As far as I understood it, if something is outside the statute of limitations, that doesn’t mean it no longer occurred. I don’t get how they could possibly rule that people can’t testify about things that happened just because they’re no longer able to be prosecuted as crimes.

He’s that stupid. Listen to him explain “per capita basis.” He has shown us, repeatedly, that he literally doesn’t know what those words mean. He doesn’t know any science beyond about a 6th grade level, if that.

I thought that Trump’s “Less testing means less cases!” was another con he was pulling on his lumpen supporters.

There’s not nearly enough reporting on this aspect. A lot of people who recover are still going to have long-term effects, including lifetime disability. That’s added strain on the economy and healthcare system and I haven’t heard anyone discuss how those challenges are going to be addressed. The more Trump ignores…

Also, sometimes “not dying” means “needing a lung transplant”.

jesus christ my heart almost exploded when i saw that headline but it’s just the STATE supreme court

He also dismissed the majority of covid cases during his, er, “rally” by using the example of a child that gets the sniffles and then gets well soon after, and by doing that he’s completely disregarding all the potential health problems all these people, including the mild cases, may have down the line. I’d say it’s…

I think the focus on the death rate is starting to be a problem with the spike wit young people infections. While it is unquestionably true that the mortality rate with their infections isn’t really there, I’ve read a lot of admittably anecdotal evidence that the Covid-19 still absolutely wrecks their system and that…

He’s directly responsible for at least the supermajority of the 120,000 plus deaths in the country and will get at least 45% of the votes in the country.

When you blame a “slip” on intoxication or frustration or whatever, what you are saying is that this is something you ordinarily THINK, but manage to stop yourself from SAYING.

This broke my heart when I read about it yesterday. Independent book stores are such fragile places right now - and Black-owned bookstores no doubt doubly so. Just once could the white people have ordered on Amazon? Or maybe called Frugal and said, “hey, I want to support you; do you have this book in stock?” and once…

Yeah, I think the biggest argument against completely degendering the acting awards is to look at Best Director, where one woman got nominated in the entire 2010s (I went to check and was shocked it was that bad, like I expected it to be bad, but one out of 51 nominations?). I don’t think it would be quite as lopsided…

“The second email is very offensive, and if I had waited eight hours, I would’ve written something very different.”

Yeah, if they move to non-gendered awards for acting you’re never going to see a woman over 40 nominated for anything again, outside of maybe a Hellen Mirren or Judi Dench playing some English monarch.

Literally no raciest cops anyeverywhere supports this cunt, and pretending otherwise is intellectually offensive

When did professors start learning the names of their students anyway?!

I called most of my students by their last names. I would have my students help me with any pronunciation challenges I had. It was my responsibility to get it right. I wouldn’t be worried about the class laughing if I struggled a little. Each student needed to feel validated and respected. Asking someone to change…

Tangentially related, but I have a long, complicated, and rather unusual name. On an overlay at a foreign airport after a ten-hour flight I decided to go for coffee. It was 5 am and spelling out my name to someone did not feel like a fun idea, so I mentally made up a name to make it easier on the barista and myself.…

“3) That one letter is always dropped by others, so I’m in the habit of proactively spelling out my name when asked for it”

It seems like common sense. Sure, on second though it also does seem incredibly racist to be accusing black people of having racial bias when that is the one thing their entire community is protesting about... But it takes a little bit of nuance and thought to realize that, something that’s not really ever utilized if…