Ah, yup, this makes sense. I’m in good ol’ U.S. of A (for context in my previous comments, in case it wasn’t obvious). Hearing about these European laws def makes me envious for some modern work reforms.

Full letter with the above quote

(Specific paragraph is about halfway down the page)

You’re not wrong, and I agree.

TL;DR: I don’t want perfect to be the enemy of good enough.

I do worry that being too aggressive with that rate would cause the private sector to lobby extra hard and thus prevent any legislation from happening in the first place, hence why I suggest a reduced (but still substantial) stipend for the unemployed-but-still-bound period. In the sectors this most effects, the pay is generally high enough that one would have a comparatively easy time surviving on half salary while they figure out next life steps (as loathsome a compromise of that scale would be)

That’s neat.

I’ve been saying that basically needs to be the way non-competes work (that you receive some payment; 50-75% of original salary while unemployed and under non-compete) restrictions.

Full quote:

The white liberal must rid himself of the notion that there can be a tensionless transition from the old order of injustice to the new order of justice. Two things are clear to me, and I hope they are clear to white liberals. One is that the Negro cannot achieve emancipation through violent rebellion. The other is that the Negro cannot achieve emancipation by passively waiting for the white race voluntarily to grant it to him. The Negro has not gained a single right in America without persistent pressure and agitation. However lamentable it may seem, the Negro is now convinced that white America will never admit him to equal rights unless it is coerced into doing it.

Nonviolent coercion always brings tension to the surface. This tension, however, must not be seen as destructive. There is a kind of tension that is both healthy and necessary for growth. Society needs nonviolent gadflies to bring its tensions into the open and force its citizens to confront the ugliness of their prejudices and the tragedy of their racism.

It is important for the liberal to see that the oppressed person who agitates for his rights is not the creator of tension. He merely brings out the hidden tension that is already alive.

– Martin Luther King Jr., Found Here

Edit: added link from whence I am quoting.

Worth noting: OP Another User responded with a different quote that largely captures the same meaning, also from MLK.

Lol.

Perhaps even Lmao.

An an amateur German Language enthusiast myself, my only quarrel with your translation is that it should be “we’ll put the fascists back in Berlin”

Edit: spelling

Link for the lazy

Edit: don’t have time to grab source article atm, but heard on the news this morning that the bureaucrat’s appeal was turned away by Supreme Court (so this story is approximately a nothing burger).

While the outcome isn’t certain, this report seems to be doubting that the Supreme Court will hear the case.

In an attempt to summarize: sounds like this low level bureaucrat tried to deny a same sex marriage license, the bureaucrat was taken to court and told “this isn’t a free speech issue; the couple is allowed to get married (and also to pay some compensation)”, then the bureaucrat tried to appeal. First (or latest?) appeal was in 2019 (and it was NOT taken up by SCOTUS). It kinda sounds like that same deal is gonna happen again.

Hope that saved you a click (and that I have my facts straight on that; please point out if I got anything wrong there).

Wait, is Kony still out and about and doing warlord things?

I remember him from that 4Chan prank where they tried to make him person of the year, but wasn’t that like 15 years ago? How is this guy still alive and kicking?

Neat write up. Author included some resources for how he learned to reverse engineer some of the things in the file format. Def saving those off for later perusing.

Damn, I def feel out of place. I def think Pizza Hut is the best of the big name pizza brands.

Though, I do tend to do local in my area. We’ve got a local one that does mean deep dish pizzas, and then a local chain that does monthly strange combinations (their Mac and Cheese pizza recently made their permanent menu and my wife loves that shit)

To be sure, that’s not the actual words from interview. They’re not too crazy different, but you can look for yourself:

https://x.com/Geiger_Capital/status/1986515676140601622

Normally I’d just up vote this and move on, but I REALLY love the presentation on this.

Kinda wish US data was presented this way (state by state for national data, county by county for state data).

I’m unclear why that’s being fair to Pelosi? (Unless I’m just missing the sarcasm of your comment?)

NGL, kinda expected it to puff back up when the electricity was flipped on.

Not sure if I should up vote to raise awareness or down vote to disagree with intended policy.

IIRC, there’s 2 that do that explicitly - I want to say it was Texas and North Carolina, but I can’t be bothered to double check that.

Edit: was bothered by my lack of “bringing the reciepts” in my own comment. It appears 5 of the confederate States called out slavery in their articles of succession (tried to do a quick double check, but jfc did GA have a really long winded one and I ain’t got time for that right now)

PS3: Islam never claims to be “the religion of peace;” this phrase was created by Westerners for a variety of reasons, so like what?

As a westerner, I could buy that this is just a piece of propaganda I’ve just heard too many times, but it seems like I’ve heard immigrants from Muslim majority countries say this as well.

Probably a stretch to ask (so no worries if you can’t provide) but can you point to any resources agreeing with your claim on this?

@PugJesus@piefed.social @hansolo@lemmy.today

I get y’all are beefing hard here, but this has been one of the most fascinating threads I’ve read in a while. While I’m sure neither of you are happy at the exchange, I am very happy about it and thank you for giving me more info about a place I’ve spent 0% of my life thinking about.