[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

If someone by now isn't concerned about defeating Trump, there's literally nothing we can do about it other than to call them out for being a shitbag for voting 3rd party.

It must be nice to have the luxury of making a protest vote. They must think their life wouldn't change either way.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

Brando Sando has answered the question a bunch of times, and said he's not interested at all. Also, GRRM previously said he would never allow it to be finished by anyone else. Who knows? Maybe the publisher will force it.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 72 points 3 months ago

For you and anyone else who missed it:

"And I gotta tell ya; I can't wait to debate this guy," Walz continued, before pausing for dramatic effect. "That's if he's willing to get off the couch and show up. "See what I did there?"

The crowd was roaring. I'm not sure if he really paused for dramatic effect. They wouldn't have heard him if he had said it right away. But either way, it was very funny.

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It was frightening, and all too familiar. The family had previously been forced to flee as a wildfire bore down on another mountain town they called home: Paradise.

Now, with their path blocked and a horizon swallowed by flames, Kristy had an eerie feeling they were going to lose all they’d fought to build.

“I kind of knew then, like, we’re never coming home again — again, again,” she said.

The Camp fire, the deadliest in California history, devastated Paradise in 2018, consuming thousands of homes, including the Daneaus’.

They relocated to the town of Cohasset, putting them in the direct path of another wildfire, one that has since become the state’s fifth largest on record. Within just six years, the family again found themselves in jeopardy.

The trio eventually made it to safety, trekking seven hours down an unpaved loggers’ road to Chico. But their home in Cohasset was no match for an inferno’s fury.

“We’re starting completely over, again,” said Michael Daneau, 41. Every property they’ve ever owned has “burned to the ground with no value and nothing to our name.”

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago

Thank you for the detailed explanation! I remember seeing it on reddit, but never knew why.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago

I'd kinda favor 401(k)s or something more like that

I'd rather not have to rely on market gambling to survive in my old age. Many people probably agreed with you until about 2008, when a LOT of retirees lost most of their retirement money during the recession and a lot of really old people went back to work. It was pretty bad, and I'll never forget it.

Not that it matters. I can barely afford to live week to week now, let alone save money for retirement. I'll probably just die, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago

For a long time, Weight Watchers has said that if you just follow their points system, the weight will melt off and you won't need supplements or anything else. When most people think of Weight Watchers, they're probably not thinking about the weight loss drugs they now support; they're thinking of the years of points gimmick that make you feel like you can't lose weight unless you pay $10+/month to see if you can eat that food or not (rather than teaching anyone about calorie intake vs. output).

Weight Watchers relies on a subscription based model to "save" people from their fatness, and Oprah was the biggest WW pusher. She had tons of money and resources, was even on the board of WW, and still needed medications to manage her weight. I don't give a fuck, but people who bought into her ads and promos probably feel a little pissed off.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago

Your comment convinced me to read it. Thank you!!!

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

That's the type of thing that no one but me would remember, but it would keep me up at night for yeeeeeears.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You're right; he didn't specifically say that. He called a Twitter post that said Jewish people hate white people was "so right." And that's a big Neonazi thing.

So... he didn't say Hitler was right, just that a major Nazi tenet is.

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Kinda fine so far? As of a couple of weeks ago, he still hadn't paid a dime to any of the Sandy Hook families because he declared bankruptcy. He's still spending a bunch of money and still doing Info Wars. It'll probably catch up to him eventually? I hope? https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting-bankruptcy-34192bd7d89ed786f64580682f6ea89e

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Yeah kinda. You can see her hands in his crotch, although they seem to be over his pants instead of inside then, and he's very handsy with her chichis. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/lauren-boebert-caught-on-cctv-seeming-getting-extremely-handsy-with-man-at-beetlejuice-performance-she-was-booted-from/

[-] bibliotectress@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Normally, I don't respond to "bOtH sIdEs" comments, but I was worried that other people might listen to you and won't show up to vote, or will throw it away on a 3rd party candidate when our country unfortunately isn't set up for that to work. We'd have to reform how voting works and campaign finance laws to even possibly make what you're suggesting a tiny bit workable.

Things Biden has gotten done that are important to me in no particular order:

  • Ukraine response
  • Bipartisan (barely - 13 Rs in House, 19 Rs in Senate) Infrastructure Law (spending on fixing bridges, roads, etc.)
  • CHIPS and Science Act (semiconductor chip manufacturing)
  • Inflation Reduction Act (capped Medicare drug costs at $2k out of pocket, capped insulin prices for Medicare to $35 per month, increased funding for IRS to modernize and audit the wealthy, increased corporate taxes, investment in green energy)
  • Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (strengthened background checks on guns, incentives red flag laws)
  • Paused federal executions after Trump undid the previous freeze
  • Repealed Trump's ban on trans troops in the military
  • Attempting student loan debt relief
  • Released oil from the National Reserve to make gas prices less painful
  • Signed bill for veteran burn pit care
  • Postal Service Reform Act (modernize and fix the USPS)
  • Respect for Marriage Act (forces ALL states to recognize same-sex marriage and interracial marriage rights)
  • Renewed Violence Against Women Act after Trump let it expire
  • Declared Juneteenth a holiday
  • Pardoned federal convictions of marijuana possession
  • Spent over $10.7 billion on federal, state, local, and tribal land conservation and has protected over 12 million acres of national public land (some of which had their protections removed by Trump)

(edited to fix a bullet point)

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