BlogHide Resteemsleguna (78)in government • 3 hours agoShutdown averted.I don't know all of the changes made, but 1,547 pages of spending turned into 118 pages, and some of the stuff with huge congressional salary raises and the global engagement center was removed.…leguna (78)in stand • 22 hours agoLong 4 years ahead.For reals. Gonna be a long 4 years because Musk is going to pretend like he understands government and is going to tweet a bunch of misinformation about every piece of legislation. If the Senate…leguna (78)in trump • 2 days agoAn abortion ban isn't the only way Trump can affect abortion policy.He is going to reinstate the global gag rule that prohibits US aid to foreign NGOs that do abortion counseling. Under Trump, this also included PEPFAR aid. Ironically the global gag rule increased…leguna (78)in history • 3 days agoHistorical conservation is inherently at odds with communists & other revolutionary groups.Historical conservation is inherently at odds with communists & other revolutionary groups, as it preserves historical truth & thereby obstructs their efforts to reshape the past according to their…leguna (78)in gym • 4 days agoA muddy story.Tonight I was walking to the gym. About a half block from the gym the sidewalk ends and right now that patch of grass is like an uphill oil slick from the rain and melted snow. I could cross the…leguna (78)in corporatism • 5 days agoCorporatism vs. CapitalismLeave aside for a moment different definitions and interpretations of the term broadly. What those who self-identify as capitalists mean by the term capitalism is essentially a liberal…leguna (78)in paywalls • 6 days agoMy biggest problem is that the stuff that we pay for has displaced equivalent or better stuff that is free.I used to be able to for example pull up sample tests in math and science that teachers and volunteers had just put up on the web for free. Formula sheets. Periodic tables. Diagrams. Now, a bunch…leguna (78)in trump • 7 days agoMight be worthwhile to make sure you have all your vaccines before Trump takes office.And especially your children. It will be difficult (though not impossible) for RFK to rescind existing vaccine approvals. But he could have an easier time going after government funding for…leguna (78)in biden • 7 days agoThe reaction to this is emblematic of why we won't get substantive prison reform in this country.This former judge had already served about a decade in prison when he was part of a group of non-violent offenders transferred to house arrest during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Republicans…leguna (78)in tyt • 8 days agoCenk Uygur has a long history of abusing his staff with low pay.Today I learned "Leftist firebrand" Cenk Uygur has a long history of abusing his staff with low pay, and by busting any attempts to unionize. If you're familiar with Cenk, and TYT generally…leguna (78)in democrat • 9 days agoPopulism of today.I do find it really funny how all these Dems in super safe districts are trying to cosplay economic populism after Trump's win as if that will suddenly bring non-college white voters back to the…leguna (78)in california • 10 days agoYou would dramatically have to expand airport capacity.There two questions that we should be asking that are different than should we build High-Speed rail. First, why is it so much damn more expensive in the United States and particularly California…leguna (78)in us • 11 days agoThe economy is by far the most important issue to Latino voters.I agree with some of this piece, but I think the central thesis is overextended. As the author notes, the economy is by far the most important issue to Latino voters and has been for awhile. So I…leguna (78)in rfkjr • 12 days agoJust grifts within grifts within grifts.It is grifters all the way down. One of the biggest ironies of the anti vaccine and wellness spaces. All their arguments against "Big Pharma" actually apply to the people they are following. For…leguna (78)in vaccine • 13 days agoVaccines do not cause autism.Sigh. We have dozens of studies on this over the years. Vaccines do not cause autism. It is one of the most extensively studied things- mainly because Andrew Wakefield's lies were so extremely…leguna (78)in maga • 14 days agoHow do you explain this?"America is already great... also... the country is already great." ??? Are WaPo's proof-readers asleep at the wheel? Are they operating from a remote location in Tajikistan? Do they read each…leguna (78)in daniel • 14 days agoI'm officially worried.Well, it's already enough to be somewhat depressed that there are jurors who are stupid and racist enough to still think that Penny is guilty. What's more, if they're deadlocked on the…leguna (78)in gaming • 15 days agoThe "random" chance for item drops in Diablo 2 is masterfully done.They've implemented statistical distributions that deviate from more stochastic results by allowing the actions of unrelated elements influence the dice roll. Things like walking distance from the…leguna (78)in united • 16 days agoThe murderer of the United Healthcare CEO is becoming a social media folk hero.I've seen so many people outright gleeful about this murder. It is a sad comment on where we are as a society, and the kind of powder keg our society is becoming. There's a lot of visceral anger…leguna (78)in aclu • 16 days agoClarence Darrow must be spinning in his grave.Yeah, the ACLU lawyer who is arguing in favor of the sterilization and mutilation of children claimed that kids know that they're trans at two-years-old. No they can't. I was older than two when…
