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makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Is Musk's $1m-a-day cash giveaway to US voters legal?English6·6 months agoI have seen a few legal theorists saying there’s a possibility that’s illegal too. And if I had to gamble on who’s more likely to get fucked over between Elon and a regular person? I’d probably be willing to bet all of Elon’s money on the regular person getting shafted
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Abortion passes inflation as top election concern for women under 30, survey findsEnglish9·7 months agoSure, we might have record unemployment, inflation can be low, and by most metrics the American economy is doing well. However people are feeling squeezed. They’re spending more on rent, groceries, health insurance, other necessities than they have in their entire lives. Most people don’t have the vocabulary to describe that economically so they use words they’ve heard. In most people’s heads inflation=things are more expensive. So they complain about inflation even if that’s inaccurate
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Mark Robinson, endorsed by Trump for Governor of North Carolina, called himself a “black Nazi,” endorsed slavery, and described spying on women in public showers in porn forum comments: reportEnglish9·8 months agoI love that he’s going with the Shaggy defense. CNN had more receipts than an accountant in April
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Amid backlash, school district says black-outfit ban shared 'prematurely'English18·9 months agoIf everyone wears bright neon clothes then nobody will be depressed! Remember how the disco 70s and the radical 90s eradicated depression?
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Sure, 2024 has had lots of news – but compared with 1940, 1968 or 1973, it’s nothing exceptionalEnglish17·9 months agoIf your standard for slow news is the first year of WWII maybe you should get a new measuring stick
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn3·1 year agoWow, making a life necessity a profit center means cutting as many corners as possible and ultimately makes things worse for people who have no choice but to use their service? Who could have predicted such tragedy?
No shit, there’s a reason women stand guard outside a men’s room when other women are in there. Plus when a dude with a big ass beard waltzes into the women’s room people are going to throw hands
(I do know it’s important to do science to confirm the obvious, but still)