It was a super-annoying read. The info was all over the place. And the fucking New York Times made the lede the final paragraphs. Basically - if the republicans want to have one - I'm sure they'll be able to. The constitution is a vague mess on this. The article doesn't mention the supreme court. But I'm certain nearly everything the republicans want to do will be declared constitutional by the wackadoodle GOP SCOTUS justices.

• 34 states to have a convention
• 38 states to approve any constitutional amendment.

A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.

The 1787 gathering in Philadelphia to write the Constitution was the one and only time state representatives have convened to work on the document. [...] A simple line in the Constitution allows Congress to convene a rewrite session if two-thirds of state legislatures [34 out of 50] have called for one. The option has never been used, but most states have long-forgotten requests on the books that could be enough to trigger a new constitutional convention, some scholars and politicians believe.

[...]

More than 34 states appear to have standing requests to change the Constitution, some dating back more than 150 years. [...] 38 states would have to approve any constitutional amendment.

[...]

By the count of David Super, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and an expert on constitutional conventions, the highest number of active requests for a convention on one specific topic is 28, for a balanced budget. But, he said, if Article V is interpreted as allowing any request to count toward convening a constitutional convention, the 34-state threshold has already been reached.

“If Congress declares under whatever crazy counting theory the convention advocates support that we’ve met the threshold, then we’ll have a convention,” Mr. Super said.

Do we need to die for this to happen?

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B1%D1%8B

English Wiki is dogshit

https://xcancel.com/svhibe/status/1868005147798016286

Nor your steak subscription

Hexbear started during the 2020 BLM protests, where cops were using social media and internet presence to track down activists. They are still doing this, but with less vigor than when police stations were burning down.

This included things like using tattoos on naked bodies, etsy store receipts etc.

Just before the r/cth ban, there was also a problem with chasers and leering objectification, and steps were taken to reduce thirst-posting and the like.

These things combined means that people don't post selfies or direct identifying information. People post their pets and artwork, but I know I have to make a decision about where and when I post things to make things non-trivial for cops or random chuds. I feel like a unique pet name, breed, and rough region could be enough to track someone down.

Even so, I think I'm bad at it. I feel like if someone knew me and read everything on hexbear they could ID me pretty easily (and I know multiple people in person on hexbear, but we've never exchanged usernames).

Idk if there are any hard and fast rules beyond the selfies and direct ID though. I should burn this account.

Edit: removed reference to masculinity

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6509644

This is part 1 with a link at the top and bottom of the page to read part 2 which just came out. That way you have the full essay be the time I post this.

by Hannah Lock

Whole bunch of new posters and no federation style influx of chuds and libs who can't read the room. All the new people seem cool as hell and whoever pied piper's those rats over deserved some applause.

I think the stars have line up to make 2025 a great year for the person reading this

"This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq"

For bioreactors, construction, watertreatment, civil/chem/mech

balloons, drones, ufos it's always some weird distraction

Devastating accusation to imply he'd be into ska

I feel like we need to explain again, amongst other things

The goal of the Liberty In Laundry Act is to roll back energy efficiency rules for washers and dryers.

In the spring, the [GOP] voted to roll back efficiency standards on refrigerators with the Refrigerator Freedom Act. In the summer, they targeted efficiency standards on dishwashers with the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act. In the fall, evidently, it was time to focus on laundry machines.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/6496877

Bluesky posts

A recent Photobucket privacy update revealed plans to sell user photos and biometric face/iris data to AI companies for training. A lawsuit is seeking class action status that would cover anyone who uploaded photos from 2003-2024 and any non-users depicted in the photos.

One of the claims in the lawsuit is Photobucket pulled a bait-and-switch with email campaigns. Claiming to let users “reactivate” or delete their dormant accounts, which then forced them to accept new T&S. Also ignoring emails would automatically opt in users. That’s not informed consent.