protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

William Harrison was a Whig, which was definitely the more progressive party at the time. His vice president, John Tyler, abandoned the Whig party and aligned himself more with Andrew Jackson and the Democrats, which were the conservative party at the time. It should be noted that the Whigs were much less destructive toward Indians than the Jackson and the Democrats, and Tyler was also strongly anti-Indian and anti-Mexican.

Here were the political positions of the Whig party:

The party was hostile toward manifest destiny, territorial expansion into Texas and the Southwest, and the Mexican–American War. It disliked strong presidential power as exhibited by Jackson and Polk, and preferred congressional dominance in lawmaking. Members advocated modernization, meritocracy, the rule of law, protections against majority tyranny, and vigilance against executive tyranny. They favored an economic program known as the American System, which called for a protective tariff, federal subsidies for the construction of infrastructure, and support for a national bank. The party was active in both the Northern United States and the Southern United States and did not take a strong stance on slavery, but Northern Whigs tended to be less supportive than their Democratic counterparts.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Who would they pay it to?

Edit: Got a downvote, but this is a genuine question.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah, please don't judge me on the choices I made in middle school

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

I love Pandora, specifically for the "radio" feature where you create a station based on a song or artist. You can even add diversity and throw in another artist or song, and it blends your choices together to make predictions. Then you thumb up and thumb down, and before you know it, every song is up your alley. I gave up Spotify years ago bc the radio function sucks and give Pandora my money instead

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's been jumping from animals to humans for literally decades now, some countries have seen outbreaks of dozens of cases in a given year. The only thing different about this year is it's infecting cattle too, though from what I've read it doesn't seem to be particularly harmful to cows.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mortality_from_H5N1

[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

The only reason antipsychotics are even being used to treat dementia is because of their sedating effects. These meds have SO many side effects, I would never consent to anyone in my life receiving them for anything except psychosis. Shit, they're prescribing these to children for behavioral problems now. Absolutely fucked up imo

[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While it is worrying, we already have flu vaccines and the infrastructure to manufacture them at scale. A reformulation will be much, much simpler than creating the COVID mRNA vaccine

[–] protist@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The 50% lethality rate was among the humans who have caught it from an animal. That said, most of those were in developing nations with poor access to medical treatment

[–] protist@mander.xyz 37 points 1 year ago

I also suspect that. I like how it says sales will be delayed, aka "you will be left holding the bag."

[–] protist@mander.xyz 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)
  1. holding your DJT shares in a cash account at your brokerage firm instead of a margin account (a model instruction letter is set forth under the heading “Example Form of Letter to Broker” below); or
  2. opting out of any securities lending programs, which should stop your broker from lending your shares; or
  3. moving your shares to Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent (please note that you may incur certain costs in connection with any such transfer and once your shares are moved to our transfer agent, your ability to timely transfer your shares back to a brokerage firm and sell may be a longer process); or
  4. transferring your shares to your bank (if they have custody services) and holding them in your retirement account (if permitted by your plan).

Bold of them to think their target audience can read this many words

[–] protist@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

For real, anyone on my staff who acts like this would be in line to be fired. Handle interpersonal conflict like a fucking adult

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