It seems absolutely insane to me that there is any level of support for this idea. What is even the allegation against the ICC? That it did something that undermined US geopolitical interests? It’s not an international court if it’s the puppet of a single country.
Damn that is a wild law but it came out of the bush administration and focuses on US citizens. This current bit is even more surprising to me, particularly because it’s being supported by democrats too. Democrats usually at least like to come up with a reasonable sounding excuse for their military aggression but I don’t even see that here.
This doesn’t specify you’re discussing issues around gender though.
Personally I am not bothered by the word feminism but in general I find this type of minute language critiquing to not be very useful. I care more for the meanings and intentions behind words than their etymology. Feminism is a word that is almost universally used to mean egalitarianism regarding gender, and it has a long history and deep literature in support of that idea. For those reasons, I don’t think there will be consensus around changing it but if there was I would go along with it. As I said, it doesn’t seem like a very important issue here.
Sounds like federation is more theoretical than real at this point. I don’t see much point in one way federation. But does this mean that threads users could pop into this thread and comment?
Of course not. We have to use our bargaining power to make them care. But first people have to be aware of the idea. I’m glad this is getting some mainstream coverage here.
I think there is wisdom and good ideas present in most and probably all societies on earth. But many of the dominant ideas from world governments aren’t really meant to improve the lives of the people as a collective—they are meant to protect or expand the power of the ruling class in that state.
Given the well-documented failures of current systems of government across the world, I agree that pluralism is valuable so that we can assess which systems lead to better outcomes.
I don’t agree that the strategy of increasing the housing supply is a bad strategy. Indeed, it’s the only way to solve this issue long-term. But it does take time and money which raises the question of what to do with thousands of people in the meantime.
It certainly raises questions but I think there’s a lot of missing information there. Who are they asking? Every unhoused person or just the most disruptive groups that they most want to move? And why are people refusing? Is the offered shelter substandard in some way? You could write a whole article about just that statistic.
But if they have shelter available the courts do allow them to ban camping in public spaces which is needed in my view. Public space is very limited in America and there are real costs to that space being monopolized by a small group of people. If they truly have nowhere else to be then fair enough but as soon as alternatives exist then they should be there instead and not on sidewalks and public parks.
I don’t think there is enough unused housing in some of these cities. Also, some fraction of these people are mentally ill and would severely damage or destroy whatever housing they find themselves in. We saw this with some of the hotel shelter programs during the pandemic.
Exactly. I was curious and looked up crime statistics in DC and there has been a notable increase in violent crime this year. But why? Is it really down to changing economic conditions? They don’t seem overly different from last year, at least not enough to cause a big spike. And crime was famously low during and immediately after the 2008 financial crisis when many people were really struggling. It seems that poverty and inequality are factors, but there are other factors we don’t seem to have identified.
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What was wrong with how they went about their business? They largely stayed polite and calm despite the abuse and violence directed at them. And I’ve never seen someone so obviously not resisting arrest as the lady who got manhandled.
Joseph Biggs, a former military service member who helped lead efforts by the Proud Boys to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the riot more than two years ago....
I’m gonna try but I don’t have a lot of faith. The two party system makes it hard because sooner or later America gets sick of the democrats or the economy tanks or whatever. And unless republicans have moved beyond whatever anti-democratic phase they’re going through by then, it will be very bad.
Just seven years ago, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Michigan since George H.W. Bush. But as the state GOP moved further and further to the right, Democrats capitalized on the extremism to string together major victories in 2018, 2020, and 2022, when they took full control of the state...
The frightening part here is that one party rule rarely lasts, and most voters won’t be paying attention to the truly sick and twisted views of these people. So eventually, when the economy tanks or there’s some scandal, voters will want change and the fascists will be waiting in the wings for their moment.
For real. These trees represent decades of investment by the city to provide essential services (shade, clean air, etc.) that has now been permanently damaged by these fuckheads. And their “justification” is the most dishonest and despicable part. As an arborist I can tell you that no reputable arborist would trim these trees this way. Ignoring the legality, trimming them this way makes them more dangerous, not less, and any arborist should know that. Shame on them.
Ficus is very tough so I do expect they will survive but they will be permanently deformed and more likely to drop branches in the future due to poor structure and injuries that may decay before healing properly.
Senate's bipartisan talks on ICC sanctions break down ( www.axios.com )
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Job scarcity is even affecting animals ( lemmy.world )
https://www.insidescience.org/news/urban-foxes-are-starting-resemble-domesticated-animals
This little guy and his frog friend decided to go for a swim in the pool. ( lemmy.world )
Both mouse and frog were rescued this morning around 6:40AM, after found in the deep end of a pool.
"a feminist community for men" doesn't sound very liberating
Why are we continuing to use biased language?
Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time ( www.theverge.com )
Threads’ fediverse plans are coming together.
The case for the 32-hour work week with no loss in pay w/ Bernie Sanders and Shawn Fain ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Why the West’s resentment of China is so misguided ( theconversation.com )
Cooperative ownership as the next step of free open source software ( lemmy.world )
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Peter Navarro: Ex-Trump adviser sentenced for contempt of Congress ( www.bbc.com )
Federal prosecutors said he “chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law”.
Lindsey Graham: We’re in a religious war here and I am with Israel. Do whatever the hell you have to do, to defend yourself. Level the place. ( twitter.com )
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps ( web.archive.org )
A shaken Washington copes with surging violence: ‘This is not normal’ ( wapo.st )
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Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Jan. 6 riot ( www.npr.org )
Joseph Biggs, a former military service member who helped lead efforts by the Proud Boys to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the riot more than two years ago....
Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can’t stop losing. ( www.motherjones.com )
Just seven years ago, Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate to win Michigan since George H.W. Bush. But as the state GOP moved further and further to the right, Democrats capitalized on the extremism to string together major victories in 2018, 2020, and 2022, when they took full control of the state...
Six reasons Mastodon won't survive ( mashable.com )
The hot new thing in social media has some big problems.
Universal Studios might have invoked the wrath of California's Tree Law ( www.npr.org )