Typically, a school district would require book challengers to go through a formal challenge process in which each individual book would be assessed for merit. Instead, five minutes after receiving the demands, Perez agreed to them.
There are many other bee species that can sting Humans and survive, but the European honeybee has a barbed stinger, so it cannot remove the stinger once it's stung. In attempting to remove the stinger the bee will rupture its lower abdomen and then die....
First up yes I'm a camo nerd. Metal Gear Solid 3 awakened something in me! Anyway every now and then I take different camo patterns into the woods and take photos as a reference to help people choose what works best for them. This one, Pencott Wildwood looks way too brown in most photos. Check it out!...
My phone camera has the option to save and view the raw file as well as the processed jpeg, and when you do that you can see that the software is doing a lot of work by default to sharpen and add contrast and color enhancement. My guess is the selfie camera may be tuned to reduce redness in particular to smooth skin tones? Or it's just a smaller sensor not collecting as much color info to begin with.
Is he drunk? Is this really the state of our representation? Wtf is a totalitarian protestor? Are people holding signs on a lawn intimidating to him? How dare they disagree with someone who won an election a couple years ago against some other blowhard? Are we really only supposed to interact with our government once a year quietly in a voting both? These people need their heads screwed back on. What do they think their job is about?
I am 1,000% going to vote for the Democratic nominee in November, because I don't want the world to end. I just want to make that clear because I know some people may be rightly suspicious of this type of post, for oh you know the reasons....
It’s worth voting for who you like in the primary. Sometimes it has an effect even if the nominee isn’t changed. The administration and Democratic party leadership is more than one person.
He says they aren’t needed “operationally” but Alphabet is not supposed to be merely operating anything. They are supposed to be inventing and experimenting and pushing the envelope. This discontented billionaire just wants ever-increasing rent on existing IP and should be called out as a simple landlord and not called an investor at all.
This actually looks kind of quaint to me. Now the house would be on top of the garage and there would be six of them and the trees would be gone. I’d feel like a prince of the world if I had a 3% mortgage on this.
The status quo is hard to change…the Brits changed the status quo
I agree, though. The British share the blame, but it’s hard to argue that any particular law they made persists due to some special factor other than that it is as useful to the insecure government of today as it was to the insecure colonial government of the time.
Beginning July 1, the SR 520 toll rates will increase between 20 cents and $1 for vehicles with two axles, with similar increases for vehicles with additional axles. The rate of increase depends on the time of day. Drivers with a Good To Go! pass will continue to pay the lowest toll rate on all toll roads (more information in...
Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint ( forward.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16956532...
What a strange headline in the Seattle Times: **Woman arrested in connection with deadly I-5 crash near West Seattle Bridge** ( archive.ph )
It's a two-mile drive from Interstate 5 to the West Seattle Bridge....
Why are honeybee stingers barbed?
There are many other bee species that can sting Humans and survive, but the European honeybee has a barbed stinger, so it cannot remove the stinger once it's stung. In attempting to remove the stinger the bee will rupture its lower abdomen and then die....
Camo is hard to photograph, and not for the reason you think! (Main cam vs Selfie cam colors)
First up yes I'm a camo nerd. Metal Gear Solid 3 awakened something in me! Anyway every now and then I take different camo patterns into the woods and take photos as a reference to help people choose what works best for them. This one, Pencott Wildwood looks way too brown in most photos. Check it out!...
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/11456897...
This is a picture of my mother's dog when she was a teenager in the early 60s! His name was Copper! ( lemmy.world )
I found some old negatives the last time I visited and this guy was in there!
Rich Countries Are Becoming Addicted to Cheap Labor ( www.wsj.com )
Discussion: If I think Biden is too old, and I want to support a different nominee for the Democrats, what should I do? ( mbin.grits.dev )
I am 1,000% going to vote for the Democratic nominee in November, because I don't want the world to end. I just want to make that clear because I know some people may be rightly suspicious of this type of post, for oh you know the reasons....
Ok. ( lemmy.ml )
What a bad day to have internet.
A billionaire wrote this letter to Google a year ago. How likely is that Google's layoffs and actions since then are at least partly because of this? ( lemmy.world )
Liz Cheney weighs third-party US presidential run, says Trump threatens democracy ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of ex-President Donald Trump, said she is weighing a third-party bid for the White House in 2024.
Is he serious 😂 ( reddthat.com )
Iraq is considering the death penalty for LGBTQ+ people - and you can thank the British for that ( www.thecanary.co )
edited: to put entire article in body of post, instead of just beginning & end....
Touristy Recommendations Thread
I’m about to visit soon but I haven’t been to Seattle since 2019. What’s changed since the world ended and restarted?...
Enjoy paying more tolls ( lemmy.world )
Beginning July 1, the SR 520 toll rates will increase between 20 cents and $1 for vehicles with two axles, with similar increases for vehicles with additional axles. The rate of increase depends on the time of day. Drivers with a Good To Go! pass will continue to pay the lowest toll rate on all toll roads (more information in...