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  1. 15 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    It's all designed to make you angry and/or scared so you'll keep watching and they'll sell ads.  Some time ago, I disconnected from all of it with the idea of there's literally nothing i need to know RIGHT NOW.  Legacy 24 hour news is just crap.  But sometimes, I get you have to just throw it on (I haven't gotten there yet though).

    Same. Also off Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and no more subscriptions to NY or LA times. I haven't watched news of any kind on TV for a couple of years now.

    But honestly, my reflexive opening up Surly every 15 mins is a problem. I'll go through periods where I intentionally avoid DT (board for culture issues)and CR (politics and culture issues) but I lack the self control to really stay away. The nights when I'm on my couch with a book are ALWAYS so much more enjoyable than the phone, but I lack the discipline 

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    11 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    It's strange that people forget that the far right calls anyone they consider to the left of them facists too.

    They don't forget, they ignore. Like the dozens and dozens of posts over the last several days detailing political violence from the right and demonization of the left as scum, cockroaches, and vermin.

    And then their next post is "gosh, why is the left so violent? Why does the left have so much hate?"

    Etc., etc., etc.

    It's classic Internet trolling but for some reason we have to keep acting like they're posting in good faith.

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

    based upon the website this is from, and the sources they used, I am skeptical of the accuracy, so take this all for whatever you think its worth

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/breaking-social-media-users-believe-they-may-have/

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    come on, man.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

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    The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is an American far-right[2] fake news website.[1] The website is known for publishing falsehoods, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories.[35]

    Founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit expanded from a one-person enterprise into a multi-employee operation, supported primarily by advertising revenue.[36][37] During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, the site received over a million unique visitors per day.[38]

    In September 2021, Google demonetized the site for publishing misinformation.[39][40][41] In April 2024, Hoft announced that the TGP parent company, TGP Communications, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming multiple defamation lawsuits.[42] The bankruptcy case was dismissed in July 2024, with the judge finding it had been filed in bad faith to avoid the lawsuits against the site

     

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  4. Juggling 2 books at the moment, one for a book club that I recently joined

    Playground bookcover

    I've really enjoyed all of Powers' works. The Overstory remains one of my favorite reads from the last 5 years and I'm about 60% of the way through this one. Focuses on three characters - two men who grew up together in Chicago (one White, one Black) and attended Illinois together. Both were geniuses. They were inseparable. One went on to become a Jobs/Zuckerberg type character. The other, ends up living a simple life on a small island in the South Pacific. The third character is a woman who trailblazed deep-sea diving and oceanography during a time when men dominated the field. 

    For the book club, I'm reading this:

    The Correspondent by Virginia Evans | Goodreads

     

    The entire book is a collection of letters written by and to the protagonist - a retired lawyer in her 70s. The correspondents range from her neighbors, her kids, former colleagues, and even some famous folks like Anne Patchett and Larry McMurtry. The letter are in chronological order and tell her life story through anecdotes and the conversations within the letters. A very ambitious way of telling a story, and despite my hesitancy and skepticism, I've quite enjoyed it so far. 

  5. 34 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

    Biden issued an EO mandating federal employees get a vaccine, whether the individual agreed with it or not. The consequence of not getting a vaccine was being fired.

    Instead of coming on surly to complain they took their arguments to court and won and were reinstated. Politically, they did so in elections as well.

    I don’t know what is hilarious about that, but conservatives have to live by the rules too. It wasn’t easy or painless to stand up for what they believe in, but they followed the rules and did. 

    Foosters, you can do it too. Simply partner up with some likeminded folks or go alone, file a lawsuit, and get this changed.

    Conservatives didn't go on the internet to complain? They just kept their heads down and quietly went to work on fighting the injustice?

    A federal EO limited to federal employees is equivalent to an EO telling public school teachers what they can say in a classroom?

    If you don't see the hilarity in the absurdity of your statements, I can't help you there.

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  6. 17 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

    The EO says any institution accepting money from Federal government/State government has to follow the content of the EO.  Texas A&M falls into this.  This professor challenged this by pushing her view about genders.  There is a consequence to that.  If you think the employees of Texas A&M don't have to follow the EO, simply file a lawsuit in state or federal court and make the same arguments you are making here on Surly.  Posting them here isn't going to get you what you want.

    The last President created the DEI EO and our society didn't agree with it. Specifically, the majority of Texas and Americans didn't accept it.  As someone pointed out earlier things like genders are determined by society.  Society (US and Texas) had a vote and this is what was decided.

    The professor doesn't have to agree with it.  They can teach where their views/beliefs are aligned.   

    Conservatism in a nutshell.

    Rules for thee, not for me. Hilarious 

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  7. 15 hours ago, Texas Fight said:

    Our society had an election. As a result, at Texas A&M, there are only 2 genders. Period. It’s a fact. 

    Putting aside for a moment the idea that a president can issue binding orders on how many genders there are, since you seem to believe that is a valid executive function, you'd then agree that if a democratic president issued an EO that there are more than 2 genders, that is now the "law" and any attempts by conservative states to push back would be improper, and schools would be required to teach that?

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  8. 1 minute ago, Red Five said:

    Just a reminder that our current president pardoned the people who caused the deaths on 1/6. You know, if we’re keeping score on who actually likes political violence and who doesn’t.

    He also recently PUBLICLY STATED that he was considering pardoning the people who plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan. 

    Just now, mdmost said:

    TTom is back?

    They're all back based on what I'm seeing

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