Reading about the book that this Vance bloke wrote, and apparently it’s all, “I was poor growing up and struggled but saw people on benefits with phones and that’s not fair”.
And his conclusion seems to be that they shouldn’t have those things if he can’t.
I had a similar childhood, but reached a very different conclusion. I don’t want anyone to struggle. If someone else has something I don’t, I don’t actually care as long as I have what I need.
He seems to feel that what he wants is not for his own needs to be met per-se, but to be ahead of others. As long as he has the biggest slice of cake, it doesn’t matter how small the cake is.
I want enough cake, and I want the rest of the cake to have enough for everyone else.
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[mysterious circle of robed figures]
JK Rowling: hello children
Rowling: what newssss?
Rowling: allisssson how goess the lawsssuit againssst ssstonewall?
Allison Bailey: GREAT NEWS!
Bailey: if losing were winning, then we just totally won!
Rowling:
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Bailey: briefcase? what briefcase?
Rowling: that one you're holding right there
Bailey: OH! you mean THIS briefcase!
Rowling: yess THAT briefcasse
Rowling: the one with the ever-increasing olive oil sstain on the sside
Bailey: it's nothing, it's just full of , you know, papers
Rowling: what kind of papersss?
Bailey: um legal papers
Rowling:
Bailey:
Rowling: let me ssee them
bailey: [sweating] actually by the doctrine of uhh habeus porpoise i legally can't show you, sorry, that's just the rules
Rowling: did you ssspend my £1,000,000 on spaghetti again???
Bailey: actually legally i don't have to answer that question because of
Bailey: because of uhhh
Bailey: OBJECTION
Rowling: give me that damn briefcassse! [they struggle for briefcase]
Rowling: i told you NOT to usse thiss £1,000,000 for sspaghetti damnit!! I told you!
Bailey: [wailing] i know! i tried!
Bailey: but then i got hungry
Rowling: why do you need £1,000,000 for sspaghetti?
Bailey: i mean, it's really GOOD spaghetti
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Bailey: the guy who sold it to me told me that this spaghetti is anti-trans
Rowling: how doess it work?
Bailey: he said it's got big gametes
Rowling: i don't know ssciencce but that ssoundss legit to me
Bailey: he also sold me these magic beans
[meanwhile]
L Ron Hubbard: step right up, step right up, get yourself some of honest ron's famous big gamete spaghetti
Poe:
Poe: i don't even want to know what this grift is supposed to be
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVvmKA6GNE
Dr. Hannibal Lecter Responds to Trump
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is angry that Trump mentioned his name in a recent campaign speech...and it ain't smart to piss off Hannibal Lecter...YouTube
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Generative Propaganda Transformerhttps://i.redd.it/5n79qn7nhaed1.pngPosted by Icy-Childhood1728BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Research Request!
If you are 18+, residing in UK, and identify as trans, including non-binary, and other gender expansive identities, please consider participating in a group discussion about how you perceive the public discussion around trans topics, and how this impacts you. Please email Abigail, at abigail.butler@city.ac.uk for further info.
#Research #ResearchRequest #Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #LGBT #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Queer
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Content warning: Long form - on transphobia and trans women as basilisks
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I was talking to a dear friend of mine in her 80s when the Biden news came in. She’s a Dem but had been wavering on voting at all, disgusted by the last few months
She instantly snapped “Well don’t expect me to vote now.”
I stared at her & nearly started crying. I begged: “You HAVE to. It’s so important. If not for you, for me, for us. For my sweet kid who doesn’t know people can be hated for who they are yet.”
She went pale. “Ok ok you’re right. I will. I promise.”
Talk to people. Everyone.
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@DaveRyder Teddy was shot in the chest and delivered a 90 minute speech after making sure the shooter would not be harmed.
That was kinda badass. For full badassery we can step up to Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipients.
Poops in pants got a bad haircut, which is every day for him anyways.
We may never know, but I swear the plan was for Biden to step down in 2025. Poor guy served longer than he had to.
Harris is getting a good administration, I hope she uses that to show we can get more good in the next 4 years.
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The decisions taken by the previous Tory government and now being upheld by Wes Streeting offer a terrifying glimpse of how a minority can be almost completely disenfranchised from any say in their future.
Clinical psychologist Dr Aidan Kelly summed up how they are achieving this within healthcare.
'In this area of healthcare, like no other, the professionals with the requisite expertise are position by their critics as having been "captured by ideology" and therefore lacking credibility.'
'Meanwhile, those without the expertise are position as "independent", which critics argue makes them better able to evaluate the evidence - despite having never worked in the field and having no understanding of its complexities'
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just treat humans as humans and stop worrying about their gender identity or sexuality. ffs a lot of hetero people do some "truly weird shit", but hey ho, vive la difference!
however, why should any of that shit matter as to how you're treated by the healthcare industry?
(unless you're french... we can't be having with that kind of thing, now, can we!)
Its long overdue that all politicians should be subjected to intense scrutiny not only in their sound bites but financial interests and any parties they are members to. This should by law be printed on the front of every paper at least once a month
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Moving boat to a different berth. Starter motor got stuck on, hit overspeed, and produced quite a lot of smoke.
We are fine. The boat is fine. The starter motor is not. It will need replacing.
Arse
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We have arrived in Quiberon marina as the end of phase 2 of operation, "Oui Oui Baguette".
I am tired in my bones.
Didn't get murdered by orcas.
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Shit!
The orcas attacked and disabled a boat really close to where we are two days ago. They were also seen in the western English Channel at a point where we sailed right by them.
We didn't know. I thought they were still near Lisbon.
They have NEVER been this far north this early before. I thought we had until September.
Planning tomorrow's passage. Going to stay in shallow waters as much as we can. Actually quite frightened.
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#fediblock parcero.bond - edgelord troll. Receipts:
parcero.bond/objects/11220e53-c965-483f-8fb2-4ff449ff1757
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I meant the "enter a title" link.
I just tried the plaintext URL above, and it does work (he did not delete it).
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!Friendica Support Hi guys,
Another instance of a contact with an animated GIF causing the worker to hang. The contact is https://lemmy.world/u/GamerBoy705, and the update contact job has been running for 2 days.
https://lemmy.world/u/GamerBoy705
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"Political violence is unacceptable"
they repeat as they send another shipment of bombs to drop on desperately hungry refugees with nowhere to go,
as they close the borders for asylum seekers looking for a chance to work and live in peace,
as they set snipers on students protesting for justice,
as their soldiers the world over intimidate and abuse locals with impunity,
as they conspire to depose another regime refusing to let them plunder unimpeded.
Only their violence is OK.
#USPol
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It is the 13th July and I am trans - blog post by a friend
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Trump was absolutely bad for me and the people I care about, and the right-wing reaction to his defeat in 2020 was to target trans people specifically as a wedge issue with liberals.
And you know what? It kind of worked. The public expressions of love and support for us just kind of evaporated like a mirage overnight. And the people I'm supposed to rely on either don't care or are fucking up constantly.
So that's the frame with which I view this political moment.
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On the one hand, if it weren't Trump...
But on the other hand, Trump is exactly who Democrats like Biden want to run against because they think it will be easy and because it's easier to campaign on fear than on fixing things.
But goddamn it.
I am completely aligned with almost everything you write. I don't see anything good for me, my family or the world at large in either of those candidates.
And as a boomer retiree, I'd like to sincerely say in the kindest way possible, go fuck yourself.
Stereotypes and mindless slurs suck. You ought to know.
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Dear entrepreneurs
Make an iPhone MagSafe multitool
I will give you money
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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