Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is true almost everywhere in the US.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I always see "did not find"

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

So, escalation it is, then. I'm guessing this guy was the voice of relative calm and had pushed back on too many times.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I mean, have they won any special elections since they took over the government? It seems like a lot of elections are flipping but maybe that's selection bias.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Have Republicans won anything recently?

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Can we ban the Daily Beast? They are nothing but clickbait. Their headlines are always hyperbole.

In this case, some protesters interrupted Trump's speech. He stood quietly, waited for the protesters to be escorted out, then pursed his lips and said "That was very efficient ... Now, back to Steve (the man he was praising before the interruption."

I don't like Trump. He should be in prison for many reasons. We don't need lies and hyperbole polluting the narrative. He does enough awful things without making shit up.

Fuck the Daily Beast. They're as bad as anything on the right.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

People have been pushing for a $15 minimum wage since 2012. At this point, due to inflation since 2012, that number should be about $21.

That said, adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage has never been above $15 in 2025 dollars. It came close in the 60's. The current inflation adjusted minimum wage is getting close to the lowest it has ever been since it was first enacted.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

The problem is the people standing around don't want to become victims themselves. I was wishing they'd do more through the whole video but, if they did, they're running the risk of a 20+ year prison sentence.

That said, I think there is plenty of plausible deniability here. There is nothing to say these two are actually officers. Only one of them is in "uniform" and that uniform is something anyone could buy.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 126 points 2 weeks ago (22 children)

a violation of the Presidential Records Act

Fucking DO SOMETHING THEN!

Until Trump faces some consequences for doing illegal shit it doesn't matter what the law says. Trump is above the law and that needs to change.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The article addresses this. The legislation addresses it in even more detail.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The first three years are just for the department of health to research the problem and develop standards based on available and newly funded research. The next seven years would likely see schools phasing out problematic foods one by one as they find appropriate alternatives and end contracts.

Keep in mind that processed foods tend to be cheaper, too, so trying to maintain the same cost while replacing the processed foods will take time and effort.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Happy wife, happy life.

 

I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
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