I am a Silicon Valley transhumanist psychopath who is here to till you that a fully-automated luxury utopia awaits if you'll just let me and my friends have another trillion dollars. I am also here to tell you that the most rudimentary social programs are naive and impossible.
"My brother slowed down the ethnic cleansing of north Gaza, and that's why he was taken out."
We mourn Mahmoud Almadhoun, who co-founded and helped run the Gaza Soup Kitchen, feeding Palestinians during Israel's brutal blockade. He was "targeted and assassinated" this weekend.
Republicans’ “anti-DEI” bill is a disgrace.
On one hand, it says that racism doesn't exist. On the other hand, it says there’s rampant “reverse racism."
This is the unserious work of the Republican Party.
P.S. they should keep MLK’s name out their mouth.
The electoral college was not put in the Constitution to make sure candidates campaigned in small states. That's a lie you were taught in school. It doesn't even make sense.
The electoral college was put in the Constitution to protect slavery.
Police say it is one of most elaborate encampments they have ever seen, with a mini-power grid, including solar panels, and multiple home appliances.
The encampment was discovered last week by the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service joint response encampment team. It was almost completely camouflaged and included four multi-level structures surrounded by a fence made of trees and broken branches.
The structures had been built without nails or other forms of support and were at risk of collapse. Inside, police and park rangers found fire-stoves with lit fires, a stone fireplace, stone/marble flooring, a working fridge and washing machine, and live electrical wires strung haphazardly.
Power was supplied by four generators, with solar panels powering a chop shop for stolen bikes.
15 weapons, including three guns, and about $8000 worth of stolen goods were recovered. Police have so far returned 2 backpack blowers and 1 mountain bike to their rightful owners.
20 violation tickets were written, and 10 warrants executed.
The encampment caused significant environmental damage to the trees and root systems, and the nearby creek was dammed in multiple places to provide running water to one of the structures.
The encampment has since been dismantled. Those living in it were offered access to services and supports, which they refused.
Sonette Ehlers, a medical technician from South Africa, developed the product. When critics complained that it was a medieval punishment, Ehlers replied tersely, “A medieval device for a medieval deed.”
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Rape-Axe or Rapex, was designed by South African inventor Sonette Ehlers. She introduced it in the early 2000s as a way to combat the high incidence of rape in South Africa. The device is worn internally by the woman like a tampon, and if an attacker attempts sexual intercourse, the device clamps down onto the penis with barbed hooks, causing significant pain and potentially capturing the attacker's DNA. The device has to be surgically removed, ideally leading to the attacker's arrest and prosecution.
@JanneyBrach@Barba_Babs@xgigglypuff @Eric_Joyzee @SilverSecundus This woman WAS showing empathy to this man in her very first post on this thread. So i don't think you need to explain to her why she should show empathy. Her game's already gtg lol
I only just realized in "SexyBack" (2006) by Justin Timberlake, when Timbaland shouts "take it to the bridge!" they actually take it to the prechorus. I'm gonna be sick