Walz did a great job, I am super happy.
I like how Walz chose not to dig into Vance too much, but instead he focused on a return to some sort of a normal functioning government.
Even some republicans are tired of the war between the left and right, and some of those who publicly identify as trump supporters may secretly vote for Harris simply because they do not want to continue to be at odds with their left wing family members.
Some republicans might recall a time when they were the patriotic ones, loving their football, their police, and their country. Now the party of trump is being told that football is woke, that the police are weak, and that the country is a shithole.
I think some of them miss what the Republican party used to be.
Even if it is just 5 percent of trump voters, Walz did a great job sending the message that it’s time we come together as a country and start making progress where it can be made, rather than feeding into the identity politics game of mud slinging.
Vance and his ilk wear their atrocious views on their sleeves, we don’t need to waste any time pointing out how terrible they are, we need to instead focus entirely on what we can accomplish together.
Everyone who is eligible needs to vote this time around, let’s all do our part to make it a landslide.
Outside of biological evolution it is still somewhat of a misnomer to say that something is more or less evolved than something else. Again - I get what she is saying and I agree, but when I hear someone say ‘less evolved’ it comes across as a sort of sloppy way of describing something.
I agree with the sentiment but I have a small metaphorical bone to pick which is that nothing is any more or less evolved than anything else. This phrasing helps perpetuate a misunderstanding of evolution, which is surprising because NP is quite well educated.
Nice, glad to see they have moved on, will definitely check this out
Not able to watch right now… is Andrew back or does Channel 5 have a new host?
He might as well be walking around with a Hitler mustache claiming ignorance. I could totally see him doing that.
They collected everyone’s medication???!!! Wtf? What could possibly be the reason for that? Also collecting a change of underwear for 2000 people is just ridiculous.
Not having any system in place to keep track of what underwear belongs to any of the participants is just icing on the cake.
Why are you taking people’s medication and underwear and then mixing it altogether? Just to create chaos?
I am so confused by all of this.
The (Seven Mountain Mandate) movement was generally supportive of the presidency of Donald Trump, with member Paula White becoming Trump's spiritual advisor. White claimed that Trump "will play a critical role in Armageddon as the United States stands alongside Israel in the battle against Islam."
Fucking crazy shit, these people are insane and are actively trying to destroy the planet.
It’s the Christian zionists here in the US that support this genocide because they think it will help expedite the end of the world
Turns out that some random Lemmy poster actually has better answers than both of the major political parties.
I love old movies. Here are 15 great ones. Watch these and you will love old movies too! Most are available on internet archive. I could probably add another 85 to this list.
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- All About Eve (1950)
- The Apartment (1960)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Laura (1944)
- Rope (1948)
- To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Key Largo (1948)
- Lifeboat (1944)
- The Letter (1940)
- Now Voyager (1942)
Edit: bonus movie
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
While I do think this is an intended strategy for Boris Johnson (he’s admitted as much), I think the clown show which is Vance / Trump, and don’t forget Giuliani’s dripping hair dye, is not premeditated. That would be giving them too much credit.
I think they are just simply bumbling from one grift to the next, completely unaware of how ridiculous they look.
But, let me guess, the billionaires don’t want them to.
You still have not explained the benefit of your comment.
Years ago, I tried cities skylines on a sort of shitty PC… spent at least 8 hours trying to get it to work, then just gave up.
Requested a refund and it was granted almost immediately.
I bought a better PC and repurchased, and not it runs fine but the game itself is pretty mod dependent and I have spent more time installing and uninstalling mods than actually playing the game.
So yes, ask for a refund and you will probably get it even outside the 2hour window.
What is the benefit of your comment?
Here's another one not as hard as the other one I posted
You have six buckets all lined up in a row.
The first three are filled with rocks and the second three are empty, so the starting pattern is ‘full full full empty empty empty’.
You are only allowed to touch/move one bucket and for the one bucket you touch, you are only allowed to touch it one time.
How do you make it so that the order of the buckets becomes ‘full empty full empty full empty’?
Here is one of the few good and hard riddles I know
The year is 1985. You are on the ground floor of a four-story building. On the top floor there is a lightbulb. On the ground floor with you there are three light switches. All three switches are connected to electricity but only one of the switches controls the lightbulb on the top floor - the other two switches are not connected to anything.
You cannot go outside, there is no one helping you, and most importantly, you can only go up to the top floor one time to check.
How do you determine with absolute certainty which of the three switches controls the lightbulb?
If this post gets any traction I’ll post the answer.
The answer involves no wordplay, is not cheesy or impossible to figure out… just use logic and you should be able to come up with the correct answer.
4 week follow up
Following up on my ‘Day 4’ post, today is four full weeks. The 14mg nicotine patch is the answer that works for me. Some days I put it on first thing in the morning, other days I wait until noon. A few days I have waited until 4pm. I take it off right before I fall asleep because if I forget to take it off, I have super intense dreams. I have taken precisely zero puffs off a vape pen. My heart and lungs feel significantly better. I have started exercising and I really feel like I will be off the patches soon.
I am switching to 7mg patches tomorrow. I have read that it is a mistake to stop using patches too soon so I am going to do the 7mg for at least a month. If I start thinking about vaping too much, I’ll switch back to 14mg patches.
I’ll give another update in a few weeks to report on the transition from 14mg patches to 7mg patches.
If anyone reading this is considering quitting vaping or smoking, get the patches and throw everything else away. The patches eliminate strong cravings, and the occasional craving you do get is totally manageable. At least this is the case for me, and I was consuming around 1-2 packs of smokes per day worth of nicotine since I was a teenager.
Day 4
I’m 36 and started smoking at age 12. I was over a pack a day for most of those years. I switched to vaping about 7 years ago. I have been going through about 1.5 - 2 pods a day (1.9ml 2.4%)… I believe this is equal to about 70+ mg of nicotine per day though my math could be off.
My lungs hurt, my heart palpitates, I can’t climb a flight of stairs without being out of breath. Sometimes I think I am about to have a heart attack yet for some reason I can’t stop puffing that vape, even in the midst of a panic attack caused by heart palpitations.
Switching from combustibles to vape was a big step for me. I was proud/happy to not smell like smoke but I didn’t realize just how much more nicotine I would end up consuming. Switching to vape was not too difficult and after a few years I could honestly say I didn’t want a regular cigarette anymore. I did however become horribly addicted to the vape.
The past few years I have given a lot of thought to quitting but I keep putting it off. It’s a sad and depressing cycle of hating myself for how much damage I am doing to my health, while constantly puffing away on the vape.
It doesn’t help that I have unlimited access to free vapes.
4 days ago I made the decision to quit and I am feeling really motivated. I took a sleeping pill to get me through the first 24 hours, which I think was a good strategy. On day 2 I bought some ‘step 2’ nicotine patches. These patches are 14mg slow release over 24 hours. Instructions say to keep the patch on overnight but I have been taking them off, and waiting as long as I can in the morning to put a new one on.
The patch reduces the severity of the cravings. The cravings still occur, but they are manageable. I have noticed that the cravings come in clusters. I’ll get a real strong craving, that lasts for about two minutes. That initial wave of fear and anxiety tapers off but then comes back 5 minutes later. This happens 4 or 5 times over the course of a half hour or so, then a few hours go by without any craving at all. Day 3 was easier than day 2, day 4 has been easier than day 3.
I am determined to see this through to the end. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I plan to go another 3 weeks or so, then switch to the 7mg patch.
It’s amazing how significant the impact has been on my lungs. I feel like I have twice the lung capacity compared with how I felt yesterday. My heartbeat is normal, my breathing is normal. It’s weird how quick and significant the changes have been. I really like how it feels to not have a constant nicotine poisoning. This feeling is very much worth the short bursts of crippling withdrawal, and I know it will get easier.
Not sure if anyone will read this, but I’ll try to update in a week or two. I’m also happy to answer any questions.