banshee @ banshee @lemmy.world

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I might be wrong, but I think the Palestinian community had Kamala's attention and a real opportunity to affect policy if she won the election.

Trump obviously doesn't care what anyone thinks. He only cares about money/power.

I miss when phones rang because lightning struck.

NixOS does suck me into the occasional rabbit hole - nothing like Gentoo years ago though!

Very welcome!

Wonder if we could get a list stickied for the community?

Same here. Today was tough.

Any thoughts on which organizations can make the biggest impact or need help the most? It's tough to choose.

Think I'm leaning towards Immigration Impact.

Out of curiosity, I searched for China's approach and found that they banned children bringing phones to school without written parental consent. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55902778

I'm still figuring out where I stand, but I'm not sure I disagree. School shooters have been linked to high social media use. I wonder if a ban could help at all in this regard.

On a side note, I don't really see how banning cell phones could be interpreted as punishment. If anything, it should help reduce apparent disparities and avoid punishment for inappropriate use

This is great: https://www.livecoinwatch.com/price/LuigiMangione-__LUIGI

Aren't school libraries typically a bit more resource constrained? I attended a smaller school though, so I don't have a perfect view of the norm.

Aren't these separate issues? I won't pretend to know much about this, but it does seem like some companies are taking advantage of H-1B employees.

What was it doing there in the first place?

Yep. This article explains the problem well: https://taxfoundation.org/testimony/tariffs-alternatives-boost-us-competitiveness/

Tariffs have an overall negative effect on the US. Not only will products become more expensive (domestically produced and imported), the dollar will also strengthen, reducing exports to other countries. It's a lose-lose situation.

Yeah it's not an easy task

This is what blew my mind. I thought this was all obvious, and that people understood there was simply no pro-Palestine option on the table.

Sometimes the available options aren't what you want, but I also think it better to make non-emotional decisions about candidates where possible.

Even Trump and Musk have kids - doesn't make either one less of a dirt bag.

Not sure this makes sense. I think the window shifts right as people continue to vote right.

From the Wikipedia article about the Overton window:

The most common misconception is that lawmakers themselves are in the business of shifting the Overton window. That is absolutely false. Lawmakers are actually in the business of detecting where the window is, and then moving to be in accordance with it.

Yay I can't wait for my tax dollars (and probably SS) to buy useless crypto from rich idiots. If only we could put that money into high speed rail, healthcare, school lunches, ... Nah that stuff is clearly less important.

I understand what you mean. The horror stories made us very wary, and we asked a lot of questions before feeling confident that we were talking about an entirely different experience.

I'm on the fence here, but I think this might be an oversimplification. One of their key challenges was inability to communicate, and it was grossly affecting their happiness. Young children should never be that sad and depressed. Parents have to infer a lot of information, and this increases by several orders of magnitude with ASD children.

We're obviously pro-autism, as pretending someone's brain chemistry is not real benefits no one. ABA has helped overcome mole hills before they become mountains.