Nobody Cares: PRS

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Baby steps, Amazon.

Amazon admits its drivers sometimes have to pee in bottles

"Drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms," Amazon admits.

arstechnica.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Still need a “THAT’S SO METAL” air guitar reaction.

 

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Still need a “THAT’S SO METAL” air guitar reaction.

I know, right?

I mean, having a government agency looking into the deaths and ongoing protections of the country's citizens. What are we, communists?!

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

We could use some of that here.

 

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[Romana]

Hunter Biden calls Trump 'vile' in new book and denies Ukraine allegations

‘I became a proxy for his fear he wouldn’t be re-elected,’ writes Joe Biden’s son in memoir to be published next week

www.theguardian.com

The Sunday Times (UK) has a write up on Hunter Biden ''s book that, for those who can read it.
From their tweets it looks like a good review. Don't read all the replies if you don't want to get sick.
There's a lot of support there, but also people trying to smear yet more filth.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Yoga continues to stay forbidden on Alabama's schools, because conservatice christians fear that practising it might help spread hinduism. The ban is in action since 1993.

Alabama upholds a ban on yoga in school citing fears of the practice spreading Hinduism

The Alabama Board of Education banned yoga — and the use of the word "namaste" — in schools in 1993.

www.insider.com

And if you might think now that this is an April's fool joke: no, it's not. This New York Times' article about it is from 13rd of March 2021.

After a 28-Year Ban, Alabama Could Allow Yoga in Public Schools

“It’s just exercise,” said Jeremy Gray, a state lawmaker whose bill is making its way through the Legislature. But some people still say the practice has no place in the classroom.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Romana]

Yoga continues to stay forbidden on Alabama's schools, because conservatice christians fear that practising it might help spread hinduism. The ban is in action since 1993.

Alabama upholds a ban on yoga in school citing fears of the practice spreading Hinduism

The Alabama Board of Education banned yoga — and the use of the word "namaste" — in schools in 1993.

www.insider.com

And if you might think now that this is an April's fool joke: no, it's not. This New York Times' article about it is from 13rd of March 2021.

After a 28-Year Ban, Alabama Could Allow Yoga in Public Schools

“It’s just exercise,” said Jeremy Gray, a state lawmaker whose bill is making its way through the Legislature. But some people still say the practice has no place in the classroom.

www.nytimes.com

“Guided imagery”? That’s not exercise. It’s not even yoga. I think he’s confusing yoga with something someone told him about transcendental meditation, or something.
I guess t’ai chi is out for them too. ZOMG it’s Chinese!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Yoga continues to stay forbidden on Alabama's schools, because conservatice christians fear that practising it might help spread hinduism. The ban is in action since 1993.

Alabama upholds a ban on yoga in school citing fears of the practice spreading Hinduism

The Alabama Board of Education banned yoga — and the use of the word "namaste" — in schools in 1993.

www.insider.com

And if you might think now that this is an April's fool joke: no, it's not. This New York Times' article about it is from 13rd of March 2021.

After a 28-Year Ban, Alabama Could Allow Yoga in Public Schools

“It’s just exercise,” said Jeremy Gray, a state lawmaker whose bill is making its way through the Legislature. But some people still say the practice has no place in the classroom.

www.nytimes.com

From the article:

It also says that public schoolteachers cannot say “namaste,” a greeting often used in yoga, or any kind of chant.

For heaven's sake. It's a formal and respectful Hindi greeting, that's all.

And yes, if you're a Hindu, then yoga can be part of a spiritual exercise. Or it can simply be regular physical exercise, same as it is for anyone else.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

'I’ve decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese': Mike Huckabee tweets disgusting ignorance

No, Mike. Because they have more integrity in their little fingers than you do in your entire fat ass.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

'I’ve decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese': Mike Huckabee tweets disgusting ignorance

I've decided to identify Mike Huckabee as a moron.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Florida faces 'imminent' pollution catastrophe from phosphate mine pond

Governor at scene as ‘20ft wall of water’ feared, efforts to plug breaches continue and toxic wastewater is pumped into Tampa Bay

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lady Darnk Juniorette]

I've decided to identify Mike Huckabee as a moron.

Also he plays bass like a weiner.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

'Allergic reaction to US religious right' fueling decline of religion, experts say

Percentage of churchgoing Americans is steadily falling, and the swirl of rightwing politics and Christianity is playing a key role

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Piers Morgan claims he has 'universal support' of British public in Tucker Carlson interview

On Fox News, presenter uses first interview since leaving Good Morning Britain to again question Prince Harry and Meghan’s account

www.theguardian.com

 

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Piers Morgan claims he has 'universal support' of British public in Tucker Carlson interview

On Fox News, presenter uses first interview since leaving Good Morning Britain to again question Prince Harry and Meghan’s account

www.theguardian.com

At least he knows what's got the public's ear.

Ear mites.

 

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From the Not Surprised category...

McDonald's, other CEOs have confided to Investors that a $15 minimum wage won't hurt business

Restaurants say they're not worried about a possible hike in the minimum wage, debunking what their own industry lobbyists are saying.

www.newsweek.com

Big restaurant chains are telling investors that a national minimum wage hike wouldn't be a big deal—even as their corporate lobbying groups in Washington fight plans for a $15 minimum wage.

"We share your view that a national discussion on wage issues for working Americans is needed—but the Raise the Wage Act is the wrong bill at the wrong time for our nation's restaurants," the National Restaurant Association wrote in a letter to congressional leaders in February. "The restaurant industry and our workforce will suffer from a fast-tracked wage increase and elimination of the tip credit."

The following day, a top executive at Denny's, one of the association's members, told investors that gradual increases in the minimum wage haven't been a problem for the company at all. In fact, California's law raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2023 has actually been good for the diner chain's business, according to Denny's chief financial officer, Robert Verostek.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

While the Suez Canal was blocked by a ship earlier this month, a hoax campaign was launched on social media blaming Egypt's first female ship captain, Marwa Elselehdar, for the accident despite her being on a different ship hundreds of miles away at the time.

 

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This is what extreme right-wing ideology has brought us: A Supreme Court Justice I feel comfortable claiming to be much smarter than.

Clarence Thomas blasts Section 230, wants “common-carrier” rules on Twitter

Thomas claims Twitter's "right to cut off speech" may be First Amendment problem.

arstechnica.com

The US Supreme Court today vacated a 2019 appeals-court ruling that said then-President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking people on Twitter. The high court declared the case "moot" because Trump is no longer president.

For legal observers, the ruling itself was less interesting than a 12-page concurring opinion filed by Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued that Twitter and similar companies could face some First Amendment restrictions even though they are not government agencies. That's in contrast to the standard view that the First Amendment's free speech clause does not prohibit private companies from restricting speech on their platforms.

Thomas also criticized the Section 230 legal protections given to online platforms and argued that free-speech law shouldn't necessarily prevent lawmakers from regulating those platforms as common carriers.

I agree with Thomas that it's unprecedented to have "control of so much speech in the hands of a few private parties," but the truly effective answer to that is to commandeer Twitter and Facebook and a few other social media platforms and nationalize them, treating them like public utilities. And that would be a difficult thing to do both from a multi-national perspective, and hahaha Republican ideology.

Also of note: The Supreme Court has officially ruled that Donald Trump is NO LONGER PRESIDENT.

 

[Innula Zenovka]