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  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • Again, it's not that I find it improper, it's I find it curious that this is the go to image for any story about schools, school children, exams etc. And I find it especially ironic that it's the image selected for talking about how we need to change boys attitudes.

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • No, I don't.

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • Right, and out of all the real kids going to school, they always manage to find the girls in short skirts to photograph. Not girls in trousers. not boys.

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • What? I'm commenting on the sexualisation of schoolgirls by the media....

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • I've edited my comment, as I think I didn't communicate clearly enough.

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • That's exactly what I am blaming.....

  • Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

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  • And yet, as with every article discussing schooling, or exams, it's illustrated with a photograph of schoolgirls in short skirts. I think that's a bit weird, personally.

    Edit, as there seems to be some misunderstanding: people can wear whatever they want - I find it weird that the newspapers always illustrate their articles about schools and exams with pictures of school girls in short skirts. It's never boys, and never girls in trousers. This is especially ironic in an article about how boys view girls.

  • U.S. military willing to attack “designated terrorist organizations” within America, general says

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  • At this point we're into wild speculation about how it would play out. You're describing an armed conflict where maybe some states have succeeded and there is in effect a civil war, with both sides Well armed, and supported by an industrial and financial base, and you make some good points. Although I think relying on the current level of incompetence in leadership to carry on is optimistic. I'm talking about the original premise of citizens in an armed insurrection. I don't fancy their chances.

  • U.S. military willing to attack “designated terrorist organizations” within America, general says

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  • That's a good point - but it depends on total war breaking out pretty much immediately, there can be no slow build up or call to arms, because that period would be when the state is at its most powerful!

  • U.S. military willing to attack “designated terrorist organizations” within America, general says

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  • The American revolution, Vietnam and Afghanistan were wars fought by occupying forces against indigenous populations. The guerrilla armies didn't have to completely eliminate the occupying force, thy just had to make it financially and politically undesirable to continue to fight. A civil war on the other hand, fought against the US government would have no such 'victory' condition. They would never decide to give up because they essentially can't be bothered any more. You would also be fighting against the intelligence apparatus of the state. The NSA, CIA, FBI etc. Who have to capability to track your every movement, freeze your bank accounts, seize your assets, stop your medical care, end your employment. And that of anyone who associates with you. How are you going to continue that fight for any sustained period of time?

  • EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship Call on UK Government to Repeal Online Safety Act

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  • Government response: "no."

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  • Was really hoping the bacteria would be throwing a party...

  • Voting machines [count] said Stephentown [NY] rejected the proposed library budget. A recount said otherwise.

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  • I was a little confused on initial read, but I missed that it was a counting machine, not a voting machine.

  • Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids

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  • Agreed. But you can do both. No amount of regulation of algorithms is going to prevent the developmental harm that does to developing minds (not that I have any evidence for that).

  • Voting machines [count] said Stephentown [NY] rejected the proposed library budget. A recount said otherwise.

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  • I'm surprised that there was any evidence of the fraud left to find!

  • Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for kids

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  • Jesus, this idea that 'parents need to take responsibility'. Social Media companies spend billions to tune their products to be as addictive and consuming as it is possible to be. Children have undeveloped brains which are particularly susceptible to social media influences. It's like saying we should have heroine and cocain freely available to all and 'parents need to take responsibility' if they don't want their kids to be addicts!

  • Congress Quietly Kills Military “Right to Repair,” Allowing Corporations to Cash In on Fixing Broken Products

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  • No, here is usually some redundancy designed in - by having 3 or 4 units, so if one fails there is a backup. But only the OEM is allowed to maintain the kit under contract. And surprise surprise, the terms of the repair contract usually involve insane rates for contractors and spare parts. Which the OEM withholds to extort even more.

  • Mexican president says Mexico will send more water to US but not immediately

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  • Acre feet? Anything bit the metric system, eh?

  • alright grandpa, let’s get you to bed

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  • Is this Donald Trump?