I'm coping so hard by hoping that we swing very hard to the left, if only just so that these cynical, fossilized assholes live to see their bullshit rulings used against them.
Explain, please
I read AOC +3 as like a d&d style stat modifier.
AFAICT, the law is not very well settled at all about whether you have a right to defend yourself when the cops are acting like a bunch of bozos. There's case law that supports people defending themselves from middle of the night no-knocks raids, and also case law that basically says "it's your fault for not just magically knowing it was the police". There's case law that says that you are within your rights to not obey lawful orders when the police fail to properly identify themselves, but it's also an absolute mess of state level laws and rulings, with some states basically being like "you are legally required to just know who the cops are" and others requiring that the police very clearly identify themselves with some type of proof of who they are.
[Gestures wildly at David Hogg]
Yeah, nothing! I'll send over the email, thanks!
Still waiting on news from .zip. I applied weeks ago, never got an email. Ah, well, I'm trying out piefed while I wait.
Please bear in mind that I'm trying to be helpful. If you were interested in doing more, maybe you can start a stream on Twitch, then? It would certainly get a lot more reach than Lemmy. I think Lemmy has a great role as a way for leftists to network, but its reach is really limited.
It's my dick in a box https://youtu.be/Rt0spqQtMKg
I want them throwing the goddamn spaghetti plate. I want to see them acting with the same urgent desire to prosecute and harass Trump as the Republicans have to prosecute anyone who isn't a rich, white, straight man. Don't go into the darkness with dignity; get unhinged, motherfuckers! The republic is already dead, we are marching into dictatorship, the time for high roading is over.
Hey, have you considered running? I'm not trying to be snarky, some of these mfs basically go wholly unopposed, and you can't possibly do worse than not running at all.
Israel was always going to do just want they wanted to unless someone stood up to them. That was never going to be Trump, nor was it going to be Harris, let's be real here for a second. That sweet, sweet AIPAC cash is just too hard to say no to, and, frankly, Israel is a really charged topic that candidates would prefer to avoid. I find your distinction meaningless, it's like handing an alcoholic booze while saying "nooo, please don't drink it, it's bad for you" only to turn around say that you didn't help them destroy their life because you oh so gently reminded them that booze is bad for their health as you handed it to them. This is a cigarette company defense.
They're doing it to Trump, just on Iran, because they know Trump isn't going to meaningfully stand up to them, while still not wanting to get the US into full blown war. They'd be doing it to Harris too, because the DNC didn't even trust her enough to let her run her own campaign, they sure as fuck weren't going to let her run her own presidency. We'd probably have some DNC turbodonor or AIPAC mf as SecDef.
This and the "beep beep beep" deer are deer classics for me
Didn't see this UFO, but I'm kind of sort of not godawful at landscape, and figured I'd try actually making the icon for the lemmy UAP community I made instead of relying on slop. Came out alright, I guess, at least as good as slop imo.
Wow, you managed to see a UAP! What now?
Well, this guide is here to help. With any luck, you will have read it before, remembered its advice, and jotted down some notes to make sure you didn't lose any details. The best way to contribute to UAP investigation is to do your best to record objective facts alongside your subjective observations, and to record them as early as possible.
Start with:
- Date and Time (or best approximation)
- Location (or best approximation)
- What you observed with each of your five senses. Visual tends to be very important, and will usually offer the best details for distinguishing from aircraft or drones.
- If other people were with you, get them to write down what they observed with their five senses as well.
More advanced:
- Have a camera with you? Great! Make a note of the settings you used when you took the picture, as well as the device itself and any lenses or filters you may have been using. I've seen really interesting analysis done that was able to use the shutter speed of a camera to estimate UAP speed. Many smartphones also offer optical zoom these days.
- Have binoculars with you? Amazing! Try bracing against something to stabilize your view. Low-power, wide-aperture binoculars like 7x50s will be your best bet for getting a better look without being too unwieldy.
- You can estimate the alt-az (altazimuth) coordinates of where you observed the object, its track along the sky, and where you stopped observing the object. This, along with time and date and location, could prove highly valuable in helping to distinguish the observation from drones or other aircraft.
To estimate azimuth (the compass direction you're facing), I would recommend starting with an app called Stellarium (it's free and actually super cool) to help you find Polaris, the north star, if you're in the northern hemisphere. From Polaris, you can use the above chart to roughly estimate your azimuth positions. Simply rotate your hand ninety degrees and then estimate the degrees from the horizon to estimate altitude. The combined coordinates will give you altazimuth, which, together with date and time and location, can help investigators compare against public flight records and astronomical phenomenon.
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Additionally, make a note of the weather. If it was dark outside, note how clearly you could see the stars (i.e. were the stars twinkling strongly or not at all; how many stars in Ursa Minor could you see? If you can only see polaris, or not even polaris, that suggests poor sky transparency or high light pollution.
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Consider making a report to NUFORC: https://nuforc.org/
Some quick rule-outs to consider: NUFORC has a really useful guideline here:
https://nuforc.org/report-a-ufo/
But at a glance, consider:
- Venus: Venus is responsible for something like 33% of all UAP reports, because it's very bright and attention-getting. Check Stellarium. If the bright light was in the West for up to an hour or two before or after sunset, or in the east up to an hour or two before or after sunrise, that could very well have just been Venus punking you.
- Planes and drones: FAA requires that all operating aircraft use navigation lights, which are red on the left side of the aircraft, green on the right, and white on the tail. Aircraft will also use a strobe when taking off and landing, and may do so under 10,000 ft. Drones use similar nav lights, but are required to use bright red or white strobes at night as anti-collision lights.
- Starlink Constellation / LEO satellites: Increasingly, LEO satellites are polluting the sky with bright reflections. They're much more prominent at night, but have been seen during the day. Starlink in particular has been responsible for many reports due to its visually striking appearance; Starlink constellations appear as a series of lights moving in a single-file straight line across the sky. While Stellarium is another useful tool to double check, generally speaking, if it moved across the sky in a constant direction and constant speed, that's a pretty good candidate for a satellite.
Happy hunting!
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