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  • Ninth Circuit grants Trump control over California National Guard in Los Angeles

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  • A good reminder that the system was already broken before Trump got here.

  • Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon

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  • So they aren't weeks away from a functioning weapon, and we can recall all the military buildup, right?

    Right?

  • Make dinosaurs weirder

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  • Well, a plucked bird does look pretty different. Then again, fossilized feathers for dinosaurs have been found, so it's not like we're completely blind to that, either.

  • This viral video has people talking about Christianity versus ‘MAGA Christianity’

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  • Even that being true, it's readily apparent that Christians always choose which scriptures to highlight. The fundamentalist ones will say you must take the whole bible or nothing, but that's not how they behave. Not at all.

    Let's assume the homophobic translation of Romans 1 is the correct one. Is any given Christian talking about that, or are they talking about being kind to the poor, pointing out the hypocrisy of religious leaders, or that the literal, obvious interpretation of "rich men can't get through the eye of a needle" is the correct one? There's so many scriptures they could be highlighting, and it's conspicuous that they choose to make a homophobic one really, really important to them.

    MAGA Christians tend to get very angry if you point this out. The usual responses are along the lines of "you only know a few cherry picked scriptures as talking points" or "you atheists would burn alive if you actually read the bible".

  • This viral video has people talking about Christianity versus ‘MAGA Christianity’

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  • There's a defensible argument that Paul invented Christianity. Jesus (whoever he was historically) does not appear to have intended to produce a separate religion from Judaism. Paul did that.

    It's not a complete slam dunk, but even if you don't buy it, it's still very apparent that Paul was the central figure in shaping what Christianity would become.

  • This viral video has people talking about Christianity versus ‘MAGA Christianity’

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  • Strictly speaking, I don't think there's a single scripture that specifically calls out sexual abuse of children. There's general prohibitions against sex outside of marriage and such, but nothing that applies directly to pedophilia.

    You get there by not being a monster. Literal, direct interpretations of the Bible won't do it.

  • This viral video has people talking about Christianity versus ‘MAGA Christianity’

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  • Like Paul Ryan and Rick Santorum?

    The more conservative American Catholics have a theology that's closer to the right-wing, protestant-derived groups around them. Ask Paul or Rick about how their views on evolution jive with the Vatican's official position, and they'll start to squirm.

  • FDA approves the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV

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  • Yeah, this stuff takes time to work out. As long as the side effects aren't a big deal, they might err on the side of too much.

    Covid vaccines were something of an exception because they were motivated and infections were widespread. Lots of chances to get good data. Treatments for other diseases don't have those advantages.

    The HPV vax, for example, was released in 2016 on a three dose schedule. There's some studies out there that argue two doses would be plenty, but it's not a consensus, either. That's after almost a decade.

    PrEP is already keeping HIV infection rates pretty low, at least in rich countries where there's money to do these studies. Not going to be good data on dose schedules for many, many years. Maybe even decades.

  • ‘No Kings’ was biggest protest in U.S. history: data analyst

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  • They may have been a foundation to build on, but they largely failed in their goals. There was a sudden surge in cities proposing budgets that defunded the police. Once the sausage making process was done, those budgets largely reflected the status quo.

    The best you can say about its direct practical effect is that Chauvin was convicted. I do think we're seeing more cases of abusive cops actually being prosecuted for misconduct, or at a minimum, losing their job.

    It's still taking some effort to even get that, though. I just ran across a case in my YouTube feed, where a civil rights lawyer with a channel brought attention to a case. This had happened months ago, but all the sudden, the prosecutor dropped the charges and the cop was fired. If it weren't for it blowing up on YouTube, that probably wouldn't have happened. There's almost certainly thousands of stories like it in process right now that aren't getting that attention.

    Oh, and we got Juneteenth added as a day off. I guess that's nice. Except some companies have already dropped it from their holiday list (mine did).

  • Also, they already had a deal with the US before Trump voided it

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  • Praise be the MAGAMind Collective! We think so you don't have to!

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  • There are plenty of reasons a worker would choose a van. There are plenty of reason a worker would choose a truck.

    Consider this setup:

    Everything is made to be easily accessible. The rack can hold ladders and conduit that are as long as the vehicle (or even a bit longer). Other setups will have side access toolboxes.

    Fifth wheels are not just for campers. They haul Bobcats. They haul livestock. They haul large sheds or even small houses. They haul several pallets of bricks.

    For that matter, try getting pallet into a van as opposed to a truck bed. If it's even possible to fit it in a van, you have to be a lot more careful while doing it.

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  • It does no such thing.

    Are you aware of what a fifth wheel is? If you don't, you really shouldn't be commenting about what's better for work or not.

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  • This "just buy a van" crap really needs to stop. There are plenty of reasons specifically to get a pickup truck. The F250 isn't even sold to customers without a commercial account with Ford. Work vans and trucks are often made on exactly the same platform with a different shell put over it. The van will tend to have worse gas mileage due to the frontal cross section usually being higher (they ride a bit lower while having a same or higher ceiling height).

    The problem is really the F150 and similar. It's still gigantic, it's sold to whomever can apply for an 8 year/25% interest rate loan, and is rarely used for anything like actual work. The diesel version was also discontinued, which pushes some people--the type who do actual work with it--to either buy the F250 or find a somewhat older F150 model.

    It is outright impossible to buy a small truck in the US. I know guys who do real work with it and they aren't happy having to buy a big machine. No, not the Maverick. That's "well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it" but for trucks.

  • Checkmate, Round Earthers 🌍

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  • But we wouldn't see sunrise/sunset.

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  • Dr Noonien Soong has entered the chat

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  • Is this based on a careful study of violent and non-violent protest movements under regiemes in many countries? Or did you pull it out of your ass?

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  • The Estes Corporation makes rockets that will do 600 meters.

    It's great that Honda is doing this. We really need other companies in this area, because SpaceX is dominating it. Even if Elon weren't a walking disaster, we don't want one company so badly outclassing everyone else.

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  • Almost like non-violent protest movements are a marathon, not a sprint.

  • We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew

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  • It's not just breeding. Are the offspring sterile? A male horse and a female donkey will get you a hinny, but they're sterile. Male donkey and female horse makes a mule, which are almost always sterile with a few exceptions.