celeste

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[–] celeste@kbin.earth 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

bums me out how much i dislike the taste of carbonation, so I can't justify to myself getting a soda machine. love a fun kitchen gadget.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

The vice president also suggested if the Watergate scandal that led to the end of Nixon’s presidency happened tomorrow, “It would be like a 12-hour news story.”

He added, “The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy.”

The "for all the wrong reasons" bit in the headline confused me. It gave me the impression that people were talking about the wrong part of his speech, but I think its intended meaning was just that he was talking up Nixon and comparing him to Trump and himself in the first place. I guess my confusion got me to read the article, so it served its purpose?

edit: oh hey someone already made my point and was more succinct about it. It doesn't look like things are federating properly in my direction right now. whoops!

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago

they think they can still make money and gain power through their connection to him, maybe?

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/09/groundbreaking-sls-study-documents-the-pathways-to-prison-for-those-experiencing-intimate-partner-violence

Another said: “He had us scared, both [my children] and me, that if I told anything to the police and they arrested him, he was going to get out and kill us.”

I think it's fine that she killed her abuser, even if it wasn't the exact moment a threat was made. In a way, I think it's good if the killing happens in kidnapping cases like this one when the kidnapper is vulnerable, because the victim is more likely to survive. Poison, stabbing while they're asleep, stealing the gun they used to threaten you and hitting them in the back - it's cool. You tell someone they can't leave or you'll kill them, you are allowed to live exclusively on the whim of the person you threatened. That's where my opinion gets a bit controversial, I think.

I started looking for cases where victims of rape were thrown in jail for killing their rapist as it was happening, and I immediately found several different incidents and got depressed.

Hope this explains why I think my view would be unpopular.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 7 points 2 weeks ago

domestic violence

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 17 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I think many dv situations (definitely not all) amount to kidnapping and you should legally be allowed to kill the person holding you against your will in order to escape.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like that cat is yelling at me to come through the picture and pet it

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 130 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Have trouble buying that they hit the ice agent without evidence considering how often they've been proven to lie about shit.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 13 points 3 weeks ago

This guy's entire deal is that people like the name Kean in NJ politics. I wonder if he'll coast in entirely on name recognition from people oblivious he's been unable to do his job for ages. He could've stepped down and let another Republican have a shot, but that reduces the chance republicans have. It was held by a democrat before him and could be again.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 16 points 4 weeks ago

https://www.wired.com/story/this-prosthetic-limb-actually-attaches-to-the-wearers-nerves/

Most prosthetic arms use the person’s other body parts, like the shoulders or elbows, to power them, which limits dexterity. But the one the team demonstrated in the study was attached directly to a user’s own nervous system, allowing him to individually move each prosthetic finger at will.

The article is mostly about the newer tech, but at a couple points it goes into the basics of the older tech, if that's what you're curious about.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 5 points 1 month ago

I'm kind of curious about local opinions on whether this guy is a known liar and he's saying what he thinks will get the controversy to blow over, or if he is legitimately working on getting alternative energy for this.

the fact that he's like "we'll use something else nuclear or whatever i dunno" makes me lean towards "liar," but i know fuckall about utah politics.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Nice! I got a new one a couple weeks ago because one broke and I couldn't find my other couple. Of course, immediately found them after the purchase. So it goes.

 

Had a relative say he was going to take it as a treatment for his ADHD and he'd read some articles. This relative is all over the place with legit ideas mixed with ones I don't think have the scientific backing. I thought about looking it up like I usually would and just felt tired (there are so many fake sites and articles about medical stuff to sift through...). But someone here maybe already researched it or has actual background on the subject? For all I know, this is a completely well known and mundane treatment for it.

 

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

 

A federal jury has acquitted Bobby Nunez, who was charged with stealing government property by towing an immigration agent’s vehicle during the arrest of a TikTok influencer in downtown L.A.

 

A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.

In the video, a federal officer is seen putting Mubashir in a choke hold and forcing him onto his knees in the snow as he was on his way to get food. Mubashir said he told officers multiple times that he is a U.S. citizen and asked if he could show them his I.D. Officers ignored him, dragged him in the snow and pushed him into a car as witnesses yelled and blew whistles, according to the video of his arrest.

 

Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year.

 

The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.

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I can't take a lot of cold medicines, but I wish I was unconscious right now.

What makes you feel better in this situation? Hot showers? Whiskey? Soup? Watching that comfort movie your mom put on when you were a kid?

 

Video purportedly showed two federal agents pulling the woman out of Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center at 2550 W. Addison St. about 7 Wednesday morning.

At a rally Wednesday evening at Northcenter Town Square, elected officials voiced frustration with immigration enforcement in the city. Ald. Matt Martin (47th) said the parents from the school had arranged legal representation for Galeano, though they were unsure where she had been taken.

“If ever you feel despair in the coming days, look around you,” Martin said. “There were four [federal agents], but there are hundreds of us. ”

 

Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system are marking the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent r

 

Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown.

"The average household that we see receives about $350 per month, which roughly translates to about $44 million worth of SNAP benefits that will be gone from families," she told NPR. "There is no way that we alone can make up for a $44 million food budget shortfall."

 

Tensions flared early Thursday morning as protesters attempted to block U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering a U.S. Coast Guard base near Oakland that the Trump administration was staging as an operations hub for an anticipated immigration crackdown on the Bay Area.

 

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

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