Same with coffee. I believe it’s actually caffeine that can work as a diuretic.

No, that was a potato… or a beet.

It is valid to call out motivation and engage in discussion around it. It doesn’t invalidate the case being brought but too often people and the media like to frame the situation in terms of morality.

South Africa and the other countries that support the case are likely not (only?) taking a moral stance.

I, like OP and others, see these articles and wonder why this genocide but not that one. I think that’s the difference between a human view and a political one.

I went to school for law enforcement and changed my mind after realizing it wasn’t for me but I had a professor who said people get into policing for 1 of 3 reasons:

1. It’s the family business
2. To get power/control over others
3. To genuinely help and protect people

It seemed at the time like he could tell the 3rd group was shrinking.

Embrace the power of the pyramid.

Bust police unions or make individual officers civilly liable for these actions.

Police unions aren’t like normal labor unions and are often the reason they get “leave” rather than being immediately terminated.

Adding civil liability ( removing qualified immunity) would mean this student would have a ton of attorneys knocking down their door to sue the pants of the officer.

Either or both of these would act as a deterrent to bad behavior. I, personally, think both should happen. Officers are citizens and shouldn’t get different treatment.

I have Wusthof scissors that come apart without tools also. I think it’s common in higher end kitchen shears because you’ll need to clean them pretty thoroughly and sharpen periodically.

Unintentional second degree murder is Minnesota’s version of felony murder. Felony murder does not require intent.

Third degree murder in Minnesota requires a “depraved mind” which the example from this story wouldn’t meet.

Edit: As a resident of Minnesota who studied the laws in both my Criminal Code and Criminal Law and Procedure classes, the incident from this article would not meet requirements for murder charges.

It was a bar so it’s very likely there were people around but it would still be hard to prove intent to kill.

He intended to crash a vehicle.

That’s not the same as intent to kill someone. Murder requires intent, without that it becomes manslaughter

Isn’t NordVPN one of the ones that has sold customer data?

I agree with you in being ethically opposed to Threads but I can’t fault any instance that wants to wait for Threads to violate their policies before defederating.

I know some instances have chosen to preemptively defederate and that’s their perogative, I just don’t think all of the vitriol I’ve seen towards instances that haven’t is fair at this point.

Edit: I wanted to add that the only federate/defederate with Threads decision I would take issue with is any instance where the admin refuses to listen to the majority of its members or allows Threads to violate policy with impunity.

Ok.

Yeah, because the experience trying to bike to work through snow and cold is the same between Finland and the United States.

I’m sure the Fins are able to manage it but I’m guess there infrastructure is far superior to support it.

Where do you live? Is it somewhere with below zero temperatures and snow during long parts of the year?

I’m pretty sure commuting by bike wouldn’t be any more enjoyable here.

Driving yourself probably compounds it but commuting in general sucks.

I used to take the train to work, it would drop me right outside my building. It saved me money, miles on my car, helped me avoid traffic but it still sucked.

It was lost time, there were people who would smoke, do drugs, play loud music from their phones on speaker. There were usually seats available but your better off standing because you never know what’s in/on the seats. Anytime there was an event that let out at the stadium around the time I got off work meant either missing several trains in a row because they were too full.

Better organized and maintained mass transit can reduce it but I think any commute needs the destination to be worth the time/hassle and, for me, work doesn’t make the cut.