“Large percentage”. Please state and citate.

(Tbh, 1% would be a large percentage of a group voting away their own rights)

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice…!

Good for them for coming around.

Unless the one time was this one, most recent, time

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-ethical-whistleblowers-new-start

He made 45k. I hope this gofundme is real bc it’s almost at 200k

Yup. Its amazing how quick and efficient the government is when rich peoples interests are involved

Is this comments section: “fuck shit up, society isn’t working,” vs “follow the rules when you protest, that’s how you make change happen.”

Same. My parents went to the courthouse with their besties, then out to dinner after.

Some info that I found important that isn’t in this article but is in the Wiki:

He spent 18 months in hospital, before going home. He was paralyzed from the neck down. His parents rented a portable generator and a truck to bring him and his iron lung home. Beginning in 1954, with help from the March of Dimes and a physical therapist named Mrs. Sullivan, Alexander taught himself glossopharyngeal breathing which allowed him to leave the iron lung for gradually increasing periods of time.

Alexander died from a COVID-19 infection on March 11, 2024, at the age of 78. He was one of the last two people still using the technology, alongside Martha Lillard, who first entered an iron lung in 1953.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Alexander_(polio_survivor)

(I haven’t brought over the sources, they can be found on the Wiki link)

We should have two leagues based on skill. Not gender or sex. We can still create space to have awards and prizes based on gender or sex to ensure everyone is recognised if necessary.

They take quite a lot of money from the British public (taxes, not donations. They = British royal family). Part of the cost of that is being in the public eye. If she really thought royals deserved privacy I’m sure she would have said something when Meghan was being destroyed by the media.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-double-standards-royal

“Temporary”

https://office-watch.com/2023/aptos-calibri-comparison/

Slidey thing to compare <3

DeathSantis

Let’s escalate everything to death

She could just rent a different jet each time. Would still pollute, wouldn’t stress out a college kid, would be more difficult for stalkers to track, wouldn’t have drawn as much attention.

Wow, 5k is low-ball

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

For others bc I had to look it up. Good tip. I will be more enthusiastic about being called for jury duty in future.

She only has to work one day to get her backpay

Anyone know a good place to learn Farsi (Persian). Duolingo doesn’t have it yet, if ever

This is beautiful! Thank you for the share.

To add on to your ‘looking busy’ skills…In Moving Pictures, sir Terry Pratchett points out that if you have a determined fast walk and a piece of paper in your hand, you can go anywhere. I used to use this technique to get breaks in the office. I’d just grab a piece of paper and quickly walk the length of the building with a determined expression.