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

Right, I'm not denying that. People have always been smart. The problem that calculus solved was the intensely difficult algebra that it replaced

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The joke is that calculus as a field of mathematics didn't exist until millennia after the fall of the empire

[–] [email protected] 53 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Because the faces have no consistency lmao, pain rated at 5 shouldn't look happier than rank 1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Probably, but it's a hardware store. I don't know about the habits of folks outside of my little corner of the Midwest, but very few people return things to them anyways

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Watch out for that 11% rebate

Edit: sometimes I forget that Menards is a Midwest thing. Their big advertising thing is that you can mail your receipt to receive 11% of the bill back

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

British people were forced to abandon their rock piles and most of history since has been about them making it everyone's problem

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

There's no trick, you just use your immense wealth to force the mistress into an abortion without telling anyone. /s

The bans are about controlling women through healthcare. Never forget that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

It's ok for symbols to have different meanings in different contexts. If someone is new to the context, they should research or ask about it. People that are familiar should provide the mutual understanding, provided they have the will and ability to educate.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Ozma is anything but a troll. They're highly consistent in their political beliefs, and generally knows the topics they post about. Not everyone you disagree with is a troll or a foreign agent.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

The republican party is pushing bills through the lower branch that enshrine real antisemitism through Zionism. That's where US media and politics are at regarding the genocide.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago (26 children)

22 people is hardly a survey for a national election, and is a total nonanswer. I'm asking you what you think Vance did better.

 

10 points for guessing the street

 
 
 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17394988

Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations

Disney could face the largest strike in the US this year after it was announced that thousands of theme park and hotel workers in California will vote on whether to stage a walkout.

Three trade unions representing 14,000 “cast members” at Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney and the Disney hotels announced an unfair labor practice strike vote would be held next week amid negotiations over a new union contract.

In a critical statement, union leaders accused Disney of “unlawful discipline and intimidation and surveillance” of union members. The entertainment giant did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 
 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/13847307

Taken from a Press Release by the group:

LONDON, 1 July 2024—Two young trans activists scaled the NHS England’s London headquarters at 133–135 Waterloo Road in London on Friday to stage a protest and have remained there ever since. The group, now made up of seven young protesters, all 18 or under, has one simple message: Trans Kids Deserve Better: we are not pawns for your politics.

The powerful direct action has been organised by the “​​Trans Kids Deserve Better” network, which is calling for: access to gender affirming healthcare for trans children and young people, protection from discrimination and disrespect in their daily lives and the right to be heard in all decisions that affect them.

Their protest comes in the wake of the government using emergency powers to ban all access to puberty blockers in the UK, a move that was supported by Labour’s Wes Streeting, likely to be the next Secretary of State for Health. It also comes in the context of a General Election campaign where trans people and trans youth have been used as ‘culture war’ talking points, but not allowed to speak for themselves.

“We are staging this protest to remind politicians and voters that we’re real kids, not just political talking points. We may not have a vote, but it is our lives that are at stake,” said one of the activists staging the protest. “Gender-affirming healthcare is a matter of life and death for us, and we hope that our actions will bring awareness to this fact and encourage others to fight for the healthcare and dignity that we are so shamefully denied.”

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