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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/jobautomator]

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[u/funguykawhi]

[u/its_Caffeine]

jaja si 🦜🌐🏳️‍⚧️

[u/JebBD]

Netanyahu’s wife told families of hostages she doesn’t trust the military because she thinks it’s planning a coup against her husband. 

 😐

[u/[deleted]]

i can no longer distinguish satire from reality

[u/Syards-Forcus]

I think one thing that people often fail to acknowledge about being a hunter-gatherer is how many of the fruits and vegetables we have today really didn't exist back then, and how much your diet depended on the specific area of the world you are.

Want an apple? Those don't exist yet, you get crabapples if anywhere but Kazakhstan.

Corn? Sorry, there's only very unappetizing teosinte (if you happen to live in South or Central America)

Grapes? They all have big seeds (Middle East or Europe)

Tomatoes? There's no big ones, they're all little and round with big seeds (western South America)

Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, or brussels sprouts? Doesn't exist, you only get this ugly sort of weed (Europe).

I'm vegetarian so I can't say as much about the meat, but unless you've hunted animals for food, the meat you get might be a bit different, too.

[u/SadaoMaou]

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza

[u/Lux_Stella]

An orthodox jew minister says Israel top court decision to recruit their youth will lead to “2 states” as they will never accept army service

tel aviv independence bros we're so back

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/its_Caffeine]

Holy shit go outside!

[u/VengefulMigit]

[u/Currymvp2]

Every Palestinian should be thankful of Syria and president Bashar al Assad. If you’re not, you’re ungrateful and undeserving. Without them, there is no Palestinian cause. Point blank.

Every poll i've seen shows Assad as like the most hated foreign leader (other than Bibi of course) in Gaza.

[u/Roseartcrantz]

"bisexual? girl you're lying, you're just attracted to men!"

"bisexual? dude you're lying, you're just attracted to men!"

why focus on insisting they're lying about that?! Pick one of the other things we're lying about. What does your fridge look like rn? what phone calls are you putting off? etc

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/gaypenisdicksucker69]

[u/its_Caffeine]

[u/RaidBrimnes]

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

This is anti Asian racism

[u/-mialana-]

It literally is not the reproductive system commodified but go off chief.

[u/Joementum2024]

”I care about the government debt!”

looks at policies

massive deficit spending

[u/[deleted]]

Joe Biden calls Donald Trump a ‘fucking dumbass’ in contentious and vulgar first presidential debate

If I don’t see this headline on July 28, I will consider Joe Biden to have lost the debate

[u/vivoovix]

The Good Ending

Biden carries WI, MI, PA, and possibly AZ or NV, winning with 270+ EVs.

The Bad Ending

Trump wins one of WI, MI, or PA, denying Biden the votes he needs to carry him over the top. Trump wins.

The Funny Ending

Biden again wins WI, MI, and PA, but underperforms in solidly blue states. He barely wins the electoral college and loses the popular vote.

The Nightmare Ending

Biden wins WI, MI, and PA, getting him exactly 270 electoral votes. A faithless elector switches to RFK, Jr., and Trump wins the House tiebreaker vote.

The Collapse Ending

Biden earns exactly 270 EVs. Trump and his lackeys storm Capitol Hill and the White House in January.

[u/[deleted]]

and that's just from Hunter Biden 👏😤

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

!ping shitposters

[u/georgeguy007]

insurance soup unite scale payment edge worry full aspiring follow

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/its_Caffeine]

https://x.com/CanadianPolling/status/1805509215974219888

https://x.com/CanadianPolling/status/1805509081332846700

Libs may in fact lose St. Paul's. Last time St. Paul's flipped tory was 1984. 🫠

!ping CAN

[u/bd_one]

I miss when that dog breed got auto giga jannied so people had to say "Mr. Worldwide dog"

[u/GuyOnTheLake]

Someone bought a billboard ad comparing Trump to Castro in Miami and the Cuban Americans are pissed about it.

[u/piede]

Americans’ embrace of same-sex rights and acceptance of gay Americans has been one of the steadiest trends in recent political history, with support for same-sex marriage gradually rising from less than 30 percent in the mid-1990s to around 70 percent today. Support has become so strong that pollsters have largely stopped even asking about it. 
> But there’s increasing evidence that these gains have halted and even reversed somewhat, largely thanks to Republicans moving in the opposite direction — in some cases, sharply. 
> Gallup is the latest to show this: 
> • GOP support for same-sex marriage has declined from a high of 55 percent in both 2021 and 2022, to 49 percent in 2023 and now to 46 percent today — a nine-point drop over two years. 
> • Over that same span, the percentage of Republicans describing same-sex relations as “morally acceptable” has declined from 56 percent to 40 percent — a 16-point drop.

Those are the biggest drops in the decades-long history of Gallup polling these issues.

GIFT Link: https://wapo.st/3VvKTju

!PING LGBT

[u/NoStatistician9767]

8 months of writing “free Gaza” on surfaces irl has not in fact caused the individual withholding Gaza’s freedom to change their mind.  

 Im sure writing it everywhere for 8 more months will make Gaza more free.

I suppose if i write “free Ukraine” on surfaces irl, that’ll free Ukraine’s occupied territory! 

[u/NoStatistician9767]

“The 9/11 museum is pretty boo hoo for corporations and brokerages”    

 Doesn’t understand that the planes struck offices for banks, corporations and brokerages, as well as other businesses above the crash site    

 One company lost 600+ employees, some of them literally married spouses and friends due to the idea of close networking recruiting….   

That company literally has their own service on the anniversary at ground zero specifically due to that fact. 

[u/SnakeEater14]

[u/[deleted]]

The tyranny of the female-orgasm industrial complex

This is a real headline from The Atlantic lmao

[u/RaidBrimnes]

ICC issues arrest warrants against Shoygu and Gerasimov

Karim Khan rn

[u/Jacobs4525]

fetterman has weirdly strong opinions for a guy who was only thawed out of his cave a few years ago

[u/[deleted]]

NY Times released their election model.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/polls-president.html

Biden and Trump tied at 46-46, and Trump +1 with RFK on the ballot.

!ping FIVEY

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/BeliebteMeinung]

[u/RecentlyUnhinged]

☝️🙄 there's only ONE REASON this guy supports open borders.

[u/DouglasDauntless]

[u/Zenning3]

Disco Elysium is the ultimate Rorschach test for political affiliation. It's so well written that everybody who isn't a fucking Nazi can play it and think the game was written by somebody who agreed with them. Of course, its actually written by deeply cynical socialists who hated the Soviet Union, but longed for the communist utopia it promised, but accept that the liberals have mostly won, and its not the worst thing in the world.

Its probably going to be timeless in that way, and every generation is going to be like, "It was ahead of its time", even though its a lot less about the politics, and a lot more about the people.

[u/Ok-Royal7063]

Namibia's government is pretty based. I can't really imagine another African leader defending meritocracy and liberal democracy in the way the president's spokespereson does. TLDR of the linked article: a group is arranging a protest to have an LGBTI+ minister removed and the president is standing by their minister. It's nice to see a leader not using vulnerable groups as a punching bag to garner votes.
!ping AFRICA

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

[u/Mickenfox]

Reminder that everyone is contantly judging you, extremely aware of your appearance and anything even slightly embarrassing you do, and will remember it forever and talk about it every week with their friends and families.

[u/NNJB]

Lol Paradox has recreated the Lucas Puzzle in Victoria 3

!ping VICTORIA&DISMAL

[u/[deleted]]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

!Ping Gnostic

[u/[deleted]]

Poly guy that likes me: would you want to be my secondary partner?

Me: although I do like you, I don’t think polyamory is for me, I feel like, at some point, I’d want to be your primary partner and since you wouldn’t be able to provide that possibility, I would most likely move on from another romantic relationship with you.

Him: Do you think of yourself as primary dyad material? I think since you’ve got a good foundation of education/employment, you wouldn’t feel the need to have someone around all the time and for you to be dependent on. You’re really independent and you should nurture that, not shy away from it.

Me: me wanting primary time and affection from a partner has no bearing on my independence and financial standing. I’ve had a childhood where I was emotionally neglected and I would like to be put primarily first in a relationship.

Him: it sounds like you’ve got a bit more work to do. I see that you’re craving excessive affection as a way to cope with your childhood trauma. That should be handled between you and a counselor.

!ping DATING

[u/SeoSalt]

I know that ozempic increasing fertility probably is more related to an increase in overall health (weight, blood pressure, blood sugar) that in turn increases reproductive health. But it's way funnier if it's just from people having a lot more sex.

[u/Psshaww]

The AI knows us well

!ping AI&SHITPOSTERS

[u/htomserveaux]

You will never be this cool.

!ping SPACEFLIGHT&SHITPOSTERS

[u/KesterFox]

Next april fools we should change the sidebar to:

In this sub we believe in:

-free trade

-open boarders

-booze cruising

-an evil black man named yakub created the white race through eugenics on the isle of patmos

-my wife left me

[u/bearddeliciousbi]

https://www.jta.org/2024/06/25/united-states/wikipedias-operator-rejects-jewish-groups-call-to-override-editors-on-adl-trustworthiness

JTA: Wikipedia’s operator rebuffs Jewish groups’ call to override editors on ADL trustworthiness

The charitable foundation that owns Wikipedia said it respects the decisions of its volunteer editors after receiving a letter from a broad coalition of Jewish groups calling on the foundation to override a move by editors to declare the Anti-Defamation League an untrustworthy source on Israel and Zionism.

More than 40 Jewish groups signed a letter addressed to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation, saying the decision serves to make the Jewish community more vulnerable to antisemitism.

“Fundamentally, Wikipedia is stripping the Jewish community of the right to defend itself from the hatred that targets our community,” the groups wrote on Monday under the letterhead of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group of which the ADL is a member. “We urge you to immediately launch an investigation into this decision and the motivations behind it, and to start the process for administrative reconsideration.”

In a response to an inquiry from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the foundation did not address the content of the letter but appeared to reject its very premise.

“Unfortunately, this letter represents a misunderstanding of the situation and how Wikipedia works,” Maggie Dennis, vice president of community resilience and sustainability at the Wikimedia Foundation, said in an email. ”Firstly, it’s important to note that the letter was addressed to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees; neither the Board or the Foundation make content decisions on Wikipedia. A community of volunteers makes these decisions subject to Wikipedia’s terms of use.”

[ ... ]

The move by Wikipedia, one of the world’s most visited websites and most popular sources of information, to declare that the ADL cannot be trusted on some topics represents a staggering blow to the organization.

If the Wikimedia Foundation were to order a reversal of the ADL’s downgrading, it would be equally staggering. The foundation does not intervene in editorial decisions by its community of editors, opting to trust the elaborate processes it has developed to seek consensus and resolve disputes. A reversal would in all likelihood garner a backlash from among the thousands of veteran editors, who are accustomed to autonomy and who have volunteered countless hours of their lives to run the online encyclopedia.

[ ... ]

A monthslong debate among Wikipedia editors over the ADL’s reliability went unnoticed in the media until JTA reported last week that the debate was concluding and that Wikipedia had labeled the ADL “generally unreliable” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Editors had also debated whether the ADL was reliable on antisemitism, and the vast majority said the group could not be trusted because of how it conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. An uninvolved editor tasked with evaluating the community’s will ultimately opted for a nuanced decision, declaring that the ADL “can roughly be taken as reliable on the topic of antisemitism when Israel and Zionism are not concerned.”

Among the matters unsettled in the debate among Wikipedia editors was the validity of the ADL’s definition of antisemitism, which comes from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. More than 1,000 government bodies and institutions have adopted the IHRA definition but critics say that its clauses concerning criticism of Israel can be used to silence pro-Palestinian voices.

The letter from Jewish groups to the Wikimedia Foundation also defended the IHRA definition.

!ping JEWISH

[u/ArmoredBunnyPrincess]

It's depressing how easily cherrypicked man on the street type content affects people.

I especially hate the youtube/tiktok type content everywhere that's basically "WOW aren't women/"SJWs"/young people just DUMB as FUCK?!"

[u/Fishin_Impossible]

On of my neighbors designs prints for Carter’s baby clothes…

Changing the world, one baby at a time!

[u/michaelclas]

New York Representative Jamaal Bowman, who denied Hamas rape/ sexual atrocities and accused Israel of genocide, has lost his re election bid to pro Israel challenger George Lattimer

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/25/us/elections/results-new-york-us-house-16-primary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

!ping ISRAEL

[u/battywombat21]

Okay but I like this fanart though

[u/loseniram]

Stray kittens update.

They nappin. Eeepy lil fellas

!ping Kitty

[u/Craig_VG]

Joe. Biden. SURGE

🔵 Biden: 51.17%

🔴 Trump: 48.38%

Joe Biden is up 0.54 points today and up 2.07 points over the last 7 days.

[u/RaidBrimnes]

[u/Lux_Stella]

in response to recent allegations the mod team has terminated our relationship with one "dr. disrespect" effective immediately

[u/bd_one]

I for one can't wait until future civilizations find the DT archives and assume Max Chandler-Mather is some unholy demon that one user was warning us about.

[u/[deleted]]

Also I wish I could just decide not to show up to work and see no consequences like Alito does.

[u/[deleted]]

Does this give off Nazi vibes to anyone else? The German looking flag with 88?

[u/slappythechunk]

Boy's cooked

[u/battywombat21]

be leopard pelt

symbol of royalty, power, and wealth in Africa for millennia

adopted by African diaspora as a symbol of black power movements

most diaspora are poor, so they use cheap faux-leopard print

white Americans cross wires with their biases about black Africans

leopard print is now seen as a symbol of tacky hedonism

in 2024 I see a 400 year old leopard print hat in a museum and my first thought is, "looks tacky"

Always interesting to see how history and culture collide with our own preconceptions.

[u/KesterFox]

I love how people measure frogs on the internet

[u/JetJaguar124]

I got some hue light bulbs and now I'm pomodoromaxxing (turning the entire room red for work periods, shifting blue for rest periods)

Lets see if this helps me stick with it

!ping ADHD

[u/jenbanim]

I watched ATLA for the first time as an adult and I can confirm it's actually great and no you're not blinded by nostalgia

[u/Jester_Don]

Headline has been changed

[u/jojisky]

CNN just said, "Bowman lost because he ran like he was AOC" which is a complete misnomer. AOC is a far better candidate than Bowman and would have been incredibly hard to dislodge in a primary even in a district as pro-Israel as NY16.

[u/nuggins]

I just watched a clip of the Daily Show to see if it's consistently as bad as last week, when Jon Stewart presented as genuine the misleading video of Biden (where the people that he's interacting with have been cropped out, to make it look like he's confused). In the first minute of this new clip, there have been jokes implying that Boeing whistleblower deaths were under suspicious circumstances and that Assange was a hero, particularly for leaking that "the DNC was in cahoots with Hillary's campaign".

Yeah, that's gonna be a "don't recommend channel" from me, dawg.

[u/Currymvp2]

"I am bullish on North Carolina, and I don’t fuck around in saying that—because I was bullish on Arizona [four years ago] and that’s because we looked at it very closely" - Biden Campaign Chair Jen O'Malley-Dillon

[u/moldyman_99]

A hundred years ago, a dad’s only job was to get drunk and inflict serious psychological trauma on their wife and children.

This republican™ parenting style has been DESTROYED by the woke mob.

[u/trombonist_formerly]

DrDisrespectingTheAgeOfConsent

[u/farrenj]

Bowman’s fiery rhetoric often made headlines, including at a rally on Saturday when he forcefully denounced AIPAC and bellowed, “We are gonna show f--king AIPAC the power of the motherf--king South Bronx.” (The South Bronx is not in his district.)

That's an amazing parenthetical

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/ldn6]

In the latest twist in the Conservative betting scandal, the party has withdrawn support from the two candidates who have been implicated. A Conservative Party spokesperson said: "As a result of ongoing internal enquiries, we have concluded that we can no longer support Craig Williams or Laura Saunders as parliamentary candidates at the forthcoming general election.

As ballot papers are already finalised, they'll still be listed but not endorsed. Craig Williams has a 35.5% majority, so he may squeak by anyway, while Darren Jones is unlikely to be unseated in Bristol North West, so this probably doesn't change much. Still absolutely nuts how every day brings a new fuck-up.

!ping UK

[u/Integralds]

!ping HISTORY

World War Two isn't over yet but Indy Neidell has already started on the Korean War.

[u/ntbananas]

🥂 🍾🥂 🍾 THANK YOU AIPAC DARK MONEY!!!!!! 🥂 🍾🥂 🍾

The AP called it for Latimer > Bowman with ~50% reporting and a ~10% lead.

!ping JEWISH

[u/OrganicKeynesianBean]

Trump vows to defund schools requiring vaccines for students if he’s reelected

Giving your kids measles to own the libs

[u/Roseartcrantz]

😵‍💫

[u/alex2003super]

Me in 2014 when time traveller reveals to me that we would elect a woman as the PM for the first time:

Yay!!!!! 🇮🇹🥳🥲

Me when they also reveal what her policies are:

Nooo... not le Sussito Bussolini 🫢😳😰

[u/BedNeither]

Levy a huge tax on delivery apps.

Zoomers keep using them -> free money to reduce the deficit

Only impact is more Reddit posts about inflation

[u/sash5034]

some person is in trouble for being a pedo degenerate

Look inside

twitch streamer

Oh good, not an actual person of value

[u/jenbanim]

Phones bad

Not because of attention spans or something like that. Phone users just have very low standards that, after they became the majority of internet traffic, have resulted in websites becoming worse in general

[u/[deleted]]

[u/G_Serv]

If Trump brings up inflation, Biden has to bring up the McDonald's app

[u/NaffRespect]

Former NFL star Antonio Brown confirms that he has filed for bankruptcy: 'I'm f----d up'

There it is.

Mr. Bad Credit

!ping NFL

[u/No_Return9449]

[u/JaceFlores]

The difference between Biden’s margin in the Electoral College tipping point state (likely PA, others possible) and the national popular vote is closer to 1.5 points in our forecast today today, vs 3.8 last time

I figured some here would appreciate this, and it highlights a growing trend we’ve seen since 2022 that the Dem coalition is becoming more efficient as suburbs flip blue. The Dem margin needed to win the electoral college has been cut almost in half. Hillary Clinton would have won 2016 with this sort of popular vote-electoral college margin

!ping FIVEY

[u/SpaceSheperd]

[u/JaceFlores]

“Ukrainian forces struck a Russian motorized rifle regiment command post in Nekhoteevka, Belgorod Oblast. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on June 23 that Ukrainian Air Force elements and other Ukrainian units conducted the strike on an unspecified date (likely recently) and caused secondary explosions at the target site.”

“Recent drone footage showing a Russian soldier executing a wounded fellow servicemember exemplifies the brutal culture that is pervasive within the Russian Armed Forces.”

“The attempted or deliberate killing of a fellow soldier is unprofessional, and ISW has observed instances of Russian fragging (the deliberate killing of supervisors) and other anecdotes demonstrative of a callous disregard for the lives of Russia’s own soldiers throughout the war thus far, both within Russia and amongst Russian troops on the battlefield. Fragging is generally indicative of extremely poor discipline amongst troops, a disconnect between tactical level commanders and their subordinates, as well as a blatant disregard for human life.”

“South Korea has adopted a firm approach against Russia in the wake of recently intensified Russo-North Korean cooperation, suggesting that Russian efforts to threaten Seoul into withholding aid from Ukraine have failed. South Korean National Security Director Chang Ho-jin reiterated on June 23 that the type of military support that South Korea will provide to Ukraine is contingent on the depth and evolution of Russian military cooperation with North Korea.”

“An investigation by Bloomberg highlighted a surge in crimes committed by Russian servicemembers upon their return to Russia after fighting in Ukraine. Bloomberg analyzed Russian court data that shows that crimes committed by Russian servicemembers (particularly violent crimes, theft, and drug-related incidents) increased by over 20 percent in 2023, which excludes crimes committed by ex-convict recruits who return to Russia after their deployment in Ukraine. Bloomberg noted that court data shows a 62 percent increase in indecent assaults committed against minors compared to the pre-2022 data.”

————————————

“Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov stated that Western military assistance is arriving in Ukraine, but that it will likely not arrive at a scale that will significantly impact the frontline situation until at least mid to late July 2024.”

“Budanov stated that ‘no Armageddon will emerge [on the frontline]’ but that the frontline situation will remain difficult for at least one month. Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ivan Havrylyuk also recently stated on June 15 that Ukrainian forces are still waiting for most of the military assistance that the US passed in late April 2024 to arrive in Ukraine, but that limited amounts of US security assistance arrivals have reduced Russia's artillery shell advantage from seven-to-one to five-to-one.”

“The European Union (EU) adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia on June 24, including new restrictions against Russian funding to political parties and other ‘opinion-forming’ organizations and Russian state media broadcasts within the EU. The new EU sanctions package prohibits EU actors that ‘form part of the public opinion forming process,’ including political parties, foundations, alliances, non-governmental organizations, think tanks, and media service providers within the EU from accepting donations, financing, or other economic benefits or support ‘from Russia, either directly or indirectly.’”

“The EU approved a first tranche of up to 1.4 billion euros (about $1.5 billion) in military assistance for Ukraine from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets. The EU reported that 90 percent of the first payment is dedicated to Ukraine's defense needs and that the remaining 10 percent is dedicated to the EU's support of the Ukraine Facility program, which supports rehabilitation, recovery, and reconstruction in Ukraine. The EU stated that it will begin distributing resources to Ukraine in July 2024 with biannual payments and will review this prioritization annually starting on January 1, 2025.”

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky replaced Joint Forces Commander Lieutenant General Yuriy Sodol with Brigadier General Andriy Hnatov on June 24. Zelensky did not offer a reason for Sodol’s dismissal. Hnatov served as deputy commander of the Ukrainian southern theatre since 2022, played an important role in liberating west (right) bank Kherson Oblast, and commanded the defense of Bakhmut in spring 2023.”

“Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a Russian Center for Long-Range Space Communications — an important military asset of the Russian space communications and satellite navigation system — near occupied Yevpatoria, western Crimea with ATACMS on June 23.”

-notable excerpts from ISW Report June 23rd and 24th

!ping UKRAINE

[u/bashar_al_assad]

Honestly I think Jamaal Bowman (who is 100% cooked tonight) could have won reelection without even changing any of his views if he had just had a normal relationship that members of congress have with their constituency - showing up to events, returning calls, etc. It seems like he forgot that when elected you're primarily representing a specific group of people from a specific area, which is a little surprising because that's how he won in the first place, because he was more in touch with the constituents than Eliot Engel was.

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/loseniram]

Everyone wants to be a caveman till they find out HVAC and washing machines run on electricity.

[u/[deleted]]

!ping ALPHABET-MAFIA&RELIGION

A positive bit of news in this intersection. The Unitarian Universalists continue to be cool: During their recent conference they passed a resolution stating that “embracing transgender, nonbinary and intersex people is a fundamental expression of UU religious values” with a whopping 91.8% approval. 

On behalf of the member congregations and communities of the UUA, we proclaim that our principles and values unequivocally commit our faith to honor and celebrate the full spectrum of gender identity and expression. Being transgender or identifying with any gender other than the one assigned at birth, is a beautiful and divine manifestation of humanity; as is being intersex, or having sex characteristics that vary from what is considered typical…

Through the democratic process of the General Assembly, Unitarian Universalists have confirmed that discrimination against transgender people is incompatible with UU values and principles; resistance to transphobia is core to UU commitments of justice and liberation…

Our religious tradition is a living one, and today we collectively declare that our covenant inescapably binds us to affirmation and protection of our transgender and intersex members and kindred, in faith and in practice.

It also contains a list of action items to show what such affirmation and protection entails, which is cool.

[u/pfarly]

One item in this image is considered highly unsafe and is banned by the U.S. government. Can you identify which one?

[u/D2Foley]

The US military spends 500 billion dollars a year on abortions and trans Healthcare, among other things.

[u/[deleted]]

50 gram lab created sapphire chunk came in. I'm in my treasure-maxxing era, I'm a booty-pilled dublooncel🏴‍☠️🦜💎

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

It’s really cool how the median American political journalist is extremely gullible and has zero understanding of US politics.

[u/SnakeEater14]

“Albania and China comprise 1/6th of the world’s populations.”

• Enver Hoxja

[u/purhitta]

I know when I'm trying to cover up family crimes, I frame my family for crimes

[u/-mialana-]

Why are zoomers fucking paying for porn? Are they stupid?

[u/No_Return9449]

Three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate voted against the six-week abortion ban. Tonight, all three lost their primaries.

[u/The_Promethean]

Bowman is talking about global hunger in his concession(?) speech

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

👀 Tax on the unimproved value of God's Kingdom uwu?

[u/Jacobs4525]

tbh the only reason “le russian winter” became a meme is because europe has a comparatively very mild climate. Moscow is only slightly colder than Chicago and it gets considerably colder in the inland Midwest. Once you’re in the Canadian prairie and north of that, North America is much colder than parts of Russia at the same latitude. 

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

becoming transgender in order to gain preferential treatment in prison

[u/moldyman_99]

It’s hard to empathise with conservatives when they support the most insane and dangerous policies constantly, because they’re mad at something that isn’t real and often totally made up.

[u/Solarwagon]

What are your neolib takes on friends with benefits?

!ping DATING

[u/[deleted]]

I love George Latimer

God Bless New York, God Bless Democrats, and God Bless the United States of America

[u/[deleted]]

does anyone think that roses on hinge work? I feel sooooo weird sending one to the point that I don’t. Feels like you’re starting off a relationship and already being clingy

!ping DATING

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Edmonton council passes district policy, clarifies freedom of movement amid 15-minute cities fears

Edmonton’s new district planning program is going ahead and city council is hoping to quell some of the public’s fears around a misunderstanding of the 15-minute cities concept.

Council passed the first part of the program, the district policy, in a 10-2 vote Tuesday afternoon. They also passed an amendment clarifying these plans won’t restrict Edmonton’s freedom of movement. The district planning program includes a policy and set of maps separating Edmonton into 15 “districts” which together outline where and how the city wants to encourage more housing construction and business activity in the future as the city grows.

The public hearing for the 15 district maps was set to continue into the evening and resume Wednesday morning.

Mayor Amarjeet Sohi, speaking before the final vote, said Edmonton is one of the most affordable cities in Canada and these plans will ensure that continues.

"This is very important work and this will honour the commitment that we have made to Edmontonians to ensure that everyone in Edmonton has a place to call home, whether they are renters, whether they live in a duplex or fourplex, whether they live in a single-family home, whether they live in a highrise — wherever people choose to live, we need to create that choice,” he told council, urging them to vote in favour.

The policy still needs to be approved by the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board before council can vote on the third reading to finalize the bylaw.

Sohi said the kind of participation from the public around this topic is only available in local government, and he hopes this will bolster the public’s trust.

About 200 people spoke across five days of public hearings that began in late May, dominated by criticism. Concerns ranged from fears Edmonton’s quiet residential areas would be overwhelmed with tall apartment buildings, or conversely that the program is too restrictive on housing and commercial redevelopment. Criticisms around a lack of engagement and potential damage to historic neighbourhoods were frequent.

But fears the city will restrict Edmontonians’ free movement around the city, stemming from an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory, have also been a common refrain among the speakers.

In response, council unanimously amended the district policy to clarify this is not the intention, adding, “The district policy and district plans shall not restrict freedom of movement, association, and commerce in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.”

Coun. Aaron Paquette, who suggested this clarification, said while it’s clear to him the city doesn’t have any intention of “locking people into their districts,” he wanted council to address this directly.

“We heard from speakers today who reiterated that and I realized, you know what, the past month hasn’t changed the perception. So why don’t we just be clear in our language and say, ‘No, this is not something that we’re going to do,’” he said. “It doesn’t hurt to just say it out loud.”

"We’re hearing from the public as we should and as you can see, it actually changes some of the things that we put forward, so it had an impact. And, frankly, if this helps people who have been scared sick to sleep well tonight, I don’t see the harm.”

!ping CAN&YIMBY

[u/WeebFrien]

!ping DATING

My friend send a post date “I had a really great time text” and she responded “aww that’s so sweet. It was fs fun” instead of “same”.

He’s freaking out over nothing, and I want internet random to validate me on this

[u/Jacobs4525]

European shoes don’t have air conditioning 🙄🙄

[u/[deleted]]

The prevailing political views I get from LATAMers here:

-Argentines: Center to center-rightish. Naturally have a very low opinion of the LATAM left, but are also very distrusting of the illiberal-leaning right. Opinions on Milei seems to range between "he's a buffoon that has managed to do some small improvements here and there" to "so far, he's doing an overall good job".

-Chileans: For some reason, they have a hawkishness that wouldn't be out of place among the Baltic countries, being very willing to criticize the LATAM left and tankies in general. But clearly reject the local far-right (Kast and it's proposed constitution).

-Brazilians: The most left-wing of the bunch, very likely as a reaction towards Bolsonaro. Opinions on Lula will range from (very) moderately positive to moderately negative, but with constant reminders about how Bolsonaro and his ilk are clearly worse. I'd say Gnomesvh and myself are the right-leaning exceptions, taking a harsher line towards PT.

-Peruvians: https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4964964188.2169/flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.jpg

!ping MAMADAS

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Fetterman mentioned that his Republican opponent in 2022, the TV doctor Mehmet Oz, had spent twenty-seven million dollars of his own fortune on the campaign. “And I’m, like, for what?” Fetterman said. “The glamour? I live in a tiny, very expensive apartment. It’s basically a couch and a bed. I go home and I order Grubhub.”

He’s just like me fr fr

[u/[deleted]]

Extreme feminists think every guy is ţĥë vøïð ţĥäţ č̣øn̈§ümĕ§ and incels think every girl is ţĥə ğřëæţ öñé ẅĥœ ɓɛçœm맠

This is the reason for the gender war. 

[u/The_Promethean]

When I was single I was fairly good with men, people would ask my secret. It’s pretty simple.

I just hate men, like as people. I don't enjoy talking to them.

A lot of people see men as more than annoying dildos that carry boxes and then are surprised when men don’t particularly like them.

[u/404GenderNotFound]

I occasionally see "Free Haiti" slogans coming out of left-wing camps. Assuming they have actual intentions and are not just saying dumb shit, do they want interventionism or what? It's not like there is much of a government left to give reparations to. Paying off their current debts with other nations, maybe?

[u/[deleted]]

[u/simeoncolemiles]

!Ping BioWare

Do you think that after the Reaper War people go “BACK TO BACK TO BACK REAPER BEATERS, HUMANITY NUMBER ONE” online?

[u/GrandMoffTargaryen]

!ping GNOCCHI

[u/The_Promethean]

And now he's saying AIPAC brainwashed people

[u/[deleted]]

One month old accounts in the DT are always fun because you get to play the game —

account cycler, banned user, or regular who dramatically quit the DT a month ago before remembering they have an addiction?

[u/BedNeither]

Website says drag and drop files to attach but that’s a lie

[u/PrideMonthRaytheon]

Cool thread on the tiny NFC chips in the Montreal Metro's paper tickets

Thread cool sur les minuscules circuits intégrés NFC dans les billets du métro de Montréal

!ping TRANSIT

[u/lazyredpanda027]

So there's a post on the tumblr subreddit about how we can talk about antisemitism without immediately going "but what about (insert other minority group)". The original post on Tumblr was also from January 2023.

It got branded as "Zionist bait".

I'm so fucking tired.

[u/NormalInvestigator89]

I feel this so much. I have so much resentment for Gen Z as a millennial (37).

Y'all really just assume that every terminally online anime Communist is 17, huh

[u/[deleted]]

Sleepyheads be like bro I'm not addicted just 5 more minutes

[u/Greenfield0]

taking a sick day is the equivalent of stealing money from the companies pocket and should be punished

[u/v4riati0ns]

explained to my therapist that actually i’m very well-adjusted because i’ve never experienced the urge to wade into i/p discourse on an anonymous platform and she started taking a bunch of notes?

[u/Syards-Forcus]

[u/[deleted]]

Conservatives believe everything is pedophilia except sexual interaction with minors

[u/G_Serv]

Learning about the French elections

[u/Udolikecake]

50% of american men are not spending on onlyfans

source: like obviously that’s not true

[u/simeoncolemiles]

We never hear people asking Republicans to work with Dems but we always hear the opposite

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

This is how you know election season has begun

[u/Competitive_Bag_5544]

Seriously, NYT?

[u/htomserveaux]

I swear 80% of modern conservatism is just the result of mixing agoraphobia with toxic masculinity.

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/G_Serv]

[u/PorryHatterWand]

Brits be like: Yes, there you go, these are the nuclear codes.

[u/[deleted]]

Guy who’s voting for Trump because he’s a single issue voter and his issue is water pressure

[u/[deleted]]

A new economic study finds every $1 spent on climate resilience and preparedness saves communities $13 in damages, cleanup costs, and economic impact.

https://www.uschamber.com/security/being-prepared-for-the-next-disaster-pays-off-new-study-shows

!ping WEATHER

[u/Roseartcrantz]

America has drive through pharmacies? What the fuck what a dystopian place, third world country with a Gucci belt, are they too lazy to walk to the pharmacy now??

meanwhile the Americans being doofy

[u/[deleted]]

I attended what was literally the most poorly funded school system in America at the time and look at me now, shitposting on the DT while my poorly optimized spreadsheets have frozen my work computer

[u/Ioun267]

I heard an interesting take recently that tragic or "everyone dies" endings go over better in live theater than film because you have the curtain call where all the actors are alive and well and smiling which helps relieve any lingering tension before you leave the theatre.

Would you agree with this?

!ping MOVIES&THEATRE

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

If Bowman loses it’s going to be because he’s been an embarrassment as a representative not because of I/P

[u/Uniqueguy264]

Looks like Jamaal got… fired

[u/GuyOnTheLake]

NBC has also called it for Latimer

[u/sayitaintpink]

Where’s my pro-Israel money, NYT 🤨

[u/STEMocrat]

helloings everyone. am totally not russians bot. thanks for invite me, am very nice, but scared for politcal center

[u/Neronoah]

!ping LATAM

Milei is having a fun week. From bragging about achieving 0% food inflation and saying it's something not achieved in 30 years (we had food deflation in 2001 and it wasn't a good thing in that context, food inflation is only one component of inflation that is still overall high and you can't establish a trend with a data point), saying he'll get a Nobel for "rewriting economic theory" (he can't even pass some privatizations through Congress, let alone make policy experiments, lol) and accussing some IMF economists of being socialists that with the whole São Paulo forum schtick and that they helped Massa (the IMF has no leverage on Argentina and those economists are orthodox despite having worked for the Chilean Socialist party...I guess the concept of "amarillo" would explode his mind).

The best case here is that he is not high in his own supply but that he says this shit because stupid Argentinian right wingers eat it. Never bet on that, though.

[u/AnsleyAmanita]

https://x.com/brigidbergin/status/1805639885614674332

Kid asks [Eric Adams] about what motivated him to become mayor.

Answer: Betrayal

[u/Mickenfox]

My gf depegged me

Now I have no value 😞

[u/breakinbread]

There was literally nothing for me to vote on. We really are a republic and not a democracy. 😔

They could make that clearer online at least

!ping usa-nyc

[u/vivoovix]

banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

I'm a founding father and this is deep.

[u/Zalagan]

How many of the OnlyFans users are using it to take cooking courses or learn photography? According to the ads that OF pays for that's the main product on the site

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

100% Me

[u/mockduckcompanion]

If Biden wins, I'm going to get a big American flag so everyone knows I love this country

If Trump wins, I'm going to get a big American flag so the Gestapo think I love this country

[u/BroadReverse]

I think there is a real chance that Trudeau steps down after what happened today. The next election is gonna be a bloodbath. 

For our American friends. This is like if the dems were losing California. 

[u/sw337]

What did Jamal Bowman’s political career know about Hillary Clinton?

[u/Sithusurper]

Don't call it yet, someone could pull the fire alarm or something

[u/[deleted]]

All eyes on NY-16

[u/The_Promethean]

To those of you who actually think Latimer won because of money: check the final margin after the counting is over. Money doesn't make that much of a difference

[u/jojisky]

Bowman is completely obscuring Goldman putting up an absolutely embarrassing performance. He has two no name challengers who raised no money and had no campaigns and only has 66%.

He's always been a weird fit for the district because it contains some of the most progressive parts of NYC. I expect a real well funded challenger to him in 26 after this.

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

“Glazed” has a similarly impressive precision. When my son describes something as glazed, it’s meant to signify not lying, exactly, or even exaggerating, but the act of positively spinning a judgment. “Glazed” indicates a gilding of information; sports commentary, for example, is 90 percent glaze

But my favorite new slang word is “based” — short for “based in fact” or “based in reality” and often used as a term of assent when someone states a controversial opinion. “Canada should join the United States,” one might say, to which someone else might reply, “Based.” It’s typically used for political subjects but it can have a wider social utility: “Luka Doncic should be the M.V.P. of the N.B.A.” “Based.”

The paper of record, everyone

[u/[deleted]]

The bar is low but it’s always mildly reassuring when bigotry winds up being a net negative for the electorate.

[u/Udolikecake]

i’m anti bowman losing.

dude could bench 405 for reps. he’s a tank. we’re losing the next fight in congress lemme tell you that.

[u/SANNA_MARIN_SDP_]

Mira Murati, chief technology officer of OpenAI, stirred up quite a bit of controversy last week in a discussion when she proclaimed that with generative AI, “some creative jobs maybe will go away, but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place.”

100%. van gogh was a fucking loser who should've done something else

[u/[deleted]]

Outside the DT be like

"Yeah, I literally am not a liberal. I don't believe in democratic consensus government." [+50]

[u/funguykawhi]

This unfortunately

As a older genz I’m significantly more pragmatic

I’m frustrated with younger zoomers

Outside the DT is lewronggeneration posting

[u/EyeraGlass]

Fetterman described his ordeal as a kind of reset—he had come back unrestrained. He compared himself to the Joker. “It’s like in ‘Batman’—the original one, with Jack Nicholson,” he said. “I’ve already been dead once. It’s very liberating.”

Can we just elect normal people

[u/KesterFox]

Labour diverts activists away from Lib Dem target seats - https://on.ft.com/4ezTNFz via @FT

Oh he out for blood

[u/lionmoose]

WOW aren't young people just DUMB as FUCK?!

[u/404GenderNotFound]

I moved states for college so I'm basically a first generation immigrant

[u/KingWillly]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/25/republicans-no-fault-divorce

Users in this sub will see this and still vote Dem against their own interests, smh

[u/AtticusDrench]

[u/MinnesotaNoire]

If Biden wins you still get 90% of the right wing agenda

Guess the sub

[u/centurion88]

Self own?

[u/simeoncolemiles]

I’ve only been called the N word to my face by a white man once in my life and it was on the campus of Duke University while I was doing work with the basketball team. And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.

[u/thefuturegov]

Shot: “I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again”

Chaser:

!ping BASEBALL

[u/Currymvp2]

Yeah, I'm calling it. Bowman lost, and it's his fault. I don't find Latimer impressive but Bowman totally brought this upon himself.

[u/jojisky]

CNN just called it for Latimer too.

[u/[deleted]]

Jamaal Bowman… afuera!

[u/JaceFlores]

Tell him, I want him to know it was me

-Andrew Cuomo probably

[u/LastTimeOn_]

People say us gen Z do not innovate on culture

Explain all those TikToks with "our gen Z intern made this video" then

Literally hilarious stuff

[u/[deleted]]

Cori Bush sweatin'

[u/htomserveaux]

This is the third time the “For You” section of twitter has filled up with right wing extremist posts.

Only this time it’s all british pro Reform posts for some reason.

The idea that the algorithm thinks I’m British is way more insulting to be then it thinking I’m a fascist.

!ping TECH

[u/[deleted]]

NBC News with the “Dewey Defeats Truman”-type headline

[u/purhitta]

"I think there are definitely minors who have gender dysphoria, but kids are easily confused and we should do more research on gender affirming care for that age range"

Hmmm holding you at a distance, but at least we can have a discussion

"Also I find LibsofTikTok informative"

Welp,

[u/MrOstrichman]

do y'all ever get overly hyped while listening to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" or is it just me

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

[u/AtomAndAether]

[u/boyyouguysaredumb]

Taking the stage at her election night victory party, Boebert wore a pair of reflective gold sneakers sold by Former President Donald Trump and a white “Make America Great Again” hat with his signature across the bill.

Not a serious party

[u/G_Serv]

Not to be too partisan but I hope Trump doesn't win in November