Apparently, it’s been a year since the “Great Migration” and my intrepid decision to give the Lemmy fediverse a go. Since dabbing my toes into what has since become a creative outlet and hobby for me, I’ve found a fair few friends and like-minded enthusiasts for our favored franchise. Thank you all for still putting up...
Back atcha from a much less prevalent (on lemmy) sci-fi fandom.
ContextContext for the image requires spoilers from The Witch From Mercury, the latest entry in the long-running Gundam franchise. Also, nested spoilers work. Neat. ::: spoiler Actual spoiler The prologue ends with a 4-year old joyfully singing along to happy birthday with her father, while said father sacrifices himself to allow his wife and child to escape the politico-corporate slaughter of a research lab. This is reprised later in the show when a 17-year old sings happy birthday to a friend over the PA, not knowing that the friend was getting incinerated elsewhere because his usefulness as a clone pilot had ended.
ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10....
Most people don’t even understand how our current electoral system works but they don’t seem to be raising a stink about it lol
And many of the ones that have no clue think they understand. But regardless, the entire concept of American Exceptionalism that gets hammered into us from birth means that whatever we have now is “the right way.” Changing things challenges that concept, which many have internalized as part of their core identity. Which… gestures vaguely at the overall political landscape …yeah.
“The issue, now before Cannon in the Southern District of Florida federal court, is likely to remain in the political debate at least until Cannon holds a hearing on the legal power of the special counsel to prosecute a defendant, on June 21.”
By all means primary one of those democrats who voted for this out if you can
Big if, in some cases. My aye-affirming rep ran unopposed in this primary, and I can’t remember the last time there was a challenger. For my part I did a write in vote, but seeing as his big brother has a stranglehold on a LOT of business/politics/douchebaggery in the state, I don’t see this changing any time soon.
alt-textIt blows our hivemind that the United States doesn’t use the ISO 216 paper size standard (A4, A5 and the gang). Like, we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of America’s little idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration, the widespread availability of assault weapons and not being able to transfer money via...
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....
Those lines have been diverging for over a generation. You’ll need a vice grip the size of the Grand Canyon to squeeze hard enough make any real world difference.
Decisions, decisions (lemmy.world)
How Cult Leaders Use Provocatively Loaded Language to Control Their Followers (laughingsquid.com)
I’m hoping it’s obvious why this is related to politics . . ....
Data is becoming too smart for his own good (lemmy.world)
I never celebrated "over there," but I like you guys (lemmy.world)
Apparently, it’s been a year since the “Great Migration” and my intrepid decision to give the Lemmy fediverse a go. Since dabbing my toes into what has since become a creative outlet and hobby for me, I’ve found a fair few friends and like-minded enthusiasts for our favored franchise. Thank you all for still putting up...
All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites (sciinsider.com)
‘Why haven’t you resigned?’ Senators torch Boeing CEO as he apologizes for deadly failures (www.politico.com)
Depending on how you count (lemmy.world)
True dedication
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns (arstechnica.com)
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
DeSantis Claims Florida Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure Will Let People 'Bring 20 Joints To An Elementary School' (www.marijuanamoment.net)
For Republicans, raw milk is the new masking (www.salon.com)
Essentially, for Republicans, it seems like avoiding raw milk is the new masking — and they’re just not going to do it in order to prove a point....
Largest Protestant denomination votes to oppose IVF (www.politico.com)
Give yourselves a round of applause 🖖 (sh.itjust.works)
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Well that's a horga'hn of a different color
What would any Trek character sing for karaoke night? (lemmy.world)
s4e26 “Broken Link”...
What a fool believes: Donald Trump and America's bogus respect for "faith" (www.salon.com)
The Crossoverrrr (mander.xyz)
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/13882708...
U.S. job gains totaled 272,000 in May, more than expected (www.cnbc.com)
On Tuesday these Republicans voted to defund Nato (www.newsweek.com)
Octopath Traveler Now Available On PlayStation; Octopath Traveler II Now Available On Xbox (noisypixel.net)
Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting (www.npr.org)
ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10....
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s George Floyd rant condemned by Congressional Black Caucus (www.theguardian.com)
Thou'st see-eth me rolleth, thou'st hateth (files.catbox.moe)
A Dyson hand dryer in Star Trek (2009) (lemmy.zip)
Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump’s request to declare special counsel’s appointment invalid | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
“The issue, now before Cannon in the Southern District of Florida federal court, is likely to remain in the political debate at least until Cannon holds a hearing on the legal power of the special counsel to prosecute a defendant, on June 21.”
House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu (abcnews.go.com)
After the Trump verdict, most Republicans say they're OK with having a criminal as president | YouGov (today.yougov.com)
Donald Trump joins TikTok and rapidly wins 3 million followers (www.reuters.com)
Paywall removed: archive.is/PLtgd
Gowron moods (lemmy.world)
There are..... (lemmy.world)
📄 rule (sh.itjust.works)
alt-textIt blows our hivemind that the United States doesn’t use the ISO 216 paper size standard (A4, A5 and the gang). Like, we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of America’s little idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration, the widespread availability of assault weapons and not being able to transfer money via...
That's COMMANDER This Dude to you, Ensign. (lemmy.world)
Background actors posing in a group shot for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence (www.usatoday.com)
Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....