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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

But by that logic there's no reason to ask millions of unqualified people to pick an expert and professional legislator.

You're creating an arbitrary professional difference between creation of legislation and interpretation of legislation, but that's ideological. When it comes down to it, by your logic, legislators should be chosen by an unbiased selection committee. That's where your antidemocratic logic leads.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 hours ago

Giving a shit about public health.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 hours ago

The problem with elected judges is undemocratic elections. Democracy fixes the problem.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The problematic politics of elected judges in the US come from its fucked electoral system. US elections, for most of its history, were undemocratic at their core... and they still aren't very democratic tbh

But the worst judges, today, are appointed.

Your conception of politics being only partisan is very narrow; partisanship in liberal democracy is mostly just kayfabe.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

It basically just turns coders into debuggers.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago

The concept of representation is political - and anti-representation would also be political. You can't escape politics in law.

Where there's power, there's politics.

And the worst parts of the American system are the parts where judges are unelected, so that's a pretty bad example lol

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

All it takes is getting a few panel members with an ideological axe to grind and suddenly the selection process for judges and the JAC panel itself becomes politicized in that particular direction.

But furthermore, the very framework of law is political. You can't actually non-politically adjudicate disputes or reviews or appointments or dismissals, there are always political underpinnings and ideological assumptions embedded within the process. The very fact that they currently "particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and Welsh speakers" is political, and acknowledges that it is political and ideological and not truly objective.

Law isn't math.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is ideology. There's no material mechanism to actually ensure judges are experts or have merit. They're just picked by politicians, who themselves are selected democratically rather than by merit.

This just cuts out the middlemen. If the selection process is unable to select for merit, then it might as well be democratic.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago

First as farce, then as an even dumber farce.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

This logic can be applied to lawmakers too.

What's the difference?

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Or (heaven forbid) learning to draw!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 days ago

Look, Israel gets all the best gear and Ukraine gets the leftovers. All we have left is trash. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

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And here they are ready for action

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Did you know soy sauce Top Ramen is vegan? Maruchan isn't so don't get em confused!

The greens are raw sweet peas and green onion.

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Veggie BLTs (lemmy.ml)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/veganhomecooks@lemmy.world

I've been slowly adding more and more veggies through experimentation, but now I'm at the point where I either need to use bigger tortillas or just be more picky about which veggies I want ๐Ÿ˜… this is the configuration I'm using right now, though in the summer I like to use avacado instead of sauce.

I heat the tortillas in a pan with a light coat of walnut oil and black pepper and assemble my fixins in the pan itself.

Sauce is also homemade! I save all the vinegar from pickled jalapenos and then mix that with equal parts coconut oil in a heated pan, then combine it with whatever seasoning I'm feeling like during that batch (rn I'm using nooche, though sometimes I go for an onion sauce or mustard). It's not super precise so there's no recipe, I've just got a feel from experimentation.

Also the fake-on bits are actually a cheap local veriety I've found. Basically just smoke and salt flavored crunchy soy chips.

Once I'm done, I pack up my chopped veggies to do this again in a couple days. I usually make four at a time every two days, and these are my pre-shift and mid-shift work meals. Served with a thicc pea protein chocolate drink.

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Kidney beans and rice with taco seasoning, caramelized onion and garlic, and I found out I can get dried habaneros near me! Definitely growing those this year, I forgot how good they are (haven't had any since before the pandemic ๐Ÿฅฒ )

Also that Perrona sauce is... okay. It's really sweat, throws off everything. Also not nearly as spicy as I was hoping! It's a cool color, you can't really tell but it's actually green, but it just didn't hurt me the way I like ๐Ÿ˜Œ

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Pintos and white rice seasoned with cumin, cayenne, garlic, nooch, salt, msg, walnut oil, and then served with taco fixins on hard shells ๐Ÿ’ช

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I used to think I didn't really like beans, but when I got an airfryer I decided to see what they'd be like if I cooked them differently. Amazing~โœจ

Smaller beans become a delicious crunchy topping or filling, highly recommended, but what's really interesting is those huge butter beans. They're disturbingly similar to chicken breast when cooked this way, so I cooked up some white rice, cut up some ice cold broccoli, and fried up some butter beans 8 minutes with walnut oil at 400^o^ F

And that's it! Super simple but so so sooo good.

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submitted 9 months ago by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

In Khan Younis, many of those taking flight on Monday were already displaced from other areas. Abu Mohammed told Reuters it was now the third time he had been forced to flee since abandoning his home in Gaza City in the north.

"Why did they eject us from our homes in Gaza (City) if they planned to kill us here?" he said.

At a home in Khan Younis that was struck overnight, flames licked the collapsed masonry and grey smoke billowed out from the rubble. A child's stuffed toy of a sheep lay in a pile of dust. Boys were picking through the wreckage. Next door, Nesrine Abdelmoty stood amid damaged furniture in the rented room where she lives with her divorced daughter and two-year-old baby.

"We were sleeping at 5 a.m. when we felt things collapse, everything went upside down," she told Reuters. "They told (people) to move from the north to Khan Younis, since the south is safer. And now, they've bombed Khan Younis. Even Khan Younis is not safe now, and even if we move to Rafah, Rafah is not safe as well. Where do they want us to go?"

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submitted 11 months ago by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

The nug:

While assertions have been made by both sides about the incident and death toll, the available evidence is less clear. However, analysis of the video footage rules out most explanations aside from an Israeli strike.

The devastation underlines the heightened risk civilians are facing as tens of thousands flee the north, on Israeli orders, during hostilities. The bodies of at least three children can be seen in multiple clips verified by the FT.

At least 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the government, including many women and children. At least 2,500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli bombardment, about half of them women and below the age of 18, according to Palestinian officials.

On Saturday, Israel told Gazans that it would refrain from bombing two evacuation routes for six hours, including Salah-ad-Din street, where these explosions took place, so that civilians could continue to move south

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

Look at it! What is that? It looks kind of like a cross section of a human, kind of, except the eyes are pools of blackened fire and the brain is sending electrical pulses out to... are those Jupiters? Why? Why??? This is absolute nightmare shit lol

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