In California prisons, forced labor lives on. This summer, lawmakers voted against a proposal to remove the remnant of slavery from the state constitution. And most states still have this vestige of slavery written into their state constitutions. https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2022/08/05/california-prisons-forced-labor-lives-on
Trump Gets Pissed Off at Melania and Barron for Speaking Slovenian Around Him: ‘He Has No Idea What They’re Saying’ https://www.politicalflare.com/2024/09/trump-gets-pissed-off-at-melania-and-barron-for-speaking-slovenian-around-him-he-has-no-idea-what-theyre-saying/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
It's been so long since I used stamps that postage has exactly doubled and I can use two of my old 34¢ ones without wasting a penny!
@evacide Afterall, who actually makes the laws (and therefore define what is 'legal') baby?
@lauren @ai6yr @historianess @jbaggs @vfrmedia
Especially when one had to include UUCP routing information in your sig like
...!ucbvax!intelca!cem
All that bangity bangity stuff was fun.
@realTuckFrumper I'm sorry I didn't rescue them, so I'll kill another 100 or so Palestinian babies and women to make up for it.
Jim Crow was about using the law and the threat of violence to suppress the vote. Texas (and other states) have reinstated legal vigilantism in the criminalization of voting.
“I can't believe I got #COVID19 again.”
Why? Didn't you post a photo from a giant concert last week?
“Well, yes, but...”
Did you wear a mask?
“Well, no but...”
Did you get vaccinated last year?
“I didn't think I needed...”
So, why are you surprised you got COVID again?
“I thought the pandemic was over.”
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Yet another story of "build a safe cycle lane, and people will use it." It's time to ditch paint-only "bike lanes" and start using real protection for people cycling.
@Free_Press Just like the Israelis in Gaza.
Scaramucci: I've Only Met One Person Who Hates Trump More Than Melania https://hillreporter.com/scaramucci-i-ve-only-met-one-person-who-hates-trump-more-than-melania?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@peterhoneyman ICK!
In the original novel ("Monkey Planet") by Pierre Boulle, from which the entire "Planet of the Apes" franchise sprung, an astronaut near the end escapes the technologically reasonably advanced planet of apes and returns to Earth, where he finds apes similarly in charge after the very long stretch of time.
For the first film, they simplified both the apes' cultural level and the overall situation, by inexplicably having them land back on Earth in the first place, instead of a planet around a distant star.
This created a logical problem, since astronauts would be certain to recognize Earth's moon in the sky. So they basically just ignored the issue, and had an astronaut mumble something about there not being any moon. Uh huh.
Interestingly, in an episode of the TV series "Space: 1999", the main characters realize they are on Earth (albeit centuries in the past) rather than another planet, when they do recognize the moon.
Equating surveillance with safety considers only a fraction of what “safety” for everyone looks like. You cannot protect people from harm if part of what you offer them is a different kind of harm, writes EFF's Matthew Guariglia for Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/police-surveillance-wont-make-us-safer-broken-windows-on-steroids.html
@realTuckFrumper What do you mean that the ageing incoherent Trump 'has no values'? He has never never had any values except himself?