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Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] water@lemmy.world 65 points 5 days ago

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

--Lyndon B. Johnson

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How a rightwing machine stopped Arkansas’s ballot to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans (www.theguardian.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/30511343

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Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is Misleading Voters (boltsmag.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/506276

Everyone Is Judging AI by These Tests. But Experts Say They’re Close to Meaningless. in c/technology@lemmy.world
The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports in c/news@lemmy.world
Jimmy Corsetti gets *more* unhinged. in c/insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world
[–] water@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That podcast episode (which is great) said the rise was about a 2.5cm per year (or 0.3m/day horizontally). Not that rapid.

Minutes 23-30 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8-the-sumerians-fall-of-the-first-cities/id1449884495?i=1000454904678

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Rule of Love (lemmy.world)
 
Amish communities are adapting a surprising new technology in their homes in c/hackernews@derp.foo
[–] water@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's solar panels. Saved you a click.

There are now close to 10 iOS / Android apps in development for kbin & lemmy! in c/main@sh.itjust.works