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  • TIL that if the WHCD gunman had been successful, Chuck Grassley, 92, would be president today.

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  • That's why I said he tried to get past security and into the dinner.

  • Is it possible to not know who a famous person is?

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  • Of course

  • Oh, Brother [@jasonadamk]

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  • Personally when my toner runs out I will buy Brother toner to reward them. Even if it costs more than off-brands, it lasts so long it's not like it would save me that much money per year anyway.

  • Oh, Brother [@jasonadamk]

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  • I love my Brother laser printer!

  • Trump considered awarding self Medal of Honor amid Iran war chaos: insiders

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  • I think so, back in his first term. As I recall, a veteran offered his and he took it and kept it.

  • Chip Roy Unveils ‘MAMDANI Act’ to Bar, Deport Migrants Over Ideology

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  • Chips A'Roy is crummy.

  • What to do if it is difficult to read novels or web novels?

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  • If you wear glasses or contacts that are for seeing at a distance, it's hard for your eyes to focus close-up for very long. Same for if you don't wear glasses at all, if you are reading a lot. So depending on your situation you may just need to take your glasses off while reading, or pick up some cheap reading glasses at the drugstore--making sure to get the right type for easily focusing on the page, or even get bifocals. Best bet is to get an eye exam and tell the optometrist what you've said here, so they can figure out what your best options are.

  • Trump considered awarding self Medal of Honor amid Iran war chaos: insiders

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  • Or he could just call up people who have received it (or their heirs if deceased), and have one of them give him theirs, like he did with the Nobel Prize. Maybe even several of them, so he can brag that he was awarded more Medals of Honor than anyone in history.

  • Boomers can't understand why gen-z can't put their phones down and watch the TV like a normal person.

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  • Boomer here (cusp between boomer & gen x): Why not both put down the phone AND turn off the TV?

    I have a TV but pretty much only turn it on for local news & weather. I absolutely can't tolerate the ads and there are no good shows anyway except a few on PBS. I use a flip phone. I won't call it a 'dumb' phone because it's still android underneath and has navigation. But no internet.

    Of course that doesn't stop me from sitting on my ass in front of a computer on the internet, but at least I'm not doing that 24/7 and have other things for entertainment like books, games, hobbies.

    edit: not to imply I speak for other boomers. Most of them are on their smartphones all the time, getting notifications every 5 seconds like everyone else.

  • What is a 'social rule' that we all follow but nobody ever actually agreed to?

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  • Yeah, I was over-simplifying to make my statement more dramatic and semi-funny, because so many people hate the clock-switching.

    It's complicated. DST is mostly observed in North America, Europe, and part of Australia, and mostly since pre- or during WWII, BUT yes there are a few countries that started later. There are also some original ones that stopped observing it and then started again later. Also, some of the people still alive from when it started would have been too young to be able to agree to it.

    So I'll amend my statement to "The vast majority of people alive today didn't agree to DST". Doesn't have the same punch.

  • What is a 'social rule' that we all follow but nobody ever actually agreed to?

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  • No one alive today agreed to Daylight Saving Time.

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    I Was an Enthusiastic Early Adopter of AI Scribes. Here’s Why I Stopped | The technology to transcribe patient interviews worked exactly as intended - but relying on it made him a worse doctor

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  • I read the note. It was accurate. It was comprehensive. It contained no factual errors that I could identify. And I did not recognise it. Now, six weeks later, I was reading someone else’s account of a consultation I had conducted — and I couldn’t recall the patient clearly enough to reconstruct what had been left out.

    If you couldn't recall enough to reconstruct what had been left out, then how do you know it was accurate and comprehensive? hmm? HMMMM?

    What a nightmare.

  • What's the best piece of advice you were ever given?

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  • This one may sound a bit silly, but it's worked for me quite a few times:

    "Whatever happened before or might happen later, right now, just for this moment, everything's fine."

    (of course, if something bad is actually happening at a given moment you're probably not going to be spending time remembering that little tidbit. It's for when you're feeling depressed or anxious).

  • "Parents Decide Act": New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages.

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  • Exactly what this legislation is ultimately for, and what all those giant data centers are really going to be for. Takes a lot of storage to monitor all your citizens.

  • When did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?

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  • I have no idea why Americans called it the pound sign

    In the old days, they called it a pound sign and actually used it to mean "pounds" as in weight. In a grocery store there might be a sign reading something like "10# bag Potatoes $1".

  • ‘Straits of Vermouth’: Democrats roast two Trump cabinet members with one Iran war post after Bessent’s press briefing botch

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  • After his gaffe was brought to his attention, Bessent was shaken, not stirred.

  • "Parents Decide Act": New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages.

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  • Who is this legislation for? Third party "verifier" companies make tons of money, data brokers make tons of money selling info on which users are minors to advertisers and pdf files, fascist government gets "Total Information Awareness", corrupt government officials make tons of money, ... so much winning! so much money to be made!

  • Christian Trump Voters Rip President Over 'Jesus' Post

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  • And the follow-up question, not shown: "So, would you still vote for him?"

    Answer from all three: "Absolutely."

  • Trump supporters burn MAGA hats after president's AI Jesus post and pope attack

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  • Another clip making the rounds on X featured a MAGA hat ablaze on a barbecue grill.

    They're eating the hats ...

  • Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse @sopuli.xyz
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    The geopolitical world we have has reached its limits

    www.taxresearch.org.uk /Blog/2026/03/23/the-geopolitical-world-we-have-has-reached-its-limits/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Question for those who didn't learn cursive

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    ICE Attacks Car Full of Kids, Leaving 6-Month-Old Baby Unconscious

    newrepublic.com /post/205376/ice-attack-car-kids-six-month-old-unconscious
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    ‘Not how any of us want to live’: Judge orders Border Patrol boss Bovino to court daily to report use of force

    www.chicagotribune.com /2025/10/28/judge-to-question-bovino-tear-gas/
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    Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

    blockclubchicago.org /2025/10/09/judge-rules-feds-cant-pepper-spray-tear-gas-journalists-after-block-club-chicago-and-others-sue/
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    Furloughed federal workers pushed to make partisan out-of-office replies: Sources

    abcnews.go.com /Politics/furloughed-federal-workers-pushed-make-partisan-office-replies/story
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    79-year-old US citizen claims ICE agents body-slammed him at his business, seeks $50M

    abcnews.go.com /US/79-year-us-citizen-claims-ice-agents-body/story
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    Nationwide anti-Trump protests planned for Labor Day: what to know

    www.newsweek.com /donald-trump-protests-labor-day-2115484
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Looking for a nonsense generator to sabotage AI training

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    Ontario 'Ripping Up' Contract With Musk's Starlink as Canada Targets Trump Allies in Trade War | Common Dreams

    www.commondreams.org /news/trump-tariffs-canada
  • Dumbphones @lemmy.world
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    The Last Holdouts

  • Late Stage Capitalism @lemmy.world
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    The Walmart Effect

    www.theatlantic.com /ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/
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    Far-right extremists celebrate, see opportunity in second Trump win

    wapo.st /3UGHuPA
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    Trump Transition Co-Chair Floats Plan To 'Yank' Vaccines 'Off The Market'

    www.aol.com /trump-transition-co-chair-spouts-141336415.html
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    The 14 Characteristics of Fascism

    ratical.org /ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
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    Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate

    www.cnn.com /2024/10/19/us/oklahoma-lawsuit-bible-mandate-schools
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    'Schoolhouse Rock' Video On Project 2025 Is Funny And Scary

    crooksandliars.com /2024/09/schoolhouse-rock-video-about-project-2025
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    RNC delegates are wearing ear bandages like Trump’s

    www.washingtonpost.com /politics/2024/07/18/rnc-delegates-trump-ear-bandages/
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    What is Project 2025? | what you should probably know about it