This type of censorship never stops. There's no doubt in my mind as this trend continues we're going to see other taboo communities like piracy, not mainstream accepted politics, etc. ones being banned and their servers defederated.
We've already seen admins of this server removing comments and banning people for posting stuff they don't agree with. I don't see how Lemmy can succeed when we're not even at like 2.5k users per day on the biggest server and the admins here are already going extreme on the censorship.
Just because you can change the temperature in your car from cold to warmer doesn't mean you should either, but it's a risk we, for some reason, think is reasonable. Not because it's not potentially harmful, but because this one person should get a tiny bit warmer even if that means running over a bunch of school children. Why?
You could make the case that what OP is doing is far more beneficial to society, bringing attention to people not using their headlights in the rain with a very clear example showing its effects. This could be spread to thousands or even millions of people to make them realize how dangerous this is. This could potentially save tons of lives.
Still got nothing. You only have fear. You sound like those parents in the 1980's screaming about the devil when a kid dared to listen to Twisted Sister.
"Immigrants should be forced guided into places that us superior white people, who are above what I deem menial work, are needed born-in-country people struggle to live in."
Adding onto the other poster's comment, another reason is because the US will never pour unlimited money and resources into these people making sure they do.
Europe didn't pull itself up by its own bootstraps after WWII.
How am I being propagandized by TikTok?
Why does China having every single last drop of my information (they don't even, barely a sliver) matter?
You need to back up what you say. Your Western brainwashed idea of common sense and obvious xenophobia/racism ain't an objective truth in the world.
Everyone under 40 can do this with their eyes closed, more so than all the new touch screen bullshit modern cars have these days to put on the heat.
Just because you're physically holding a phone doesn't mean you're even close to being as distracted as texting.
Can you explain how? All I see are lesbians and black people.
And why does China spying on me matter? It's better than the West, no?
"We're just looking out for the best interest of our children!"
A bunch of 35-45 year old Lemmy users bashing something they don't use but something the kids do. Just like their boomer and silent gen parents.
You guys fucking suck. I'd say I hope you all have sad, pathetic lives, but I know you all already do.
Even excusing the policy, the design is actually pretty shit though. We're all just used to it so it feels default and normal.
Nearly every city on the planet with a subway system disputes your bullshit.
It's like you heard "don't use your phone when driving" on the news one day and thought "okay, that's because the act of physically holding a phone means you're driving unsafely, understood newsperson!"
This is absolutely nothing like texting or fucking around on instagram. Stop trying conflate doing something that takes literally no braincells and is no more distracting than anything else you do in the car to being completely distracted and non-functional while texting, browsing the web, or watching TikTok videos.
It's so funny how you guys operate. Even when confronted, you just cherry-pick what's being said and strip away the context to push the exact same anti-science and anti-truth positions that were just given retorts. I don't know if it's ignorance or wilful deceit, but either way, people like you are a net negative to humanity.
If you knew anything, you'd know this isn't the reason why getting vaccine approval takes so long. It takes so long because there's a mountain of bureaucrats, lawyers, researchers, and money required to get stuff moving along. Vaccines are pretty low the totem pole for companies and the government to give a shit about, since they're usually about prevention and not treatment. Companies and the government can't throw everything at a vaccine to approve. The only reason the covid vaccine was streamlined was because, you guessed it, we were and are in a global pandemic. Nothing about the approval of vaccines was abnormal, it still took nearly 2.5 years.
Whenever someone just straight up lies about vaccines and the responses to vaccines, they always need to bring up how they're all vaccinated and pro-vaccine.
Half of Republicans think Michelle Obama is trans. It's a race thing.
There are mandated back doors in most message apps.
Source?
Hamas's victims blood is on the hands of Israel. Hamas didn't pop up from nowhere. This is all on Israel.
I don't see this happening. Apple to/from Android are the only texts that the government can easily snoop on.
Gov. Healey signs $1 billion tax relief package
Gov. Maura Healey signed a $1 billion-a-year tax relief bill Wednesday that top Democrats on Beacon Hill have heralded as a way to make Massachusetts more competitive and help residents deal with s…
> Negotiators reached a deal two weeks ago that cuts the short-term capital gains tax from 12% to 8.5%, a business-backed move that has riled progressives who argue it gives a break to the wealthy. The compromise will cost the state $561 million in fiscal year 2023 and $1 billion a year starting in fiscal year 2027.
> The bill also excludes estates valued up to $2 million from the estate tax by allowing for a uniform credit of $99,600.
Sure, there is a cute $50 and $120 increase in rent and dependent child tax credit and some minor benefits for low-income and disabled people (that will often go unused), but the point of this bill is entirely about appeasing to the very rich of this state.
This is a disturbing anti-poor and anti-middle class law fervently pushed by the governor and compromised with the legislature, who thankfully made the bill slightly less anti-poor and anti-middle class than the governor wanted. But still, another dark day for Massachusetts perpetuated by our conservative governor and state legislature.
The Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy Friday, though officials face increasing pressure to turn more hawkish as the yen weakens and after fresh data showed inflation remained stubbornly high. While most other major central banks have pressed ahead with a campaign of interest rat...
A high-ranking Los Angeles Police Department official is suspected of using an Apple AirTag to track another LAPD officer with whom he was romantically involved with
An assistant Los Angeles police chief is under internal investigation after a subordinate he was dating filed a police report alleging he tried to stalk her.
"A high-ranking Los Angeles Police Department official is under internal investigation after an LAPD officer with whom he was romantically involved accused him of using at least one Apple AirTag to track her movements, sources say.
The official, Assistant Chief Al Labrada, had his city phone confiscated shortly after the woman filed a police report in Ontario within the past week, according to the sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing probe publicly.
The woman alleged that she discovered an AirTag — a small tracking device that can be attached to personal items — in some of her possessions."
Boston's City Council geared to move even further to the right after Kendra Lara and Ricardo Arroyo both lose primary elections
Arroyo and Lara, two of the most influential and outspoken progressive voices on the City Council, became the first incumbent councilors in at least four decades to be eliminated in the first round of voting.
Commutes Are Faster For Everyone After Buses Got Their Own Lane On Tobin Bridge
Taking away a lane for cars to create a dedicated bus lane made for faster commutes for everyone, thanks to faster, more reliable service on one of the region's busiest bus routes.
Campbell's office approved 34 potential ballot questions, including measures that would remove the MCAS exam requirement, gradually increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to the same as the general minimum wage, and decriminalize psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms.
The road to the November 2024 ballot continues for the most closely-watched initiative petitions, dealing with the role of the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, the rights and benefits for drivers on app-based platforms, rent control, voter identification and the auditor's ability to audit the state Legislature.
Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office Wednesday said that it had certified almost all of the 42 potential ballot questions that had been filed by the August deadline. 34 proposals, in some cases representing multiple proposed versions of a potential question, were certified. Seven were not certified and one was withdrawn by its sponsor, according to Campbell's office.
Cleared to continue moving towards next year's ballot was a question filed by Rep. Mike Connolly that would grant cities and towns a range of new "tenant protection" options, including the ability to impose rent control, which voters banned statewide via a 1994 ballot question.
Two potential questions that would remove the MCAS exam as a high school graduation requirement were also given the green light Wednesday, as were measures that would gradually increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to the same as the general minimum wage, decriminalize psychedelic substances such as psilocybin mushrooms, and halt the state's gas tax when gasoline prices are above a certain threshold.
Campbell's office also approved multiple versions of a revived app-based driver question and a proposed law requiring voter identification. Petitioners often file multiple versions of a question for review in hopes of getting at least one certified by the attorney general's office.
Campbell's office also certified a proposed question that would establish a state law explicitly permitting the auditor's office to audit the Legislature.
DiZoglio has been pushing for months to audit the House and Senate, both of which she was once a member of. Top Democrats have resisted, arguing she does not have the authority and that doing so would violate the "separation of powers" required by the Constitution. In late July, DiZoglio appealed to Campbell for the attorney general's support in a move toward litigation.
The attorney general's office did not certify questions that would limit political spending by "foreign-influenced businesses," establish a "Non-Partisan Top Five Election System," change voter registration laws, and affirm a "Constitutional Birthright to be a Person."
The decisions are based on whether the questions comply with a set of requirements in the state constitution governing initiative petitions.
Questions have to be "in proper form for submission to the people," can only contain subjects that are "related" or "mutually dependent," and cannot feature a proposal "substantially the same" as anything that went before voters in either of the two most recent biennial statewide elections. They also can't touch certain topics, like religion, judges, specific state appropriations and portions of the state's Declaration of Rights.
The campaigns that got the green light Wednesday will need to collect 74,574 signatures and file them with local officials by Nov. 22, and then with the secretary of state's office by Dec. 6.
Ballot questions with enough certified signatures will head to the Legislature in January 2024, where lawmakers can approve them, propose a substitute or decline to take action. If lawmakers opt against action by May 1, 2024, campaigns must collect another 12,429 signatures and file them with local officials by June 19, 2024, then the secretary of state's office by July 3, 2024.
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