[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 25 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Maybe the EU will pass some legislation that will carry over to the US

GDPR requires the right to have your data deleted at least, but a lot of companies will only allow that if you are within the EU (because of profit and spite, I suppose). Though some just allowed it for everyone instead

Similar for California Consumer Privacy Act where a lot of companies will only let you do the stuff it requires if you are within California

Sort of like the “unsubscribe” button you get at the bottom of some emails. Did they have to pass a law to get that enacted?

Yes, see the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is at a facility that "processes" them rather than one that raises them. The turkeys most likely weren't killed earlier than industry typically does (which is still young). Turkeys can live 10 yrs but are typically slaughtered between ~5-6 months old. Contract growers probably already reduced the amount of turkeys they raise because late January + 6 months comes out to around now

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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Plus beef is a large emitter to climate change. They've spread tons of disinformation on this to keep its consumption and production up. The industry is reaping what they've sowed

The US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production.

In particular, it would like you not to be especially concerned about how meat consumption needs to be reduced if we are to avoid the most violently disruptive forms of planetary heating (even if all fossil fuel use ended tomorrow).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/beef-industry-public-relations-messaging-machine

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For paywall: https://archive.is/Vyf1V

Various ag-gag attempts have been passed, but shot down in courts, so I updated the title from the original to clarify that they weren't necessarily 100% successful despite their persistence in trying and getting them passed in states

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In a fairly bipartisan bill too (but also does because it does other stuff besides this)

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Bit unexpected with everything going with the national park service, but welcome. Appears the decision might have been made by the contractor?

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 168 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Current trajectory estimates are more like +2.5C to +3C by 2100 based on existing policy. We've actually managed to move the trajectory downward even though we obviously have a lot to go. Every little bit counts. It is far less binary than this overly simplistic tweet is suggesting

Excessive claims like this end up demotivating people and make them want to give up when we can reduce the damage each time we move our trajectory down by 0.1C

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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 179 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There have been tons of protests and there have been some pretty widespread ones outside of Tesla this weekend. The media is just hardly covering it making them seem way smaller than they are

Here's a map of recent Tesla Takedown protests alone

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

Here's just a handful of photos from yesterday

Most people within the US aren't aware these protests are happening either. There are also broader nationwide protests planned on April 5th as part of the 50501 movement. This will be the 4th nationwide 50501 protest

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 204 points 4 months ago

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

1st ammendment to the constitution since conservatives love to claim they support it

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 123 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The state and local is where most of the progress is going to happen in the next 4 years. They control a lot more than you think - even including running elections for federal office. Pay attention to all your local elections - they are going to matter a lot

EDIT: While I'm here, going to mention there are local elections in some localities across the US tomorrow (feb 25th) in parts of California, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, & Maine

Here's a substack post with more info about those local elections

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 128 points 10 months ago

To save some people a click

The Harris campaign has arranged to have a small plane fly over Tuscaloosa during the game with a banner declaring, “Trump’s Punting on 2nd Debate.”

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The Harris campaign will also air a national ad during one of the most highly anticipated games of college football where she calls on the former president to meet her on the debate stage one more time.

“Winners never back down from a challenge,” the ad’s narrator says. “Champions know it’s any time, any place. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home.”

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 168 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

During the debate, he doubled down on his full page ad calling for the execution of the central park five. Despite everything since then that's come out strongly showing they were innocent

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 189 points 11 months ago

Ah yes the strategy of trying to court jewish Americans by *checks notes* being blatantly antisemitic. There's no real reason to mention he's Jewish here other than to be antisemitic and imply he's a "bad jew"

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 176 points 11 months ago

Don't worry, when reporters asked his campaign about a very easily provable fact on a live-broadcast and widely recorded event, they said this:

In an emailed response to an inquiry about the lisp from a Huffington Post reporter, the Trump campaign said, “Must be your s****y hearing. Get your ears checked.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-elon-musk-interview-x-stream-lisp-b2595384.html

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 256 points 11 months ago

Headline undersells how he did this during the 90's during the Don't Ask Don't Tell era. Was not nearly as socially or politically acceptable then as it is now in the US to do that

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