sickamore
1yr ago
The new conflict that broke out in Sudan - anyone have a good low down on what is happening there, and why? Is this truly a proxy-war between the US and Russia (Rapid Support Forces being Russian proxy, I guess? And Sudan Armed Forces would be US allies..?), or is there something else to this?
sickamore
1yr ago
wasn't he a big witness and had a buncha texts/emails that were used as evidence against Fox? He wasn't the only one here but it was a nontrivial part of Dominion's arguments
sickamore
1yr ago
Wouldn’t be surprised if the bud light seltzers make up for all the lost sales
sickamore
1yr ago
Caitlyn Jenner (kardashian) is the biggest. American hero who won the decathlon gold back from the soviets, on cover of magazines, and now part of a sitcom family. She has 14.4 million followers on instagram to Mulvney’s 1.8million followers.
sickamore
1yr ago
VPs are dime a dozen at a corp like AB Inbev.
The real issue is seltzers taking the beer market for the college and post college crowd
sickamore
1yr ago
I'm confused by that. If they are taliban, looks like lord miles would be fine. So what would've caused his issues. I suppose just like before, inside Kabul and outside it are two different worlds, security-wise
sickamore
1yr ago
How do I stop worrying about the future?
Im reading and seeing all this new AI stuff that seems to come out everyday. I just cant help feel the progress is fast and only getting faster.
I can’t help but worry about my own future while reading and thinking about this… Am I, a software engineer, going to have a job in 2030? In 2025? Should I be learning a trade right now, in preparation? Will a trade be a good job when every now-redundant white collar worker turns to the trade as well?
and then my thoughts spiral towards all of humanity. Society in general, will our governments adapt fast enough, will ….
How do I stop this kind of thinking? It doesn’t feel productive and seems to just make me worried, with seemingly no upside. I’ve mostly always been optimistic about the future so this feels very weird.
This malay-chinese divide matches my experience in Indonesia and other places. Less pronounced in Thailand though - I assume due to Thailand having fewer, if any, Muslims (buddhism is the overwhelming majority I think?). But for Indo, the rich non-Chinese were definitely more promiscuous than the non-rich lower classes. Is this not he case in Malaysia?
For Pakistan, there is similarly a 3-tier system you pointed out. Maybe these same systems exist in most Muslim countries, unless there is a significant minority that adds nuance?
sickamore
1yr ago
Let's talk about the Stanford Law School situation that has gone on for a few days.
A Timeline:
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The Federalist Society invited a judge, Kyle Duncan, to speak. 70 students emailed FedSoc to cancel the event. [https://freebeacon.com/campus/dogshit-federal-judge-decries-disruption-of-his-remarks-by-stanford-law-students-and-calls-for-termination-of-the-stanford-dean-who-joined-the-protesters/]("When the Federalist Society refused to cancel, students began putting up fliers with the names and faces of everyone on the board. "You should be ashamed," the posters read.")
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Duncan was basically shouted down during his talk. Most in attendance were protestors to his speech, with people showing up with signs like "Duncan can't find the clit" and such. They accused him for ruling on cases that were against their beliefs, for example taking the right to vote away ("The students appeared to have little familiarity with Duncan’s jurisprudence. Some accused him of suppressing the voting rights of African Americans, Duncan said—only to cite a case in which Duncan had actually dissented from the majority.")
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Duncan asked administrators to control the situation, and a DEI Dean went up to the podium and instead of controlling the crowd, read out a statement accusing Duncan of causing harm (video)
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Duncan was escorted out by federal marshals
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Dean of Stanford Law School + President of Stanford issued a joint apology letter to judge Kyle Duncan, and the Dean also sent an email to alumni
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Now, the Dean of Stanford Law School is being targeted. She teaches Constitutional Law and her classroom white board was plastered with statements that argue for their 1st amendment rights and the heckler's veto (source). Some excerpts below:
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When Martinez’s class adjourned on Monday, the protesters, dressed in black and wearing face masks that read "counter-speech is free speech," stared silently at Martinez as she exited her first-year constitutional law class at 11:00 a.m., according to five students who witnessed the episode. The student protesters, who formed a human corridor from Martinez’s classroom to the building’s exit, comprised nearly a third of the law school, the students told the Washington Free Beacon.
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The majority of Martinez’s class—approximately 50 students out of the 60 enrolled—participated in the protest themselves, two students in the class said. The few who didn’t join the protesters received the same stare down as their professor as they hurried through the makeshift walk of shame.
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"They gave us weird looks if we didn’t wear black" and join the crowd, said Luke Schumacher, a first-year law student in Martinez’s class who declined to participate in the protest. "It didn’t feel like the inclusive, belonging atmosphere that the DEI office claims to be creating."
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The Stanford National Lawyers Guild said Saturday that Martinez had thrown "capable and compassionate administrators" under the bus. The law school’s Immigration & Human Rights Law Association issued a similar declaration on Sunday, writing to its mailing list that Stanford’s apology to Duncan "has only made this situation worse." And Stanford Law School’s chapter of the American Constitution Society expressed outrage that Martinez and Tessier-Lavigne had framed Duncan "as a victim, when in fact he himself had made civil dialogue impossible."
This follows on the heals of similar kind of situations at Yale Law School (no.1 in the country, Stanford's usually no.2).
Don't have much to add here. I've seen a few student protests (but didn't go to UC Berkeley and wasn't present at any big ones). None were like this, but maybe law school is different. Also I wonder whether Stanford and Yale law schools sizes (300-500 law students, versus Harvard's ~2000 law students) means that it's easier to pressure everyone to join in on something. Being starred down by a large % of your classmates is probably not a fun experience, especially when you know most of them.
sickamore
1yr ago
Is this true for other religions as well, say, progressive synagogues? I dont know if Islam has more progressive mosques but if so - same issue or no?
It does seem that the more traditional christian communities and orthodox churches maintain communities better from personal observation. I think theres a discussion on german churches and how the more prog ones lose more members
sickamore
1yr ago
Meh - china is a big place. Pollution is a negative but not that bad honestly. I lived there for almost two decades tbk
Hmm. Ive had girls approach/initiate though very rare that I can remember most:
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girl at club came over and asked if I were single. This was in SF.
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girl came over to me at a bar and bought me a drink. This was in a big city in asia.
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after meeting once, messaged me on fb. We went on a date afterwards. College.
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a friend initiating after I’d become single. We dated for 4 years. College.
There are some other examples, and usually girls that were not sober, but maybe Im an exception here. Though most of my dates and stuff were initiated by me. Most relationships were initiated by the girl tho, usually ultimatums.
Totally understand your anecdote about being her and her friends court jester until you seal the deal.
Im glad I never had to do too much dating outside of college - the flaking drove me insane. Much higher hit rate with friends of friends etc. Funny you mention Bumble as I had ok success there for a few months before covid hit. But you are right - the balls still yours to drive up the court once they send a “hiiii”
sickamore
1yr ago
Everything you can. Get the public example tests the college board publishes (there was a book of ten tests, might be more / different now. Used to be called the “blue book” or something). Do one or two and then study parts you arent good at. Take more, repeat. If you arent from the US, your local online retailer should have pirated copies and should not be expensive.
There are free guides and stuff online as well, so google around. I used a guide someone wrote on College Confidential. Helped a lot.
Practice means perfect. Triply so for SAT.
sickamore
1yr ago
Regarding the Nicole Miller lync messages - what are the chances a mistrial happens?
I can’t believe the Govt is spinning it that message regarding deleting evidence is about something related…
sickamore
1yr ago
Oh right. True.
Anyway he seems to be portrayed well, object of desire, nice guy etc
The “hot priest” from Fleabag? Though of course he:
Fleabag seduces him out of his vow of chastity but he doesn't actually stop being a priest iirc.
Thanks /u/butlerian
sickamore
1yr ago
My bad, I guess Tucker talked about her and didn't have her on.
This is what I'm remembering: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6211087016001
Tucker Carlson destroyed Sidney Powell when Powell went on Carlson’s show, though. Interesting that he texted that
edit: Powell did not go on the Tucker Carlson show, but Tucker did talk about her
Thanks for the rundown! Very informative!
The only reason I brought up the US/Russian angle (and really why I wanted to learn more) is that there's been some posts on twitter around how Victoria Nuland (USA) had visited (though I couldn't find a trace of that in 2023), and that the US Ambassador to Sudan made some statement warning against Sudan giving a red sea port to Russia (now looking for more sources, I cannot find this interview either, only quotes of it - let me know if anyone finds the original!)
So maybe it's just anti-american trolls drumming attention to some conspiracy and there's no real backing in reality. Still learned a lot from your posts and links. Thanks.
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