@dalias @_L1vY_ Lawyers have a truism that "any prosecutor worth their salt could indict a ham sandwich," meaning that the bar is so low and grand juries usually so compliant.

I thought that might be the very ham sandwich that was thrown, and turns out I was right.

@noondlyt TBH people with lived experience of prison *should* be in charge until prisons can be abolished entirely.

It's his fascist philosophy that's the problem.

@tayfonay Tell you what, this talk of shipping us off to forced labor camps is EXACTLY why I never returned any of those calls from my insurance companies.

They already know my diagnoses, and I'm already on the list to be rounded up - but what they don't know is all my behavioral details that my insurance company could've collected in such a program. Except I suppose they'll consider me a "disruptive worker" since I never returned their calls.

@heidilifeldman "no indication now that he is not alive" is one of the more chilling phrases I've read today

@SallyStrange @ErgonWolf @DanMorgan Century and a half, almost - the Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted in 1882.

@bmacDonald94 🤣

@bmacDonald94 Dang, I accidentally clicked on the "like" button in the image. Does that mean I'm an Illuminata now?

That wasn't meant to be a car commercial.

That was Musk thinking up the absolute most ridiculous thing he could get the President of the United States to do, and watching him dance.

@jandi @marlies geez every runner, ex-runner or family member of a runner knows what BQ stands for

@nilsskirnir @GutterPoetry @Remittancegirl @murdoc @Profpatsch @DarkAthena @johnnyprofane1 @bmacDonald94 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd It's the same as the "increase" in left-handedness. https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/08/rate-of-left-handedness-in-the-us-stigma-society/ When public education began and more kids learned to write, their dominant hand became apparent in a way that it wasn't before ... and then was quickly suppressed. People were literally beaten for writing with their left hands. The increase is in acceptance, not incidence.

Look, I'm as enraged and frustrated with national and state Democratic leadership as anyone. But expecting political leaders to *also* be movement leaders is both nonsensical and lazy.

When they say "we are the ones we've been waiting for," it means stop waiting for someone to tell you what to do, and resist.

@anna Do you prefer color descriptions in alt text when it's relevant?

@dalias @tokyo_0 IME (boomer with a whole lot of Gen X interaction), people *do* say this when it comes to migrating.

Heard it a lot from people who wouldn't leave the hellsite during the Great Migration 2.5 years ago (which is when I joined here). Seeing it now, with great frustration, as those same people now leave Shitter for Bullshit Kentucky. Also seeing it from my friends who are now considering migrating off Facebook (I personally need to stay there for now, for my volunteer work).

@Rhodium103 @dalias @tokyo_0 Somebody I used to follow on the hellsite, and recently re-found on Bullshit Kentucky, commented there that he isn't here because he felt the culture of content warnings is equivalent to a nanny state, and gave the example of California's Prop 65. He is *not* someone who's generally insensitive, nor does he often post triggering things. Just as you say. I'm guessing he got chewed out once and left. Maybe even got gently reminded and took it as being chewed out.

@skinnylatte Thanks!

@skinnylatte May I ask an honest question though - since I've heard "slave labor" about H1B from a friend who does extensive but non-immigration focused work in Haiti, and is guardian of two teenage refugees, daughters of a Haitian colleague: the tag on that graphic says H2B. Are the pay scales the same?

@rrb @joby I very much doubt any car company is different.

@stephaniepixie @artemis @dan613 @nullagent Once Luigi became Disabled, he became marginalized.

Obviously he's got a ton of privilege most people don't. Kind of like myself tbh - privileged on all axes except two, in my case (gender and disability), apparently in just one in his case. Doesn't negate the one axis in which he's marginalized, any more than my privilege negates the misogyny and ableism I experience.

People are ridiculing Mangione for going on the run while in possession of evidence of the assassination.

Folks.

He didn't run so he wouldn't get caught. He wants a public trial.

He ran so NYPD wouldn't assassinate him in turn so he wouldn't have a trial.

From a pastor in central Ohio:

"Here is the deal: If you've shared a meme about eating pets, you can now go ahead and donate to The Haitian Community Help & Support Center in Springfield, Ohio. Apologies begin at $5. Laughter is not the same thing as solidarity. This community is under real threat. Do better my friends. PayPal: Haitianhelpcenterspringfield@gmail.com "