How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/
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    TheLadyAugust
    2d ago 100%

    For all the left people I know, including myself, The reason we don't want a line drawn is because sometimes special circumstances arise. There may be medical complications in the third trimester that would result in the mother's death and it's not feasible to exhaustively list every scenario that could land her in this situation so it's better to just not a put a limit on it so she doesn't have some bullshit hoop to jump through later while she's dying.

    That said, I don't think there's anyone genuinely arguing that people should be allowed to get abortions super late into the pregnancy just for funsies. Third trimester is the logical cut off to me, and most of the people I know agree or want it slightly shorter. We just don't want the law to specify that since it can cause legal complications. It's better that it be considered a medical standard.

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  • I am 40 and a nurse. Would it be more beneficial to get a cyber security degree? Instead of bouncing around the countries as a traveling nurse?
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    TheLadyAugust
    2w ago 100%

    Hi friend! Without knowing your history, what jobs you've applied for in the past. Try looking at fraud prevention jobs with credit card companies or at banks. Other companies may also have fraud departments. That's a very adjacent field for cybersecurity and would be easy to sell that experience.

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  • ‘RANDOM FLUFF #76’ [OC]
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 100%

    An extremely common weapon is just whatever paper you can get your hands on, rolled up really really tight and folded over. You use it like a knife, targeting the neck or soft spots. I don't think it's used with intent to kill usually.

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  • The Animals Entering Noah's Ark by Jacopo Bassano
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 100%

    When I was a kid sitting in church daydreaming, already losing my faith, I would pretend that stories from the Bible were just misunderstood oral histories. Like what if humans were from another planet? Their polar ice caps melted causing the Earth to flood. A benevolent space fairing alien race stops by and saves them. The aliens explain what they're doing but over thousands and thousands of years The history was blurred into what was eventually written down. It actually made it a lot easier to stay awake during service.

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    'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 100%

    I agree with your analysis of her apology. I don't think I've ever considered what makes an apology sound genuine. I've always thought of it as a gut instinct. Thank you!

    Do you think that the publicity from this statement, would make a second, more genuine attempt at an apology sound like attention seeking? I wonder what kind actions she could actually take to mitigate some of the damage she's caused. That's a rhetorical question, I think.

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    'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 100%

    Out of curiosity, what would accountability look like to you, in this case. Since she's admitted guilt she's likely to be held at least partially responsible for the crimes of others if it's found her racist claim played a part in the crimes motivation. I assume she's likely to lose her job as well, but we'll have to wait and see i suppose.

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  • Judge blocks Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan before it rolls out. Here's what may happen next
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 75%

    The difference is this would be legal.

    There's no difference with a broken court and we can't fix that with our current Congress.

    I know you're arguing against fixing stuff,

    What the hell are you on about about? Like actually what. You need to call down with that nonsense. Why are you being so combative? I'm not even the person you were first talking to.

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  • Judge blocks Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan before it rolls out. Here's what may happen next
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 80%

    To my knowledge there has never been a federal judge removed in anyway other than impeachment. You would have to take an untested claim to court, prove it, then still to apply that process to remove judges case by case after. Unfortunately, it's not us that gets to decide whether or not something is legal, it's up to the "supreme" Court. I just can't see us convincing 6 of those justices to accept consequences for their and their party's actions. This would be a hell of a legal long shot.

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    IRS says it has recovered $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from rich Americans
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    TheLadyAugust
    1mo ago 92%

    They probably mean that we're still not targeting the right people. Well, all of the right people. Millionaires are definitely still on that list.

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  • This is too cute
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    TheLadyAugust
    2mo ago 100%

    A friend of mine actually does read along twitch streams sometimes between the radio show listen tos and casual games he also does. Most of the non game content is old Doctor Who radio shows and books.

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  • Do any of you play WoW? There's an open source private server we could play and make a Lemmy guild
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    TheLadyAugust
    2mo ago 100%

    Lich king is where I stopped. But once they started adding in all the heirloom gear in all the benefits for super easy casual players the game stopped being as fun. I'm saying this is someone who is a casual player too. It lost all challenge. I'd be fine with the dungeon queue system, if you at least had to be in the area of the dungeon.

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  • Generative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful
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    TheLadyAugust
    2mo ago 100%

    Alternatively, and possibly almost as useful, companies will end up training their AI to detect AI content so that they don't train on AI content. Which would in turn would give everyone a tool to filter out AI content. Personally, I really like the apps that poison images when they're uploaded to the internet.

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    Kamala Harris is making the presidential race competitive again
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    TheLadyAugust
    2mo ago 100%

    You shouldn't just be voting for the presidency and I mean, while you're there you may as well for no extra effort. But otherwise, The popular vote helps show the opinion of the majority. It might feel like a drop in the ocean, but every ocean is made of drops.

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  • Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
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    TheLadyAugust
    2mo ago 100%

    It's a bit more involved. You need to vacuum seal your food so you have a consistent temperature across entirety of the surface. You don't really boil the water either, you have to keep it as an exact temperature and keep it circulating. That way you can cook food in seasonings and marinades to a perfect temperature then pan sear afterward for color with out losing any juices.

    If you just throw food in a bag and boil it, you'll probably be disappointed with the comparison to actual sous vide cooking.

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  • This question inspired by [this post.](https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/02e01421-b3b6-4211-ba50-e5c2d812f0a8.jpeg?thumbnail=1500&format=webp).

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