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Biden student loan repayment plan to resume amid legal challenges, federal appeals court rules
  • Let them enforce the rescission, their gutting of the IRS should cut both ways

    Its interesting how their repeal of Chevron would add this power to their repertoire to selectively enforce for different audiences

    Methinks the Judiciary has overstepped its checks and balances

  • Nevada adds proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights to 2024 ballot
  • There is a certain preferabillity to having things able to be decentralized enshrined like the way it has to proceed now. If a fascist gets in Office again, California et al can say let you enforce it and give you the finger and that will for the most part be the end of it

    Don't get me wrong: people will fall thru the cracks and there will be blood, but this gentile gentlemen's agreement bullshit has to stop. The legislatures need to send 'Pubs packing and fucking enshrine actualy damn rights to make them inalienable. The right and sensible thing needs to be the only thing selling and motivating pols to for their own survival do the needful.

    Whatever sense or legal rationale Row has furnishing it, it seems obvious in retrospect that Republicans play both the states snd federal rights game, so the States are on their own insulating themselves from the caprices of dissimilar populations that are significantly less representative of the country (as a whole) and also basically antithetical to the entire existence of their own specific state, culturally, geographically, economically, education-wise, the works...

  • Series: What are your tried-and-proven tricks for relaxing/relieving anxiety

    **Preferably non-substance/drug

    I'll share a couple:

    > 4 7 8 breathing

    > ears underwater

    > music/audio at slower speed (0.6-0.9)

    Let's hear em. I might want to do a series for various conditions or states so stay tuned and lets crowd-source this shit, enough of the "read my new/old 400pg tome for an introduction". 🤮 Distill

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    Is it possible to simulate a sensory deprivation tank in your bathtub?

    Obviously the tanks are optimized for whatever it is they do (emulating senselessness?) but is it possible to emulate that?

    How much epsom salt would you need and would it be cost-effective and safe to go down the drain relative to going out to an actual tank?

    Please tell me it isn't completely impractical and it could be done :)

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    Do blurry glasses exist that you can just randomly buy?
  • I'm curious if that would be different for simulated blurriness, like if you watch a blurry video, would that be a different story? I feel like that would be different because its not impairing the objective signal or functioning of your normal vision

    Like if you have blurry vision, and you don't wear vision-correcting glasses, does that set off an inevitable downward spiral of degradation of your vision?

    Why is worse than closing your eyes, probably super dumb question but might as well iron out my understanding of this while we're here 🙏

  • Do your parents help you financially?
  • Probably much more than is comfortable to admit but importantly, it was always understood that its gravy and I need to manage my affairs assuming they weren't in the picture.

    Had some slipups but I take it very seriously when I borrowed and would always sweeten the deal by helping out with whatever they needed a hand on and taking care to demonstrate there is an upward trajectory (it wasn't pissing money down the gutter) and lessons were learned.

    I'm really glad for the approach because financial responsibillity was not modelled by the other half and even worse, they used their irresponsibillity with money in combination with abuse to deprive me of control against them and experience in managing that crucial aspect of one's existence.

    My relationships with them is much stronger because its fostered better communication and prevented anything to catastrophic from happening.

  • Do blurry glasses exist that you can just randomly buy?

    It would be nice to have a pair of glasses I could use to tune out and blur my surroundings or what I watch but I'm not sure exactly if its a thing...

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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml cheese_greater @lemmy.world

    Train conductors who have derailed their own careers with their attitude?

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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml cheese_greater @lemmy.world

    Do any Indians own Ganges-front property?

    How expensive could it be, $10 million rupees?

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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml cheese_greater @lemmy.world

    What's a random word that evokes some image or other idea for you?

    > Plausible

    Makes me think of penguins applauding with their flipper hands

    ^^I probably used mnemonics as a kid and just never stopped ;)

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    What kind of music is this similar to and where can I find more?

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G6iBJaRIOzQ

    I've stumbled into the genre dreamcore or weirdcore. I love the feeling it gives, reminds me of white/brown noise

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    What is the superior voting methodology? To whom does each alternative benefit

    I'm not very well-versed on all this but it seems

    Edit: I don't think this is the best, its just all I'm generally familiar with

    > First Past The Post

    Benefits the two parties in a two-party duopoly system like that of the US. Boom or bust, black or white. When the party in power pisses you off you vote their competitor even if holding your nose.

    Seems like there must be a better way, maybe just not as good for those who prefer shooting fish in a barrel

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    Shitty Ask Lemmy @lemmy.ml cheese_greater @lemmy.world

    What would be the best ironic arrest song played before the suspect Was secured post-interview?

    I think "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan would be great, like it immediately starts playing and they know the jig's up

    >>> In the arms of the angel, Fly away from here From this cold, dark, hotel room And the endlessness that you feel You were drawn from the wreakage Of your silent reverie You're in the arms of the angel May you find some comfort here >>>

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    When a parent or guardian we trust beats or causes serious violence upon us: how and why do we "love" them going forward?

    I should clarify about the love part.

    I would equate it to Stockholm Syndrome. I guess its like pets. They don't have anywhere else to turn :(

    Edit: fawning is probably the closest to the answer I was looking for

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    What would happen if everyone in your country became rich? Would inflation equalize it or would everyone just diaspora to maintain their buying power

    Couldn't the collective threat that everyone just diasporas mitigate inflation if businesses tried to pull any funny business?

    Why does it work for Monaco?

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    If you use an app without wifi or cellular data, does that shut down the telemetry and tracking or does Apple handle that on their side so it can't be dodged?

    If I turn of wifi and remove cellular permission and also turn of cellular data, can apps track you still?

    Wish there was a Wifi/Internet permission similar to Cellular where you had to explicitly permit apps to access the internet

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    Audio EQ - Should all the EQ numbers basically net zero?

    Like, if you take away 4db "from treble", should that be distributed roughly amongst bass and mid or solely either if you want it to be heavy for that range?

    Is it like an equation that benefits from balancing it out?

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    What color of light do you specifically associate with a particular context or activity and that you find conducive to same?

    I associate red light with relaxation and sleep, I'm talking like photo development room red.

    Its interesting because orthodox color theory/chromatherapy seems to consider red as excitatory and stimulating but I feel the exact opposite altho there's a heavy influence of the brightness or wavelength magnitude or something.

    Blue is traditionally seen as calming but I associate it more with wakefullness and alert-ness.

    Its weird cuz I would find it stressful if the world outside was rendered as red like Mars or Venus or whatever but ironically I have a conflicting intuition that it would make me tired more than anything else 🤷🏻‍♂️

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