too much and I’m not seeing enough pushback.
Cheers all, it’s been … interesting.
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Fuck you, you don’t know difficult.
I don’t know how much more of Vance’s bullshit I can listen to. And especially his church bullshit. We’re not all young girls (my son is 27) wanting to be livestock in a church community. Some of us are atheists. But I guess I should just go die because I’m not useful anymore.
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No, you dick. Walz was right and everything you said wasn’t true. Everything got worse under trump, and I have fucking receipts.
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Ha, fuck you. My life was destroyed by disability, and the only drug that was helping me went from $250 a month to $3000 a month between 2015 to 2017. Everything got worse, to the point I can’t even afford to live.
This especially pisses me off.
Fuck you Vance and fuck everything you just said. It’s all lies.
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Kamala Harris is not the president, and you’re a liar.
Your party has relentlessly fought against the working class, which is why we’re struggling and destitute, even after decades of working for the scraps we have.
You’re a liar Vance.
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Pikachu face
Pass the bill!
This is probably the best moment of this debate.
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That was a really good answer from Walz, actually.
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Honestly, ‘look over there!’ is basically their whole platform.
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He’s actually not doing great. He should be wiping the floor with Vance. It’s a bit disappointing, yeah.
Vance has stepped in it a few times, and Walz hasn’t grabbed the moment. I agree.
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Stronger locks!!
Good lord, what a moron.
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I don’t know the details, but I’ll talk about identity politics instead of addressing the number 1 problem right now.
e: and loop back to the border!!
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In this case the VP matters, because for all the ‘Biden is too old’ talk, trump is only a couple years younger, and he could easily drop dead during a next term, which would leave us with president Vance.
eta: and the reason Buttigieg or Shapiro weren’t chosen was because, according to reports, an extreme life colonoscopy was performed on anyone under consideration, because trump’s camp would also do that and capitalise on anything they found. Walz passed all those tests because he’s squeaky clean. In this election, that’s pretty important. So far, that strategy has worked, and every straw trump’s team has grasped at has blown up in their face. We’ll soon see if this debate changes that (I doubt it).
My cat needed to be euthanised last month, and I just received her ashes. They came with a round black sticker. What’s the purpose of this sticker? They mentioned my chosen urn was suitable for sprinkling cremains (I don’t plan to do that) – maybe it’s related to that? Thanks.
Back in Apollo, we had a feature where you could long-press on mobile and save a screenshot with options to include usernames, number and levels of parents, and original post, amongst other things. Those were the ones I used. I also remember there was a checkbox for watermark, which defaulted to on, and which I never touched but always respected, because it never condescended to me. Anyway, I used that feature so much that there was no Apollo without it before the ensittification. As a user experience designer, Apollo had done a lot right that the big tech names had been doing wrong, and I’d floundered on Lemmy until the Voyager team started from that foundation. I appreciate everything this team has done for me, but I do miss this feature. It seemed aimed straight at me, so I almost hate to bring it up, but it was beautiful and I loved it. (I’m sorry for not saying this on Git, but I just can’t right now) eta: you guys are the best. I love everything you’ve done. <3
This only works by phone. Be nice, but firm. Don’t be satisfied with their first answer – make them escalate you to the retention department. They’re often authorised to give much larger discounts because it’s cheaper for them to retain customers than to recruit new ones.
Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books' removal. …. The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet. [Article continues…](https://www.timesofisrael.com/florida-district-pulls-many-jewish-and-holocaust-books-from-classroom-libraries/)
Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books' removal. JTA – A global bestseller by a Jewish Holocaust victim; a novel by a beloved and politically conservative Jewish American writer; a memoir of growing up mixed-race and Jewish; and a contemporary novel about a high-achieving Jewish family are among the nearly 700 books a Florida school district removed from classroom libraries this year in fear of violating state laws on sexual content in schools. The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet. [Article continues…](https://www.timesofisrael.com/florida-district-pulls-many-jewish-and-holocaust-books-from-classroom-libraries/)
bigthink.com
Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories. KEY TAKEAWAYS - While there have been huge scientific advances in a wide variety of aspects of physics and astronomy, there have also been wild headlines that do not reflect at all what's true in this Universe. - No, we haven't found a room-temperature superconductor, overturned the expanding Universe or Big Bang, discovered that the cosmos is twice as old as we thought, or discovered alien technology on the seafloor. - There has been a lot of fiction permeating science news this year, and the frustrating thing is that these untrue stories are posing as actual facts. Here are 10 lies you may want to learn the actual truth behind. [Article continues…]
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Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories. KEY TAKEAWAYS - While there have been huge scientific advances in a wide variety of aspects of physics and astronomy, there have also been wild headlines that do not reflect at all what's true in this Universe. - No, we haven't found a room-temperature superconductor, overturned the expanding Universe or Big Bang, discovered that the cosmos is twice as old as we thought, or discovered alien technology on the seafloor. - There has been a lot of fiction permeating science news this year, and the frustrating thing is that these untrue stories are posing as actual facts. Here are 10 lies you may want to learn the actual truth behind. [Article continues…]
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The visual artwork for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been revealed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Swedish broadcaster (SVT). The visual identity is inspired by the northern lights and sound equalizers.
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Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Raiven will represent Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The song that Raiven will sing on the Eurovision stage is titled "Veronika" and will be released on 20 January.
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Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Joost Klein will represent the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 after being selected internally from over 600 potential participants. The song that Joost Klein will sing on the Eurovision stage in Malmö will be released at a later date.
Excess oxygen is actually harmful to humans, ~~but all the climate warnings are about losing oxygen, not nitrogen~~ edit: but when we look for habitable planets, our focus is ‘oxygen rich atmosphere’, not ‘nitrogen rich’, and in medical settings, we’re always concerned about low oxygen, not nitrogen. Deep sea divers also use a nitrogen mix (nitrox) to stay alive and help prevent the bends, so nitrogen seems pretty important. It seems weird that our main focus is oxygen when our main air intake is nitrogen. What am I missing? edit: my climate example was poor and I think misleading. Added a better example instead.
The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live from Nice, France. 16 countries competed at this year's edition, and once all was said and done Zoé Clauzure from France was declared the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song ‘Cœur’. Zoé Clauzure from France was crowned winner based on voting from national juries in all 16 competing countries. For the seventh time, viewers from around the world could also vote for their favorite songs in two windows: Online voting before the show, where the voting was based on snippets of rehearsals, and online voting during the show, where the viewers could vote during the 15 minutes after the last performance. [Article continues with embedded video and results table…]
This is very strange and I’m sorry for multiple issues in one day, but I just switched to my inbox and it’s all someone else’s account. I’m @lillypip but my inbox currently shows someone else’s account. I won’t post it here, but I have screenshots if a Voyager Dev wants to see them. I think I can reply to people from there (the buttons seem to work, but I won’t do it for obvious reasons). Not sure if this is a Voyager or Lemmy issue, but it’s very seriously weirding me out. e: it’s not even the same server. My account is on lemmy.ca and my inbox is someoneelse@kbin.social (not the actual account, obviously). e2: my inbox isn’t that person’s inbox, it’s their *outbox*. All the content is from them, not to them. I’ve never interacted with this person to my knowledge. e3: I was wrong: I HAVE interacted with them. A few hours ago, I messaged them to say a link they commented was broken. I didn’t recognise the name until I tried to message them as recommended in the comments here. I can’t message them now; it just hangs. e4: restarting the app didn’t help, but rebooting my phone fixed it. Maybe it was a caching issue? Like I said, it was showing what was in their public profile (comments and posts), perhaps my inbox was stuck showing that? Anyway, it’s fixed now, so it seems like a caching issue, probably?
I’ve only noticed this in the past few days. Not sure if it’s a new issue, but I feel I wasn’t getting this before last week. (Eta: I’m on the latest update) Most Lemmy image links in comments are doing this now. Sorry if it’s been posted already; I tried searching and didn’t see anything. Thank you for all your hard work – I LOVE Voyager! ❤️
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Becoming an astronaut is a fairly romanticized career path, but there are a lot of less-than-romantic aspects to working 50 miles or more above the Earth’s surface. Case in point: just being in zero G makes the human body do all sorts of embarrassing things. A new story from the New York Times exhaustedly points out that living in space comes with all sorts of “bodily indignities” which should give even the most eager potential space explorer pause. It turns out, it’s not just deadly radiation or muscle loss due to weightlessness astronauts traveling to spots in our own solar system will have to put with: > In microgravity, however, the blood volume above your neck will most likely still be too high, at least for a while. This can affect the eyes and optic nerves, sometimes causing permanent vision problems for astronauts who stay in space for months, a condition called spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome. It also causes fluid to accumulate in nearby tissues, giving you a puffy face and congested sinuses. As with a bad cold, the process inhibits nerve endings in the nasal passages, meaning you can’t smell or taste very well. (The nose plays an important role in taste.) The I.S.S. galley is often stocked with wasabi and hot sauce. > These sensory deficits can be helpful in some respects, though, because the I.S.S. tends to smell like body odor or farts. You can’t shower, and microgravity prevents digestive gases from rising out of the stew of other juices in your stomach and intestines, making it hard to belch without barfing. Because the gas must exit somehow, the frequency and volume (metric and decibel) of flatulence increases. > Other metabolic processes are similarly disturbed. Urine adheres to the bladder wall rather than collecting at the base, where the growing pressure of liquid above the urethra usually alerts us when the organ is two-thirds full. “Thus, the bladder may reach maximum capacity before an urge is felt, at which point urination may happen suddenly and spontaneously,” according to “A Review of Challenges & Opportunities: Variable and Partial Gravity for Human Habitats in L.E.O.,” or low Earth orbit. This is a report that came out last year from the authors Ronke Olabisi, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and Mae Jemison, a retired NASA astronaut. Sometimes the bladder fills but doesn’t empty, and astronauts need to catheterize themselves. [Link to NYT article (paywalled)](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/12/magazine/space-living.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR2Z_-h7XIPUl6fTEGPlGbSKANJijtwMiBZZKsIwQPgxFmV-u6UdJqch8zA)
I wanted to ask If you’re okay But I felt like I already knew the answer I should have asked if you were okay But I was afraid I already knew And I didn’t want to know What I knew I didn’t want to know And my mind went To all of our favourite places To us holding hands forever Through all of our days Through all of our seasons To you making tea for me when I couldn’t do it To the laughing and knowing And the shouting and crying We swore we would talk it out in the morning But morning never came I should have asked why You texted me that night I hadn’t expected your voice At three in the morning And I was tired I tried to keep you waiting Like all of the times you waited for me Until deep in the morning But you couldn’t wait You never could wait, and now I’ll die waiting For days that never will come For you Only for you
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