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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why is having a lawyer present during police interviews "opt in" rather than "opt out"?671·15 days agoThe fact that in some instances the legal system does work according to the invocation of a magic phrase makes it so much harder to deal with the delusions of sovcits. The right to remain silent should be just that. You don’t have to say “I’m invoking my right to free speech” every time before opening your mouth for it to count.
I can imagine what the author might mean by those things, but the key word there is imagine.
Didn’t think I’d ever see an article that should have been a video instead of the other way around!
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/20/us/pennsylvania-school-lunch-debt-trnd
Unless this is happening again, this story is from 2019. Still bad, just not recent
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza85·16 days agoTIL two people can’t do the same thing.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto politics @lemmy.world•US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza1210·16 days agoOh, did this start January 20th? That’s probably news to Gazans.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Mediocre pasta dishesEnglish10·17 days agoI omit the olives and use a 1:1 onion:pepper ratio, but it’s basically like this one
This recipe probably has a fine amount of veg as written, I just always think it needs more than it does and I don’t measure shit when I’m making sauce 👍
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•Mediocre pasta dishesEnglish511·17 days agoThank you for the Pride well wishes to me specifically ☺️ My mediocre pasta dish is spaghetti with too many vegetables in the sauce
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPto 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•I love the sky orb of death ruleEnglish17·17 days agoSunscreen is a sensory nightmare for me, so I mostly rely on UPF clothing (UPF = SPF but for clothes). It’s way better than just getting burnt!
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPto 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•I love the sky orb of death ruleEnglish13·17 days agoWithout sunscreen and with my skin type, it’s fine for 15 minutes according to Wolfram Alpha! 🫠
Edit: oh lol I didn’t realize it included temps on the left hand side, that’s in F rather than C.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄5·17 days agoThis is just for the English speaker learning Spanish Duolingo course, which I’m told is one of the best ones, so it may not apply to other courses. But IMO it was easier to pick up the majority of the beginner vocabulary in Duolingo (they’ve got the drill aspect of language learning down pat) and then spread out to other sources. I especially needed outside help with grammar because (at least when I was doing the early parts) Duolingo didn’t explain grammar very much, so there was a bit of ramming my head against a brick wall.
How long an article takes me to read depends on how many colloquial phrases it has that Duolingo hasn’t introduced me to, if uncommon words or jargon are used, etc. The dictionary app I use is pretty good and includes slang, so when I do run into unknowns it only takes a few seconds to look it up. But overall I’d say I read maybe 1/2 to 2/3 the speed I read English, depending on all the above factors. It does fatigue me a lot faster than reading English, but I think that’s a normal thing for second languages you’re still learning.
Edit: oh oops I misunderstood your last question, it took me maybe a year to start on news articles and maybe another 6 months to get comfortable with them. Totally YMMV depending on how much and how seriously you study, this wasn’t anything like full time study for me.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument4·17 days agoBy the time you’re old enough to ask “why,” they’ve subjected you to enough propaganda to ensure it doesn’t even occur to you to do so.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄15·17 days agoI learned probably 90% of my Spanish through Duolingo. My reading is good enough that I can usually follow along with Spanish news articles and Spanish spoken at a moderate pace. (So almost none of it, haha) I have hearing comprehension problems with English as well though, so that’s not Duolingo’s fault.
I’m definitely not fluent, but it’s not like I wouldn’t know what to do if someone handed me a form in Spanish, either.
Overall it’s just the repetition that matters. I don’t think I would know any less Spanish if I’d spent 20-30 minutes every day for the past 2+ years using a different app to learn.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Let my Duolingo streak expire cos I don't want to give them any more AI training for free and this popped up 🙄141·17 days agoMango Languages is available for free through many libraries and has an app.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument49·18 days agoThis is what every news article about an assault or murder of a queer person used to be like in the 00s and earlier. Then after the local queer community spends ages protesting (if there was one, and who knows how many murders flew under the radar this way) maybe someone eventually gets a slap on the wrist charge.
Maybe they’ll update these stories soon, but it’s not a great sign when they’re not even discussing the husband’s account. (The other stories, not the one you linked)
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss is shot dead in Texas during an argument4473·18 days agoAccording to his husband’s posts on social media, these neighbors had subjected them to homophobic harassment and threats to burn down their home before now. And when they returned to find the skull of their dog out in plain view and started to cry, the neighbor came and killed Jonathan. His husband said he blocked the shot and saved his life.
What do you fucking do about a community like that? These people don’t exist in isolation. It’s scary as fuck and a heartbreaking way to start pride month.
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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto News@lemmy.world•Homeland Security cops invade NY congressman’s office, handcuff aide23·18 days agoI’m sorry to report that a lot of American conservatives are like that IRL as well, and it’s not new. After public opinion turned on Nixon, conservative talk radio as a genre was formed to make sure that never happens again. Social media has only made it worse, if anything.
The online conservatives are just more likely to be obsessed with niche political stars and topics, but for the most part they’re drawing from the same well when it comes to talking points.
Key words in that sentence: give you those things. I doubt the lord tech bro could do any of that if the apocalypse happened tomorrow.
Even the janky version requires skill and knowledge, and if he doesn’t have the crude then both are useless anyway. Building a hole in the ground with motorcycles doesn’t help you when you depend on a highly connected world to fuel and maintain it.
If I could hold down a button to clean my shower you bet your ass I would.
The lack of a sparkle and a ding when you finish cleaning something is a major mark against real life cleaning, as well.