duncan_bayne

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[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Your suffering is not a KPI

Some days I doubt that.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Speaking as a non-American with an interest in politics and philosophy: I really hope that if (if!) you have free elections again, and if the Democrats win, that you start taking your Constitution seriously for the first time in a century.

That means no more going to war without Congressional approval. No more extrajudicial executions of American citizens. No more commerce clause loopholes to regulate that which clearly shouldn't be a matter for the Federal govt. to regulate. No more executive orders as an end-run around Constitutional limitations, instead of Constitutional amendments.

Someone will always argue that it's just pragmatic politics. That you couldn't have had the New Deal, or the EPA, or Obamacare, or the War on Terror, whatever, without court-stacking, executive orders, illegal invasions, etc.

But you know what? Every time you did that, every time you got what you wanted despite the Constitution and laws in the way, you weakened the system, and you weakened respect for it amongst voters and their elected representatives.

In the end, you got Trump and MAGA wielding power that you helped to normalize.

Please don't make that mistake again.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can confirm! Chickens, dogs, and children - all noisy as hell in their own way, and all make our garden sound great :)

Neighbours had a rooster for a while, until someone complained to the Council and the "rooster police" made them get rid of it.

But I loved it! Waking up early in the AM for meetings with folks in the US, and hearing a rooster, just started long days the right way.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Boy the original NAZIs would have loved to have genetic data on everyone, once they got rolling on the Holocaust.

I wonder if IBM will help with the next one, too?

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First there was nothing

That might be the cause of your agnosticism, here. The big bang certainly didn't happen from nothing; we're just not up to working out what it did come from, yet - and there's a chance we may never be able to know. But that didn't mean it came from nothing.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Australian here - we have this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_of_the_Year

Sincerely hope he's awarded the next one.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just on the laptop.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Born in London, grew up in New Zealand, living in Melbourne. The socks were a gift :)

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah. It just ... worked out of the box on the 200, IIRC.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago

Australian here: can confirm that all kangaroos are tankies.

[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The studio behind it says they ‘hardly slept’ for several weeks

Are they acknowledging that crunches and sleep deprivation lead to poor results? 😀

 
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