

Legally, no. Practically/functionally, yes, since nobody’s actually going to stop him.
Legally, no. Practically/functionally, yes, since nobody’s actually going to stop him.
I feel like “threatens” is understating the problem here.
Now add the cybersecurity issues (see https://lemmy.world/post/25293137) and no country should trust the US anytime soon. I honestly hope my country’s government is on the ball in this regard, although if the LNP and Dutton get into power, God help us.
Unfortunately, neither Netanyahu or Trump are going to care what Amnesty International says, right or wrong.
Countries need to be assuming that nothing is beyond the Trump administration and then plan to deal with that.
That’s a great idea. Glad it worked.
Glad she is comfortable with the harness. Did she accept it easily, or did you have to introduce it slowly? One of our cats is quite happy with a harness, whilst the other absolutely freaks out if you try to put it on her.
Are Trump’s handlers trying to destroy the US’s ability to make scientific progress and innovate? This is insane.
With Trump’s isolationist tendencies, the US is going to end up losing much of its influence in the world. China is the likely candidate for filling that void, although the EU, Russia and India are major players too.
It’s going to become quite dangerous to fly in US airspace soon.
“‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”
George Orwell, 1984.
Thanks. Just did a quick search and it seems that spelling is more prominent in the US than elsewhere, which is probably why I’m not familiar with it.
I feel like they’ve buried the lead.
In addition to its directives related to marriage and babies, the Transportation Department’s memo blocks recipients of federal money from implementing “mask mandates,” a reference to requirements that transit agencies followed to limit the spread of infection during the height of COVID-19.
The memo also requires recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive funding — the latest effort by the administration to target undocumented immigrants, conduct mass arrests and deportations, and deny federal transportation funds to so-called sanctuary cities.
So (1) no ability for public transport systems to implement measures to stop pandemics (which will be important since avian flu is around the corner) and (2) no federal funding for transport to sanctuary cities (of which Washington D.C. is arguably one).
Po-tay-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
In a sane world, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court.
Thanks for the detailed reply. You can have ADHD and/or ASD and still be very academically talented (often in ADHD it shows up as rushing to cram for assignments the night before). If your sister has ADHD, then that significantly increases the odds that one (or both) of your parents has it and that you are neurodiverse too. Attention regulation is actually affected in both ADHD and ASD (hyperfocus is found in both), although the triggers/causes are a little different. For ASD, the monotropic attention model seems to be a pretty good explanation of the intense (but narrowly focused) interests we have, as well as (partly) explaining why too many things happening at once more readily overwhelms us.
Interesting that you mention 5-HTP. To me, that’s a point in favour of an ASD diagnosis, as ASD is effectively a dysfunction of the serotonergic system. The full central nervous system (CNS) serotonin pathway is:
L-Tryptophan (large amino acid) -> 5-HTP -> 5HT (serotonin) -> N-Acetylserotonin (NAS) -> melatonin
There is a known issue with CNS serotonin synthesis in autism as well as the conversion of NAS to melatonin (more than half of the people with ASD have a significant breakdown in the process at this step, with much levels of NAS and lower levels of melatonin compared with neurotypicals; this is one of the key factors in why sleep problems are common with ASD). 5-HTP is a good way to supplement that but care must be taken if paired with an SSRI antidepressant (the SSRI acts as an amplifier and you can get serotonin syndrome, which can be fatal).
Sorry, got sidetracked with a special interest there…
Your comments about being James Bond sound a lot like masking to me. That’s one of the challenges with being diagnosed as an adult; often by that point the individual has learnt how to mask their ASD behaviours and “act normal”. It can be quite exhausting, though, and eventually leads to autistic burnout. Psychologists generally take high-level masking into account during diagnosis now, which is where childhood behaviour is an important factor.
Try to be a bit kinder to yourself and do a bit more reading on ADHD and ASD experiences. I strongly recommend having a look at Dr. Neff’s posts and information sheets on her website, Neurodivergent Insights: https://neurodivergentinsights.com/
And if you want to work on your socialising, please feel free to post specific questions or a scenario you’re struggling with! Social interaction can be quite complex and if you don’t intuitively have the rules (oh how I envy those people) then it can take a while to learn.
I don’t think you’re evil, but have you considered researching ADHD? The hyperfocus (e.g. your crush), the getting into trouble with the law, talking all the time, etc. all could be indicators.
Self-diagnosis is also acceptable and typically accepted by many in the online community. I spent over a decade being fully aware that I was almost certainly on the spectrum before I decided to get an official diagnosis to confirm it (due to certain things that were happening in life). If you want to get a feel for whether you are likely to be on the spectrum, the AQ test is a reasonable (but not foolproof) indicator: https://embrace-autism.com/autism-spectrum-quotient/
As for your parents not suspecting anything, both ADHD and ASD are strongly related genetically (there’s an estimated 60-80% overlap and it’s now suspected that a person is more likely to have both - AuDHD - than just pure ASD or ADHD) and also highly inheritable (for ADHD it’s about an 80% chance, IIRC). So your family probably don’t see your behaviour as too unusual because they will share many of the same traits/experiences and may even think that your difficulties with social interaction a normal part of growing up because that’s what they went through.
I honestly wouldn’t put it past Trump to say something like that.
He probably doesn’t even know that the flight recorders (black boxes) are orange. I’d imagine he’ll take credit for making them easy to find (the reason for the colour) once he learns that they’re not actually black.
Probably prisoners and those in detention.
If that’s an example of your typical writing, then I would encourage you to apply!
That has to be one of the best Onion articles I’ve read in a while.
Not surprised, but didn’t expect to see this quite this early into the Trump regime.
https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2020/11/04/americas-forgotten-history-of-forced-sterilization/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations