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floofloof ,

In a statement to The New York Times, Alito did not dispute the image. He said he had no involvement in its flying, saying the flag was placed by his wife Martha-Ann Alito, who had been offended by a neighbor's yard signs.

"I had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag," Justice Alito said in an emailed statement to the New York Times. "It was briefly placed by Mrs. Alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs."

The Times reported that the yard signs were anti-Donald Trump.

Well that certainly dispels any sense that he might be biased. It's just that his family feels personally insulted when someone criticizes Donald Trump.

floofloof ,

Small government, not interfering with people's freedoms, just as they always preach.

floofloof ,

I think they have worse things than prosecution in mind for trans people. We are talking about fascists here.

floofloof ,

far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told a rally of thousands that the only way to defeat Hamas is to “return home” to Gaza and encourage “voluntary emigration” of its Palestinian population—a euphemism for ethnic cleansing.

And "ethnic cleansing" is in turn a euphemism for genocide. Netanyahu and his government's plan for Palestine is simply genocide.

floofloof ,

Making solar power less affordable is exactly what the USA and the world needs right now.

floofloof OP ,

I like the way the portrait makes her look pompous and affronted, and her reaction makes her sound it.

floofloof ,

Personally I think we should be giving kids a lot more support in not transitioning. And by transitioning, I mean transitioning from a girl to a woman or from a boy to a man. If the child isn't 100% certain they want to go through with massive irreversible hormonal changes, they shouldn't.

I think you're underestimating the care and caution with which these decisions are approached. No one is rushing kids into transitioning. No one is imposing it on young people who are not sure. There are many safeguards to make sure transitioning only happens where it's appropriate and the person fully understands and agrees to it.

floofloof ,

Sorry, I misread "from a girl to a woman or from a boy to a man" in your first comment, so I misunderstood your intent.

floofloof ,

I like it, it's a smart and revealing strategy. Glad I originally misunderstood now because this comment of yours is really helpful and interesting.

floofloof ,

Did it really say that? If so, they've edited it.

floofloof ,

This applies when you're a pedestrian waiting to cross too. There are always those drivers who think they're doing you a favor by stopping one of the lanes of traffic so you can walk out into the other. They smile and wave and look baffled when you don't take the bait.

floofloof ,

If you trust every driver to follow the rules exactly and have their eyes open, you can risk your life by walking out. Otherwise you might wait anyway. And the rules about right of way depend on your country and state.

floofloof ,

Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't, yet still has to suffer it. Right when we need to be doing everything we can to save the planet, this guy will deliberately accelerate its destruction out of sheer pettiness.

And the majority of the USA still doesn't like him or want him, even if he wins the election.

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services ( www.theguardian.com )

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

floofloof ,

The only difference between Steam and the streaming companies is that Steam seems to have managed to create a lasting profitable business. If this changed and Steam faced more challenges, they'd put the screws on the users just like the TV and music services do.

floofloof ,

If the backup HDD was the only copy, it was an archive and not a backup, and you also need backups of the archive.

floofloof ,

Once the company goes out of business (or they focus on a different business) they tell you to get your tires or they will be discarded if you don’t. So you have to get them from them and you stop paying for the storage.

That's where there's no analogy for media purchased through streaming services. When streaming services withdraw content, the analogy would be the tire shop sending you an email saying "Just so you know, we're burning your tires next week. No, you can't come and get them."

floofloof ,

Gen X checking in. What happens when I can no longer work or no one will employ me, but I cannot afford to retire?

floofloof ,

Spelling errors in titles really grind my goat.

floofloof ,

He's gonna die soon.

And he's happy to take the rest of us with him.

floofloof ,

If you call genocide "politics", yes. Some of us would say Israel's ongoing genocidal slaughter of tens of thousands of children and adults is what "gets in the way of pop".

floofloof ,

At our small company many of us became more productive with working from home, to the point that they closed the office. A couple of people are finding it difficult because of their home situations, so it would be good still to have a space to work outside the home. But generally we're getting more done these days, and most who do work that needs prolonged concentration find this more conducive to that.

It varies between different companies, teams, roles and temperaments. What Dell is doing sounds like corporate heavy-handedness.

floofloof ,

There are your options, America: two very old white men and an slightly less old white man whose brain was partly eaten by a worm. Of all the hundreds of millions of Americans, these three.

floofloof ,

It causes respiratory problems, lung disease including cancer, cardiovascular problems including heart attacks and strokes, and premature births, among other things. Any of these can be fatal.

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/air-pollution

floofloof ,

No one is claiming to be able put pollution as the cause of each particular death. As with climate change, the effect is visible in the statistics, and the mechanisms that explain such an effect are understood. To say that over 40 million have died of air pollution is an estimate based on statistical data and our best scientific models.

floofloof ,

“People have to be able to talk about Palestine without being attacked by police,” says Orleck

It's astonishing that in so many "free" countries this is even a risk.

floofloof ,

Turns out it's because they're tribalistic and contrarian. What a surprise!

floofloof ,

There's plenty of American oil propaganda too. Oil companies around the world have an interest in encouraging people to treat gasoline consumption as part of their cultural identity.

floofloof ,

If the fine is a fixed amount like that, the law is saying that poor people will be punished while rich people won't.

floofloof ,

The concept of naturally caring for others is alien to most Republicans.

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