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Trump's Team 'Literally Popping Champagne' Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim
  • Mostly likely, the conservative majority will affirm the lower court ruling and agree that the president doesn't have that sort of immunity. But they can do so late enough to kill the case, which is the goal here.

  • Wendy's is introducing Uber style surge pricing.
  • Yeah, and I'm introducing "no more eating at Wendy's" pricing.

  • Bipartisan House members unveil new border, foreign aid proposal
  • Getting some real Lucy and the football vibes here.

  • Absolute Win
  • FYI: Looks like Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei (The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady), according to an image search.

  • Putin says he would prefer Biden to win the United States election rather than Trump
  • Probably thinks Harris would be easier to control once statistics catch up.

  • In a First, a Prosthetic Limb Can Sense Temperature Like a Living Hand
  • Sabolich Prosthetics in Oklahoma. It was actually pretty simple; a higher frequency signal felt "hot" and a lower frequency signal felt "cold".

    Had to ponder this, as at the time I was asked to stay quiet about it. But I never signed anything,it's unlikely the person I spoke to is even there any more, and it's been a long time.

  • In a First, a Prosthetic Limb Can Sense Temperature Like a Living Hand
  • It's not a first. I saw this in local trials in 1994. Physically, in person, not online.

  • Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control
  • As a sad citizen of Oklahoma, I wish I could upvote you more than once.

  • What's the point of paying with a check?
  • Seeing a lot of "only idiot cavemen don't use debit cards", but in my case it's for cash security. If there is theft or fraud that money is not available until the bank decides my report is legitimate. With a credit card that's not the case. Where I can't use a credit card I use a check with some extra security info.

  • What's behind the increase in homeschooling
  • Fingers crossed for you!

  • What's behind the increase in homeschooling
  • Agree that child welfare checks should be a thing. Our state does have testing requirements, but no curriculum standards.

  • What's behind the increase in homeschooling
  • I would say it is largely impacted by available resources, but not necessarily limited to government. Some locations have great non-profit organizations dedicated to exactly this sort of thing. I'd say a lot of places have those sorts of resources, but often are hard to find.

  • What's behind the increase in homeschooling
  • Let me present my counter-tale to all the anti-home school comments.

    My kid is autistic and the schools are some of the most poorly funded in the country. Despite this the school did an excellent job and had very good staff that did a very good job. But as my child went up in grades the resources available decreased. It was quickly heading for a point where the 1-on-1 time they would need wouldn't be available. Then the pandemic hit. We were forced into online school when the school closed for a bit. The amount of specialist time available dropped to near-zero.

    The school wasn't prepared for online school and the sites/curriculum they used were all over the place. We supplemented with our own field trips and additional resources. But they otherwise took to it really well and were still learning.

    The next school year our school still didn't have its act together. We found a different online school that actually had good curriculum. They've been going to that ever since and it's gone really well.

    BIG CAVEATS: I used to be a public school teacher. My degrees are in that, and I was certified. I work in a different field now, but I still have that background to know adolescent psychology, how to evaluate curriculum, knowledge of what is grade-level appropriate, etc. My partner specialized in language and writing, while I was science, math, and tech. We take great pains to socialize our child with outside activities, and make sure they read and participate in art/creative activities. My partner is stay-at-home with the primary job of seeing to our child's education. I help but assist in my areas of expertise.

    TLDR; Home school IS used as a way for a lot of parents to enable hyper-religious or abusive behavior, but that's not universal. In some cases it can be the best solution for the child.

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  • I appreciate that the list starts at zero.

  • It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars
  • 60k on mine so far, paid $13k, getting about 38mpg. Pretty happy overall.

  • On a more serious note... try to be a bit kinder to yourself today. You're not lazy, you're doing your damn best.
  • Did you just assume my energy level?

    Joking aside, this needs to be said more.

  • New mod: Skyclimb
  • Can vouch that it does work and is cool.

  • Kbin cross posting?
  • Don't know about rules or policy, but personally the occasional cross-post doesn't bother me. But if I get a streak of the same post in multiple communities (and/or across servers) I block the user. Had two today where I saw thirteen of the same post in a row, but the same person, across two instances. Blocked.

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    Error 50x when blocking a user?
  • Probably not, since I'm on the user's page and if I reload after the error they're still not blocked.

  • Anyone else get déjà vu playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey?

    And I don't mean in the sense of "I've played this or something a lot like it before". So many areas of the game just looked familiar. There were a few cases where a mission would direct you to a village or landmark and I instinctively thought..."Oh yes, that's right around that hill over there, then a sharp bend in the road next to an altar, then straight east."...that then turned out to be correct. It's this odd sense that I've been there before. Even the style of terrain (rock formations, plants, trees) are familiar. The way fires and oil lamps look at night across the countryside. It's an odd sensation but also strangely comfortable.

    Just to add I've lived in the American Midwest and have never been to Greece or even out of North America.

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