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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (8 children)

You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (5 children)

"President Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of abandoning Israel after the incumbent said he would not supply the country with weapons it could use to invade Rafah."

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/05/09/trump-israel-biden-jewish-voters-hamas-spectrum-news-interview

Trump wouldn't offer even the token pushback that Biden has, and would likely ramp up the payments and weapons supplied to Israel.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-cuts-more-than-200-million-in-us-aid-to-palestinians-idUSKCN1L923C/

When he was president before, he already massively cut aid to Gaza, and would probably do so again.

That's how you go farther

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Given that one side of the political spectrum has become staunchly against many aspects of reality, I disagree with your premise.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (9 children)

And Trump has said he wants it to go even farther.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not that they cut any in particular, they just only included the Bill of Rights, which isn't uncommon when pairing them with the Constitution. Not defending them, still a grift going on here, but that particular detail isn't as nefarious as some people want to think. At least, not on its own.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Many people do, but not everyone. Religious people especially tend not to cohabitate before marriage, as that would be considered a sin.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago

No, that's the point of a dog whistle. Those in the know understand, and they don't want outsiders to notice. One of the best ways to combat these people is to let everyone in on their "secret" codes, so we can see exactly who is putting their hat in with the Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal. The first book is called The Calculating Stars. Basically, an alternate history where (spoiler for the opening chapter)

spoilera meteor wipes out the east coast and kick-starts climate change, causing the Space Age to start 10 years early.
It follows a Jewish computer (a woman who literally runs calculations for NASA, as seen in Hidden Figures) who wants to become an astronaut, and her struggles with the racism and misogyny of the 1950s.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The only reason this happens is because our system is so weird. In every other country, funding is automatic and doesn't need to be authorized separately. The fix is to switch to a similar setup. Of course, that will never happen, as it would take away this bludgeon the GOP uses to try to get its way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I remember in 2015 there were images circulating after a debate claiming Hillary Clinton was wearing an earpiece, despite the pictures used as proof clearly being from a different event.

[–] [email protected] 130 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's because it was from Davis. He interrupted her constantly, including times when she was about to tell him it was his turn to talk. He didn't interrupt Muir almost at all.

I'll leave the reason why he interrupted one and not the other as an exercise for the reader.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No, he was saying that she "put out a statement" about her racial identity.

 

Garak asserts to Bashir that the Repetitive Epic is the finest form of Cardassian literature. I was wondering, is there any real-life literature that could be considered a "repetitive epic" in the same vein as "The Neverending Sacrifice?"

 

It has occurred to me that Vulcan must have some form of sex industry to handle those going through Pon Farr who aren't currently married or otherwise involved. Otherwise, they'd have constant issues with violence from those suffering the "blood fever" whose spouse was far away, or had died, or for some other reason had no one to mate with.

Given Vulcan attitudes towards sex, it's probably kept out of sight, and is only "officially" available to those experiencing their "Seven Year Itch," but it has to exist, right?

 

In Voyager's transporter room, there is an alcove on the side, and embedded in the wall is what appears to be a small transporter pad. I don't believe anyone is ever shown interacting with this, so there's no definitive explanation for what it is. Assuming it is what it appears to be, what would be the purpose of a very small transporter like this?

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