A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on book bans took a racy turn Tuesday, as Republican senators and a witness read scenes of various sexual content into the congressional record to defend the banning of multiple titles from U.S. schools....
Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. But the 28-year-old ended up staying a month and a half, soaking up the Thai capital’s thriving LBGTQ+ community.
From Minnesota to Maine, Ohio to Texas, small towns unable to fill jobs are eliminating their police departments and turning over police work to their county sheriff, a neighboring town or state police.
“During the sentencing, US district judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, said the evidence suggested Tarrio was “the ultimate leader” of the seditious conspiracy, “the ultimate person, who organized, who was motivated by revolutionary zeal”.”
Fifa has suspended Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney
To the people defending this proposed law - hypothetically, if I were to set up a white board outside a mosque and draw the prophet, would you also be in favor of the police arresting me for … drawing?
Fine, two scenarios: first, I’m doing it because I’m Islamophobic. Second, I’m doing it to test the limits of free speech. Can you tell the difference? No. That’s why it’s not relevant.
Oh boy. No, I don’t think they are the “same thing” I’m saying you can’t infer motivation just by observing therefore the motivation isn’t relevant. Try and keep up, or don’t.
I have noticed that alot of people think the majority of people are stupid based on the things they read online or maybe even experience in real life but I think that there is better explanation than just assuming people are stupid....
Yeah, just spitballing here myself. Critical thinking is a skill though, it can be developed by almost anyone.
Think of it this way - humanity is a giant mass of people all ripe to be conned, ripped off, and robbed by people who are marginally smarter than average, but also amoral and nasty. It could be scientology, an email from a Nigerian prince, or the cult of Trump, it doesn’t matter. If critical thinking can be taught then that’s a defense against the manipulators and scammers, the only defense that works.
The flip side is that you can’t use reason to talk someone out of a bad position when they didn’t use reason to get into it in the first place.
Your thoughtful response made me think you’d get a lot out of a guy named Adam Curtis, he makes documentaries for the BBC. This is a good one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzqDMnUG4kk
It’s long, because he’s covering a lot of ground and pulling together a lot of different threads but holy fuck it’s worth the time.
They don’t work well together. Nuclear needs to operate at as close to 100% uptime as possible, otherwise it isn’t financially viable. What happens when it’s very windy and sunny and renewables are creating more power than we need? You can’t just run nuclear to cover the peaks in demand, it doesn’t work that way.
You have it backwards. Each new nuclear plant is essentially bespoke, that’s why they cost so much. It’s wind and solar that have an established supply chain.
You need to look into how nuclear plants are built. They’re custom made for each site, there’s no supply chain there. Why do you think they nearly always end up over budget and behind schedule? A robust supply chain prevents those things.
By your logic I could say that pumped hydro storage has a robust supply chain because dams can be made out of concrete.
Book ban defenders use sex scenes to make their point at Senate hearing (thehill.com)
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on book bans took a racy turn Tuesday, as Republican senators and a witness read scenes of various sexual content into the congressional record to defend the banning of multiple titles from U.S. schools....
Thailand's LGBTQ+ community draws tourists from China looking to be themselves (apnews.com)
Xinyu Wen traveled to Thailand in June, planning a two-week vacation around Bangkok’s Pride parade. But the 28-year-old ended up staying a month and a half, soaking up the Thai capital’s thriving LBGTQ+ community.
Windows 11 and local accounts (www.techrepublic.com)
Does this trick actually work?
Demand for uranium for reactors seen jumping 28% by 2030 (www.reuters.com)
Nuclear capacity is expected to rise by 14% by 2030 and surge by 76% to 686 GWe by 2040, the report said...
Small American towns seeing some success with disbanding police forces (www.pbs.org)
From Minnesota to Maine, Ohio to Texas, small towns unable to fill jobs are eliminating their police departments and turning over police work to their county sheriff, a neighboring town or state police.
Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in US Capitol attack (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk blames ADL for lost revenue, says he's 'against anti-Semitism of any kind' (www.nbcnews.com)
Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Fifa has suspended Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales from all football-related activities following his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney
Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1898872...
Reddit is a shithole (lemmy.world)
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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
The fact that people this stupid exist (lemmy.world)
People aren't stupid.
I have noticed that alot of people think the majority of people are stupid based on the things they read online or maybe even experience in real life but I think that there is better explanation than just assuming people are stupid....
Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)
British nuclear revival to move towards energy independence (www.gov.uk)
Get those construction contacts signed!
Western allies receive increasingly 'sobering' updates on Ukraine's counteroffensive: 'This is the most difficult time of the war' | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)