The Ohio GOP has gerrymandered themselves into a supermajority – and that supermajority is very unhappy that a petition from Ohio citizens allowing a vote protecting reproductive choice will be on the ballot in November. So they rushed through a constitutional amendment to try and raise the threshold for passage from a simple majority to 60%.
Yeah, Ohio Democrats are mobilized and fighting hard on this one – and need your help and support to get the word out to every voter in #Ohio.
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@demvoter I think (I don’t know for sure) that they’re worried in Ohio’s case that voters keep wanting to pass things that will eventually knock them out of power (fair district maps in Ohio, for about example.) If people show up and care about abortion rights, I imagine Republicans think, rightly, those voters might vote for Democrats. OH did go for Obama twice.
So they try and sneak this in so voters have less of a voice, are less motivated to show up, and Republicans stay in power.
A Road to the Stars
Credits: ESO, Petr Horálek, ESO, Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava
#nature #space #astrophotography
I've been bingeing The Cross Examiner podcast. Good content from an attorney who is passionate about why and how to fight the religious right and Christian nationalism.
#humanist #legal #trump
https://www.thecrossexaminer.net/2023/05/29/the-cross-examiner-podcast-s01e03-why-we-care-part-1/
Hi everyone, here's my #introduction
Long time Reddit user but honestly excited to be starting a new social media account and think this might be the community for me
A bit about myself, I went to school for #philosophy and digital #technology with a good amount of my time there spent focusing on #accessibility #privacy #ethics and how all of these things relate
For fun I enjoy #gardening #running #art #travel playing with my #cats and surfing the #web
Happy to be here and farewell!
@digitalpanopticon @bookwyrm @si@ramblingreaders.org well, for one, it’s not owned by Amazon and _I_ control that data. The UX takes some getting used to and the decentralised data isn’t as comprehensive as Goodreads but I’d rather feed the open data protocol instead. I’ve not seen a native app yet either, tend to have a bookmark on my Home Screen instead.
@si I'm on The Library of the Uncommons on Bookwyrm. I haven't been very active as I'm still trying to get the fediverse figured out but I'll send you a connect invite if I can :)
Stopped by my favorite used book store today. To the victor goes the spoils!
#books #bookhaul #BookHoarder #reading #writing #read #write @bookstodon #saturday
@staidwinnow I took “biblical” in the headline to be metaphorical. (Kinda sorta…or simileical…or one o’them thar literary devices.)
And some claim some parts of the referenced text to be metaphorical. So for a moment I thought the critic might be attempting cleverness. Then I chuckled. Naaah.
Your comment, though, is clever. But there’s something not quite right with those examples. I’m working on <s>that</s>. Which.
@grammargirl Cool word! It reminded me of some favorite #books when I was a teenager, the “Betsy-Tacy” series by Maud Hart Lovelace.
The stories were based on the author’s youth in the early 1900s in Minnesota. She loved writing and language, and in high school during a phase of trying to be glamorous she added foreign words to her speech. Evenings with friends became “soirées,” but I have a feeling she’d have loved “salonnières”!
I wonder how many social media grammar police introduce a new error with their criticism.
The language in question, “Nevada Town is Hit by ‘Biblical’ Invasion of Cannibal Mormon Crickets,” is supported by Merriam-Webster, second entry:
suggestive of the Bible or Bible times.
I’d vote for unclear pronoun references as more common and more confusing than the objection here. "This is a common writing mistake.” This what? (<- Full disclosure: personal peeve 😉)
Steam app for macOS updated with hardware acceleration for better performance https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/15/steam-macos-hardware-acceleration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Sorry for forwarding from *that* site...but two of my favorite hosts on The Atheist Experience today!
https://twitter.com/SethAndrewsTTA/status/1667931194921734144
Terrific new find in skepticism and critical thinking! Attorney The Cross Examiner was a guest on Truth Wanted this evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CT2vweyM-E
Several recent episodes of his podcast address faith healing. His analysis is excellent. I'm impressed that he even breaks down how music is used to evoke and heighten emotion in faith healing sessions.
The job of authoritarians like Trump is to lead his followers to debase themselves on his behalf. Once they are complicit in his corruption he has them . Only way out is to collaborate with investigators--or make sure Leader gets back into power to shut it all down. #Strongmen
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