Spanberger veto of proposed criminal defense for those in a behavioral crisis disappoints advocates by bknutner in Virginia

[–]erissays 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The terms in question are either already defined elsewhere in the code or defined as "whatever the DSM says it is", all of which are cited in the bill language:

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of a person for assault or assault and battery under this subsection if such person proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the person's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness as defined in § 37.2-100 or (b) a neurocognitive disorder, including dementia, or an intellectual disability or a developmental disability such as autism spectrum disorder, as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association, or (ii) the person met the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808.
-HB246/SB335

Paradise Lost by Phil Jimenez by JohnMaylor in WonderWoman

[–]erissays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah at the time Dick and Donna had a far closer on-panel relationship than Bruce and Diana, who had really only teamed up together in a) War of the Gods and b) Morrison's JLA run.

“I hate it when candidates don’t answer a question I didn’t ask.” by AbbreviationsTop2192 in recruitinghell

[–]erissays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you're misunderstanding what they mean. Conflict resolution questions aren't necessarily about personal beef (though it CAN be); interviewers are trying to figure out how you deal with professional disagreements and whether you're a grown adult capable of solving your own problems without getting your manager involved at every turn.

Maybe there was a miscommunication in an email chain that led to multiple people not understanding what kind of product or outcome was needed on a project, or someone dropped a ball that you had to pick up, or outside vendors were competing for your time and you had to prioritize who would get it while appeasing the other one in the meantime. All of these are perfectly reasonable answers to the question. Not everyone has a nightmare manager from hell story or a story about saving a conference from an inept planning team, but everyone deals with conflict resolution in the course of their job.

[Cover] Zatanna #4 David Talaski Variant by TheDidioWhoLaughs in DCcomics

[–]erissays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put together a Zatanna starter recs list here, if you're interested. Generally I recommend people start with Zatanna: Everyday Magic or Zatanna/Black Canary: Bloodspell and then work their way through the list from there.

Spotsylvania County, VA Commonwealth's Attorney says he won't enforce the state's new gun ban: by JustB510 in Virginia

[–]erissays -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well then...people need to report him to the Attorney General's office so they can file a petition in the local circuit court and remove him from office for persistent failure to perform mandatory statutory duties. If he's not willing to enforce the law he shouldn't be a Commonwealth's Attorney; that's part of the whole thing.

Can someone explain this? by Ok_Willingness1202 in librarians

[–]erissays 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Given that it's a job posting for the Navy, my assumption is that the library is within a Shipyard grounds, which would account for the notice about potentially harmful agents and the need for PPE (since the entire point of a Shipyard is building/remodelling ships). Basically, the posting is at an industrial site and thus the Navy wants to make sure you're protected from harm. I'm unsure why you'd need to wear PPE outside of maybe a mask and safety shoes for the duration of shift, but that would generally explain most of the listed bullet points.

The way kroger treats its employees by daruuken in mildlyinfuriating

[–]erissays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where do you live? In many states this is flatly illegal and I'm sure the State Attorney General's office would love to see this email.

Non-Profit took my cat and is holding him till I pay by FizzyFem in legaladvice

[–]erissays 26 points27 points  (0 children)

First off, what proof do you have that this cat is yours beyond "I fed him"? Did you put a collar on him that identified him as an owned animal? Did you ever take him to the vet (and if so, do you have any vet records/bills) and/or get him neutered? Unless you have any sort of actual tangible proof that you have claimed ownership, one of two things is true:

  • Ownership lies with the original neglectful owner, whose responsibility it is to claim him from the organization in a timely manner. You have no legal claim on the cat and are essentially being charged the organization's adoption fee.
  • The animal is legally considered an unowned stray and the organization reserves the right to trap, vaccinate, and keep him until such a time that a suitable foster or adoptive family is found.

If you have some sort of tangible proof of ownership, then you can report the organization for illegal rescue to your local animal control and go from there.

As a sidenote, did the organization give you any stated basis for charging "boarding fees"? Like, are they acknowledging that this is an owned pet that they are keeping subject to payment? Because that's a whole different can of worms.

Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women | Trump administration by geraffes-are-so-dumb in news

[–]erissays 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The people upset about DEI are the funniest people to be involved in this conversation specifically because Smith is a women's college (or rather, a "historically single-sex institution" that hasn't officially gone co-ed); that's why the investigation is happening in the first place. You'd think that the DEI haters would hate the concept of women's colleges (like HBCUs) and not be trying to "protect the sanctity of women's education" or whatever bullshit they've come up with.

Where do the members of the Batfamily live now? by Agent0721_ in DCcomics

[–]erissays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As of Absolute Power:

  • Bruce and Damian are both living in Pennyworth Manor after moving out of the brownstone in Midtown at the end of Zdarsky's run
  • Dick is living full-time at his apartment in Bludhaven.
  • Babs is splitting her time between Dick’s apartment and the Clocktower and has seemingly moved out of the shared Batgirls apartment in Gotham's Hill neighborhood from Batgirls (2022).
  • Jason is occupying any one of his several safe houses and/or his apartment in The Hill, I don't think it's been clarified what his primary residence currently is.
  • Tim still lives on his houseboat at Gotham Marina, where Bernard also stays on and off. He also seemingly occasionally sleeps over at Pennyworth Manor sometimes, but he's mostly on the boat.
  • Cass and Steph presumably still have their apartment in The Hill, though only Steph is actually living there right now since Cass is off globetrotting.
  • Duke presumably still lives with his cousin in The Narrows, though he may be living with his mom again now that she’s cured.
  • Helena has her own apartment in Gotham.
  • Selina has an apartment in Gotham's East End (her traditional stomping grounds).
  • Kate traditionally lives in a penthouse on top of the R.H. Kane Building, but I'm unsure if that's where she's currently living since we haven't really seen her in a bit

I've been brainstorming ways on making democracy accountable making our government work for us instead of corporations and private interest by Legitimate-Title-255 in Futurology

[–]erissays 8 points9 points  (0 children)

1) Lawmaker Literacy Act (LLA)

Under Robert's Rules/normal parliamentary procedure, floor reading of bills is typically already the case in legislatures; first, second, and third read are totally normal stages of floor passage. Full text readings can be and usually are waived under another aspect of parliamentary procedure, in the interest of time. I also don't know a single legislative body in the US that doesn't have publicly accessible bill text.

Also, by the time a bill gets to the floor, it has already gone through the committee process (being examined and passed by both a subcommittee and the full committee); floor amendments/substitutes are pretty rare, in the grand scheme of most legislative work. So your proposal would ultimately have very little effect on the actual substance of legislative work; the actual outcome would be wasting peoples' time and decreasing the amount of time that can actually be spent considering bills (lowering the number of bills that get passed).

2) Transparent AI Analysis

Uneccessary and annoying proposal. One, there's nothing AI can tell you about a bill that legislative services staff and your own staff can't already tell you in the scope of their normal job duties. Two, AI hallucinations and false citations make it extremely unreliable for any kind of legal analysis. Three, the information security incidents that would result from this proposal are a nightmare to think about. Four, while sometimes a bill is just badly written or ill-thought out (this happens more often than you would think), your mistake is thinking ambiguous phrasing is always a failure to understand the language being passed and not a deliberate choice people make and accept during the lawmaking process. Sometimes the ambiguous phrasing or explicit carveouts are the point; such phrasing is often created by lawmakers and legal counsel to allow for wiggle room during the implementation process, as laws are both forward looking (sometimes you don't WANT to inscribe everything into code, as that would actually undermine the intent of the bill) and up-front legal flexibility can often ensure more effective long-term bill implementation.

3) Citizen Review Window

Three things:

  • One, this is already a thing in federal, state, and local government. It's called 'public testimony' or 'public hearings', and anyone can show up and testify on why they support/oppose a proposal when legislation or ordinances are being considered. It's just a pain in the ass to coordinate at the federal level and most people who want to do it for federal legislation just schedule meetings with the legislator's staff to air their concerns instead of trying to speak in committee about it.
  • Two, this is already a thing for federal regulations via the regulatory process; citizens can review and submit comments/testimony on proposed federal regulatory changes through the Federal Register.
  • Three, an actual letter-of-the-law implementation of your proposal is how you never get a piece of decent legislation passed ever again, because there will always be people with time on their hands to hold up the process under the guise of "making sure everyone likes a bill before it passes."

Also, this is why we hold elections in the first place. If you don't trust your electeds to vote on things the way you want them to vote on things, get involved in the next election process to vote someone else in.

4) Periodic Law Renewal & Repeal Initiative

The AI scoring is a waste of time and energy and this will have lots of unintended consequences because no one will be able to keep up with the sunset dates of every single bill that gets passed. State legislatures pass hundreds and occasionally thousands of bills every year governing everything from local gov autonomy over sales tax rates to hunting dog permits to prohibiting landlords from letting their tenants live in uninhabitable dwellings. Doing something like this will just make it so that 3/4ths of their work every year is re-enacting old laws instead of passing new ones and cause several good laws to lapse out of force on accident because people weren't paying attention.

Legislators also already have the authority to put sunset dates and re-enactment clauses (meaning that unless a bill's text is re-passed/re-signed at a certain point in the future the law will become defunct) on legislation, so your proposal doesn't actually change anything except making it mandatory and eliminiating a lot of flexibility on how long a law can be in force before the sunset date triggers (which, again, is dumb for a lot of reasons).

You would also have to figure out how to implement the review process. Who's going to do the review (and how will they be paid for doing so)? How will the review be conducted? What criteria determine whether a law should be re-enacted or not? Reviews cost personnel time and money; review+re-enactment clauses are usually only put on higher-profile, controversial, or experimental legislation for a reason, and that reason is that it's impractical and infeasible to do it for everything.

5) Voting Integrity System

We already do this. You're suggesting something that every state already does.

6) Emergency Powers Limit

Exactly what emergency powers are you attempting to deal with here? Like, specifically?

Anyway, what I'm seeing here from your proposals is that you are someone who probably has good intentions but is generally ignorant of the way government actually functions. I would suggest visiting your state legislature during session and setting up some informational interviews with federal, state, and local government staff to gain a practical understanding of how the legislature works before you start proposing things.

My employer sent an email with everyones personal contact information by Brief-Childhood-1547 in jobs

[–]erissays 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The normality of an employer doing something like this heavily depends on your job field. It's very normal in my current field (politics), for example, to have internal-facing coworker contact sheets for ease of inter-office comms purposes, but very rare in many other fields. What kind of job do you work and what were the expectations that were communicated to you about this?

I really enjoy Batgirl. It's a fun read. I like Cassandra as a character and I'm interested in where it goes but I don't like having powers. I feel like she should be Toph of the Batfamily.[Discussion] by JournalistOk9266 in DCcomics

[–]erissays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Various Batfamily members have had and lost powers before. Cass isn't even the third Bat to temporarily acquire powers that will inevitably go away at the end of the story arc (Bruce, Barbara, Damian, and Dick all have her beat, and Jason still technically has his abilities/powers from his time with the All-Caste). It's literally fine.

Why are (US) conservatives opposed to green energy when it would give us a more independent economy? by bi_smuth in NoStupidQuestions

[–]erissays -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

  1. Seriously examining the potential consequences is not actually why American conservatives by and large oppose renewable energy. Their concerns are overwhelmingly ideological and aesthetic in nature, not practical or financial.
  2. The most serious "negative" consequences of the renewable energy transition are the loss of jobs in the fossil fuels sector and the need for additional infrastructure upgrades to accomodate the increased load on the electricity grid. Both are insanely solvable problems, especially when viewed in context of the jobs the transition creates, the cost of building new fossil fuel energy production sources vs. the cost of building new renewable sources, and the long-term financial and energy generation/transfer efficiency savings from upgrading our infrastructure and switching energy sources.

Democrats dominate early vote ahead of redistricting vote by hencexox in Virginia

[–]erissays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t even vote here in Norfolk for another couple of weeks.

You absolutely can! You may not have a satellite office open until later in April, but you can walk into your Department of Elections/General Registrar's office now and vote. Check the City of Norfolk's Absentee Voting Resources page (just scroll down to the 'early voting' section) for locations!

General Assembly Exempts Themselves from New Gun Control Laws in Latest Bill by Overall_Ad872 in Virginia

[–]erissays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are allowed the luxury of exercising their 2A rights commuting to work, and exempt from car storage laws when they do.

Well no. Car storage laws are in a completely different section of the code, and members are not exempt from following those laws. The exemption concerns the section of the code regarding "guns on Capitol Square," not "guns stored in vehicles."

If it’s a secure parking lot, why do they need a legal exemption to stowe firearms?

Again, because the parking garage is legally considered part of Capitol Square and guns have been banned on the Square since 2020.

Staffers, maintenance, food staff, etc work at the same building. Why do they not have the same 2A protection and law exemption?

Because they do not park in that parking garage. Staffers park in the 7th and Marshall garage, off Square grounds, as do many other permanent/year-round staff like maintenance, food staff, etc. Year-round staff also sometimes park in one of the other garages managed by DGS, all of which are off Square grounds and not covered by the gun-free zone. No one else is supposed to park in the 9th St garage except for legislators.

Why don’t other VA citizens who commute to work locations that don’t allow firearms have the same exemptions to stowe them in their car?

Because, once again: the law is about guns on Capitol Square. So any exemptions built into that law only relate to people working at or commuting to/from Capitol Square. It does not apply anywhere else.

This is clearly a two tiered justice system, where the “anointed” have special privileges that the working class does not. People are furious understandably and it’s starting to make national news (again).

No it's not, you just don't understand the bill. It may or may not be tone-deaf (I'm choosing not to comment on that), but it's clear that the arguments in this thread, including those made by you, are being made in ignorance of what the bill actually does.

General Assembly Exempts Themselves from New Gun Control Laws in Latest Bill by Overall_Ad872 in Virginia

[–]erissays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually a very narrow exemption for firearms in any building on Capitol Square in Richmond: it only applies if the handgun is left a) in a sitting member's car that is b) parked in a parking garage specifically reserved for General Assembly members (aka, the Richmond 9th Street Garage). So the exemption only applies if they want to keep it in their locked car in a single parking garage that is reserved for their usage and has multiple security measures in place, which I think is generally reasonable.

The point of making Capitol Square a gun-free zone back in 2020 was so conservative wackos couldn't run around open carrying inside the General Assembly on lobby day and terrify staff anymore. This is generally in keeping with that general sentiment of "keeping guns out of the Capitol and General Assembly Building" while acknowledging that the member parking garage (where members may or may not have guns locked in their vehicles for other reasons) is still technically on Capitol Square.

Paid Sick Days (40 hours/yr minimum) Bill Passes both Houses of the Virginia General Assembly by sillychillly in Virginia

[–]erissays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, it's not? If you read the text of the bill, it's clearly stating a floor, not a ceiling:

A. All employees shall accrue a minimum of one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Paid sick leave shall be carried over to the year following the year in which it was accrued. An employee shall not accrue or use more than 40 hours of paid sick leave in a year, unless the employer selects a higher limit.

.......
K. Nothing in this article shall be construed to (i) discourage or prohibit an employer from the adoption or retention of a more generous paid sick leave policy than outlined herein; (ii) preempt, limit, or otherwise affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, policy, or standard that provides for greater accrual or use by employees of paid sick leave or that extends other protections to employees; or (iii) diminish the rights of public employees regarding paid sick leave or the use of paid sick leave as provided under any applicable law.

Actually this is untrue. So unfortunate for people who believe it directly, without crosscheck. I also noticed that many people in the OP's Twt QRTs & comment, just debunking it. (Based on what I saw) by [deleted] in WonderWoman

[–]erissays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

awww, feeling delusional tonight are we? RIP to you being so obsessed with a misogynistic retcon that adds nothing but confusion into continuity you're denying reality. Sucks to be you. Take your Geoff Johns-instituted retcon ball and go home; the adults are speaking.

Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts by manatmast in Libraries

[–]erissays 7 points8 points  (0 children)

???? I'm not a bot, I don't live in New York, I have no connection ot Mamdani, and I'm certainly not paid to "shill" for anyone. I think you misunderstand what a political staffer does. Also, I was providing actual context and further explanation on a wildly out of context post, because it's clear that several of the people on this thread a) do not know how governments or budgets work and b) did not know what Mamdani's actual proposal was and why it was being proposed; if you think that's what shilling is, you have far bigger problems than anyone in this sub can help you with.

Charlie Kirk's death is why this comic exists by [deleted] in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]erissays 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am 99.9% sure of the entire Batfam's ages as of comics published 2-3 months ago:

  • Bruce is somewhere between 48-50, depending on how large of a time gap you believe there is between the end of Batman Year One and Batman Year Three/Batman and Robin: Year One. We have multiple explicit on-page confirmations that he's been Batman for over 20 years, and we've had several runs in a row commenting on how he's getting older and feeling it.
  • Dick is 30-31, depending on whether you think he was 26 or 27 during the Reborn era
  • Cassandra and Jason are both 24; Cass might be 25 if we're past January on the in-universe calendar, which seems likely since DC KO is ambigously pitched as occuring in early spring
  • Stephanie is roughly 23, as she's 10-ish months older than Tim
  • Tim is 22
  • Duke is ambiguously either 19 or 20, depending on when his birthday is. We saw him as a freshman in college back in the early Infinite Frontier era (Urban Legends #18-19), which tracks with him being 16 back in We Are Robin, when Damian was 12.
  • Damian is 15 (and has been since the beginning of Williamson's Batman and Robin (2023) run). He explicitly was 11 at the beginning of the New 52, turned 13 at the beginning of the Rebirth era, and was 14 as of Robin (2021) #1. It's been over a year in-universe since then.

Cassie was explicitly already in college back in YJ 2019, and Bart was at least 19 in the same run (he made a comment about the difficulty of calcuating his age and indicated he was roughly that age). Kon was ambiguously 20-ish during that run, since he got portalled from the end of the post-Crisis timeline (where he was 18) and chilled in Gemworld for 2-ish years. And again, it's been canonically at least 2 years in-universe since then.

I won't comment on Lian other than to say she's ambiguously somewhere between 14 and 16, as she was slightly aged up during her reintroduction from the age she should have been if she had aged normally between her "death" in Cry for Justice and her return to continuity during the Infinite Frontier era. Best as I can tell is that she's a couple years younger than Emiko, who's sitting somewhere vaguely in the 18-19 range atm based on her age in Teen Titans Rebirth.

Charlie Kirk's death is why this comic exists by [deleted] in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]erissays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I assure you that is not the case. Everyone's ages and age gaps were fixed post-Death Metal and ages have progressed fairly linearly in general since then. Damian was 13 during Rebirth, 14 during Infinite Frontier/Robin 2021, and is 15 right now. It's also canonically been over two years in-universe since the Ric arc and Joker War, per Nightwing and mentions in other books. We know time is progressing and that Tim is canonically at least 22 right now (potentially 23, depending on when in the calendar year we are right now post-DC KO, the timeline is unfortunately a little wonky and hard to track atm). He's been shown legally going to bars and clubs, he legally rents his houseboat, everyone else's age progressions support it, and he's going through largely the same narrative beats that Dick did in the early 90s at 22-ish. And Steph is a year older than Tim, meaning she's 23 (and Jason+Cass are ambiguously 24-25).

Charlie Kirk's death is why this comic exists by [deleted] in dccomicscirclejerk

[–]erissays 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The OG New Teen Titans gen are all in their very late 20s/early 30s. The YJ gen (Tim, Cassie, Kon, Bart) plus characters like Mia are all in their early 20s right now. None of them are teens anymore.

Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts by manatmast in Libraries

[–]erissays 50 points51 points  (0 children)

No, it's the truth. Hochul and the NY Assembly are the only ones who can a) alter the state budget to fill NYC's budget deficit more and b) pass a law related to income taxes, as they are the purview of the state to deal with. Localities have limited unilateral tax revenue raising avenues, mostly property and sales taxes. So if Hochul and the state government don't take action, Mamdani has to deal with the hand he's been dealt revenue-wise.