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"The campaign to get Trump to grant clemency to Weinstein was later the subject of a New York Times story, which detailed how Weinstein’s allies paid for access to various Trump insiders."

I'm shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you!

And votes in the UN. Every country gets one vote, so Solomon Islands have the same impact as NZ. Every tiny country China can buy off helps their positions.

Yep, they are only "activist judges" when they do something you don't like, but conservatives seem to freaking LOVE this court's tossing of stare decisis (adherence to past decisions so as not to throw lower court decisions into absolute chaos).

"The representative told Taiwan News that the purpose of the defacements was to protest against "Google's harsh inactive account policy" and to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin against using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine or jeopardizing the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant"

Could someone explain why Google or Russia would care about UN websites? That's like saying took a dump on the floor at my local McDonald's to protest the apartheid in Gaza.

I guess they haven't discovered the button to block communities?

My feed is quite nice after blocking the stuff that doesn't appeal to me.

It's got to be hard to maintain the momentum once the government decides they're fine with murdering the protesters. The Iranian government also let women go without headscarves for this long, I imagine as a way to let the temperature cool. They never intended to repeal the law, only let the protests disperse letting the protesters think they'd won that small concession.

Are the Threads user numbers being quoted still inflated because everyone with an Instagram account received a shadow Threads account?

Definitely try Hellblade. And definitely play with headphones.

"She was told she violated state rules about judicial impartiality because her refusal to treat LGBTQ+ people equally cast “doubt on her capacity to act impartially to persons appearing before her as a judge due to the person’s sexual orientation.” "

That's the other major issue here. By refusing to officiate same-sex weddings she is saying that she cannot be impartial on an actual court cases brought before her if they involve an LGBTQ person.

She shouldn't be a judge at all. Of course, Texas is one of only a few states where judges are elected, so you'll get crazy QAnon judges if enough psychos show up to the polls.

$200 one time to completely replace someone as an actor.

Now think about all the other workers in industries WITHOUT union backing. They will have no recourse, and will simply be replaced.

We all live in interesting times, unfortunately....

We aught to make the pie higher!

Unfortunately I feel like we're reduced to harm-reduction for many votes. Liberal voters may take your hypothetical approach of "if the Democratic presidential candidate doesn't support Medicare for All then I won't vote for them", but that just helps a Republican candidate that will push for much worse policies ON TOP OF not supporting Medicare for All.

Republican voters (seem to) vote on single issues: guns, God, and/or abortion. Liberal voters seem to expect a much wider array of policy positions from their candidate and such candidates rarely exist.

2016 - "eh, Hillary doesn't support Medicare for All so I won't vote". So we instead got the shit show we have today.

This is true. No realistic pay raise can compensate for a toxic work environment. At some point, most people will value their mental health over high pay.

Connect has the same issue for me. The app UI shows I'm logged in, Lemmy disagrees, so I just log in again.

DVD recorder - hell yes. I probably ended up with 300 totally legally burned copies of Netflix rentals that I've since thrown away because DVD quality now looks like trash.

Raspberry Pi - yes,though underused.

Didn't have the others cause they didn't really appeal to me. No major use case, IMO

Johnson and Johnson? Damn, I knew they were assholes but they should stick to being FBI guys.

Progress happens one funeral at a time...

John Oliver has a segment on carbon offsets and, yeah, they sound like typical cash grabs under the guise of "green" Vid: https://youtu.be/6p8zAbFKpW0