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President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. Now, State Superintendent Ryan Walters is enthusiastically preparing Oklahoma schools for just that. A memo was sent to superintendents across the state on Thursday.

Walters says his department is “preparing to work hand in hand with an incoming Trump Administration to continue the work of dismantling the federal government’s decades of undue influence over public education.”

The memo supports eliminating the federal education department in favor of moving to block grants.

Walters outlines five areas where he sees this as beneficial for Oklahoma schools: Parental rights, ending social indoctrination in classrooms, protecting patriotism in curriculum, stopping illegal immigration’s impact on schools and blocking foreign influence.

The memo also says the state department will be directing its resources to ensure those priorities are championed so schools can smoothly transition after the coming changes.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 136 points 4 months ago

His supporters don't care. They love the government dysfunction until it affects them directly.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 129 points 7 months ago

Snowflakes can't take a joke.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 122 points 7 months ago

Biden already has those codes. If I look at where we started with Trump and where we ended up, and then where Biden picked up and where we ended up, my choice clearly becomes Biden. Trump went from "grab em by the pussy" to Covid to breaking a bunch of laws to an insurrection. Biden cleaned up Trump's mess and avoided a complete imminent global financial collapse. All things considered, I'd rather see Biden over Trump and it's too late to try to swap out Biden.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 160 points 8 months ago

There's no good reason to use a functional gun in film and theater, change my mind.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 121 points 8 months ago

This is a textbook HIPAA violation.

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[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 137 points 1 year ago

I can't make up my mind on this one. On one hand we probably should make some rules etiquette and laws regarding VR, but on the other hand I made it through the Halo series just fine and was able to separate myself from what those people did to my corpse.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 241 points 1 year ago

Thank you Seattle Children's Hospital for standing up to that bullshit.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 130 points 1 year ago

Don't you fucking take him, COVID. Don't you fucking dare.

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What's that song that brings you back to a moment in time every time you hear it?

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 282 points 1 year ago

I'm going to just trust you that he said it because I can't listen to that dumb fuck ramble all day.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 168 points 1 year ago

Smart cookie undersells it dramatically. Taylor Swift is a marketing and possibly a financial genius who has locked herself into the collective consciousness of the country. I used to try to not listen to her music at all, but my daughter and wife absolutely love her, so it's all I get to listen to around them. She's had virtually 0 truly bad press surrounding her. You don't have to like her music, but you have to respect her ability to sell her image and music.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 168 points 1 year ago

Wait, what? This isn't something to be criticized for. Having a black adopted son and learning the realities of racism in America and learning from it is a good thing. He should be criticized for all the other shit, but not this.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 156 points 1 year ago

Alexa is so bad though. Who's going to pay for that?

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