I’d rather have “star” or “approval” voting, but I’ll take ranked choice voting over what we’ve currently got.

I think the consequences will be different for every case and based on what was done.

This ruling is a major step forward so that cases can actually be brought against corrupt politicians who are abusing their power in this way.

In this case, Sylvia was falsely accused, arrested, and then the charges were dropped a day later.

That’s different when compared to Trump where he went through the court system and was found guilty on all counts.

Link to the court’s opinion, if anyone is interested in reading through it:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1025_1a72.pdf

So, roughly a radius of ~415 Miles (667km).

Corporations are big into lobbying. “Studies” like this help them to convince lawmakers to make decisions that benefit them.

In this case, they might not be able to easily lower minimum wage, but they can say that it’s been a burden and try to get a break in other ways.

Edit in response to the edited comment above:
Poe’s Law, should have included a “/s” at least. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe’s_law

I’m on board with some sort of age cap, but it shouldn’t be a specific age/number cutoff.

That number should be dynamic and change according to some other metric like the average life expectancy of someone in that country. Maybe something like 90-95% of the life expectancy of the country?

At least that way we can provide another incentive for politicians to push forward legislation that will help increase the overall life expectancy of the nation as a whole.

Sometimes tar just comes up naturally from underground and ends up in the ocean.

This is especially common if they’re talking about “tar patties the size of a sand dollar”.

Edit: Looks like this is actually ‘asphalt’ that comes up naturally. For those who haven’t heard of this phenomenon before: https://tarpits.org/experience-tar-pits/la-brea-tar-pits-and-hancock-park

It occurs throughout the world in a number of different locations. I’m not saying that this is what’s happening here, but it’s definitely a possibility, especially when people describe “tar patties the size of a sand dollar”.

Link to source instead of amp: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/americas/cuba-russian-ships-submarine-visit-intl-latam/index.html

the fact that the US doesn’t negotiate with terrorists,

Isn’t that just some Hollywood trope that’s not actually true?

Walton county has only had 1 attack in the last ~140 years, if these numbers are correct:

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/maps/na/usa/florida/

Edit: Numbers are for unprovoked attacks… of course if you’re male, in your 20’s, and you’re intoxicated… the numbers are different.

This is definitely out of the ordinary for this particular county (from what I can tell).

Only 1 shark attack has been recorded in this county in the last ~140 years.

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/maps/na/usa/florida/

Also a fun fact, while most of the shark attacks (in the U.S.) happen in Florida, you’re very likely to survive. (About 15-30 attacks per year, and only 1 fatality every few years if I’m remembering correctly).

However, while you’re much less likely to get attacked in California, if you do get attacked, you’re far more likely to die. (About 1-2 shark attacks every year and a fatality every other year if, I’m remembering correctly).

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/

From the article:

A lawsuit before the Maryland Supreme Court seeks to stop the sale of a parking lot in Bethesda that currently covers the remains of a historically Black cemetery to developers.

The Bethesda African American Cemetery Coalition argues that since the land is a burial ground the sale of the land requires court approval if the land is to be used for another purpose.

“This issue is really critical because right now there are literally hundreds of African American burial grounds around the United States that are in various stages of desecration,” Steven Lieberman, the attorney who is representing the Coalition told USA TODAY in February.

Exactly. Here’s a relevant snippet from the article:

The California decertification law was passed in 2021 in the wake of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and took effect in 2023. The law came 18 years after lawmakers stripped that power from a state police standards commission. That left it to local agencies to decide if officers should be fired, but critics said they could often simply get a job in a different department.

This is big, although I wonder how difficult it is for an officer to move to a different state and get a job even if they were decertified by this law.

That list, reorganized/alphabetized by state:

For anyone curious what exactly those ties were:

Balmaseda previously served as an intern in the office of Rubio […] and worked as an organiser for DeSantis’s 2018 campaign for governor.

Personally I’m more of a fan of Approval Voting since it’s effective and the easiest to explain/implement.

Otherwise STAR voting is really good. Lastly I would take RCV since that is at least better than what we currently have.

From the article:

The cause of his death was not immediately clear.

From the article:

Mr Phillips was arrested under new National Security Act powers, which mean people can be detained without a warrant if police “reasonably” suspect they are involved “in foreign power threat activity”.

Police have not disclosed details about the activities he is alleged to have engaged in.

In an unrelated case, two British men were charged with helping Russian intelligence services in April after a suspected arson attack on a Ukraine-linked business in London.

Ok, but there’s no context for us here and with the premise of your post, you’re expecting us to judge an entire community based off of a single comment that has received practically no engagement in comparison to the community at large.

You might as well be asking for us to explain to you why you are being downvoted.

People can downvote you for any number of reasons, my assumption here is that your comment didn’t carry the discussion forward in any meaningful way.