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30mag ,

I think leaving Russia would be dangerous for Putin.

30mag ,

Accidents happen all the time.

Nebraska governor signs executive order defining men as "bigger, stronger and faster" (boingboing.net)

Nebraska governor Jim Pillen, a Republican not noted as a women’s rights supporter, yesterday issued an executive order “defining” males and females and the attributes thereof. The anti-transgender political grandstanding offers fusty explanations of the sexes–men are “bigger, stronger and faster” on average–in...

30mag ,

Headline is clickbait. The executive order does not define men as “bigger, stronger, and faster,” and the headline contains zero information about how the executive order actually does define “sex”. This shit really gets under my skin. Misinformation like this makes it more difficult to educate people about what is wrong with the system, why it needs to be changed, and the actions necessary to change it. It greatly reduces a person’s ability to advocate for a cause effectively.

The bigger, stronger, faster part is in the section of the order called the preamble, not part of the definition. The preamble is all the WHEREAS shit you see at the beginning of bills and explains the rationale for the bill, or executive order as is the case here.

A preamble may be inserted between the title and the enacting clause of a bill for multiple reasons: to explain the state of affairs that caused the bill to be introduced; to make clear the purpose of the bill; as a sales pitch to improve the chances of enactment; or to serve some other purpose of the sponsor. A preamble is not a part of the enacted bill.[source - pdf warning]

In this instance, the preamble is grandstanding, and the article even refers to it as such:

Nebraska governor Jim Pillen, a Republican not noted as a women’s rights supporter, yesterday issued an executive order “defining” males and females and the attributes thereof. The anti-transgender political grandstanding offers fusty explanations of the sexes–men are “bigger, stronger and faster” on average–in pursuit of Rowling-esque calls for sexual segregation (and even echoing her ostensibly feminist rationales) and not a lot else.

Here’s the preamble, which doesn’t mean shit:

WHEREAS, males and females possess unique and immutable biological differences that manifest prior to birth and increase as they age and experience puberty;
WHEREAS, biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on average, bigger, stronger, and faster than females;
WHEREAS, women have achieved inspirational and significant accomplishments in education, athletics, and employment;
WHEREAS, biological differences between the sexes are enduring and may, in some circumstances, warrant the creation of separate social, educational, athletic, or other spaces in order to ensure safety and/or to allow members of each sex to succeed and thrive; and
WHEREAS, inconsistencies in court rulings and policy initiatives with respect to the definitions of “sex,” “male,” “female,” “man,” and “woman” have led to endangerment of single-sex spaces and resources, thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms.

This is the part that contains information about defining someone’s “sex”, and is actually enacted:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jim Pillen, Governor of the State of Nebraska, under and pursuant to the authority vested in the Governor by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Nebraska, do hereby order and direct the following:

  1. In the promulgation of administrative rules, enforcement of administrative decisions, and the adjudication of disputes by administrative agencies, boards, and commissions, all state agencies, boards, and commissions when using the following terms shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, define them as follows:
    a. a person’s “sex” is defined as his or her biological sex (either male or female) at birth;
    b. a “female” is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova; a “male” is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female;
    a. [sic] “woman” and “girl” refer to human females, and the terms “man” and “boy” refer to human males;
    b. [sic] the word “mother” is defined as a parent of the female sex and “father” is defined as a parent of the male sex;
  2. There are legitimate reasons to distinguish between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, restrooms, and other areas where biology, safety, and/or privacy are implicated;
  3. Any public school or school district and any state agency, department, or office that collects vital statistics for the purpose of complying with antidiscrimination laws or for the purpose. of gathering accurate public health, crime, economic, or other data shall identify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth.
    This Executive Order shall become effective immediately and shall expire upon the effective date of state law governing participation of biological males in female athletics and prescribing environments where single-sex dedicated services and/or facilities should be provided.
    IN WITNESS THEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and cause the Seal of the State of Nebraska to be affixed this 30^th^ day of August, 2023.
30mag ,

I may be incorrect, but I do not believe this is sematic.

If the preamble doesn’t matter, then why is it there? Why have it if it doesn’t mean anything?

I had a short explanation in my comment: A preamble may be inserted between the title and the enacting clause of a bill for multiple reasons: to explain the state of affairs that caused the bill to be introduced; to make clear the purpose of the bill; as a sales pitch to improve the chances of enactment; or to serve some other purpose of the sponsor.

Just because one is called a preamble and one a definition doesn’t mean that people won’t use either as the “real” definition.

The actions the government are to take to enact this order are described after this portion of the order:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jim Pillen, Governor of the State of Nebraska, under and pursuant to the authority vested in the Governor by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Nebraska, do hereby order and direct the following:

That does not include the preamble.

30mag ,

isn’t there an issue with “if any data is collected it must define someone as a man or a woman” doesn’t allow there to be an “unknown.”

It seems so to me.

30mag ,

My apologies. Carry on.

30mag ,

Do you think she should run for re-election?

30mag ,

So how about we start paying attention to Republican tradings?

People are. See those red bars in the infographics you posted? Paying attention to trades made by Republicans and paying attention made by Democrats are not mutually exclusive (also illustrated by the infographics you posted). What are you trying to achieve with this whataboutism?

30mag ,

You’re basically espousing right wing talking points

Talking points fabricated by the shadowy, fascist organization known as… 60 Minutes.

30mag ,

she IS NOT a traitor.

I don’t believe that she has committed treason, if that is what you mean by traitor.

30mag ,

I do think she’s been highly influential nationally

That’s correct. She opposed impeaching Bush 43.

30mag ,

I’m just pointing out the fact that people are always pointing at Pelosi but she’s not the biggest culprit

You mean that she wasn’t the most successful in 2022. Though, she was the only politician who had their own section in the 2022 report. unusualwhales.com/…/congress-trading-report-2022#…

Different story in 2020, wasn’t it? This infographic includes members of the house only though. Insider trading in the senate may have been worse or better, depending on how you’re looking at it.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/05e750d1-64cc-4330-9dfa-4d17c3653f3a.png

30mag ,

I think you are correct. These are securities each person purchased in 2020. My mistake.

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    30mag ,

    What’s New Hampshire doing right and Illinois doing wrong?

    'One Chip Challenge' pulled from shelves after mother says spicy tortilla chip contributed to her son's death (www.nbcnews.com)

    Paqui, the maker of extremely spicy tortilla chips marketed as the “One Chip Challenge,” is voluntarily pulling the product from shelves after a woman said her teenage son died of complications from consuming a single chip....

    30mag ,

    Children have been hospitalized by peanuts as well.

    30mag ,

    This is hotter than that. It’s not a safe product. I have no idea why you think it is.

    How is it hotter than the peppers it is seasoned with?

    Passenger on Ill-Fated Diarrhea Plane Says Flight Attendants Were Forced to Craft "Makeshift Biohazard Suits" (futurism.com)

    On Friday, an international Delta flight bound for sunny Barcelona was forced to U-turn back to its starting point, Atlanta, for an exceedingly rare air travel horror: a passenger had suffered diarrhea throughout the plane’s aisle so extensively that completing the flight was deemed untenable....

    30mag ,

    Never rrust a fart

    30mag ,

    You don’t get shot for quitting your job.

    30mag ,

    I understand.

    30mag ,

    The article says:

    Critics of the new strategy say it’s not constitutional or enforceable and is only meant to create fear and confusion.

    30mag ,

    That isn’t a very good article.

    This one is much better: https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/01/texas-cities-abortion-trafficking/

    30mag ,

    At some point would the vehicle refuse to operate without a network connection?

    No doubt.

    30mag ,

    I don’t pay for OnStar but the dealership MAKES you set it up even if you don’t use it.

    I have never heard that. When did they start doing that?

    30mag ,

    Nissan also said it collected information on “sexual activity.” It didn’t explain how.

    Nissan doesn’t provide a detailed explanation of how the data is collected, but they say that the source they collect the data is “Direct contact with users and Nissan employees,” Whatever that means.

    www.nissanusa.com/privacy.html

    30mag ,

    That’s what happens anytime we see a new form of automation, companies don’t reduce work hours and keep the pay the same, they try to increase production and the workers that were replaced will be made to do some other menial task machines can’t do, and they will also be made to work 40hrs a week.

    I understand your point, and it is probably true for some companies and some jobs. However, it doesn’t apply to telephone switchboard operators, bank tellers, movie projectionists, pinsetters, lamplighters, elevator operators, etc. These are jobs which don’t have an impact on the production or manufacturing of a product.

    I always bring this up, automation is what made slavery profitable in the south. When the cotton gin was invented slaveowners didn’t start using less slaves for the same out put of cotton.

    I understand that you’re talking about the cotton gin because it improved productivity, but the cotton gin used in the early 1800’s is an example of mechanization, not automation. It’s like a reel lawnmower, which is an improvement over a scythe, but there’s nothing automatic about it. This distinction doesn’t make much difference here, in the context of productivity.

    30mag ,

    Thanks, this is interesting.

    30mag ,

    The 34-year-old minister said the girls refused entry on Monday were given a letter addressed to their families saying that “secularism is not a constraint, it is a liberty”.

    Anyone picking up “Freedom is slavery” vibes, or is it just my paranoia?

    30mag ,

    That’s because every liberty is somebody else’s constraint.

    It seems that I am not just being paranoid.

    30mag ,

    Sure they do, it is a series of tubes.

    30mag ,

    The New York Times is the third largest newspaper by circulation in the USA and the Washington Post is the sixth.

    The New York Post is the fourth, and The Washington Times is… also a newspaper.

    30mag ,

    what air defense doing

    30mag ,

    I don’t understand what you’re saying.

    30mag ,

    Thanks.

    30mag ,

    My experience with returning stuff has been pretty good also, although I don’t doubt some people have had bad experiences.

    30mag ,

    The article mentions someone paying a bunch for a specific CPU back in April, but then never bothered actually checking it until recently…

    They may not have bought everything at the same time and were unable to check until their build was complete.

    30mag ,

    Would you uproot your life, leaving behind your family, your job etc if you dont like the weather in a country.

    Depends on the weather and depends on the country.

    They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation? (www.thestar.com)

    They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation?::Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.

    30mag ,

    Because media litteracy and critical thinking are not subjects taught being taught in schools.

    It appears spelling has been dropped from the curriculum as well.

    30mag ,

    How many nicklelodean kid sitcoms involved mean teachers who “don’t even understand what they are teaching?”

    I don’t know, how many?

    30mag ,

    I think you mostly get out of education what you put into it. You don’t need a ton of resources to educate someone who is intelligent, wants to learn, and is willing to put in time and effort.

    If someone doesn’t care or isn’t interested, more money allows for more resources to be allocated to working with that individual. More resources may improve that person’s education compared to what it would have been without those resources, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that their education is superior in quality relative to others because it consumed more resources.

    30mag ,

    It supports the idea that the education system you are a product of needs improvement, if that was your point.

    30mag ,

    Makes you wonder how often stuff like this happens … it seems that they were only caught because they accidentally shot one of the victims.

    Actually, no. They’ve been caught before, but it didn’t quite stick. I think that makes it worse.

    From the article:

    The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has faced previous lawsuits related to police misconduct, some involving the officers named in today’s indictment.

    More details are in the article about other incidents.

    30mag ,

    Yes we can:

    Dedmon then threatened to anally rape the two men, but when he moved toward Jenkins’ backside, the deputy stopped when he noticed that Jenkins had defecated on himself, according to the information.

    College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic (apnews.com)

    Colleges across the country are grappling with the same problem as academic setbacks from the pandemic follow students to campus. At many universities, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. More students are being placed into pre-college math, starting a semester or more behind for their...

    30mag ,

    I think people are bad at fractions and decimals because they are bad at division. My brain isn’t “normal” though, so I don’t know if I understand how “normal” people think. I “get” math.

    30mag ,

    Sure. It’s cathartic.

    30mag ,

    It’s good to get things out there sometimes.

    30mag ,

    Shit, I bet you could do it with a lot less than that. How many people do you think it would take to push him out a window?

    30mag ,

    I don’t think the plates would have been in the video frame at any point if they had been on the car. I don’t know if there are any pictures of the scene or not.

    30mag ,

    I don’t think my masculinity or or lackthereof is the problem that I have, but idk.

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