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  • In the op-ed, McMahon says, “Why? Not because we want to be unkind to student borrowers. Borrowing money and failing to pay it back isn’t a victimless offense. Debt doesn’t go away; it gets transferred to others. If borrowers don’t pay their debts to the government, taxpayers do.”

    But when businesses need a bailout...

    Also, hilarious coming from this administration. How many bankruptcies has Trump been involved in?

  • And let's not forget Elon and his Doge bro minions. They're destroying the security around every system they touch, firing the people responsible for that security, moving sensitive data out through starlink to God knows where, and apparently just giving logins to Russia.

    Almost makes storing nuclear secrets in a bathroom seem quaint and wholesome by comparison.

  • The bill compels state and local authorities to “use all lawful means necessary” to enforce its provisions, and would subject authorities to prosecution under existing weapons of mass destruction statutes if they refused to investigate alleged violations of the law.

    As if this wasn't awful enough. Were this to pass, you could spam out anonymous tips to any authorities you have a gripe with, with allegations about anyone you you want to harass, and failure to investigate any of those allegations could lead to serious prison time. And you know damn well they wouldn't hesitate to use a law like that to target anyone that resists their insane nonsense.

  • Also, according to many big game hunters, they are the tastiest animal. Apparently giraffe meat has a delightful sweetness to it.

    Sadly, giraffe ranching hasn't caught on. But maybe once lab grown meat is widely available someone will finally bring it to the masses.

  • Next year gives me a lot of time to set up all the legal bullshit I'd need to survive winning the lottery. Statistically speaking, winning the lottery is actually quite bad for you in the long run.

    Assuming this is a huge payout and not like $50 on scratch off or something.

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  • It's long since become clear that the time we are trying to go back to in order to "Make America Great" is a time when we had no rights and were under the rule of a mad king.

  • This is real

  • I'm glad I'm not one if the people who has to defend this administration in court. They can't go one fucking day without publicly contradicting their own court filings. The amount of contortions their lawyers have to do to try to avoid getting trapped in a no win scenario is hilarious.

    If it were me, I'd probably be the first member of the administration to get sent to El Salvador after losing it and blurting out "why can't you shut your goddamn dick holster for one fucking day you stupid asshole‽" in a meeting.

  • He may have 0 qualifications, but I wouldn't say his judgement is exactly equivalent. His judgment goes much more into the negatives, since everything he says and every decision he makes is actively causing harm. We would be better off simply having the role vacant, or giving the job to someone in a coma.

    Ironically, even the most profoundly autistic people, the ones that resemble his characterization of the condition, would still be better at the job than he is.

  • If this became a trend it would probably just push the studios to be that much more focused on big franchises where the director is just doing a job for hire. And of course, their long term goal of being able to replace as many people as possible with AI, just as soon as the slop it churns out is good enough sell tickets.

  • They did it because they wanted to trot out the mother of a victim to endorse their unlawful deportations and didn't want to ruin the PR stunt by risking someone asking questions and injecting a little reality into the event.

    Friendly media will run with a story about an emotional plea from a grieving mother that makes it sound like the only thing standing between mass rape and murder is the Trump administration deporting illegals before they get a chance to strike. The rest of the media will describe the event and basically let the same message get through with a footnote about the lack of questions and maybe a quote from someone on the other side for balance. Any outlet that would lead with the refusal to answer questions is one that was going to be critical anyway. There's really no downside for them.

  • Part of how you know that no one they send there is going to actually be a gang member or terrorist or anything like that. Those guys wouldn't be going without a fight. And with no due process and no chance of ever getting out, it's not like they have anything to lose.

  • The way the article describes it, they seem to mean infertile rather than simply not prepared. Since I am (as far as I know) entirely capable of having kids, it would mean I am in either the not yet parents or childfree category, depending on whether I still plan to have kids.

  • At this early stage when there isn't an obvious choice (like an incumbent or VP), this is really a measure of name recognition more than anything.

    I don't know what the field is going to look like when the primaries roll around, but I highly doubt that Kamala will make it anywhere near the nomination again. She had her chance, she's extremely unlikely to get another one. The last time a Democrat got the nomination a second time after a loss was Adlai Stevenson in 1956, and he only got it because most of the other possible candidates stayed out of the race because they expected Eisenhower to win in a landslide.

  • When I was younger I always figured I would be ready for kids some day. At the current rate of progress, that some day will be when I'm about 170, which is still a few decades before I'll be able to retire.

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    Over 200 American outlets under USA Today parent company Gannett will not back candidates “in presidential or national races,” according to USA Today.

    “None of the USA TODAY Network publications are endorsing in presidential or national races,” a spokesperson for USA Today, Lark-Marie Antón, said in an email to The Hill on Monday.

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    It's the spooky season, what are your recommended movies (and other media) for the season that aren't gory horror or kids movies?

    My SO and I are always looking for good movies, shows, etc. to fill the month of October. We like things that are atmospheric, cerebral, or just fun. But a lot of the standard recommendations are your typical slasher movies and the like, disgusting body horror, kids movies that we have no interest in, and things that are just plain miserable.


    Here's some things we've liked to one degree or another from previous years.

    Action Horror / Horror That's Actually Enjoyable

    • Aliens
    • Bram Stoker's Dracula
    • Fright Night
    • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
    • The Mummy (1999)
    • Silence of the Lambs
    • Sleepy Hollow (Great? No. Fun? Yes.)
    • Termors 1 & 2
    • Various Stephen King Mini series (IT, The Stand, Rose Red)

    Funny and Spooky

    • Army of Darkness
    • BeetleJuice
    • Bubba Ho-Tep
    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie)
    • The Burbs (didn't love it, but a good fit)
    • Death Becomes Her
    • The Frighteners
    • Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
    • Ghostbusters 1 & 2
    • Gremlins 1 & 2
    • High Anxiety
    • Li
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    Florida poll shows Trump leading Harris by just two points

    A new poll shows former President Trump leading Vice President Harris by only 2 points in Florida ahead of what could be a tighter-than-expected race in the red state in November.

    Trump leads Harris with 49 to her 47 percent support in the Sunshine State, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus two points.

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    Getting spoiled by big budgets and CG can ruin your palate.

    And don't get me started on modern conveniences.

    Connect for Lemmy App @lemmy.ca
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    Superscript and subscript

    It seems like all the other markdown stuff works, but we're missing superscript and subscript in connect. As a frequent user of footnotes,1 I would greatly appreciate support for these tags.


    1 Great for citations, explanations, or really stupid tangents

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    Parenting, Scadrian Nobility Style

    Amazing how one little letter can make such a big difference.