Yeah, I’m in the market for a truck for trailering and having a bed as we get into some home improvement projects.

I feel the need to only look for older trucks (1990-2000 model years) most for reasons listed here. That plus so many trucks today are short bed with HUGE cabs. I will never understand why people want basically an SUV with a truck bed.

Well, North Carolina has some beautiful scenes. I wouldn’t mind moving in and taking the place over if they daisy chained this law into wiping themselves out completely.

Oh, I hadn’t considered trying to take out the docs (my initial read was focused on the mothers). That’s an especially bad feel.

Text of the bill:

Subject to approval by a majority of voters during the 2026 general election, adds new Section 39 to Article I of the North Carolina Constitution as follows. Specifies that human life begins at fertilization. Recognizes a new human life as an individual person, entitled to the protection of the laws of this State from the moment of fertilization until the moment of natural death. Holds persons willfully seeking to destroy the life of another, at any stage of life, or who succeeds in doing so, accountable for first-degree murder, or attempted murder. Specifies that any person has the right to defend the life of themselves or another, even by use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person. Specifies that the State has an  interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death. If approved, effective January 1, 2027.

Props to the article for listing some of the extensions.

Sure do wish they’d list all that they investigated and publish as a “sells data / doesn’t sell data”

Nitpick, but:

have increased evapotranspiration, which is a portmanteau of evaporation and transpiration

Bruh, if you’re going to explain a not-at-all unclear fancy word, why not just use the explanation in the article (e.g. “have increased evaporation and transpiration”)

This smells of AI writing.

Edit: ignore me. @arrow74@lemmy.zip has a better comment that brings the receipts.

Not sound like a Devil’s Advocate, but IIRC from High School history, Lincoln had the authority to mobilize the US Army for 90 days to fight the Confederates. Seems like that was a major part of the delay in declaring the Civil War a war (that is, the Union thought the Confederates would be easily pushed over w/i the 3 months that Lincoln could just do whatever he wanted with the Army).

As good as Lincoln was, I understand he played a bit fast and loose with war time powers of the president and most contemporary criticism of him was relayed to to that.

But anyway, I assumed that power hadn’t been significantly changed over the century and a half since.

Haven’t checked in it in years, but I used to have a strange affection for Magiea OS. Quick peek makes it look like last major update was 2023, so maybe not maintained anymore.

But also got really cozy with Parrot OS (home version).

Is that to include the Afghani?

Ugh, just wish it was someone more…ideologically agreeable…that was making this kind of statement.

I think the real apathy about the release is how unorganized/difficult to browse the files were.

I watched a bunch of videos of people “dissecting” the files. After some nothing burger takes, I decided to pull down a copy of the files.

Yeah, there could be some genuinely incriminating stuff on there, but with how difficult it is to browse through, it could see the wheat getting overlooked in the chaff (think I’m using that metaphor correctly?).

Makes sense, but couple clarifying questions:

By “ending careers for working with Obama”, you mean the people mostly left over from Bill Clinton’s time as president were threatening people within the Democratic party to not work with Obama?

Obama, rightfully pissed off made a stupid decision and allowed the neoliberals to hang onto the DNC.

Wait so, he was so mad at them that he…let them keep power? That doesn’t make sense. Can you shed any light on why he’d do that?

Man, that Victory Fund sounds corrupt as hell. Thanks for explaining things I was too immature/politically ignorant to pay attention to back in the day.

if you didn’t play ball they bankrupted your entire state and let Republicans take it to punish you and set an example to get there states.

I don’t think I follow the logic on this, most probably because I’m not sure which funds / fund pools you’re referring to.

Could you explain what you mean a bit more ELI5 level?

I’d be curious to read more about this effect (something I don’t think I’ve heard of before). Can you point me resources / examples of this?

“In Hungary we have some examples of extreme right bands becoming mainstream because they’re on the top 40 chart. I mean, what’s more normal than being on the top 40?”

But which songs/bands? Are you saying its like a whole studio/record company pushing this?

“I have a stepson who sometimes sends videos and then I go down the rabbit hole to see who created them and it turns out it’s a far-right influencer.”

But which creators/influencers do we need to be on watch for?

“They’ve also started their own food delivery,” she said. “It’s just wild that you can be ordering food from the far right and not know.”

Do you mean the whole service is far-right? Can I get the names of services to avoid?

This article feels like it lacks substance. It seems to be saying “There’s bad guys out there. I’m not going to tell you who or where, but they’re there. Just trust me bro”. (In all fairness, they do point to tradwife influencers, but I assumed that was known).

That’s not to say that they haven’t actually found sources of right wing influence in each of these areas, but I was really hoping they’d bring the receipts on it.

I don’t suppose anyone here can point to examples of what they’re talking about with any of these? (Again, I’m aware of the tradwife stuff, so I’m good skipping that point).

Came here to say this. Glad I was beaten to it.

I’ve had the resources and intent to build a new PC since about Aug of this year, but was busy with some major work projects + some mid-tier family drama, so kicked it down the road with the goals of pulling the trigger over the holidays.

Fuck, what a mistake that was.

But I want to believe she can at least stir up 8 votes.

It’d be fun to watch some more disunity ahead of the midterms.

Not doubting if this was bad, but wanted to see if they commented as to the scale of the problem (and they do!):

Kashtan and colleagues estimate that the average total residential long-term NO2 exposure across the U.S. is 24 percent lower for people with electric stoves, which do not emit NO2.
The average American’s exposure to NO2 exceeds the World Health Organization’s recommended levels. However, approximately 22 million Americans would fall below the WHO-recommended limit if they stopped cooking with gas or cut back their use of it, Kashtan said.

On the one hand, it sucks that sometimes really bad people who’ve done really bad things go free because of a seemingly minor technicality.

On the other, there’s a set process to help keep the law fair. Miranda rights and the need to voice them to suspects when they’re arrested exist because police will totally take advantage of arrestees, and because police have acted unethically towards ignorant people who don’t know what rights they retain when arrested.

I’m confident Luigi didn’t need a reminder of his rights when arrested, but if the cops really thought they were arresting the killer of that United Health CEO, then there’s no excuse for them not bringing their A-game with how high profile it was all bound to be. It’d be really embarrassing for them if they missed that tiny detail.

Edit: spelling/grammar