@tinainvirginia I know that’s true, but it’s kinda hard to convince an anxious college freshman. More space on campus for upperclassmen would have taken some anxiety out of the equation.
@tinainvirginia Part of it is the process. You start working on housing for next year when you aren’t even finished with the first semester. And then you commit to an apartment contract that ends 15-18 months later. No 18 year old knows with certainty where they will want to be in 18 months.
@AdamSinger All you’ve said could be true and Twitter (as it was pre Elon) is dead.
Twitter was significantly more useful and entertaining previously. It no longer works as a source of braking news or reliable information. I still use it, but it’s more of a distraction than anything else.
@tinainvirginia I have a daughter at VT and off campus housing is a freaking racket. Tech needs to build a dozen more dorms. I like golf, but I dislike being robbed more!
@mldiffley I’m a Heat fan and the refs are forcing me to root for the Knicks with the bs officiating. The Spurs are playing a more aggressive and physical defense and yet they had almost 20 more FT in the second half. That’s not right.
I’ve never pastored a church. Couldn’t pay me a jillion dollars to. Never been ordained. Have no desire to. The only paid staff position I’ve ever held in a church was as an aerobics teacher in our church gym. But how in heaven’s name a woman discussing a sermon on a podcast could be objectionable to some is beyond me and what I believe to be beyond scripture. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, good. Stay sane. If you do, I’ve lived a long time and this has been my observation:
Extremism, whether in conservatism or liberalism, whether in politics or religion, is never satisfied. It will always inch a little bit further. It’s a constant test of the purists.
@Caffeindated@Fritschner If the law was to prevent the government from acting and the government can just change it, what was the point of the law in the first place?
@Caffeindated@Fritschner Yes, they changed the law the day before they violated it. What good is a law binding the government, if they can just repeal it when they want to violate it?
The rules apply differently to the GOP. They do whatever they want.
Tennessee does have a 1972 law on the books prohibiting mid-decade redistricting. I think the GOP said they were going to repeal this law for the sake of this redraw, but did they just, like... forget to do that?
going state by state passing “pro democracy” reforms was basically a failure for democrats because the worst offenders were never going to act in good faith.
Here's what the Utah GOP did:
1. They sued federally to block the new map.
2. They packed the UT Supreme Court, creating two brand new justices
3. They created a brand new “constitutional court” panel that will hear challenges to state law, avoiding the Supreme Court altogether
@corandog@Fritschner This just isn’t true. The special session was in 2025 before the VA elections for the House and Senate. The special session was literally called for by Governor Youngkin. There was an election Nov 2025 and a new General Assembly was seated Jan 2026.
The ruling is partisan bs.
@Caffeindated@Fritschner If this was true, the Supreme Courts in TN and FL would overturn their redistricting due to state constitution violations. No one is expecting that to happen.
The GOP doesn’t have to follow the rules. Dems have to follow every rule to the absolute letter of the law.
Basically if you are a Liberal you must strictly abide by the rule of law at all times and be cordial and never lie and be 100% moral and have a squeaky clean record and if you're a conservative you can do whatever the fuck you want whenever you want and nothing matters