Yea, all these articles, and the “science” they’re based on is extremely classist. Lots of working class men consume things that have added sugar, lots of working class men have poor health outcomes, ergo “added sugar” must be the problem. Nobody in the working class would have diabetes if they just switched over to…

This is a communist dictatorial society. Do you think this is more terrifying than Pol Pot, North Korea, or Saddam Hussein? Don’t get me wrong, this is pretty bad, but let’s not get hyperbolic here. There have been a LOT more terrible things to happen to post-WWII societies.

I’m not sure if I completely understand this system — and I apologize if I’ve gotten this wrong — but I could have sworn that I read somewhere that a negative score wouldn’t just hurt you, an individual, but it would also adversely affect your family and friends as well.

Presumably the person who decided not to charge the cop was a prosecutor, and that person has to be elected or appointed. Is anyone familiar enough with the legal system in NYC to say who?

I don’t know, it seems to me the ACA was a product of catering to the moderates. It was the more progressive wing that wanted things like single-payer, wasn’t it?

Back when I was in High School some very hopeful black nationalists tried to make black Egyptians happen. Also black Carthaginians. But these days they are not really a thing.

In general, the US terms “white, “black”, and “person of color,” etc. are kind of bullshit. They work ok if you’re talking about ethnic groups that were here 1750ish-1850ish, because Native Americans are really easy to tell from mostly-British Protestant-whites, from mostly-Yoruba-blacks. But when you start trying to…

Well, no, obviously it’s not the goal of current legislators, I meant it usually seems to be more or less “our” goal, and the tone of this article is pretty “get the clients” so I’m wondering if that attitude is counter-productive.

In some places the goal is “legal safe and well-regulated” sex work. Nevada is actually one. Other places are not so enlightened. Given that this is Georgia, I’m actually somewhat impressed that the only lives being ruined are the alleged Johns and the alleged madame. None of the girls are charged.

This probably happened because Detroit PD has a policy of only investigating an original complaint. Which means that if you make some shit up, go to the local police, and file paperwork they will investigate your victim but they do not investigate you even after they have figured out you are delusional. Thus these…

She’s a politician, not a rock star or stand-up comedian. One who had taken flack for taking corporate interest dollars for speeches. It can be considered to be a horrible look.

Could be.

If you think this statement is in any way true, you’re a fucking moron.

To be fair, this is a horrendous look.

Would you have heard of this tour if Splinter did not report it? Probably not. I certainly would not have.

Buzzards are raptors. Both kinds — state-side we call some vultures buzzards, in the rest of the world the word is used for hawks of various types — are Accipters. I’m not sure small flocking birds could take out the engine on a 747.

The researchers refer to this kind of optical illusion as a superstimulus—a paradoxical effect “whereby animals show greater responsiveness to an exaggerated stimulus than to the natural stimulus,” in the words of the researchers.

Especially a Somali. East Africans like Somalis do not fit into US-designed continental racial categories at all well. Their skin is brown or black, their hair is curly, which means we put them in the same category as African-Americans. However in terms of bone structure African-Americans tend to be Negroid, whereas…

I don’t know if you’ve every seen a globe, but continents are in fact real.

There’s a certain kind of tanned brunette who can pass for a lot of things. Haley does not look racially different from Keira Knightley, Tunisians, Syrians, or my very very Swedish grandmother.