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  • I don't understand how Trump gets away with all his senial BS. How come everyone is not telling him to piss off or use the constitution to shut him the hell up?

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  • Well, we did, it just requires functional legislative and judicial branches, which we no longer have

    Edit: Y'all, accountability ≠ jail or death. The US Legislature and Supreme Court have reined in presidential power for literally the entire existence of the US. Even during the first Trump Admin this happened. What's happening now is a total abdication of the separation of powers

  • Proposed billionaires’ tax in California rattles Silicon Valley, entangles Gov. Newsom

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  • So "nearly half" of California's income tax revenue comes from the top 1% of earners, and "a few hundred" billionaires would be subject to this one-time tax.

    There are approximately 20 million workers in California, so the top 1% of earners is about 200,000 people.

    Even with a high end estimate, roughly 195,500 of the top 1% of earners will not be subject to this one-time tax. This bill only targets the top 0.0025% of earners in California. One four-hundredth of the top one percent.

  • High Tide

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  • Lnk plz

  • If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop?

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  • Your phrasing here is all but certain to achieve the opposite of your desired outcome 😂

  • US State Denies Appeal Of Woman Fined $100K For Parking In Her Own Driveway - SlashGear

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  • They don't get wider. They have to fit in the same lanes that were there 30 years ago. They've only gotten longer and taller

  • If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop?

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  • PBS Kids is a great option for littles! Free, no commercials, and supportive of social/emotional development (Reminder to set up a monthly donation to your local PBS station!). With the PBS Kids app, we'd often download a few episodes of something like Daniel Tiger or Wild Kratts for road trips

    We rarely watch YouTube together, most of the time he's watching a series of some kind through Netflix or Paramount. Trollhunters, Gravity Falls, Henry Danger, stuff like that. His only exposure to commercials is during football games, whereas I can still sing over 100 jingles from my childhood.

    It's still always better to limit/avoid screentime...

  • If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop?

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  • Definitely the case! I'm not always on top of this myself, but I do go in and remove anything that may poison my recommendations. At this point, I just get plants, history, and a splash of comedy. Thank you for bringing this to the fore!

  • If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop?

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  • My son is still young, almost 8, so I'm speaking for near that age level. He doesn't get unrestricted access to YouTube. If he's watching YouTube, it's with one of us present and helping him navigate it. He always wants to watch the video that's the lowest quality shit just based on the thumbnail, because they have thumbnails that stick out. I've taught him about "low quality" content and we've watched a couple so he could understand what I meant. Now, when he wants to watch something like that, I say "no, that's going to be low quality," he seems to understand and we move on to find something else.

    Eventually, I'm going to let him navigate YouTube alone sometimes, and then go back and look at his watch history to see how things are going. He doesn't know watch history is a thing, nor will I ever tell him. If things go off the rails, we will guide them back to the rails slowly and nonjudgmentally

    That said, we were at a restaurant the other day and a woman was there with her baby and a friend. She set that infant in a high chair with AI slop on her phone right in its face. The kid definitely didn't disturb her conversation, because it looked like a zombie. Godspeed, child

  • i am NOT a "baby maker".

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  • Not only does he not understand being trans, but this generally isn't how you should speak to other humans

  • Musk changes X’s Iran flag emoji to defunct Shah-era version

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  • I don't care what X is doing. Don't use it and tell everyone you know not to use it

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  • I've read scientists think the Chicxulub impact may have registered a 13

  • Elon Musk: X's New Algorithm Will Be Made Open Source in Seven Days

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  • The odds of something actually happening after Elon says it will happen are roughly 10%

  • How do I feel comfortable/safe going outside by myself after being so used to have parent(s) be with me outside most of my life?

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  • The best cure for being too anxious to go to the library or ride the bus is to go to the library and ride the bus. Your rationales for not doing these things don't hold up, because the entire point of this advice is to help you get used to leaving your house by yourself. Don't make excuses and just go.

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  • I think you're reading way more into this than exists

  • Finland: For the first time, a Russian grey-zone sabotage relying on unclear responsibility was exposed by enforcement rather than inference, making the shield protecting hybrid warfare disappear

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  • Why not close the Baltic to all Russian vessels?

  • PBS News Confirms Weekend Team Will Air Final Broadcast on Sunday

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  • I just signed up to give $10/mo to my local PBS station

  • Trump seeks $100bn for Venezuela oil, but Exxon boss says country 'uninvestable'

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  • Prices aren't even that high, crude oil's price has been on a steady downward March since the high in 2022

  • My friends found out I have schizophrenia and now want nothing to do with me

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  • Other people here are saying your friends are shitty, but I don't think you should jump to that conclusion. People are naturally a little put off by things they don't understand, and the general public absolutely does not understand schizophrenia. Have you tried telling them that you're still the same person you were before and how them distancing from you makes you feel? To them, it feels like something has changed, but in reality nothing has changed. You can help them realize that. You communicating with them about this is probably the only way to make things better

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  • No, they're much older than that, and in England they just call them "muffins " I thought maybe they coined the term "English muffin," but apparently not:

    References to English muffins appear in U.S. newspapers starting in 1859, and detailed descriptions of them and recipes were published as early as 1870.

  • Progressive Politics @lemmy.world
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    Charlie Kirk suspect is a gun-loving Trump supporter

    www.thecanary.co /trending/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-suspect-is-a-gun-loving-trump-supporter/
  • The Onion @midwest.social
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    Trump Sues Safeway Circular For False Ham Claims

    theonion.com /trump-sues-safeway-circular-for-false-ham-claims/
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    Austin-based Indeed laying off roughly 1,300 workers

    www.kvue.com /article/money/business/indeed-layoffs-glassdoor-austin-based-ceo/269-f692e093-93bd-4566-9ae5-a45b2e1c61c8
  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    This fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here?

  • What's this Plant? @mander.xyz
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    Low growing herbaceous plant, Central Texas 9a

  • What's this Plant? @mander.xyz
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    Are these some kind of acacia? Central Texas