I've never heard of this until now, so take it with several grains of salt.
I'd imagine the complaints stem from the fact that she was never in charge of the country.
But then they should have complained when Ben Franklin was announced.
Or maybe they did complain when Ben Franklin was announced, but you can't really go "look at these bigots hating on Benjamin Franklin," so that wasn't shared around as much.
Of course even if that were the case, there would be people who draw the line at Tubman and not Franklin anyways, which could be a case of actual bigotry.
Or maybe a significant subset of the audience wasn't taught in school that Tubman was that influential, and sees this as blowing a historical figure out of proportion.
What do you have against sea lions? Can you name one documented case of when a sea lion ever did anything that personally affected you in a demonstratably negative way?
My hands are now unspeakably filthy as filthy people following the signs have accumulated a ton of germs on this handle. I get sick.
Do you normally get sick when you touch a bathroom door handle? It's not like people choose not to wash their hands because there's a separate handle for it.
Well sure, but the fediverse is nowhere near that ubiquitous.
I wouldn't attribute malice for... not using the same protocol others are? And the unnecessary work is posting on Bluesky too instead of just the fediverse?
Twitter was never part of the fediverse, so moving to Bluesky, even though it's not on the same protocol, is still a step in the right direction. They're not taking anything away from the fediverse... Well, they might be taking some users away because they've hit the critical mass of userbase to let people see what they want to see instead of the one-size-fits-all Linux Star Trek Leftism blend we've got over here, but people who are tired of that would be leaving Lemmy eventually anyways.
Not sure if your information is outdated or if you're using a different definition of federate, but this blog post says they have support for a degree of federation: https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web
Well in that case, you can ascribe it to one side.
Just an FYI, if you ask a Republican, they will say that they're on the side of patriotism and intelligence and that the left is superstitious and ignorant. Definitely a line between political parties, but I don't think it's really a gotcha to claim that "when Ulysses S Grant predicted one side being patriotic and intelligent, he was talking about our side."
Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Republicans, and I'm definitely not defending Trump, so I'm going to pre-emptively request that you not tell me things like "well Trump's a bigot and felon so anyone who votes for him is ignorant" and expect me to put up any sort of defense. All I'm saying is they see themselves as patriotic and intelligent, as any thinker who favors their country would.
What are you trying to accomplish by saying this? Do you want people to give up? Hope does not stop people from making things better. If anything, it gives you the strength to carry on. It's not too late. Trump simply doesn't have the backing to do anything to the Constitution if he wanted to - there's not enough red in house or senate to propose an amendment (it takes 2/3,) and not even half of the states have a red enough legislature to ratify it unless it's actually reasonable (it takes 3/4.) So he can do some damage, yes, but we are not at the tipping point. Democracy isn't going anywhere.
Linux machines don't crash unexpectedly, because if they do, it's your fault for configuring it wrong and you should have expected it.
As for dealing with other people, it's subjective. If they're not satisfied with your answer, it's an excuse to them.
To be a bit more specific, I'd say there are two factors at play, which are of course hard for the other person to judge, especially if they're a manager not involved in the task itself:
- If you can reasonably perform the task as expected despite the obstacle, it's probably an excuse. If you can't, it's almost certainly a valid reason.
- If you wanted to perform the task as expected, then something that caused you to not do so is likely a valid reason. If you didn't want to, then you're more likely to be using an excuse.
Of course, it also depends on the priority level of the task. If your sibling asks for a glass of water and you get them a mug because there are no glasses in the cabinet, those stakes are low enough that it's a valid reason even though you could have checked the dishwasher or washed a glass yourself.