convicted and not just hearsay mind you

Just because I’m an absolute stickler for stuff like this… He was not, technically. “Convicted” means that he was found guilty in a criminal (government accused you of a crime) trial, beyond a reasonable doubt (that is, if the jury thought a defense could be reasonable, even if not totally likely, they must find the defendant not guilty).

The only sex-related trial Trump has gone through was the E Jean Carroll case. That was a civil case, where the defendant may or may not be found liable based on a preponderance of evidence (that is, jury found something was more likely than not the case and doubts that say otherwise are ok). The jury in that case found that yes, Trump sexually assaulted her and the actions that followed constituted defamation. Worth noting too that the jury found (by that same standard) that what he did was not rape her, although the judge later clarified that the actions constituted rape.

The reason I bring this up is that the jury had a much lower bar here than they would need for a conviction. They could have been 60% sure and that would fly for the trial he was in, but not for a criminal trial.

The US $100 bill was introduced in 1914 and would have been worth over $3,300 in today’s dollars. Even if that’s only about half what $10k SGD is worth, that’s still a hell of a long time to hold that ceiling

Or green card holders, refugees, maybe others on visas…

Friendly reminder that SCOTUS, in an opinion authored by none other than Neil Gorsuch, ruled that discrimination by sexual orientation or gender identity is inherently discrimination by sex. If a set of behaviors is allowed by a cisgender person, but their biological sex does not match their gender, you are discriminating by sex.

Likewise, if Alex’s husband comes to the company Christmas party and that is only acceptable if Alex is short for Alexandra, a woman, your discrimination by sexual orientation is also discrimination by sex.

A surprisingly brilliant ruling that has yet to be Constitutionally Calvinballed.

GOP Reps. Thomas Massie [KY], Brian Fitzpatrick [PA], Tom Barrett [MI] and Warren Davidson [OH] voted in favor with all Democrats.

Since that’s the only thing we really care about beyond the headline

There’s also voice user interfaces! I’m not sure if it goes by another name, but blind people have their own way of using a phone, plus there’s a lot of voice control when driving or using Alexa and the like

Well considering we heard the plan before we gave the villain power, that cliche feels a lot more believable now

Or actively did it?

Certainly not one that has been around for centuries and has seen many different world views over the years!

She may be old but I swear that woman has more energy than me. And I’m in my 30s.

To help quantify, that’s a little under 3 pounds (1.3kg) per person, assuming perfectly equal distribution.

calling the information […] “partisan propaganda”.

Well, thank God we don’t have any more of that under this administration! 🙄

That just means the law in question is the Constitution, which can also be amended.

I’m a white guy who went to a wedding in rural India. That attention alone got to be a bit much after a few days.

Also, I would have to be stupidly careful about pretty much everything. Hackers would actually think to target me AND could have an incentive to do so knowing I’ve got money (gained by fraud or blackmail if I’m not careful). In my current life I go to clothing-optional places pretty regularly (not a sex club or anything) and that would pretty much have to stop.

Just let me be rich in a way that nobody knows it, preferably not even my own friends.

the dialogue sounds awful

The dialogue sounds truly, truly awful

the dialogue is unbelievably repetitive

repeat the same lines

🤔

Up until Polis mentioned he’d need to see repentance. Then she suddenly found Jesus and realized she was an itty bit sowwy for what she did

Noel Phillips (primarily an aviation/airline YouTuber) had an episode where he went there! https://youtu.be/KbZ5aqCjiwo

You’re missing out! He basically picks out random technologies and stuff that interests him and explains how they work in an easy to digest way. Even if you’re familiar with the subject he still manages to make it interesting. And he looooves heat pumps and anything remotely related to it.

https://youtu.be/7J52mDjZzto

Alec Watson (Technology Connections) would be disappointed in me

Squeezing (pressurizing) certain gases are basically how air conditioners work. Under pressure, the gases can absorb more heat (think pressure cooker - those get hotter because they raise the boiling point of water with the higher pressure). Shuffle that pressurized gas somewhere else with lower pressure, and it can no longer hold all that heat and needs to release it. Tada: heat has been moved from one location to another.