It's Trump's Supreme Court. They're having sham cases brought before them so they can rule as they had previously planned to rule!
No Stare Decisis!
No "judging" going on by the far right activist Trump puppets
Elections matter! #VoteDemocratONLY
#DestroyMaga
#politics #SupremeCourt
https://www.alternet.org/commentary/supreme-court-2662084476/
I prefer to keep it light here, but if I may: If your Christian faith "requires" you to discriminate against people, you should have serious questions about your so-called faith. #SupremeCourt #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Bigots https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/30/us/gay-rights-free-speech-supreme-court?unlocked_article_code=OITu2FYDoOsYQHGX6RMhvvkiutP7r2T-hT4YFlMzMjOsjX4_J6zArNU8JtaY_nSbc05VMSd-YK9XCIrLmPCWKWVQsniYT7yN1DyNlzeMq-a-2vp1sqobNn9k_EXwgMEqp6s1-jGN2HuZKy9pgaUXKpj5my_7VZS5QabrWYK6dZthN5cXReoqxJALKzkhutu8hH4Y3fHBHR7-OUOzcPScR13P56jY1v_MD6uSgkr2sK0bArKF-zjKDjfpQZA2GxSMgf7ZJabLr7BfHKjhHW87IjpjOy-wYfr7j5el8dFUFhFwo5e4aRlmYeJdzTIBDuhBdcURPfVbGr4jESozeHiMtny5OXgP9bn1WwyzV1_nk6vR&smid=url-share
โWeโre just normal cats. Weโre just innocent cats.โ ๐บ
Tigger testing post-return leniency to the limits by making a bed out of the clean laundry basket ๐ฌ
And this will have to serve as an early #Caturday picture, as Iโll be heading to Darmstadt soon for tomorrowโs #EuclidMission launch ๐๐พ
@ScriptFanix somewhat? When I've used metacommunication like 'hey I'm about to say something and it's not meant as an insult, I'm curious because of <reason> so I'd appreciate it if you could interpret it that way...', I get told I shouldn't worry so much, that it's cool, nobody assumes malice. Then I don't use it, because I'm engaged and have been made to feel safe and suddenly saying the same thing I was told needed no softening was completely wrong ๐
Some times I can even see why something might be interpreted as snide or aggressive - but have no alternative words to use to express it.
@loops @actuallyautistic "Fit" in every corporate context means white or Asian (or white-passing or benign brown), able-bodied, cishet, middle class or higher, male.
Probably a few more exclusions I missed or am not aware of, not being a good fit.
From US senate California candidate Rep. Barbara Lee:
โDeeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life."
This is why we needed the perspective of a Black woman on the courtโand why we need the perspectives of students of color in classrooms. #KBJ
New from me: โGay furriesโ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/29/siegedsec-gay-furries-group-hacked-information-six-us-states
@ScottSoCal it helps if you reformulate "why" as "what is the purpose of this meeting?". "Why" has, in general, an undertone of negativity, "What's the purpose?" is more goal-oriented. And yet, equally to the point.
Give it a try.
@ScottSoCal @wdlindsy
Yes! Gotta monetize those experiences! ๐ฐ
@MariaHill @Heimdall Affirmative Action benefited Clarence Thomas, now he wants to make sure that it never benefits anyone else ever again.
The media is tripping over itself because Pres. Biden wears a CPAP machine. Meanwhile, Mitch McConnell randomly shows up to work with purple bruises all over his face and the former guy nearly died when he got COVID, and Clarence Thomas was hospitalized for several days within the last year. The absence of editorial perspective is contributing to the destruction of American democracy
"Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trumpโs top immigration advisers, advocated using U.S. predator drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official."
~ Asawin Suebsaeng
@nellie_m @actuallyautistic @benjamincox indeed - after asking to be told what was expected from me for different meetings, for example, or being invited no later than 24hrs ahead unless a real emergency so I could prepare, I was told
"That's not how we currently work, so you have to figure something out on your end to handle it"
I gave up trying to explain 'accommodation' ๐ฎโ๐จ
Sotomayorโs discussion of the majorityโs disregard for #precedent is crucially important. She shows the lawlessness of the decision, the same lawlessness shown in cases like #Dobbs and #Bruen, other decisions where the current right-wing majority ignores settled case law and substitutes its own radical conclusions without any basis in law or fact. This is, as Iโve argued elsewhere, quintessentially tyrannical. 8/ #FAIRvHarvard #LawFedi
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.