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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone
1·3 days agoThe typical American worker has wages withheld and gets a refund, so yes
They’re afraid to insist on shoes that fit, but instead wear a size based on Trump’s guess. No way anybody in Trump’s orbit can be honest with him
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk
2·5 days agoA big chunk of the country prioritizes racism over almost anything else, and lives in the Fox Cinematic Universe, where this kind of thing gets mentioned once at 3am so they can say they covered it, and then never again.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•In New Threats, Trump Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue
5·6 days agoThe NYT didn’t even quote the statement initially, but paraphrased it to make it seem saner. They only added the quote to the article after pushback
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands
9·6 days agoSo long a somebody else has to fight; he’s not out there fighting a buffalo himself.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump Goes After Federal Programs He Calls ‘Woke’ in Budget Proposal | The president’s request for 2027 reflects his preoccupation with eliminating programs that support diversity and civil rights.
62·7 days agoThey have minorites in both houses of Congress. Can’t actually stop anything under those conditions
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk
23·7 days agoProblem is that when you disperse research teams, it takes a decade or more to get back to where you were
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
News@lemmy.world•10 Million Grill Brushes Recalled After Some People Ingested Loose Bristles
1·11 days agoYes, but the bristles tend to end with shed bits that puncture peoples digestive systems. Meshes don’t seem to do that
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
News@lemmy.world•10 Million Grill Brushes Recalled After Some People Ingested Loose Bristles
3·12 days agoThey make claims, but my impression is that every bristle brush will start shedding as it ages.
You need a cleaning device with a non-bristle mesh to get rid of the risk
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles
1·14 days agoIt just takes getting them out of power. That’s attainable
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles
4·14 days agoIt doesn’t have to be that way; we could have a world where people don’t need to fight over energy resources because wind and sunshine are everywhere.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Escalate on the Trump Admin’s ‘ICE at the Polls’ Plans Now
28·14 days agoIn a close election, tipping a few tens of thousands of votes in the right state could in fact alter the outcome. So they’d target the closest swing state, and pick precincts with large minority populations.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Escalate on the Trump Admin’s ‘ICE at the Polls’ Plans Now
10·14 days agoThe problem is that just standing around is going to intimidate a bunch of US citizens who have dark skin
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump imagines negotiation with Sharpie maker for $5 signature pens
5·15 days agoAs far as anybody can tell, he made the whole thing up. The sharpies for signing are real, but likely are standard sharpies that somebody silk-screened a logo onto.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
politics @lemmy.world•Shockingly, ICE Hasn’t Fixed the Airport Crisis | Perhaps because they're not trained to expedite the long lines
0·15 days agoThey’re quite trained. It’s just that they’re trained to levy war against America
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto
World News@lemmy.world•Winter Sea Ice in the Arctic Ties a Record Low | Ice plays a vital role in reflecting away planet-warming sunlight. The Arctic is warming much faster than most other parts of the world.English
4·15 days agoA writer at the NYT tries that about once a year. Here was this year’s
The editors then give the article poor placement so few people see it.









A big chunk of the US population is quite literate in a language other than English. Another big chunk never got appropriate instruction for learning when you have dyslexia