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This is ugly
This is ugly
How will it be distributed?
I found this historical context particularly interesting.
And Ronald Reagan was somebody who did everything he could to curry the favor of evangelicals and white Catholics and the Moral Majority in the election against Jimmy Carter. Ronald Reagan delivered on some of those promises, but he ended up frustrating some of his religious right supporters. He didn’t go all the way. Well, we arrived a decade or so later to George W. Bush. George W. Bush was a self-identified evangelical who had been saved by his faith in Jesus Christ. And he certainly did a lot to promote the interests of evangelicals and other conservative Christians in the country.
But George W. Bush - despite what he did in Iraq and Afghanistan, when he left office, it felt like the itch had not been scratched, that there was still something wrong with the country because even though we’d had an evangelical president for eight years, the country continued to be less religious, less Christian. It continued to get more pluralistic, more diverse, racially and ethnically. And then all of a sudden, it was Barack Obama. And Barack Obama was, like, made in a lab to scare white Christian nationalists. So Barack Obama is president, and then we get Obergefell, and gay marriage is legalized.
By the time Donald Trump arrives, this group of Christian nationalist voters, whether they be evangelical, whether they be conservative Catholics or Latter Day Saints, are in the mood not for somebody who simply identifies with them and their politics, someone like Ted Cruz or Mike Huckabee, they’re in the mood for somebody who will act as the brutalizing barbarian needed to take the country back. If you want to colonize the Earth for God, it’s not enough to have a testimony that says, Jesus saved me from my sins or from my alcoholism. What you need is a bully, somebody who will put in line all those folks that you think are ruining your country and causing it to descend into the pits of hell.
You don’t just need somebody who’s going to go to church on Sunday and talk a good talk. You need somebody who will destroy in order to rebuild. So Donald Trump, yeah, doesn’t go to church a lot. Donald Trump, been married a couple times. But you know what he promises in ways that no one in our lifetimes has? He promises to punish those who have caused this country to go the wrong way. And so eight years later, we have a base that is more rabid to make him their barbarian king than ever before.
The Green Party’s platform doesn’t support Israel’s violence
Why do articles like this feel the need to include the blogger’s age?
Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to be critical of you. I know some people can’t actually reduce their screen time due to their job or way of life. I’m curious though, could you elaborate on what you mean by this being healthier for you?
I’m on my phone 8 hours a day.
That is generally not good and shouldn’t be common. I’d argue folks should consider whether a nice phone will lead to overuse, and if so, buying a cheaper phone.
To combat this generally, you can buy one with more RAM. Also, right now there is a bit of a “race to the top” for longest phone support with Google announcing 7 years of support in November. Repairability is coming around too, which is great for replacing old batteries and broken charging ports.
Cool cool cool 🙃
HP printers are amazing compared to Epson
I’m about to post out a new FOSS project I’ve been working on for a while, so this is making me a bit nervous
Unfortunately Dozer isn’t great for Macs with a notch as it only folds out horizontally, whereas Bartender can fold out a menu below
If you haven’t read this article it provides a lot more context about this: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule
Edit: No paywall: http://web.archive.org/web/20231003092303/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule
I quite like Around The World by Daft Punk (directed by Michel Gondry of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame). I guess “impressive” isn’t the primary word I’d use to describe it but thought it was worth a mention
A high static number, like $100/week. The people who live closer will get a little extra and that’s fine (a mild incentive)
They’re going full-on theocracy, no?
I think they’re mistaken, it’s a shark actually. I would know because I saw the trailer for the documentary in theaters (Meg 2)
Good video on state flags: https://youtu.be/l4w6808wJcU
Mr Aslam added that since the signed bills were not received from the president even after 10 days, they automatically became law.
Sounds like a bad process. It’s wild how much process and corruption are so often intertwined. At least in the U.S., government processes seem so rigid and unforgiving to everyday civilians
Flagging things like that usually leads to their removal