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Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

PIN-al or pin-AL?

Yellowjacket or Wasp? in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 1 points 1 year ago

Yes.

AG Drummond hopes to represent Oklahoma in ongoing legal saga over tribal gaming compacts | KOSU in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. So, it only has implications for policing? I remember, when I read about it years ago, I wondered if they could kick everybody off of their land now. Sounds like that's not the case, right?

AG Drummond hopes to represent Oklahoma in ongoing legal saga over tribal gaming compacts | KOSU in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I remember reading a while back that Native Americans had a strong legal claim to virtually the entire state of OK. Am I remembering correctly? Has anything ever come of it?

Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 2 points 1 year ago

Alright, now I've seen it. How about that!

I feel like we're all stuck in a movie where all the rich people live on some kind of floating island or satellite with everything they need to live well, and all of us have zero chance of going there in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you read/watched Alita: Battle Angel? That's the situation there.

Is it possible that in the future there will be games available on Xbox Game Pass that cannot be played without joining Game Pass? Phil Spencer: No. That's not it. What we want to offer is choice. in c/games

[–] zzzzz 4 points 1 year ago

All of those plus the re-enabling of automatic restarts for updates are the reasons I dropped Windows for Linux. I couldn't be happier with the decision.

Is it possible that in the future there will be games available on Xbox Game Pass that cannot be played without joining Game Pass? Phil Spencer: No. That's not it. What we want to offer is choice. in c/games

[–] zzzzz 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Translation: Yes. But, we won't announce that until you've got no choice.

Biden Will Join Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan, a Historic Move in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll believe it when I see it.

Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 5 points 1 year ago

NSA looked it over. Nothing to worry about.

Black Texas student given additional suspension for loc hairstyle in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 4 points 1 year ago

Right? I wonder how Paul thought about that?

Black Texas student given additional suspension for loc hairstyle in c/[email protected]

[–] zzzzz 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This view is rooted in 1 Corinthians 11:14-15 "Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him, but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering".

I have no point to make beyond pointing that out as trivia.