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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Important: If you're on the suspese list rather than being fully removed (unsure if that's the case here), you might still be able to vote but will need to show proof of residence. Contact your registrar to check that and ask them about it

If voters find out they're still on the suspended list after having shown up at their polling places on Election Day, they can still vote after they complete a “statement of residence” form.

Voters with suspended status who may have moved to other counties will be required to vote in the counties where they previously resided or may be asked to submit provisional ballots.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-voter-purge-warning-ballots-abbott-rcna168811


As a note to all: Check your voter registration status today as deadlines are very fast approaching (or even already past in some states)

https://vote.gov/register

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago

Fox news would never be so concerned about such "details" like "hey that's obviously not a fox, what are you on about" /s


(I uploaded the wrong photo)

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Fox news yet again lying through omission and blatantly forgetting the important news of foxes eating watermelons

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

I want to know how someone figured this out. Were they accidentally playing it at the same time or just noticed something was rhythmic and then tried different songs?

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The X service remains available to the people of Brazil, billionaire Elon Musk's platform said on Saturday.

Wait so what do they mean by stopping operations in Brazil then? Just the offices and staff? The article isn't super clear on it

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

OP's account has no posts but three spamming this "IQ testing" site

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I also think some of them were so into their far right-wing media bubble that they thought people secretly like all their policies (they don't)

Plus the media overall has historically not been great at really talking about Republican's horrifying plans like this in the past. Barely mentioning that kind of stuff if at all. They were also banking on that continuing, and to be fair, it almost certainly would've if not for the democratic party starting to talk about it way more

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's actually more they haven't published yet, an entire core pillar's worth of the project 2025 platform. Despite having read a fair bit about project 2025, somehow I keep finding new horrible things that are part of it

From a letter signed by 35 representative addressed to the Heritage Foundation

Project 2025 would appear to honor the promise on your website about being “an open book, with our materials available online,”1 except for one glaring problem: the entire “Fourth Pillar,” the “180-Day Playbook” which you describe as a roadmap of comprehensive, concrete, early actions for each federal agency, remains shrouded in secrecy.

You have conspicuously declined to publish or disclose any of the prioritized early actions that we believe would obviously be the most important parts of Project 2025. The immediate executive orders, emergency declarations, presidential directives, and other measures are likely to have profound impacts on the American people and their government. Therefore, we believe it is overwhelmingly in the public interest for you to actually keep your “open book” promise by disclosing the “Fourth Pillar” of Project 2025, and we hope you’ll consider explaining why, unlike the first three pillars, you have been keeping it secret for so long

https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Letter-to-Heritage-Foundation-on-Project-2025.pdf

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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago

Reminder to always keep up the fight. Even when things seem inevitable, fights can be won. That goes both ways: don't get complacent and don't get despaired

Get active, and get involved

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not OP, but as someone who was at one point excited by the potential of crypto, the ecosystem has moved more and more towards what it claimed to stand against initially

It's supposed to be decentralized, but things like mining pools have lead to heavy amounts of centralization in block production. If we look at Bitcoin, for an example, we see that over 51% of block production is controlled by just two mining pools. That's not limited to just Proof of Work mining either. Proof of stake sees centralization in staking pools as well. That's only just looking at one aspect of the network

It has also not really been seen as a currency. People's view of it as an "investment" which have the opposite qualities you really want to see. People are encouraged to hold it and never let go, meaning they won't want to spend it which is adverse to its use as a currency. This has also lead to it being incorporated and dominated by the very financial systems it was initially supposed to move away from

I don't want to type out an essay, but I could keep going on in other ways that's not really lived up to its promises.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Raising the wage of 1 million contractors is not just words. Yes, we do need more, but don't think it's nothing

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Generally medical professionals do not vouch for using milk for tear gas despite it often being touted. The research seems to suggest they are largely the same in providing relief


Sources to back this up

That means bacteria can contaminate the milk and potentially cause infection if applied to eyes or skin wounds. Jordt says it’s better to use water or saline solutions to wash out eyes after a tear-gas attack

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marlamilling/2020/07/21/the-risks-of-using-milk-to-soothe-tear-gassed-eyes-an-expert-says-use-water-instead/


Another source of medical professionals recommending against it

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/baltimore-protests-experts-caution-milk-antacid-wash-pepper/story?id=30653488


And a study looking at pepper spray as well

In this study, there was no significant difference in pain relief provided by five different treatment regimens. [Water vs milk vs 3 other solutions] Time after exposure appeared to be the best predictor for decrease in pain.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18924005/

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