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The largest outbreak since the disease was eliminated is like the largest attack since the ceasefire started. Both are real headlines that I've seen this year.

She's been hanging around politicians her whole life, of course she's comfortable begging rich people for money. The important thing to remember is never vote for a politician who's been associated with her. Even if it was years ago.

Well yes but actually no. That would only be appropriate after an investigation is complete and charges are filed. And prosecutors are pretty limited in what they're allowed to say publicly even after that.

I know Trump's justice dept has screwed up a few prosecutions by making dumb public statements.

Attacking James directly is a media strategy rather than a legal one I suspect.

Symbols are for the symbol minded - George Carlin

The thing that makes this regime similar to the Nazis isn't the way they draw eagles.

What makes you think that people haven't been cutting their hair since forever? Our ancestors who came before homo-sapien had cutting tools. Hair can also be burned by the fire they could also make. I'd imagine hairstyles are older than humanity.

Using AI should count as plagiarism. All the elements are nearly identical except it's harder to tell who your stealing from with AI. At the very least your passing off the computer's work for your own.

AIDS.

I came of age during the crisis and it would be hard to exaggerate how big a deal that was. Sex could kill you, not just ruin your life. Sex ed in 7th grade was more like a haunted house than a classroom.

EDIT:

I took sex ed in 7th grade in one of the former Slave Holding States. Due to a quirk in the reconstruction State Constitution, many cabinet positions were voted on instead of appointed. (this point was to weaken the Governorship should a black man gain the office).

Anyway, at that time, Democrats had controlled the Secretary of Education for decades and the sex ed course was surprisingly comprehensive. They taught us about contraception, STIs, consent, as well as the anatomy of human reproduction. Abstinence was emphasized.

We kinda had two sex eds. One in Elementary school that was segregated by sex; taught in a single day; and was basically "you may notice changes in your body" type lecture. Obviously, sex wasn't mentioned at all.

The dishwasher should be run when it's convenient, not when it's full.

I run the dishwasher so it's finished at least an hour before I start dinner. So when I start cooking, 1. all the dishes are clean, and 2. the dishwasher is empty. This will save you so much effort if you can just learn to run the thing half full once in a while.

A girl canceled a date once because I'm not on Facebook or anything else. (I asked her out in person).

She combed through socials as a kind of background check and interpreted my absence as suspicious. Modern problems.

I oppose the death penalty. Not because it's immoral. I think it's fine and good to kill criminals like Tim McVeigh or Dylan Roof. I just don't trust government and courts to be competent enough.

The State of South Carolina lynched George Stinny, a 14yo boy, in the electric chair. 50 years later, Susan Smith somehow escaped the same fate.

investigated and held accountable. Suspended for one semester, couldn’t have been that serious.

This must be the first time you've heard about a university investigation of sexual violence. Bless your heart.

Yesterday I finished the book "Babylon South Dakota". Geller and Angela Collier had done a "book chat" about it, but I skipped the video until I had read it.

So I'm looking for this video yesterday and it's not on Collier's book channel. Weird, so I check her science channel. No good either. So I check Geller's channel. (this is on Nebula, not YT) And Geller is gone, no videos by him at all. I thought, did Jacob Geller get canceled?

This is how I found out that Geller had been canceled.