JaymesRS

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[–] JaymesRS 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Pitch for the NYT:

THIS Week: Top Republicans not sure if they’ll accept election results. And Biden is so old and confused he mispronounced the name of the prime minister of Belarus. Which is worse? We asked ten voters in a diner.

9/10 agree it’s Biden.

[–] JaymesRS 14 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Sometimes things aren’t your fault but are your problem. And men making excuses like “just locker room talk” and not confronting other men in their lives who do or say toxic things or espouse ideas or personalities that generally make women uncomfortable are our problems, whether or not they are our fault.

[–] JaymesRS 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Arctic and Mlem for iOS.

Arctic is my primary, it was the first that I know of to include admin tools, the single developer is super accessible and on top of for resolving bugs and does a good job at supporting markdown both in the editor and the viewer.

Mlem is my backup if I need to access 2 different spots on the Lemmy-verse. It has a great viewer and interface but is missing a markdown editor.

[–] JaymesRS 54 points 6 months ago

It was discovered apparently when he went in for mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna. Mercury poisoning… in an anti-vaxxer… who has cited mercury as a reason to avoid vaccines…

Nathian Fillion speachless gif

[–] JaymesRS 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

“There are just too many pre-trial motions yet to be decided for us to continue on the original plan*” she opined, having chosen not to decide them in the when they were raised months ago.

*- not an actual quote

[–] JaymesRS 4 points 6 months ago

I know. It just seemed to me that their influence began to ramp up even more (perhaps that was just my local troop though) when the LDS Church started paying registrations and activities fees in the early 90s but it truthfully happened slowly like boiling a frog over a long time.

[–] JaymesRS 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

In the US they never dropped the mandatory overtures to religiosity. In fact, there was a period in the 90s-early 2000s where one sizable religious group who had replaced their prior youth organization with the BSA got pretty involved at the national level to the detriment of the program as a whole. While it’s not really required in any real sense at the troop level, you do have to affirm a belief in some “higher power” as an adult volunteer. (I’m an Eagle Scout and now atheist)

In Sweden, the Svenska Scoutförbundet was an outgrowth from the original UK scouting movement, but I don’t know how big it was/is.

[–] JaymesRS 4 points 6 months ago

Thanks, I bought the series a while back and I have yet to start reading it, but I’m looking forward to it

[–] JaymesRS 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Do you have any recommendations?

Maybe: One you feel is the Best? First I should read to get a feel? Your Favorite?

[–] JaymesRS 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not yet. He’s made reference to it in a couple filings, but hasn’t actually filed yet. My guess is that it’s such a monumental request for this particular trial, he needs there to be no question that he has her dead to rights, “When you strike at the king you must kill him”.

[–] JaymesRS 3 points 6 months ago

You mentioning this is what made me think to post this post about LitRPG/GameLit.

[–] JaymesRS 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have a feeling that’s kind of where I’m gonna end up as well. As a general statement, I’m not sure that I enjoy the genre on its own like I generally do fantasy, mystery, or science fiction, but I am definitely enjoying a few of the books in the genre a lot.

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