Aside from The Handmaid's Tale and 1984, which dystopian novels do we need to remind people that they are warnings, not handbooks?
#Politics #Dissent #FreeSpeech
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34
This is worthwhile. We made this decision for our family a few years ago, by reducing the amount of meat we cook to near zero.
I think it also saves some money, if you lean towards whole food plant based, rather than buy packaged alternatives.
@AssociatedPress @top-stories-AssociatedPress
How do people prove their identity to register to vote in the US at the current time?
Daughter says, and husband concurs, that she would push the heavy man onto the trolley, thus killing him when it hits and kills the four on the track. 😏
Whut.
Tell me you're a closeted homosexual without telling me you're a closeted homosexual.
I mean, I have daughters and I worry about the people they're going to encounter, who may be fully (literally) paid-up members of the manosphere, but this is so weird, pathetic, and laughable.
@GW@newsie.social they really believe there will never be a fair election again, don't they?
@PoliceStateUK considering he said he was going to do it, it can't be that remarkable. Depressingly predictable that people still thought he was the deserved occupant of the White House, yes.
Vance's comments about Chinese 'peasants' is telling - they're clinging on to the hope, despite all the evidence, #China is backward and trailing 'the west' in #technology and #business #nous .
Analysis: Why China’s Xi Jinping is not backing down on US-China trade escalation that has no end in sight
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/business/us-trade-war-china-escalation-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html
Nice.
The best thing you can do for the fediverse is just be kind The fediverse is small, and thats both a blessing https://lemmy.world/post/27824597
@MrLovenstein this afternoon myself and the kid (known as Bean) did our 'sprinkle some seed, let them fight it out' annual sowing. I hope the seeds don't harbour such feelings towards us.
Is he trying to leave it to the states, or micromanage the states? How contradictory.
#Health #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #Capitalism
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals
Grifters. #Capitalism
Untaxing: the £10bn fridge - the full story https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/04/06/untaxed-the-10bn-fridge-the-full-story/
@ChrisMayLA6 the entire US now seems to be an exercise in, "How does this benefit me, personally?"
Hoping other states go for option 3, wonder how long it will take to pivot, and which countries will be the brave first movers.
Presumably the PAP is happy to have more opposition parties contesting seats, so long as there isn't any cooperation or tactical voting going on...
RDU to focus on cost of living, fair representation at GE2025
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/rdu-to-focus-on-cost-of-living-representation-at-ge2025