Well then there’s zero consequences in him vetoing something, if it will be instantly overruled. Except Biden doesn’t actually care. Biden shocked Menachim Begin back in the eighties by saying the IDF should feel free to murder Palestinian civilians. He clearly hasn’t become more compassionate to the Palestinian people over time.

AIPAC donated $15 million to a racist “democrat” in New York to unseat Jamaal Bowman. The Democratic Party regularly supports people who are against the stated platform of the party. When they are in power they don’t do shit to improve life for average people because they also only care about the moneyed interests that support them. Now they’re refusing to say anything about Israel prosecuting a genocide, when they could end it in a week. If Biden cut off aid pending a full ceasefire, the IDF would be out of Gaza and the West Bank overnight. But because of reasons, Biden and the democrats won’t do shit, and innocent Palestinians will continue to be tortured and murdered using American made weapons.

I was wondering about that, I saw a botanist’s video about a carnivorous plant nursery and he mentioned plants like VFTs and pitcher plants evolved in high-precipitation areas where the soil has been leached of nutrients.

So monkeys are rectangles and chimps/apes are squares.

Sure. It’s also worthwhile to recognize trolls and not reward their bad-faith posting by interacting with them.

The workers in Mondragon corporations would like to have a word.

You expect serious analysis from someone posting that comment in a communism community?

It’s more insidious than teaching us to “hate” Marxism. They teach us “oh, it’s lovely in theory but because of that darn human nature that makes all of us so greedy it can never work in practice.”

Speaking as an American, I am completely unsurprised this happened. In fact I am certain that this is maybe .001% of the number of cops who have used this tool for personal purposes. I’d bet $100 if you got into it, this particular cop pissed off someone in his department and that’s why we know about his misuse of the tool.

To be fair, there is evidence for people of ancient civilizations traveling far afield from their homes. Indigenous North Americans were known to traverse the continent for trade or just to join a different group.

There’s a clear bias toward European civilizations in archaeology that is only very recently and in small ways being challenged. Consider that until the Hokulea sailed in 1976 archaeologists and anthropologists thought that Hawaiians came to Hawaii from South America on a raft because “no one could navigate the Pacific on a sailboat using star maps.” Prior to 1960 it was assumed that Columbus was the first European to reach the Americas, when the Norse had reached Canada 500 years before Columbus.

I’m not saying this person is correct or even sane, but it’s far from absurd to believe that there was communication and trade between distant civilizations before the advent of modern travel and communications technology.

Is there a non-infowalled version? WaPo asks for email even on a gifted article.

I really wish this didn’t need to be clarified every few days. Thanks, zionists and white supremacists!

Dave Chapelle had a whole bit about this before he decided to double (and triple, and quadruple) down on transphobia. He makes the very salient point that these things are delicious.

Melon with something savory is a widely popular choice. See: honeydew with prosciutto/parma ham and cantaloupe/honeydew with tajin (Mexican mix of savory spices.)

It’s always a “laugh to keep myself from screaming” moment when I hear some free market ghoul quote Adam Smith as though Smith would support anything those monsters believe in.

The “THIS IS A DEEPFAKE VOICE” label really helps human brains tell that it’s a deepfake voice.

Yeah, that’s the wrong word. “Extracted” or “looted” or “stole” are all more appropriate.

Skip the psych exam. Restore the “public servant” aspect.

1. All assets are sold and the cash is placed in a trust that earns 1% interest. When you leave office you get your money back.

2. 24/7 audio and video coverage of your life as long as you are in office. The toilet is not filmed unless someone goes in with you. Other than that, your life is an open book.

3. After you leave office, you can teach classes as long as your compensation is no more than the lowest-paid professor at the school that employs you. You can write books. Or you can enjoy your pension. No corporate jobs or partner positions at fancy law firms.

None, because seeing a four minute unskippable ad halfway through a two minute video would make me go apoplectic.

Depends on a number of factors. A ton of companies have moved to web based tools for a big chunk of their workforce. If those web apps are more or less standards-compliant you could pull it off with minimal retraining.