I am absolutely loving NOT buying anything.

I only buy necessities (food, medication, sundries)

I’ve been repairing and repurposing clothes. Buying used items. Driving an awesome old car.

Every chance that I get to NOT buy something is cause for celebration.

I want to know who narced on her.

She was just doing chores at houses in exchange for boarding. She wasn’t paid. She just did chores.

Trump said just the other day that the US should remove some features from the jets they sell to other countries, because we might be at war with them someday.

Funding for special education is, by definition, part of DEI.

I hope the people who rattle on about DEI being a bad thing realize this.

But they won’t.

Please go away.

Plenty of Jews and minorities fled nazi germany, and as a result have families alive today.

Blue states understand that you can’t just go and TAKE a country’s sovereignty, and that trying to do so sets a dangerous precedent.

Red states seem to forget that it goes both ways. Another country can try to TAKE the US (e.g., Russia, china).

Red states seem to forget that they would be furious if another country tried to invade the US. They fail to look in the mirror.

I’m the one who knocks!

If this is seriously how cognitively deficient Lemmy is, then Lemmy is no better than Facebook.

Peer reviewers are expert volunteers. Peer reviewers are NOT paid to complete peer reviews. It is a form of volunteer work.

Peer reviewers DO hold jobs in their respective industries, and are PAID for their actual, non volunteer, jobs.

This is stupid. There are two completely separate variables here.

Peer reviewers review publications as part of their service to their respective communities. Unpaid.

Peer reviewers are PAID by their respective industry for the fucking job that they perform for that industry. Paid.

Imagine saying that soup kitchen workers were paid one billion dollars last year. In reality, the soup kitchen workers WORK FOR FREE. They have OTHER JOBS in which they earn money.

This is divisive, disingenuous bullshit.

The trump regime was designed to TANK the US economy so that stocks, businesses, and industries can be bought by billionaires at rock bottom prices.

All is going according to plan.

The trump regime was designed to TANK the US economy so that stocks, businesses, and industries can be bought by billionaires at rock bottom prices.

All is going according to plan.

The trump regime was designed to TANK the US economy so that stocks, businesses, and industries can be bought by billionaires at rock bottom prices.

All is going according to plan.

She basically says: Can you put a pause on hurting everyone until AFTER I’m elected?

The trump regime was designed to TANK the US economy so that stocks, businesses, and industries can be bought by billionaires at rock bottom prices.

All is going according to plan.

There is a non-zero probability that this regime is coming after people like me.

Oh good point. I live in temperate climate.

But perhaps the rubbing alcohol keeps it from freezing.

Downvote me all you want. If my trans woman athlete went through male puberty, my Olympian would take the gold metal.

Be real. Have a nuanced discussion about this.

Yeah that’s pretty much my plan too.

I’m not going to spend my end of days being ill, in pain, or destitute due to the American healthcare system. No thanks!

Speak for yourself.

If I am old and ill and facing economic destitution due to likely being bankrupted by the American healthcare system, I’m ending it.

I’m all for trans rights. Trans people deserve rights, and support, and respect. BUT, here’s my take on sports:

If I wanted to coach an athlete to make it to the Olympics and win gold, I’d scour my country for a trans woman and train her for literally ANY individual sport.

Pole vault, 100 meter, javelin, swimming, you name it. We’ll kick ass.