Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 32 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

Everything that comes out of his mouth is beneath the office.

When he says something awful like this, though, I figure there is probably another story that he's trying to bury with manufactured outrage. I suspect Fox is on board and is with amplifying the non-news item to bury the real news item.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How many defense contractors contributed to the ballroom?

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The shirt should be bigger, no?

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't normally say this but it seems warranted in a thread about "Factism". Trump did not win over 50% of the popular vote. He won with 49.8% in 2024 and 46.1% in 2016.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

100% agreed. This junk does nothing but make us look dumb. It's just bad rage bait.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Before I say this, ICE is awful and driving without a license shouldn't be a deportable offense. Also, military service should give automatic citizenship.

I feel like this article is leaving something out. How did ICE get involved in this? I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they got involved simply because they saw a record of a non-citizen getting arrested but I'm wondering if he didn't renew his green card or something.

I'm not arguing that this guy deserves to be deported (I think he should be a citizen) but I do wish we got the whole story on things.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I'm talking about... Shit... I read two thirds of your comment and my ADHD brain skipped the middle part. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Shit... Sorry, without the middle context your comment made it sound like you wanted democrats to cover up inclusion of democrats in the files.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago

I hate you so much right now. I'm laughing while trying to figure out how to scrub this from my mind.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Edit: Apparently it helps to read the full comment and not let your ADHD brain skip the middle part thst gives all of the relevant context. Shit...

How about we throw all of these fucks in prison regardless of political party? Why are you trying to muddy this with politics? I wouldn't care if it was Trump or if it was Bert and Ernie, anyone involved should be prosecuted.

Oh no! Bill Gates, another asshole billionaire is in the files? Throw him in the same dark hole as the rest of them.

Bill Clinton? Yeah, throw him in, too.

Hillary was aware and said nothing? Prison.

Barack Obama had evidence of ongoing abuse and did nothing? Believe it or not, prison.

Bernie Sanders was on the island? Yeah, prison for him, too.

Fuck all of them and fuck politicizing this issue. Anyone involved should be prosecuted.

So far it does seem to be mostly republicans but I don't expect it will remain that way. If it does, I'll be skeptical that we're getting the whole truth.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

This is brutal. I know a lot of the tricks here but this is just nasty.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

All I want for Christmas is an obituary, An obituary, yeah an obituary. Gee, if only I could have an obituary Then, I could wish you Merry Christmas!

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It seems like, while labels are important for communication, they are just unable to capture all of the nuance when it comes to sexuality and gender.

 

I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

 

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
 
 

I use Podcast Addict and have recently noticed location-based ads in my podcasts. Adds that are local to my large town / small city. The app doesn't have location permissions, so how are the podcasts embedding localized ads?

 

They decided to give a show today. Six of them were hanging out on the dock, but when I stopped to take pictures, they all decided to take off and do circles over the lake.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Vorticity@lemmy.world to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

I got lucky and this guy posed for me for about five minutes. I tried to get some in flight, but they're simply too fast for me!

 

This beautiful bird has been hanging out at our local lake for the last several weeks. I've been trying to get some pictures of him and he finally got close enough for my lenses.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Vorticity@lemmy.world to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

Three or four of these guys have been hanging out in the lake near my house.

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