protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 32 points 1 year ago (37 children)

There's quite a chasm between a $100 million boat and a $100 device...

[–] protist@mander.xyz 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Or, you know, we could spend slightly more on existing food programs and relax eligibility requirements...

We don't have to put Stalin in charge to better fund SNAP or free school lunches

[–] protist@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Each serving gets like 8 salted pistachios from the bulk food aisle at the HEB

[–] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When confronted with his assertion that he created a story, Vance — after a long pause of on-air silence — backpedaled, saying he “created the American media focusing on it,” and continued to insist that the story came from “first-hand accounts,” which has been proven false.

Where is this video? I really want to see his facial expression during this long pause

[–] protist@mander.xyz 26 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I eat oatmeal with raisins, pistachios, and molasses like 4 mornings a week. It's fucking delicious

[–] protist@mander.xyz 67 points 1 year ago (16 children)

They're also purposefully leaning into this to keep the conversation about immigration, because it's pretty much the only issue they have had an advantage on. Without Trump talking about eating pets, we'd all be talking about his abortion stance right now, which is deeply unpopular.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thought this was a crossover on noncredibledefense for a second

Edit: Of course it was posted there first.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They are slurs, but there's so much distance between today and the original medical usage of these terms that people have forgotten. Both are still terms with a history based in describing someone with an intellectual or developmental disability

[–] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 1 year ago

The Biden Admin just announced an executive order removing de minimis tax protections from large companies trying to exploit it to import large quantities of product, which is going to take a bite out of Shein and Temu's business models.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's actually not "in the public interest" for details about how she died to be made public. Thinking that you're owed that information is a symptom of our voyeuristic, celebrity-worshipping culture

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Wait.....who took this picture?! This must be....a vampire's house!

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