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[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Everyone has a vested interest in 50% of the population feeling good about the other half. And certainly we should all feel safer about being with fellow humans than with a bear. The fact that some of us don't feel that way means we should try to make them feel safer.

Thanks for the post. Does anyone have advice on how to become a moderator?

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I think the generalization isn't really about white men per se, but about the demographic in power. Give a group unchecked power long enough and they forget how that came to be. I agree that it's not a rule, and maybe should be expressed as more of a heuristic: if you are speaking to someone that is in power, and you don't look like them, they might think you are not empowered.

Don't let the lack of nuance in that statement take away from all the very valid points being made. The plight is real, and hopefully the white men who are enlightened enough to not confuse circumstance with natural order will read and know to not take it personally.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.org/post/37957

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12909215

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I think the show does a good job at showing how easy it is for Dale and Bill to swap too. Just recently watched the episode where they basically end up in a ditch because they didn't really know how to use a digger - it's hard to tell who is dragging down who.

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"I need to ask my staff," Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed.

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) on Sunday got called out for routinely taking credit for delivering money to her district — after opposing the bills that provided that money.

During an interview on CBS News Miami, host Jim DeFede asked Salazar about a ceremony she attended last month where she presented a check for $650,000 to help small businesses at Florida International University.

“You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” said DeFede, the host of CBS’s show “Facing South Florida.” “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?”

She did vote against that $1.7 trillion government funding bill. It was a massive and memorable bill that almost every House Republican opposed.

Salazar said she couldn’t remember that vote.

“Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—”

“But you voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, right?” DeFede interrupted.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months ago

We judge ourselves by our motives, but others by their actions.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

For Christmas, all I want is an illustration of the Eucharist before/after.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

My 2.5 toddler got a little collectible car. It somehow exploded into all its tiny parts on the first trip to the ground, which of course was shortly after opening.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

This means that the sender includes a list-unsubscribe header, which is supported by a lot of email clients. Not sure if StubHub does this, but it's worth checking.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Sackboy is basically the newer version and also really good.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you for sharing this! An excellent read with really good insight.

[-] worldofbirths@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

I also like that all the frames in the picture are slightly crooked. They get the job done, like the sofa, but it ain't pretty.

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