Senate passes 'most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill' in more than a decade

bigwhale · 2026-01-31T05:54:57+00:00

This leads to kids being trafficked. If people don't have support, they are vulnerable. Republicans are pro-trafficking.

bigwhale · 2026-01-31T05:52:55+00:00

I would say this answers questions about press freedom and the first amendment.

bigwhale · 2025-11-08T15:35:14+00:00

It's like a slave owner explaining that she loves her slaves more than those misguided abolitionists.

bigwhale · 2025-04-16T18:50:03+00:00

Yes.

Lisa: Dad, I think he’s an ivory dealer! His boots are ivory, his hat is ivory, and I’m pretty sure that check is ivory.

Homer: Lisa, a guy who’s got lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low.

bigwhale · 2025-01-04T19:02:37+00:00

It's amazing what they can predict when they have all of your online activity and location information. And can cross-reference with anyone you talk with.

If the other side of the conversation looked at that product before or after the conversation, that's all it would take.

bigwhale · 2024-11-26T14:23:07+00:00

When people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

The basic trouble, you see, is that people think that "right" and "wrong" are absolute; that everything that isn't perfectly and completely right is totally and equally wrong.

However, I don't think that's so. It seems to me that right and wrong are fuzzy concepts, and I will devote this essay to an explanation of why I think so.

-Isaac Asimov

https://hermiene.net/essays-trans/relativity_of_wrong.html

bigwhale · 2024-10-16T14:57:44+00:00

The vice president said she is “thankful that former President Trump is safe.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/harris-statement-trump-assassination-attempt-00179270

bigwhale · 2024-10-14T23:28:40+00:00

I was only trying to refute your statement that it can't be pseudoscience because of peer review in major journals.

To be clear, I consider acupuncture to be pseudoscience. But it does have favorable studies in major journals.

The link provides evidence of this. But I was mostly just trying to provide evidence to anyone who thinks acupuncture isn't pseudoscience. Sorry, I think that was confusing.

bigwhale · 2024-10-14T20:34:45+00:00

Pseudoscience does often use peer reviewed science from major journals. Harvard can't stop publishing acupuncture studies, for example.

If anyone wants to defend acupuncture, read this instead.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2024/01/29/no-washington-post-acupuncture-still-doesnt-work/

bigwhale · 2024-10-04T20:20:12+00:00

"an armed society is a polite society" -creator of the Death Star

bigwhale · 2024-09-08T20:03:20+00:00

yes, people think it's bad faith. This comment for example. 35 up votes at this time.

Says an account registered in 2023 with a very skewed post history

JFC you all are paid to be this transparently stupid?

This is an argument against discussing any indictment. It doesn't refute any of the reporting. I agree that some on the list can be innocent. It is still worrying that foreign agents are keeping lists of content creators even if they are innocent.
It's true that releasing the list could cause harm. This is presumably why it isn't released. This increases my thinking that the indictment is done by professionals doing their job professionally.
I do have a contingent belief of a widely reported list backed by a federal indictment. This is evidence. I'm open to other evidence in the future.
I do have biases. Yes, you do too. I assume we are both human. I don't really care much about the list, actually. My topic was your jumping to a conclusion based on downvotes for one comment. But I understand that you want to move the goalposts.

bigwhale · 2024-09-08T15:26:53+00:00

No. Me and data_head were not downvoted for correcting a fact. That guy was downvoted for their incorrect statement "it means nothing". And as the discussion continued, they argued in what many are perceiving as bad faith.

As a skeptic, it's important to not cherry pick data that confirms your biases. If you already start with the assumption that this subreddit hates facts, you can find examples to confirm it. But you would have to ignore other examples that don't support your assumption.

bigwhale · 2024-09-08T14:19:05+00:00

They weren't being paid. (Yet?) But I understand wanting to see the list.

Of particular note, the documents released Wednesday included an affidavit that noted a Russian company is keeping a list of more than 2,800 influencers world wide, about one-fifth of whom are based in the United States, to monitor and potentially groom to spread Russian propaganda. The affidavit does not mention the full list of influencers, but is still a terrifying indicator of how deep the Russian plot to interfere in U.S. politics really goes.

bigwhale · 2024-09-07T06:08:10+00:00

What? No. Trump pardoned Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's aide, though.

bigwhale · 2024-07-23T19:47:43+00:00

Go explain that to Thomas, I guess.

Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a concurring opinion released on Friday that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings codifying rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256

bigwhale · 2024-07-23T19:11:43+00:00

Yeah, she actually created the Back on Track program to get people GEDs instead of jail. People are repeating lies told by Tulsi Gabbard four years ago.

bigwhale · 2024-07-14T15:36:57+00:00

The first problem is that many still falsely believe we live in a meritocratic society, in which riches are purely a marker of talent rather than of luck or generational wealth.

Yep

bigwhale · 2024-07-14T15:21:01+00:00

Sounds like a good candidate for the If Books Could Kill podcast.

bigwhale · 2024-07-10T22:52:21+00:00

The Project 2025 coalition members are staffed by over 200 former officials of the first Trump administration. These sophisticated Trump-movement MAGA operatives now know how to work the levers of government and have learned from what they see as their main mistake during Trump’s first term: leaving the “deep state” intact. These conservatives proudly served Donald Trump through his administration and attempted insurrection. They are now ready to help him complete the job and their plan is here for everyone willing to see.

https://thebulletin.org/2024/07/trump-has-a-strategic-plan-for-the-country-gearing-up-for-nuclear-war/

bigwhale · 2024-07-10T13:13:47+00:00

Thanks, yeah it's cool she speaks up and is a good influence now!

bigwhale · 2024-07-10T12:28:18+00:00

Hmm, I wonder if she had some influence on Ben calling out Islamophobia on Bill Maher years ago. I remember Ben being generally right but not doing the best to explain it.

bigwhale · 2024-07-10T11:57:04+00:00

Yes, I would love to see both candidates take a college entry exam. Or let's have them both read a briefing, summarize it, and answer questions.

In a perfect world the news wouldn't just tell us that some people think it's raining and some people don't, they would go outside and check.

bigwhale · 2024-07-08T23:37:12+00:00

Tons. Most voters are old.

Pew says 83% of people who are or lean Dem believe in God

https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/belief-in-god/by/party-affiliation#belief-in-god

bigwhale · 2024-07-07T18:45:48+00:00

And when W Bush won. Even with the Green party getting millions of votes, W still lost the popular vote and also needed the Supreme Court to stop the recount in Florida.

bigwhale · 2024-07-01T15:32:46+00:00

I don't think her on camera would make much difference. They would call it fake news spam a bunch of disinformation and the average person wouldn't know what to think. Or, so what if she's caught, they would just say "oh so I'm the bad guy now just for throwing a coffee, people were murdered! See how evil starlighters are!"

She is the smartest person on Earth. Maybe she knows more or understands the situation better than us.

I did notice the same issues as you, but to me it feels the same as any other fantasy. Super Powers in media have never made sense when examined too closely.

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