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I am craving something bready and sloppy for dinner, but I can't think of anything that fits the bill. I could make a giant vegetable pot pie (I've done that before and they are tasty), but for whatever reason, I'm wanting bread dough instead of pie dough and I don't think that would work as well. Focaccia by itself would be too much bread without enough 'stuff'. My better half is vegetarian, so I'd like to keep it meatless (cheese is fine). We have too much tofu right now, so I'm slightly tempted to make an S&B curry stew and then baking it inside bread dough, but would that work? It'd certainly have the sort of savory I desire, but it might be too gloppy. Really, I'm looking for something more like stromboli but I can't think of anyone but Italians that bake lots of filling inside a bread wrap.

Any ideas?

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  • 6:09PM 200 missiles launched at Israel

Nearly 200 missiles have been launched at Israel from Iran, Israel’s army radio announced.

  • 6:06PM IRGC vows ‘crushing attacks’ if Israel responds

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have threatened “crushing attacks” for Israel if it responds to the missile barrage launched on Tuesday evening.

  • 6:04PM Iran says Tel Aviv is target of attack

Iran has launched a missile attack on Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv, state media reported, citing officials.

The official IRNA news agency said Iran had launched “a missile attack on Tel Aviv”, without elaborating after staying quiet during the start of the barrage.

  • 6:03PM Explosions in Jerusalem

Explosions sounded in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening as air raid sirens rang out, AFP journalists reported, with what appeared to be air defence interceptors echoing over the city.

The explosions came shortly after the military said that Iran had launched a missile attack targeting Israel.


See also BBC and AP coverage:

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 29 points 2 months ago

It sounds like the donor had requirements. From The Tribune:

The University of Chicago has received a $100 million gift from an anonymous donor to support free expression, marking what may be the largest-ever single donation to support such values in higher education, the university announced Thursday.

And:

Discussions surrounding the donation have been ongoing for over a year, according to a university spokesperson.

From https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/09/26/university-chicago-donation-free-speech-expression-forum :

The gift was ridiculed by advocates involved in the encampment that highlighted abuses against Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas War and torn down by the university in the spring.

“It’s truly a slap in the face,” said Yousseff Hasweh, a U of C grad who’s diploma was withheld by the university for two months, allegedly for his involvement in the protest.

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Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), on Monday said there's a "big difference" between Republicans and Democrats: "No one has tried to kill Kamala Harris."

Note that earlier in the day, Elon Musk wrote and deleted a similar post. From NY Times:

In response to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Mr. Musk, who has endorsed the former president and comments frequently on the U.S. presidential campaign, wrote: “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.” His post, which was captured by X users, included a thinking-face emoji.

Mr. Musk took down the post after it immediately drew outrage.


For Vance comments, see also NY Times, Vance says the left is to blame for the attempts on Trump’s life., and/or CNN, Vance blames liberal rhetoric for apparent assassination attempt against Trump :

“I know it’s popular on a lot of corners of the left to say that we have a both sides problem. And I’m not going to say we’re always perfect. I’m not going to say that conservatives always get things exactly right. But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we have — no one has tried to kill Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill Donald Trump in the last couple of months,” the Republican vice presidential candidate said at the Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner in Atlanta.

“I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric, and needs to cut this crap out,” he continued.

Vance vowed to “do my part” to tone down the rhetoric and said he was speaking particularly to those who say that Trump needs to be “eliminated.”

“Somebody’s gonna get hurt by it, and it’s gonna destroy this country. Somebody is gonna get hurt. And you think about what an incredible wound it would open up in the United States of America, all of us, and I promise I will do my part to tone down the rhetoric,” Vance said. “But in particular, the people telling you that Donald Trump needs to be eliminated. You guys need to cut it out, or you’re gonna get somebody hurt.”


Thankfully, both Democrats and Republicans came together to disavow the New Hampshire Libertarian Party for this from Deadline:

Republican and Democratic Party leaders have condemned New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party for sharing a post saying that anyone who assassinated Vice President Kamala Harris would be “an American hero.”

The party later deleted the post on X, formerly known as Twitter, but appeared unrepentant about the message, saying it was removed because of the platform’s rules and complaining about restrictions on free speech.

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/16039719

This series started last week, but it continues tonight Friday the 13th through November 1st.

The films are drawn from a list compiled by The New Republic last year of the 100 most impactful political movies.

The films encompass both documentaries and dramatized works; most are American, while a few are from other countries. Their release dates range from 1915 (The Birth of a Nation) to 2016 (I Am Not Your Negro). Many will have celebrity presenters introducing them, along with TCM host Ben Mankiewicz.

From Hollywood Reporter:

The series runs Sept. 6 to Nov. 1 — four days before America votes for its next president — and features TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in conversation with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Lee Grant, Sally Field, Andy Garcia, Melissa Etheridge, John Turturro, Bill Maher, Alexander Payne, Diane Lane, Josh Mankiewicz, Barry Levinson, Maureen Dowd, Stacey Abrams and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

More from the Advocate:

LGBTQ+ issues won’t be neglected. I Am Not Your Negro, for instance, is a documentary based onan unfinished manuscript by Black gay writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, reflecting on the lives of Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Baldwin himself. The Times of Harvey Milk(1984) will be featured, presented by Sally Field, the proud mother of a gay son. Also scheduled are 1964’s The Best Man, scripted by gay writer Gore Vidal, in which a same-sex liaison threatens to derail a politician’s career, and Born in Flames, director Lizzie Borden’s 1983 vision of a dystopian future in which women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color are oppressed.

Borden will be among the celebrity presenters, introducing Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman’s 1975 feminist feature about a widow engaged in sex work. Melissa Etheridge will be a presenter as well, discussing the 1928 silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Times listed are for Eastern Time. I've skipped last week and bolded titles ranked in the top 20.

Friday, September 13 - Night Two

  • 8:00 PM Reds (1981) (Bill Maher - #41)
  • 11:30 PM The Parallax View (1974) (Kyle Smith - #47)
  • 1:30 AM Germany, Year Zero (1948) (Alexander Payne - #97)
  • 3:00 AM Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (#30)
  • 4:30 AM The Battleship Potemkin (1925) (#7)
  • 6:00 AM The Fog of War (2003) (#56)

Friday, September 20 - Night Three

  • 8:00 PM Dr. Strangelove (1964) (Spike Lee - #3)
  • 9:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (Stacey Abrams - #11)
  • 12:15 AM Hearts and Minds (1974) (Phil Mattingly - #39)
  • 2:15 AM The Lives of Others (2006) (#19)
  • 4:45 AM Born in Flames (1983) (#43)
  • 6:15 AM Bicycle Thieves (1948) (#52)

Friday, September 27 - Night Four

  • 8:00 PM Three Days of the Condor (1975) (Maureen Dowd - #72)
  • 10:15 PM I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (Sara Sidner - #58)
  • 12:00 AM The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) (Melissa Etheridge - #88)
  • 1:30 AM The Last Hurrah (1958) (#57)
  • 3:45 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968) (#35)
  • 5:15 AM The Tin Drum (1979) (#92)

Friday, October 4 - Night Five

  • 8:00 PM The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) (Sally Field - #81)
  • 10:00 PM The Best Man (1964) (Josh Mankiewicz - #69)
  • 12:00 AM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (Sec. Lonnie Bunch III - #95)
  • 1:45 AM City Hall (1996) (#80)
  • 3:45 AM Strike (1924) (#25)
  • 5:15 AM High and Low (1963) (#84)

Friday, October 11 - Night Six

  • 8:00 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957) (Barry Levinson - #10)
  • 10:15 PM Wag the Dog (1997) (Diane Lane - #54)
  • 12:00 AM The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) (Abby Phillip - #37)
  • 1:45 AM JFK (1991) (#34)
  • 5:00 AM Z (1969) (#15)
  • 7:15 AM Night and Fog (1956) (#21)

Friday, October 18 - Night Seven

  • 8:00 PM The Birth of a Nation (1915) (Jamelle Bouie - #5)
  • 11:30 PM Lincoln (2012) (Hon. Robert M. Gates - #24)
  • 2:15 AM Malcolm X (1992) (#22)
  • 6:00 AM Primary (1960) (#38)

Friday, October 25 - Night Eight

  • 8:00 PM All the President’s Men (1976) (Steven Spielberg - #4)
  • 10:30 PM Citizen Kane (1941) (Frank Luntz - #33)
  • 12:45 AM Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) (Lizzie Borden - #36)
  • 4:15 AM Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations (1938) (#86)
  • 6:15 AM Olympia Part Two: Beauty of the Festival (1938) (#86)

Friday, November 1 - Night Nine

  • 8:00 PM Being There (1979) (Andy Garcia - #71)
  • 10:30 PM The Candidate (1972) (Kaitlan Collins - #20)
  • 12:30 AM Harlan County USA (1976) (Lee Grant - #12)
  • 2:15 AM The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (#2)
  • 4:00 AM Weekend (1967) (#94)
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This series started last week, but it continues tonight Friday the 13th through November 1st.

The films are drawn from a list compiled by The New Republic last year of the 100 most impactful political movies.

The films encompass both documentaries and dramatized works; most are American, while a few are from other countries. Their release dates range from 1915 (The Birth of a Nation) to 2016 (I Am Not Your Negro). Many will have celebrity presenters introducing them, along with TCM host Ben Mankiewicz.

From Hollywood Reporter:

The series runs Sept. 6 to Nov. 1 — four days before America votes for its next president — and features TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in conversation with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Lee Grant, Sally Field, Andy Garcia, Melissa Etheridge, John Turturro, Bill Maher, Alexander Payne, Diane Lane, Josh Mankiewicz, Barry Levinson, Maureen Dowd, Stacey Abrams and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

More from the Advocate:

LGBTQ+ issues won’t be neglected. I Am Not Your Negro, for instance, is a documentary based onan unfinished manuscript by Black gay writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin, reflecting on the lives of Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Baldwin himself. The Times of Harvey Milk(1984) will be featured, presented by Sally Field, the proud mother of a gay son. Also scheduled are 1964’s The Best Man, scripted by gay writer Gore Vidal, in which a same-sex liaison threatens to derail a politician’s career, and Born in Flames, director Lizzie Borden’s 1983 vision of a dystopian future in which women, LGBTQ+ people, and people of color are oppressed.

Borden will be among the celebrity presenters, introducing Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman’s 1975 feminist feature about a widow engaged in sex work. Melissa Etheridge will be a presenter as well, discussing the 1928 silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc.

Times listed are for Eastern Time. I've skipped last week and bolded titles ranked in the top 20.

Friday, September 13 - Night Two

  • 8:00 PM Reds (1981) (Bill Maher - #41)
  • 11:30 PM The Parallax View (1974) (Kyle Smith - #47)
  • 1:30 AM Germany, Year Zero (1948) (Alexander Payne - #97)
  • 3:00 AM Gabriel Over the White House (1933) (#30)
  • 4:30 AM The Battleship Potemkin (1925) (#7)
  • 6:00 AM The Fog of War (2003) (#56)

Friday, September 20 - Night Three

  • 8:00 PM Dr. Strangelove (1964) (Spike Lee - #3)
  • 9:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) (Stacey Abrams - #11)
  • 12:15 AM Hearts and Minds (1974) (Phil Mattingly - #39)
  • 2:15 AM The Lives of Others (2006) (#19)
  • 4:45 AM Born in Flames (1983) (#43)
  • 6:15 AM Bicycle Thieves (1948) (#52)

Friday, September 27 - Night Four

  • 8:00 PM Three Days of the Condor (1975) (Maureen Dowd - #72)
  • 10:15 PM I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (Sara Sidner - #58)
  • 12:00 AM The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) (Melissa Etheridge - #88)
  • 1:30 AM The Last Hurrah (1958) (#57)
  • 3:45 AM Night of the Living Dead (1968) (#35)
  • 5:15 AM The Tin Drum (1979) (#92)

Friday, October 4 - Night Five

  • 8:00 PM The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) (Sally Field - #81)
  • 10:00 PM The Best Man (1964) (Josh Mankiewicz - #69)
  • 12:00 AM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (Sec. Lonnie Bunch III - #95)
  • 1:45 AM City Hall (1996) (#80)
  • 3:45 AM Strike (1924) (#25)
  • 5:15 AM High and Low (1963) (#84)

Friday, October 11 - Night Six

  • 8:00 PM A Face in the Crowd (1957) (Barry Levinson - #10)
  • 10:15 PM Wag the Dog (1997) (Diane Lane - #54)
  • 12:00 AM The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) (Abby Phillip - #37)
  • 1:45 AM JFK (1991) (#34)
  • 5:00 AM Z (1969) (#15)
  • 7:15 AM Night and Fog (1956) (#21)

Friday, October 18 - Night Seven

  • 8:00 PM The Birth of a Nation (1915) (Jamelle Bouie - #5)
  • 11:30 PM Lincoln (2012) (Hon. Robert M. Gates - #24)
  • 2:15 AM Malcolm X (1992) (#22)
  • 6:00 AM Primary (1960) (#38)

Friday, October 25 - Night Eight

  • 8:00 PM All the President’s Men (1976) (Steven Spielberg - #4)
  • 10:30 PM Citizen Kane (1941) (Frank Luntz - #33)
  • 12:45 AM Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) (Lizzie Borden - #36)
  • 4:15 AM Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations (1938) (#86)
  • 6:15 AM Olympia Part Two: Beauty of the Festival (1938) (#86)

Friday, November 1 - Night Nine

  • 8:00 PM Being There (1979) (Andy Garcia - #71)
  • 10:30 PM The Candidate (1972) (Kaitlan Collins - #20)
  • 12:30 AM Harlan County USA (1976) (Lee Grant - #12)
  • 2:15 AM The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (#2)
  • 4:00 AM Weekend (1967) (#94)
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"In the end, we all knew what we knew before, that ABC's goal tonight was to help Kamala Harris, and ABC did help Kamala Harris," Laura Ingraham said on Fox News. That's one way of putting it. Van Jones on CNN found another.

"She whupped him," Jone said. "She just whupped him. ... Kamala Harris did something great for every parent in America. She put the bully in his place."

A certain super gigantic galactic pop star seemed to agree. Moments after the debate, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris, signing her Instagram post "Childless Cat Lady," a reference to a comment made by Trump's running mate, JD Vance.

For more details on the 4chan nature, head over to the Daily Beast for pieces like these:

Debate Transcript: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542

PBS (no longer live) updates: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-updates-trump-and-harris-debate-in-philadelphia

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The incident occurred approximately one block from the stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., as traffic started to build ahead of a 1 p.m. start to the game.

"How things escalated into the situation that they were in handcuffs and being held on the ground with police is mind boggling to me," Rosenhaus told ESPN.

See also:

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“Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” she said of her father, who served as vice president under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. “If you think about the moment we’re in, and you think about how serious this moment is, my dad believes — and he said publicly — there has never been an individual in our country who is as grave a threat to our democracy as Donald Trump is.”


“One of the most important things we need to do as a country as we begin to rebuild our politics is we need to elect serious people,” Liz Cheney said. “Here in Texas, you guys do have a tremendous, serious candidate running for U.S. Senate.”

The audience erupted in applause cutting Liz Cheney off.

“It’s not Ted Cruz," she said.

She blamed Cruz for leading the effort in the Senate for trying to overturn the election.

"That is not somebody to put in a position to be able to do that again," Cheney said.

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TL;DR: Democrats are united against Trump and will continue to be that way, but if Trump loses so overwhelmingly that he stops running, then a Harris administration will be stuck with a largely Republican government that will keep it from getting much done, thus making it easier for a new brand of Republicans to emerge in two years for for the mid-terms and beyond.

Harris is effectively an emergency nominee, has few policy proposals, scant governing history in Washington and a history of churning through staff. Oh, and she would be the first Democrat to enter the presidency since 1884 without majorities in both chambers, should Republicans flip the Senate.

That adds up to a recipe for gridlock — and perhaps some deal-making to fund the government and avoid across-the-board tax hikes — but not a Scandinavian social welfare state.


The day after Trump leaves the scene, Democrats will lose their best force for unity, fundraising and enthusiasm. But they’ll have the same challenges they do today with the Electoral College, the Senate and the House and the distribution of voters therein.

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The shooter who opened fire inside Apalachee High school is believed to be a 14-year-old boy, a law enforcement source tells CNN.

The source said it is not yet known whether the teen attended that school.

We cannot continue to accept this as normal,” the president said in a statement.

At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, although it’s unclear how many of the injuries are from gunshot wounds, according to law enforcement sources.

Apalachee High School is located in the city of Winder, Georgia, which is a community about an hour outside of Atlanta.

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Banksy’s hope, it is understood, is that the uplifting works cheer ­people with a moment of unexpected ­amusement, as well as to ­gently underline the human capacity for ­creative play, rather than for destruction and negativity.

Some recent theorising about the deeper significance of each new image has been way too involved, Banksy’s support organisation, Pest Control Office, has indicated.


A contractor, who only wanted to give his name as Marc, told PA they were planning to pull the billboard down on Monday and had removed it early in case someone “rips it down and leaves it unsafe”.

He said: “We’ll store that bit [the artwork] in our yard to see if anyone collects it but if not it’ll go in a skip. I’ve been told to keep it careful in case he wants it.”

See source article for more details and great pics of the current art campaign.

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The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation.


On July 22, POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account. Over the course of the past few weeks, the person — who used an AOL email account and identified themselves only as “Robert” — relayed what appeared to be internal communications from a senior Trump campaign official.


The person said they had a “variety of documents from [Trump’s] legal and court documents to internal campaign discussions.”

Asked how they obtained the documents, the person responded: “I suggest you don’t be curious about where I got them from. Any answer to this question, will compromise me and also legally restricts you from publishing them.”

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 23 points 4 months ago

Sweet! I like the idea of allowing for demos to have their own page instead of being part of the full/finished game page. Not sure if demos should have reviews. That seems kinda beside the point.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 23 points 4 months ago

At least for now, I am hopeful. All sorts of other countries have elected women. The U.S. should get with it. I know there will be people who say, "Maybe, but not THAT woman" -- but those people always say that about any woman, so that's never going to be the base.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 44 points 4 months ago

Yay!!!

I can't get myself to click a twitter link, so in case others feel the same, here's an alternate piece that basically says the same thing (I can't yet find an article with detailed info): https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-game-studios-microsoft-game-studios

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't think that was her thought process. This news broke into network programming (CBS, anyway) so people will hear it.

I think she's mad at the shooting so did it as a pro-Trump retaliation. More coverage here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-documents-case-dismissed

EDIT: I stand corrected! They're saying it is a 90+ page ruling so she didn't do it over the weekend. Maybe it was planned as a celebration for the start of the RNC?

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 46 points 8 months ago

Back in 2021, indie developer Wolfire filed an antitrust lawsuit against Valve that accused the gaming giant of anti-competitive business practices—including a long-standing habit of taking unfair cuts from game developers on its store. Valve's 30% fees have come under criticism before—and they are notably high when compared to some other online platforms.

Ouch. I didn't realize they took such a big cut. On the other hand, authors trying to publish to Amazon's kindle get hit with commissions from 30%-65% before any other fees, so Steam seems downright reasonable for that particular comparison.

From where I'm sitting, though, I've plenty of complicated feelings. Steam might be the best option out there, but monopolies aren't great for anybody—at the same time, business is business.

Steam's absurd efficiency could be a product of merciless penny-pinching from indie devs, but it's just as likely we're watching a well-oiled machine continue to belch out cash in an expected fashion.

Is it really a monopoly with everyone from EA to GoG delivering games? I guess it is dominant enough to count. I have a hard time complaining when employees are getting good pay and I've continued to get good service from them. It might get scarey if/when Gabe steps down, but this all feels pretty fair for now.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 34 points 8 months ago

I appreciate that the "Gradient Canopy" roof is covered in solar cells and collects rainwater while also letting in natural light, so maybe the problem is they didn't do enough by not adding in some shielding, too.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 31 points 9 months ago

Msnbc's Alex Wagner pointed out on her show that, "After all, it took just 51 days from the time Trump was kicked off the ballot in Colorado on December 19th to when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for that case -- the 14th Amendment case -- on February 8th. Now on December 11th, 2023, Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to quickly weigh in on Trump's immunity appeal and to do so early , which the Court rejected! And now by the time we get to April 22nd, which is when the Court plans to hear arguments in this immunity case, it will have been 133 days since the Court was first asked to hear the appeal. So the pace is... curious? Around 50 days when it helps Donald Trump, and over 130 days when it doesn't."

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 29 points 1 year ago

The headline is a lie. I wish I could trust fair.org to be honest, but they are being ... unfair. WaPo gives the male/female liberal/conservative ratios and rightly concludes that the numbers don't match. At no point do they say which sex should compromise. Here's what they say:

As the researchers Lyman Stone and Brad Wilcox have noted, about 1 in 5 young singles will have little choice but to marry someone outside their ideological tribe. The other option is that they decline to get married at all — not an ideal outcome considering the data showing that marriage is good for the health of societies and individuals alike. (This, of course, is on average; marriage isn’t for everyone. Nor is staying in a physically or emotionally abusive marriage ever the right choice. But, on the whole, while politically mixed couples report somewhat lower levels of satisfaction than same-party couples, they are still likely to be happier than those who remain single.)

I'm not saying that the Washington Post should be trusted on all things, or that we should forget that it can act as a billionaire influencer project, but I DO think we should expect fair.org to be more credible than to make up such misleading click-bait headlines.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 57 points 1 year ago

H-h-how? HOW? do they 'anonymize' DNA?!?! Remember how in 2007 'anonymized' netflix data was linked back to actual members? That was just checking what people watched on Netflix compared to what they rated on IMDB.

With DNA, you should be able to figure out who someone is by the fact you an exact DNA record! I mean, it'll share similarities with your parents, and children, and to a lesser degree, more removed relatives. How hard can it be to figure out that this woman is related to that guy with an arrest record. Or more specifically: this is the exact person because we see other records from any doctor or whatever with the same DNA.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 29 points 1 year ago

Umm... Republicans made the rule that any solitary Representative could call for a vote to remove the Speaker. Dems didn't make that rule. In fact, they could have used that rule at any time, but they didn't. Gaetz(R) called to oust the speaker. Why? Because McCarthy cut a deal with Dems where both sides lost stuff to keep the government open -- and then McCarthy BLAMED the Dems for shutting the government down!

Anyway, working with Democrats was too much for Gaetz, so he moved to oust the Speaker. Most Republicans voted to keep McCarthy, but not all. Meanwhile, Democrats were pretty mad that McCarthy blamed them for a crisis they'd helped avert by accepting concessions. So? So they vote against the guy who threw them under the bus, then unite to vote for one of their own, Jeffries, to replace him.

All that is to say that when I hear people blame the Dems -- particularly McCarthy repeatedly saying 'a handful of Republicans worked with Democrats to cause chaos' -- I wonder anyone can think the Dems are to blame. If Republicans were 'working' with Democrats, all they had to do was vote for Jefferies any time in the last 3 weeks and we'd have had a Speaker.

The problem was NO ONE was working with Democrats. Republicans could have peeled off a handful of Democrats by conceding on some points, but the current (R) party has made cooperation a death sentence. Politics should be about stuff like which road to fix first and not all the BS it has become.

[-] memfree@beehaw.org 28 points 1 year ago

There's no publicly known proof that any of Mary Trump's accusations are true, but since the war is decidedly World News, the possibility that the attack by Hamas was made viable through a U.S. leak is worth considering.

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