No worries about coming off as defensive, I completely understand how you would read my comment as an attack. It wasn’t how I meant it, but I recognize that I was fired up about it.

The superintendent is absolutely posturing, and I don’t think he believes he will win in court. But I believe there is a chance he wins in court, especially given the number of activist conservative justices we have on the bench.

I don’t have any doubt about what he meant by “teaching the Bible,” and I am certain it had nothing to do with providing a rounded and thorough depiction of various religious and cultural practices of a pluralistic multicultural society. The guy is a christo-fascist and a bigot. He belongs in prison for trying to abuse his position in government to subjugate his constituents.

Oh I completely agree with you, and I don’t begrudge anyone who’s willing to do what they have to do to keep their jobs. My point is just that fascists don’t play fair. They won’t put their hands on their hips and smirk disapprovingly at malicious compliance. They will keep stepping on your neck until you do exactly what they want without question. You know that when they say the Bible, they of course mean their interpretation of their version of a Bible of their choosing. They aren’t going to permit debate on the topic.

Malicious compliance is still compliance. If you concede this hill, the next one will be a requirement to teach the Bible as historical truth. And then it will be to prevent teaching actual science.

Agreed. But it still encourages strategic voting and discourages third-party spoilers. It’s fptp with extra steps, and it gets worse the more candidates you have. If you don’t pick a frontrunner first or second, there’s a chance your vote isn’t counted at all.

Unfortunately, RCV doesn’t end the two party system. It’s better than what we have, but only marginally. My hope is that when voters complain about it, the next step is not to repeal RCV but to evolve into Star voting.

One guy is slightly hoarse.

The other is a delusional fascist.

So basically both sides the same.

So… we’re doomed?

One thing I like about Lemmy is there aren’t as many dipshits to block. This one is responsible for a lot of mindless propaganda in my feed, and now it’s gone.

Corrupt judge makes corrupt ruling. We’re going to be untangling 2016 for generations.

No shit.

You’re right, but the reason that hasn’t caught on is that talking to your “smart” house is stupid. You can’t possibly program every possible command or situation, and telling Alexa to dim the lights in your kitchen to 40% is slower than using a dimmer switch. Actual smart homes are automated to the point where you don’t need to talk to your room.

Alexa was never supposed to make money by itself. It was supposed to do two things, collect information and lower the barrier to buying things.

They must have either collected enough data to lower the value of collecting any more, or they have realized that people got over the novelty of asking Alexa to order more dog food.

My guess is the latter, because buying anything from Amazon now requires 15 minutes of research to make sure it’s actually what you want and not at some ridiculous marked up price. I wouldn’t trust Alexa to pick the best result on the first try.

Mary Morrissey is a psychotic bully.

Netanyahu wants Trump to win. Let’s just all keep that in mind.

At first, I was like “How the fuck is the court gettinginvolved in a veto?” but then I read the rest and it makes perfect sense. That’s not how vetoes work. Otherwise, you’d have governors being like “This bill provides funding for some boring ass normal shit that everyone agrees, including the dumbass Governor preserves historical sites, also is in the best interest of the governed, and represents the will of all citizens.”

I’m not sure why the rush, though. They have several hundred years to go through the courts in normal fashion.

Rounding out the bottom 5 was Iowa and Louisiana at –15%.

Giggity.

The word “data” was on the second line of the headline, and I missed it on the first pass. I was like “Why is that shocking?”

That’s not an apology.

Yeah, it’s a unfortunate framing, but in the context of the interview, Dolly was discussing generally her support for the LGBTQ+ community. She eventually comes back around to a live-and-let-live philosophy, but her comparison belies a troubling foundational belief system.

Dude got paid to help rich people rape poor people, and he made so much money he could afford to buy an island.

Every account of every job he ever had was that he was unqualified and corrupt, and that he was “friends” with someone in a high enough place to protect him. It’s very likely that he was a pimp his entire career and that every job he failed to do well can be explained as a cover for his real role.