Every time there’s an article of a report confirming “yes, this looks, smells and feels like a genocide”, there’s always a statement of “nuh uh it’s not” included from the government perpetrating it.

Like if someone is accused of murder or manslaughter, does the news get a statement from the accused and publish them saying “uh, no I didn’t, he probably just tripped and fell” or something?

Oregon, you give me hope for the whole West Coast USA. I worry for the States as a whole in terms of a transportation future, but Washington Oregon California have not lost it.

Tbf I expected way better of Americans than to fall for Trump twice.

The Democratic Party might as well give up if they are still going to try to keep rooting for same old, same old. Blame media both sidesing and sanewashing, blame unlimited money in politics, blame your average voter’s lack of critical thought. If the party leadership doesn’t want change, if media doesn’t want actual change, then it’s hard to expect anything good from them for the time being. Governor Kathy Hochul is a prime example, she keeps kneecapping good policies at the last second like proper right to repair and congestion pricing, thinking like playing political games is going to help anyone. It’s not, it only hurts us.

All blue states and blue cities in purple and red states can do right now is show themselves as shining beacons of democracy and progress as the remainder of states get absolutely screwed by the feds. The Dem party as a whole needs to take a moment and rethink its strategy.

Best case scenario for the country would be that these egomaniacs trip over themselves before they can accomplish too much harm.

It would take a HUUUUGE leap of logic

US Fifth Circuit of Appeals and Supreme Courts: “Hold My Beer”

For example, if Trump’s Republican Congress gets rid of elections, then this Amendment doesn’t matter.

Not thinking Trump enough - he’s going to give a “Trump coupon/Trump cheque” to subsidize your grocery bill.

Oh don’t worry, taxpayers can foot that bill on Jan 20 as an “official act” of “gratuity” (Supreme Court Air Quotes).

Sentencing now will be on Nov 26.

It would be great if the convicted felon was kept in a highly secure facility from Jan 20 2024 until 2028, as he poses a clear and present danger to the USA, thanks.

Realistically we’re probably more likely to see a slap on the wrist fine. I don’t envy the seriousness of the decision this Judge has to make, but chances are we’re going to see in a plain way, justice applied differently to the rich and powerful.

A tablet is more like a clipboard with paper than a binder 📋

If you think of a stone tablet, it’s a flat thing with writing on it, same idea.

Well speaking of that, Trump’s not going to have to spend a dime, he will have all of America’s money at his disposal.

This time we’ll have all the evidence in the world… plus a 900 page booklet of stuff they were planning to do.

We need a lot of stickers that say “Trump 2024 - You Did This” put it on gas pumps, in front of stores, hospitals…

Well… we’ll see if they enjoy living outside of America or in internment…

It would be just the same with Jill Stein or Chase Oliver as leader, Wall Street will benefit. There is obviously outsized influence of rich people in government, but big money makes money with money, doesn’t matter what the politics are.

It’s more important that A. The US doesn’t put a leader who has real plans to become dictator and the Project2025 yes-men lined up behind it, and B. The US chooses a leader who better represents the national interests of common people, which will not happen if too many would-be Harris voters choose 3rd party or abstains.

Sure I think so overall, but “drugs” is a broad category, so I’ll try to hone in on it.

If you are normally healthy, if you feel sick from a cold, flu, fever, allergies, motion sickness etc. there’s little reason that you shouldn’t take OTC medication to help you get through recovery and purposely abstaining is needless suffering. When you feel you’ve recovered is when you stop using them.

If you are prescribed medication by a physician then you take it as prescribed. If taking it doesn’t feel like it is effective or it makes you feel worse, you talk to the doctor to make adjustments or switch medication.

For casual recreational drugs (ranging from caffeine, alcohol, cannabis, tobacco) occasional use is fine, but my opinion is that you would rather have the default be without it, if the default is with it in excess then you should consult a doctor.

For abuse of OTC drugs, prescriptions and illegal drugs, it’s a sign of a problem if you’re on them and can’t get off. They are a trap that is very easy to fall into and hard to get out of.

I don’t hate people that have been caught in that trap but I think they deserve a lot of helping hands, so that it would be possible for them to live a healthier life and have that be their normal rather than being on a drug trip be their normal. At the same time I don’t blame many such folks, a drug trip sounds like a way better life than just sitting on the street sober as a homeless person. They are victims of their circumstance. People need to have a normal living space if we want people to live a normal, sober life. Drugs are great but they break our brains and bodies if used improperly.

Likes: the small community, traditional forum vibe. No ads, no oppressive corporate hand to keep things advertiser-friendly. Interests and views tend to align, but I can have a healthy disagreement on many issues with most users here. Only a few famous borderline trollish users that aren’t fun to chat with, most overt trolls are quickly dealt with.

Dislikes: heavy use of downvoting simply unpopular opinions (a mild annoyance). Difficult to pick between posting in a rarely active niche community and a very active but general community (sometimes I just crosspost). The threat of centralization, with Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml having by far the largest communities (I would like to see more active communities spread across sites, though I make an effort sometimes to comment on different servers). Some big features I’d like to see that still seem far from implementation, such as multi-communities.

The wording makes sense, but resumé training I have taken has emphasized starting lines with action words that show where your experiences and accomplishments are.

Operated [equipment] at Walmart.

Trained to use a variety of pallet organization machinery.

Handled a high volume of goods skillfully operating motorized forklifts

Seconding Philips. At HomeDepot the cheapest Philips bulbs are about 2.75 CAD each compared to 0.85 CAD each for the ecosmart and failure rates is under 1/5 the cheap brand for me. (Diabolically, the ecosmarts are cheapest when bought individually.) Philips’ dimmables are closer to $6 each but my dimmer switch lights use them and I like them a lot. My other lamps use El Cheapo brand because changing them out is quite easy.

A lingering question in my head about these Amazon and Home Depot bargain bin products. The ecosmart 80cent bulbs I have commonly fail by just becoming dim just like this guy’s. Well I can’t expect too much from bottom dollar quality.