GlendatheGayWitch

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[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Overturning Roe didn't push the left to vote though. 2022 had terrible turnout, not that 2020 was great.

In TX in 2020 when everyone was rallying to vote out Trump, only ~52% of the Voting Age population cast a vote. Then in 2022 after Roe was overturned and knowing that all of the legislative branch and a large chunk of the judicial and executive branches were up for election, only ~37% of the Voting Age population turned out to vote.

I know that major elections without the presidential vote get less people, but that's a huge drop-off with everything at stake. That's even with 40 years of early voting in the state and a recent expansion of early voting where polls are required to be open at least 9 hours in week 2 and at least 12 hours in week 2 and the final day of voting.

I'm really concerned that we're going to have a republican president in 2024, there was at least some action from the left in 2020 to get rid of trunp (even if it wasn't enough to keep the house) but all that fire is gone.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago

Why don't you agree? There very been coverups with news stories for a long time.

Like how in 2014 Ebola was all over the news and was suddenly pulled from news coverage the day after the election. Other times there are random stories taking over the news and I looked into what was happening in Congress and the Republicans were pushing a bill that would be detrimental to the people of the US. Just as Fox uses smoke and mirrors with rage-baiting to entrance their viewers.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why are people making such a big deal about this? We've had Alert testing for tornado sirens, radio, and tv for decades.

Usually this means something big happened that someone is wanting covered up. Makes me wonder if something big happened in one of the Trump cases or Congress.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago

I live in TX and we've had many Christmases at that temperature.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 9 points 2 years ago

I think it's wrong to assume that man=financial duties and woman=domestic duties. That worked in the 50s because of rampant sexism, but that train of thought is long-since outdated. I get that power dynamic is ingrained into straight culture, but especially in the scenario you're talking about only serves to make the woman inferior to the man by making her clean for him even when they are both working. I always thought it was weird that men wouldn't learn to cook, if you really loved the ither person wouldn't you take the time to learn to cook at least a couple dishes to help out?

The two of you need to have a conversation about how your relationship will work. Talk about how the finances will be handled and how the chores will be handled. What works for tv couples may not work for y'all.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do these people have the memory of an earthworm?

We've had regular testing of alerts over the radio and TV, as well as regular testing of sirens for decades.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago

That's interesting, I didn't realize that a photograph counted as part of the directory information. I figured that was why photos are included in the list of items on the parent consent forms sent out every year.

It was my understanding (from admin, teacher professional orgs, and teacher unions) that pictures on websites and social media need consent to be posted. So we were told that any student without a consent form had to be edited out or blurred on any picture posted anywhere.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's hope they dont turn violent, like the Krogan after the genophage.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Which country are you talking about? Us federal law required consent to opt-in. As far as I know, FERPA hasn't received an update concerning that.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago

That's true while on the street or in a public park. That does not apply to students at a school function. There are laws protecting students in such a situation, which is why in the US, parents have to give permission for images of students to be published.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In schools, they normally have parents fill out a form giving consent to use a student's picture. There should be a way to revoke that consent.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 2 points 2 years ago

I wish the dems had split when the tea party split from Republicans. We could have ended up with party reform in the Democrat party, just as the Republicans reformed when the tea party loons were brought back in.

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