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rivermonster , in Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.

Our local catholic private school stole $750,000 and then defaulted on it like most PPP loans. Fucking insane.

Phlogiston , in AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence in newsrooms

I think the legal teams are out of control and have a vendetta against the tech because chatGPT passed the bar exam. I’m kinda sick of their blanket bans paired with “but learn to use it” BS.

This is a stupid policy statement. The tech will be used by teams just the same way autocorrect or grammar checkers are used — simply because it’ll be baked into all their editing tools within a couple of years. Similarly they’re going to keep using licensed image libraries and will transition to AI generated images as their licensed libraries transition to the tech.

ChrisLicht , in Both Parents Agree: The Child Is Being Harmed. Which One Will the Court Believe?

Jesus, this is dark.

kamenlady ,
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Yeah, poor kid - whatever is happening, it’s destroying his childhood

some_guy ,

Yeah, for serious. There are so many conflicting reports and noted failures by various experts and the judge. Hard to determine how much to rely on anything anyone is saying. Poor kid.

neuropean ,

Truly one where I’m not sure if I’m better off having read it.

donut4ever , in Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.

Aren’t they already millionaires, why do they need more money?

stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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Greed.

Kbin_space_program ,

It's almost like there is a reason Vancouver collectively disowned Nickleback.

someguy3 ,

Anything that gets them money is by definition capitalism and by definition good! /s (Yes there are many economists/businessmen that think anything that makes money is by definition good.)

ares35 , in Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class
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what was the point of the school board appointing a 'tribunal' if they had no intention of honoring its decision (if it didn't go "their way")?

lagomorphlecture ,

The tribunal could have sided with them and it would have looked more legit if it had gone that way.

ElZoido , in FIFA President Gianni Infantino says women should ‘pick the right battles’ to ‘convince us, men, what we have to do’ in fight for equality

Does he mean he needs more kickbacks from them to do anything?

sugarfree , in Inside a ‘Nightmare’ Lockdown at a Wisconsin Prison
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I’m sure many innocent people have nightmares over the crimes committed against them by these inmates in a maximum security prison, so it’s hard for me to be sympathetic. These aren’t low level guys we’re talking about.

Riccosuave , (edited )
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These are still human beings, and the policies around imprisonment in this country escalate the level of violence rather than decreasing it.

If you are in favor of punitive imprisonment as a form of torture then I would understand your position. That also seems to be the commonly held position by most people within the prison industrial complex as well.

The largest problem in the prison system is its use as a housing mechanism for the mentally ill thanks to Reagan era policies that defunded mental institutions. The second largest problem is gangs, and that is a tougher problem to solve.

What I know for sure is that what we are doing is not working, and there are a plethora of examples in other industrialized countries that we could point to that have done a better job rehabilitating inmates or at the very least decreased the levels of violence between them.

I think your argument is a gross oversimplification of the issue, and comes from a place of ignorance regarding the absolutely inhumane treatment we subject incarcerated individuals to in this country. There simply is a better way on societal level to prevent people from becoming incarcerated in the first place, dealing with them once they are in the system, and providing resources once they have completed their sentences.

Maeve ,

Prison gangs exist for the same reason street gangs exist: members were othered until taken in by gangs. This is how they started, and how they perpetuate, and now they other others. It’sa symptom of despair, directly created by economic policies. The first part is a gross oversimplification; I’m not sure the part referencing economic policies are, by any stretch.

Unaware7013 ,

You don't reduce recidivism by leaving prisoners in inhumane situations.

girlfreddy ,
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@Unaware7013 @jeffw @sugarfree

Exactly.

As a general rule you cannot isolate human beings for indefinite amounts of time and expect them to come out sane.

Studies have proven this, yet some commenters here seem to have ignored the evidence. Pfft.

Maybe they should be locked in a windowless room for 2 months to see what it's like.

_wintermute , in Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.

PPP loans must be one of the largest transfers of wealth over a short period of time in history. So much of our money funneled into the already rich and corporations. And in classic American fashion those “loans” will be forgiven.

Fucking country is a circus.

FigMcLargeHuge ,

I mean isn’t Nickelback Candian? But my 10K left of Parent Plus Student loans… Well fuck me evidently…

Steeve ,

Nah that’s alright, you guys can keep em

vaultdweller013 ,

How bout we make a deal and just stick them on one of those gods forsaken islands in the middle of the great lakes.

phoenixz ,

Poor people’s loans obviously wint be forgiven or forgotten

WhatAmLemmy ,

Why would the oligarchy allow proles to have any taste of financial freedom? The point of their existence is indentured servitude…

Stoneykins ,

To be clear, the thing being talked about in the article was not a ppp loan, but a grant. There is no indication anyone, intended recipient or not, is supposed to pay this one back

Burn_The_Right ,

Grants have rules, and it looks like these rich fucks (who never needed any of that money) just pocketed it. People are fucking losing their homes and are starving and these goddamned talentless conservative grifters are profiting from the misery.

FlyingSquid ,
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But dare to forgive student loans or even mortgages? SOCIALISMS!

GentlemanLoser ,

What, you spent your whole $1200 relief check already?

idunnololz ,
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Dw it will trickle down :^)

b3an ,
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But student loan debt is shackled to you for life with little relief. When we fought for it we were told to fuck off by republicans. Cool. So PPP loans for millionaires are a-okay. But not the average citizen; who pays the taxes in the first place btw. Cool. Cool cool cool.

some_guy , in Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.

Not like they’d already made tons of money or anything.

ETA: they should have to give it back.

rivermonster ,

Execute the thieves and sieze their entire estates. Dissolve their groups and seize those funds also.

Wookie ,
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The people yearn for the guillotines!

mercano , in American Airlines sues Skiplagged, claiming cheap tickets are ‘classic bait and switch’
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The airlines can end this practice pretty quick by charging less for a direct flight to the connecting city than they do for a two-legged flight though it. We prohibited the railroads from doing this sort of thing back in 1887 with the Interstate Commerce Act.

Astroturfed ,

That’s back before we gave up any semblance of real democracy and legalized bribery though. Now you can do massive multi million dollar stock buybacks during good times and cry poor house and demand a bailout anytime you hit a bump in the road. They make the rules now.

UFODivebomb , in Russia’s lander experiences ‘emergency situation’ while approaching lunar surface

No fan of Russian leaders but their engineers are great. Hope they can figure out the issue and avoid the political drama.

Saganastic ,

I think most of the good engineers have left russia by now.

VediusPollio ,
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From what I remember, there’s a very heavy emphasis on engineering in Russia, and they produce more engineers than any other country. They may have some brain drain, but plenty to spare.

Chickenstalker ,

They’re all drunk and the research money has been funneled to Dear Leader’s yatchs.

Afrazzle ,

While roscosmos has been a bit of a powerhouse for ISS missions they seem to have difficulty with missions beyond GEO. I hope they are able to land successfully but I wouldn’t be betting on it.

stigmata ,

Weren’t they mostly a powerhouse because America didn’t have launch capability for so long?

Afrazzle ,

More or less

DLSchichtl ,

Or been conscripted

NumbersCanBeFun , in Shop owner shot, killed over rainbow flag outside clothing store near Lake Arrowhead
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  • Deceptichum ,
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    They outright kill someone over a flag and you’re fantasising about politely ripping one down?

    I think the time for such a peaceful response is well and truly past.

    iHUNTcriminals , (edited )

    Blat blat. Fire power’s something no american has bragging rights over `cause we all can get it. Legal or illegal. We’re in a slow motion civil war so don’t go bragging about shit everyone has access to if you’re a soft handed new age patriot.

    People should be building up rations of medicine.

    Maeve ,

    And participating in mutual aid.

    FuglyDuck ,
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    gotta rip it down before shoving it up their ass.

    Sharkwellington ,

    They outright kill someone over a flag and you’re fantasising about politely ripping one down?

    Really puts it into perspective huh? Unfortunately we can’t afford to be polite with savages.

    Fredselfish ,
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    I threw one of those blue lives matter flags in the trash. It blew in from my neighbors house fuck hate the traitorous fucks.

    Aderyna ,

    There’s a guy in my rural northern NY town with TWO confederate flags in the back of his big ass truck 🙄

    chilburn06 ,

    I smuggled home a confederate flag I found in a drawer at my grandmother’s house. Disposed of it with a bag of cat shit.

    Bytemeister ,

    Bruh, you just stole G-Ma’s emergency TP reserve left over from the early days of covid. Nothing else attracts shit like the stars and bars.

    Especially_the_lies , in Georgia teacher fired after reading book on gender to fifth-grade class

    I’m a teacher. I bought this book for my own children. It’s a book about being true to yourself, even when you don’t feel like you fit in. You don’t have to be “blue” or “pink” if you feel like you fit into both categories.

    Yes, it’s a book about being trans, but there are other ways to read the book, especially if your audience is young. Accepting and loving yourself. Inclusion. Tolerance. It’s a sweet book, and so of course people are going to get mad… it teaches kids acceptance, not hate!

    Cleverdawny ,

    Yeah. That’s the problem Republicans have with it

    WhatAmLemmy ,

    If it promotes acceptance of “others”, conservatism HATES it.

    100_kg_90_de_belin ,

    They shrank their whole political agenda down to “we hate them because they ain’t us”

    FlyingSquid ,
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    Five people downvoted you. What the fuck is wrong with those people? How insecure can they be to downvote a comment like this and not even respond?

    BEZORP ,

    I'm not seeing any downvotes on the kbin web app

    someguy3 , in Shop owner shot, killed over rainbow flag outside clothing store near Lake Arrowhead

    Is this the start of them hunting down libs? Party of law and order people.

    rivermonster ,

    They have been for a long while now. The left chooses to be blind to it. We need strong response like the socialist rifle association, and those like it. War is here and cannot be avoided through denial or compartmentalized away.

    SnowdenHeroOfOurTime ,

    War is here? We have 350 million plus people. I don’t see how you can call the occasional incident “war”. If it was violence targeted at non-conservatives even once every few days I could see your point maybe. But as violent and awful as America is, I think the vast majority of our violence is not political in nature.

    Cubes ,

    I will probably get downvoted for saying it, but this post and the response here reminds me a lot of things you’d see on r/conservative in that people take an isolated hateful incident and extrapolate to say that this is the start of a civil war and we need to mount an equally forceful response. Yes this is a tragedy, unhinged, and terroristic behavior, but, as someone from a deeply red state who has some ultra-conservative family, 0 of them are even remotely close to wanting to fight and die over pride flags.

    I only say this because the sentiment that “there is no other way out of this but civil war” is not anywhere close to true, in my mind, and only serves to stop coherent discussion.

    SnowdenHeroOfOurTime ,

    Perfectly said. I’m with you. I do think it’s a distinct possibility at some point but this news story is not a part of some inevitably imminent civil war. If nothing else, 99.9% of people are way too comfortable and lazy currently to even attempt to create that sort of chaos. Something to still be watchful about but nothing like some of the comments in this thread are saying.

    Intralexical ,

    I only say this because the sentiment that “there is no other way out of this but civil war” is not anywhere close to true, in my mind, and only serves to stop coherent discussion.

    It is also not at all the appropriate response to hearing about an innocent person being killed. No sympathy or concern or even tact for the victim nor her community nor loved ones— Instead, fantasizing about even more of the same thing happening so you can mentally LARP as a hero. Even if you’re right, this is not the place to scream your violence-fantasy slogans.

    Interesting that as communities become more radical and more specialized— Not that that’s always a bad thing; It’s probably a natural part of the memetic processes by which communities evolve— But it’s interesting that they also seem to become less and less empathetic at the same time.

    NewNewAccount ,

    I think the vast majority of our violence is not political in nature. Of course, but the rate that it’s rising is very concerning. The rhetoric is also getting more heated.

    Wouldn’t be surprised if things did indeed boil over.

    rivermonster ,

    Even a lazy Google search can give you information on the rate of which things are happening.

    link

    But it’s been going on a long time weather it’s Reproductive care doctor’s gunned down in Kansas, the Capitol raided, normal execution of POC by LEOs everywhere.

    It’s much more likely that it is that bad and getting worse fast but you’re just in a place of privilege to be insulated from it.

    Even the FBI director has testified to congress about the growing and enormous risk of political violence. Even librarians are being targeted.

    Ignoring it, denying it, or trying to dismiss it won’t make it go away.

    SnowdenHeroOfOurTime ,

    Your tone in no way helps the conversation. Bye.

    JoeClu , in Biden to sign strategic partnership deal with Vietnam in latest bid to counter China in the region
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    Will we start seeing everything say “Made in Vietnam” now instead of “Made in China?” Vietnam is also a communist country, so why would the US do this?

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