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Cake day: February 14th, 2025

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  • I don’t really understand what you’re getting at.

    There’s loads (almost all ?) of public institutions which have become tools for the authoritarian regime.

    This institution is not “working as intended” if it asks a democrat to repay an event ticket but gives a republican a free pass on insider trading.

    I’ll remind you that insider trading is theft. If a stock is worth $x on the open market but you know that due to upcoming legislation or regulator actions it’s really worth $x + $y then when you buy that stock you deprive everyone else in the market of that $y.

    One person received a benefit of a few hundred dollars and the other received a benefit of possibly a few million dollars.




  • I dont think it’s going to be a “list” like a nice spreadsheet itemising various white guys liaisons with under-age women including names, dates of birth, and witness details.

    Whatever is released, if anything, is going to be ambiguous and you’re going to need to weigh the information and its source.

    This meme is challenging people who would generally line up behind the conservatives to consider other sources of information.


  • I just can’t imagine that she will choose that course of action as the safest.

    Additionally, I don’t really think testimony and a pardon is going to satisfy his base. Strange though it may be, given all the other shit we’ve seen, this particular turd just won’t seem to flush.

    Also, I don’t think the republicans would be silly enough to give her that opportunity. Even if she doesn’t intentionally fuck it up she might still fuck it up.

    If I were her, I would just tell them to set her up in a beach front condo in some tropical locale and they can post “security” to make sure she doesn’t publish her memoirs and they can have paparazzi take photos of her sunbathing to show she’s alive if that’s still a thing and she can stay like that till Trump is dead in the ground.




  • This might be a kind of unpopular opinion but in a way I’m glad that schools are going to have to confront this issue. They’re very well placed to do so.

    While teachers being abused obviously have my sympathies, the school system can’t ignore this problem and then act shocked when this behavior appears in schools.

    • training for all teachers on how to manage this behavior and this trajectory for kids
    • social media literacy should be part of the curriculum for kids in all years
    • awareness programs and training for parents
    • exposure to more appropriate role models who can help young boys understand how to interact with women
    • advocating for regulation of social media - it’s just bullshit that youtube et al gives this bullshit a platform



  • Gimp refers to sexual exploitation. Often the “exploited” is a willing participant but often not. Regardless it’s “funny” the way a 12 year old finds drawing dicks on things funny.

    Libreoffice only tells geeks exactly what the product is. My team, who uses Libreoffice, couldn’t explain what Libre means, and no one can pronounce it.

    Being quick and catchy is a pretty low bar. No one knows or cares about the story behind Lemmy. It sounds silly in conversation.