LemoineFairclough
@LemoineFairclough@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Is there any way our of the US political spiral? 3 weeks ago:
There is more discussion that might be useful here: ponder.cat/post/1453581
- Comment on Is there any way our of the US political spiral? 3 weeks ago:
Something that might be useful is a general strike (see sh.itjust.works/post/9745322 and sh.itjust.works/post/31602246 also). It would be nice for more people to be unionized in preparation for that. I suspect that it would be better to start unionizing for jobs that more people have (like Personal Care Aides or people working in a retail store or fast food restaurant), since after having a union contract is more normalized it’d probably be easier for people like medical doctors or pilots or lawyers to have a union contract.
I’m personally interested in electoral reform (see !rcv@ponder.cat and !fairvote@lemmy.ca also), such that I wouldn’t have to worry as much about coordinating with other people before I vote. However, it’s guaranteed that someone will always be dissatisfied with the results of an election that isn’t unanimous, so that might not be a complete solution. A more general solution might be to handle more things locally with voluntary organizations. Another option could be to generally devolve power to local institutions (like to a state government or municipality) or to create more independent institutions that are directly accountable to the government of the United States but can act autonomously (like the Federal Reserve System) so that less is dependent on the Congress or the President, and then to reduce the authority of more powerful institutions. If some states withdrew or were expelled from the United States of America that might help (since the power of an expelled state and a post-expulsion United States of America would naturally be more local, and the power of each would also affect less territory).
- Comment on If you shop by unit prices, double check the math! 4 weeks ago:
This seems to be the confusing product: www.walmart.ca/en/ip/…/10298330?from=/search
- Comment on Steam has the best UI 5 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 4 months ago:
It doesn’t matter if anything is behind you or not: any other road users would also be obligated to give up their right of way (by stopping) if you chose to stop, if doing so would help prevent collisions.
- Comment on Do drivers in the USA have to yield to alien UFO's? 4 months ago:
It’s probably best if a driver yields to a flying saucer.
Give up your right-of-way when it will help prevent collisions.
When entering traffic, you must proceed with caution and yield to the traffic already occupying the lanes.
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 6 months ago:
This helped me: …hsph.harvard.edu/what-should-you-eat/
- Comment on When you are alone in an Airbnb, and you hear someone trying to open your door in the middle of the night 9 months ago:
This is surely an offshoot of sh.itjust.works/post/18780875
- Comment on POV: you try to sleep with the new Airbnb guest, but the door is closed 9 months ago:
This is surely an offshoot of sh.itjust.works/post/18780875
- Comment on Why do people still eat beef when we know it's terrible for Earth? 9 months ago:
I did try to reduce the impact of what I eat, but I haven’t found a replacement for using chicken with a slow cooker. Beef also tastes good, especially when I eat at a restaurant.
I have stopped making hamburgers on my own (and replaced them with fish or soup), but I haven’t put more effort into reducing my impact recently.
- Comment on Send a message! Use a virtual pipe bomb! 9 months ago:
- Comment on No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK 9 months ago:
“password” is the third password someone would try.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
This is quite disturbing
- Comment on I bought frozen BBQ eel and the best before date says LJ349. What does this mean? 10 months ago:
I don’t know about today, but in the past New Jersey required that “expiration dates” be stamped on bottled water: nj1015.com/does-bottled-water-expire-nj-was-the-o…
Even if similar markings are not required by law everywhere in the USA, food manufacturers are probably afraid of getting sued due to violating local laws, or even international laws if the food is transported across borders, so it’s probably negligent to neglect printing them.
- Comment on Round 2 🚢 11 months ago:
You have an ally in orcas. They don’t even need to be commanded!
- Comment on Forest Watcher 11 months ago:
I feel like there’s some Balto influence in this image
- Comment on Anon swims 1 year ago:
I’ve heard that tanning is not protective against skin cancer
cancer.net/…/can-getting-“base-tan”-protect-you-s… www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/…/prevention.htm
- Comment on Uh oh! 1 year ago:
Essentially nobody under the age of 50 dies, especially in the western world: ourworldindata.org/…/number-of-deaths-by-age-grou…
Having learned this lets me quickly resolve thoughts of “what if I die” or “what if this person who is important to me dies” because I can reasonably predict whether that death will happen soon.