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  • Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and other channels from DirecTV in carriage standoff

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  • "is" or "strives to be" a monopoly? I think the value of monopoly criticism gets diluted when used to liberally to not actually describe them. I would not say every "decent sized company" out there is a monopoly...

  • Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and other channels from DirecTV in carriage standoff

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  • Isn't the point of directtv kind of anti monopoly. Satellite has no specific footprint like cable where geographic monopolies are carved out.... But the real monopoly is when it's all exclusively on ESPN or whatever Disney's streaming service is. Like apple TV with mls being the 1 global streamer.

  • China: Two women spark debate after locking girl in plane toilet

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  • The bullshit that gets upvoted/downvoted here, does not get that on reddit. It's really weird to see some of the cultural differences between the two platforms in terms of user base.

    We drug animals for flights all the time, it’s practically a requirement. Until the age of at least 5, kids are essentially animals with just as little self-control

    Not only do I think it’s ok to give them something that would help them sleep through it, I think it should be mandatory.

    I don't think this level of bullshit would fly in the reddit equivalent of r/worldnews

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  • You see on Lemmy, it's okay to say children are "essentially animals", unless it's in the context of Israel referring to infants in Gaza as essentially animals. The fucking crazy shit that gets upvoted in Lemmy vs reddit is weird. It's like a giant reading group of edgy undergrads in here most of the time.

  • World population to shrink in 21st century amid birthrate fall: UN

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  • At literally every point of modern history, a reduction in the amount of humans was beneficial for the vast amount of humans in the long run.

    Like, even the Black Death led to reduced wealth inequality and the beginnings of workers rights.

    I don't see how someone can claim that the mass death of people is simultaneously beneficial to that people.

    There's a difference in reduction of humans by events that cause death at large scale vs decline in rates of reproduction. Clearly catostrophic death is being used as an example of "a reduction in the amount of humans."

  • World population to shrink in 21st century amid birthrate fall: UN

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  • Did you read the comment I responded to saying that the black death was good because a lot people died and as a result created a better labor market? That's saying death is a good thing to cull surplus labor.

  • World population to shrink in 21st century amid birthrate fall: UN

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  • Can't believe we have someone getting so many up votes for saying that the black plague was a good thing? Would you say that about all the deaths during COVID? This upvoted edgelord callousness is nuts.

  • World population to shrink in 21st century amid birthrate fall: UN

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  • Wtf. So instead of the rich eating the poor the poor should just eat the poor to improve the labor market in their favor?

  • Microsoft Says Bye-Bye DEI, Joins Growing List Of Corporations Dismantling Diversity Teams

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  • Yeah. I never understood why DEI required a discreet team. It seems like it should just be a function, commitment, and initiative of HR.

  • HP forced to ditch popular printer range following user backlash

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  • The kind of people that can't use an always online connected printer. But seriously, for some professions and shift to work from home during covid kind of made printers in a home more common again.

  • Pope Francis Decries Populism and Says There’s a ‘Cancer’ Ailing Democracy

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  • That doesn't work if there's not honest media.

  • Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024

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  • My first thought was "I havent seen that in. A sporting context since WCW NWO Wolf Pack was a thing." But fuck this guy.

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  • Yeah, that was disappointing. But I do think it was a tough situation. Sanders wasn't a Dem, he was an independent. I think Warren as an established D could have had more pull and commanded more from the establishment side. Unfortunately she picked party over platform.

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  • Bernie was such a good surprise candidate, but that only happened because Warren didnt run. I wish she did. I think that was her time and would have avoided some of the criticisms (whether fair or unfairly thrown) at Bernie.

  • Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

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  • Well understanding for a 5rh grader is different than high schooler, or graduate student, or historian. But because protestantism is such a critical historical theme in early America it makes sense to understand to some degree what those religious beliefs are. I'm not saying a fifth grader needs to dive into it, but for high schooler and college students, it's a bit more important to have a general understanding of it. But I think that understanding also extends to learning about other religions.

  • Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

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  • The statement was in response to another commenting not talking about the specific policy, but making a general comment that in order to understand US History and thought of early American Settlers you likely need to have some understanding of the bible. That has nothing to do with this specific teaching policy, and the comment you responded to calls out the commenter didn't trust the superintendent:

    With that said, I don’t trust Oklahoma to teach about the Bible in a manner appropriate for historical analysis rather than religious dominance.

  • Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

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  • Cool. Sorry, I'm accustomed to being flamed on this thread for not being as liberal as the base here. Sorry if I came off super defensive. I can't tell if the superintendent is just posturing or not. Without any curriculum definition, what does "teaching the bible" even mean. I agree his objective is probably hoping to teach christian fundametalism, but you can't make that happen with some batshit memo by itself. I actually wish schools could teach religion in a balanced way. In a pluralistic multicultural society, it probably helps to have some background to understand basics of other religions.

  • Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license

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  • You said this:

    Really, you need to look no further than our legal system though to see how little influence the Bible and Christianity actually have. I don’t just mean the First Amendment, I mean the fact that our whole system is basically a gradual evolution from the laws of Ancient Rome.

    this statement says nothing about what should be taught in schools, it's a statement of history. my statement is simply stating it is very difficult to separate out the roman influence from the christian influence because of thomas aquinas linking christian tradition to greek thought. I would say that from a intellectual POV, founding fathers were probably equally or more influenced by greeks than romans, but at the end of the day we can just call it all classical thought. that's pretty apparent in our architecture of state houses. This is a tangential discussion where we are not discussing what should be taught in schools, but just historical thought in the USA. Please re-read your own to catch up on the conversation topic.

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  • It's not appropriate for an elementary school kids. Per the article, this applies to grades 5 through 12. So what, 1 year of elementary with the primary focus of impact on junior high and high school?

    But if you are getting into questions of "what was more important to our founding fathers, rome or christianity?" I'd say that's pretty difficult to separate because of thinkers like Thomas Aquinas that married Greek Philosophy with Christianity. When you begin with a point that God is the source of reason, and build off of that, I think you can't easily separate that out.