lennybird @ lennybird @lemmy.world

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Marrone warned that federal officials were monitoring the area and had the ability to identify who was flying drones.

What with all the drone hysteria in NJ this is amusing.

Oh christ the exact same thing happened to me and now I'm dreading having to do what you had to.

Would be a great Onion article.

Judge wussied out; Lady Justice confirmed absent from the US.

Buckle up, folks. We're in for a wild ride.

I can imagine it's like boxing without the TBIs. Man, I wish I could box without those... VR Boxing will have to do...

At the same time it's risky to use small percentages of big populations even if it looks big. If you cast a net big enough, you can drum up thousands of pretty much anyone for pretty much anything (I wonder how many nurses you or doctors you could get to say they're anti-vaxx). Not saying this doesn't hold water but just take with a grain of salt.

"All those doctors are a buncha elitists, I tell ya! I'm on the macho manly carnivore diet and even the know-it-all doc says I only need THREE statins!"

Yeah it's tough to say and you know your situation better than I do. Usually the people who wrong that severely are not people I cared for all that much to begin with; and yes, in those situations when someone you once cared for wrongs you deeply... The path to forgiveness can be tough if not possible. Been there under both circumstances.

I think I'm giving more broad generalized advice as to the fact that if you love and care about yourself then you should afford yourself some leeway within the context of being an imperfect human and not a perfect robot. If you continue to do X even when you try not to, it doesn't necessarily mean you should hate yourself more or beat yourself up more — after all, how is that going to help but invoke a bad feedback loop? Look at it as a game and try to find a different way to approach the quest, perhaps?

I appreciate the insight, thanks. Seems like a fair assessment and hearkens to frustrations with Biden who, while better than the opposition, is watered-down to the legitimate progressive economic populism that is needed to thwart rising fascist populism we're seeing everywhere.

cautious inaction

Boy if that doesn't succinctly capture the tepid response to domestic and global turmoil.

Though it's kind of understandable. The disconnect between noble (enough) leaders trying to make a difference against immovable obstacles (big money, fascists, oligarchs, etc.) and their gullible poorly educated citizenry versus the snake-oil fox seeking to guard the Hen house by doling out empty promises would be amusing if the consequences weren't so dire.

Most laypeople who know no better will take empty promises and hollow truths over tough love and hard truths. Makes me think of the WV coal miners and Trump promising them clean coal while Hillary told them the unfortunate reality.

Relative contrast means a lot. So how does this compare to past conservative PMs and future prospects?

Additionally, what good has he done?

You see my concern is that a lot of this is inflated in the way righties against Biden stoke up scandals without looking at the elephant in the room.

Putting a convicted conman back into the WH and as leader of a wider organized crime group, the GOP. What could possibly go wrong?

As someone who absolutely loved Cloud Atlas, I read the reviews for Jupiter Ascending hoping to be blown away yet again and I just couldn't bring myself to even watch it. Considering The Matrix Resurrections was so bad I almost left the theater, I thought I chose right... Wachowskis have repeatedly missed the mark lately. Maybe I'll give it a watch anyway.

Well I think the idea is that many of us hold ourselves to a much higher standard than we do others we care about. So it follows that if you give them grace, forgiveness, tolerance — why can't you give such grace, forgiveness, tolerance to yourself whom you should also care about?Seeking to improve and be better is great, but we aren't perfect little robots. At the end of the day — despite maybe knowing better — you still did X, so move past the self-bashing and think constructively how to improve going forward.

I'll further note that we like to think of ourselves as this singular consciousness with a driver at the head, but let's be honest... There are a whole host of competing voices in our heads with some sizable control of our faculties from different regions ranging from the Limbic system to the ACC — leaving aside the gut-brain axis that can pretty easily hijack your perception and priorities. For me it has been helpful as of recently to think of my state of mind as a collection of these voices with differing priorities. Thus changing my environment can keep the varying cabinet members content; that's what you can do as the CEO in the prefrontal cortex.

The wife always goes, "If any of us did something like X would you be that hard on us? What would you say to us?... So why would you treat yourself like that?"

Here in the US, those Terry's chocolate oranges get pretty popular especially around the holidays. It's tradition in our house that everyone's stocking gets one. Wholly agree; those are the best!

I've been equating Trump supporters to teenagers crying about having to do chores and thinking they'd manage the house better than their parents if they were only given a chance!

Yep, the Budapest Memorandum. Prior to the current government and contingent, of course, on Russia providing Ukraine with sovereignty and security assurances from (as source notes), UK, US, and Russia.

Naturally, Russia reneged on their side of the agreement.

Right. If it's not a proven power (as though aliens or a god gave you this power in view of everyone), then you can simply come to these dictators and warn them not to test your power. Similar to Pascal's Wager, they would be wise to consider. Though you may be bluffing, of course. Then you use it. Then since nobody else knows you can't repeat it, one public demonstration would be enough to convince future tyrants.

Numerous sources suggest it has been in consideration by the Biden camp since mid November. I suppose we'll see.