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Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924
  • I disagree that nice people are bad at politics. I mean we have Tim Waltz today as successful governor and VP-nominee and he might be the nicest man alive.

    Carter was a poor communicator and suffered from an ineffective cabinet. As an engineer he approach problems with a practical to find the solution, but sometimes there are no practical solutions and people just need comfort/inspiration from their leaders.

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    Project 2025 leader confesses deep Trump ties in damning interview
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/

    To clarify, he was found liable for sexual assault, missing NY states legal definition of rape but those sexual assault actions should still be understood as rape in common language.

    The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,’ ” Kaplan wrote.

    He added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.

    Kaplan said New York’s legal definition of “rape” is “far narrower” than the word is understood in “common modern parlance.”

    The former requires forcible, unconsented-to penetration with one’s penis. But he said that the conduct the jury effectively found Trump liable for — forced digital penetration — meets a more common definition of rape. He cited definitions offered by the American Psychological Association and the Justice Department, which in 2012 expanded its definition of rape to include penetration “with any body part or object.”

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    Dying towns
  • I can’t get over how I’m learning about small town economic policies via a meme. Thanks for spreading awareness!

    This Washington Post article talks about the policy and how other small cities are trying the same thing https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/08/30/cumberland-maryland-revival/

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    AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala
  • Probably voted that way because she was assured Biden would continue to hammer out a better deal for the rail union, which he did! Better healthcare, more PTO, and the addition of paid sick days!

    Here’s the article right from the rail union thanking Biden for not giving up on their fight. https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid#:~:text=These 12 unions represent more,agreement for paid sick leave.”

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    Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads
  • I’ll second Ombi. It has a slick interface to search for any movie/tv show and when the user presses a download button the backend interfaces with other apps to download the media and provide it to Plex. Having your partner interface directly with Radarr or Sonarr just isn’t as user friendly

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    Politicians think a lot about their own interests and care little about the public
  • Big yes to those data labels! The trend lines don’t tell much of a story when there’s only two points along the x-axis. Actually the red trend line is confusing since it trends up I’d expect “more” of a disagree but the data labels show there were 5% less disagree.

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    There are 4336 pages in a foot of shelf, and other ideas about book logging...
  • Love this idea! I’ve mostly read my books through digital means so looking around my house it doesn’t appear I’m much of a reader.

    Estimating how many bookshelves I’d need to store my collection is a fun metric.

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    Which plant milks aren't bullshit?
  • All non-dairy milks have their place, so it depends where you’re using it as a replacement to cows milk.

    I enjoy Oatly oat milk for cereal, coffee, and if a recipe calls for milk I typically use it.

    Coconut milk is delicious in smoothies.

    Nut milks are good in baking.

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    Donald Trump asked to pay NY Times nearly $400,000 in legal costs
  • 'Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.’

    The News Industry is profit driven just like all the rest. I wouldn’t point blame journalists for being dumber when it’s just as likely that it’s management pushing for more content with quicker turn around times.

    Long term investigative journalism is expensive and the output is still only one article. From a profit prospective, why not spend the same investment in puff pieces to produce a dozen articles written to drive engagement.

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