Nobody Cares: PRS

bubblesort · Sep 3, 2021

Here's a bit of good news from Texas! One of my favorite old cult of the dead cow members is fighting voter disenfranchisement.

Beto O’Rourke launches tool allowing Texas voters to register at home

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) voter mobilization organization launched a new voter registration tool on Thursday, days after the Texas legislature approved a controversial elections overhau…

thehill.com

Kamilah Hauptmann · Sep 3, 2021

trying to not lol here

Kamilah Hauptmann · Sep 4, 2021

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Software

www.smbc-comics.com

Katheryne Helendale · Sep 4, 2021

Free said:
Remington Subpoenas Report Cards of 5 Children Killed in Sandy Hook Shooting

As part of a lawsuit defense, the company that made the guns used in the Sandy Hook shooting demanded the disciplinary and attendance records of dead children.

www.vice.com

Lawsuits with companies like this never seem to come to an end. After numerous attempts (and failures) to get it dismissed, Remington - which went into bankruptcy in 2019 (though definitely not because of the lawsuit) - in July offered the families a $33 million settlement. I don't know if the families passed on it (yet), but this new twist in Remington's efforts would make me even more determined to keep turning the screws.

What an absolutely ghoulish thing for Remington to do! I would love for one of the things that come out of this lawsuit is an admission that guns do, in fact, kill people!

Katheryne Helendale · Sep 4, 2021

Kamilah Hauptmann said:
trying to not lol here

They'll put that into their bodies, but not the vaccine.

Proof that you really can't fix stupid.

Kamilah Hauptmann · Sep 4, 2021

Katheryne Helendale said:
They'll put that into their bodies, but not the vaccine.

Ooooh, the twisted part. That people have bullets put into their bodies and it's the horse paste weirdos clogging the hospital. Tho gun mishap people and horse paste venn diagram might be a circle.

Bartholomew Gallacher · Sep 4, 2021

San Francisco will start to give potential criminals up to 500$ a month, if they haven't killed somebody during that month.

San Francisco will pay would-be criminals to not shoot people

San Francisco will soon pay some potential criminals $300-a-month not to shoot people.

nypost.com

Kamilah Hauptmann · Sep 4, 2021

lol NY Post headlines.

Bartholomew Gallacher · Sep 4, 2021

You are saying?

New San Francisco Initiative to Pay Individuals Not to Shoot Others

It's part of the Dream keeper program, called "Dream keeper fellowship" and indeed real.

Kamilah Hauptmann · Sep 4, 2021

That's right, choose better sources he first time. Eta: Wildly sensational headlines from the Post can’t be relied on.

Innula Zenovka · Sep 4, 2021

I've been reading about this kind of intervention programme, and I'll try to look it out.

Apparently quite a bit of work has been done on treating violence not as a criminal issue but as a public health issue, with inter-gang violence spreading sufficiently predictably on viral lines, as tensions rise and acts of retaliation become more common, to make targeted interventions very productive indeed.

I can quite see how giving some particular individuals a small incentive to steer clear of potentially volatile situations might be money very well spent.