charles

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[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's $25/mo for family. I hate that I pay for it, but I use music, and I mostly watch YouTube on a streaming device, so I've never been able to use ad blockers. $15 for the fam felt worth it, but $25 has me rethinking. Maybe I can configure YT-DL to get the shows I care about on my Plex

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For the layperson, what does arraignment consist of?

If you want to complain about the toxicity of sensational headlines, I don't think many people would disagree. But it's two posts in a row you've claimed untrue things about the article without having clearly read and digested it. Maybe you should consider why you're so quick to assume it's "propaganda" and rush to prove yourself correct.

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Read the three lines right above that quote. Those are the experts.

Adrienne McCarthy, a researcher at Kansas State University, told the Guardian why this is particularly troubling.

“It’s propaganda 101,” she said. “Equating people concerned about climate change with Nazis can have long-term impacts on young, impressionable people. The beliefs PragerU are pushing forward overlap with far-right extremist beliefs. The fear is that they will bring this sort of extremist beliefs into mainstream society.”

In a piece for Mother Jones, principal climate scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists Kristina Dahl annotated the transcript of one of these videos, demonstrating how the visuals and script are trying to convince the viewer to ignore the findings of scientific research.

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also there is a forgiveness period after 10+X years for $12+X thousand in subsidized loans (as I understand it).

This is exactly my point. They don't care about being hypocritical, they'll update laws to be explicitly and overtly hypocritical to get their way. This gotcha means nothing to them.

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did they learn it? A Republican would eat their own shit if it meant a Democrat had to smell it on their breath.

This is not leading to better policies. Just expanded bannings. The physical Bible doesn't play a role in day to day schooling. But some of the banned books would make real differences to people. Republicans lose nothing here, in fact they're getting vocal support for more bannings from people on the left.

Right. They don't care.

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I see this commented a lot, and I don't get what the idea is. Are the expected outcomes:

  • They will get Gotcha'd so hard they see the error of their ways?
  • They will get the Bible removed from schools and lead a consistent crusade against anything sexual?
  • They will just keep the Bible and ignore the hypocrisy?

Never underestimate the capacity for Republicans to remain willfully hypocritical. It's literally the foundation of today's Supreme Court.

This is amazing news. RSV is so serious in infants, but they relied on safety from those around them who "just have the sniffles".

[–] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 18 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The .gov page has a pretty extensive FAQ.

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