[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Honestly I doubt it matters. They'll just keep adding more things to the list, this shit is everywhere.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Tschugguel became a hero to traditionalists in 2019 when he snuck into a Vatican-area church, stole Amazonian Indigenous statues of pregnant women, and threw them into the Tiber River in a videotaped act that was quickly shared online.

Holy shit, what an asshole. Why is this guy so grossed out by pregnant women?

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm not sure if it's the artists intention or not, but it gets at the heart of a lot of misogyny. What could possibly be controversial about Mary giving birth? It's an interesting question to put to the (mostly) men who decry the installation.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That's great for a future where we have all of this sorted out, but it doesn't help in the interim. It's not like corporations will sit patiently while congress gets this figured out, they're going to test the authority of OSHA and flood the courts with lawsuits to argue over every particular, doing more or less whatever they want in the meantime. Frankly I don't believe congress can rubber stamp anywhere quick enough to protect the policies we already have in place.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The problem is that congress doesn't do anything quickly (unless it's giving themselves a raise). That's the whole reason delegation was needed, because they're so slow to actually pass specific laws. Previously, the rule was that any ambiguity in the law could be interpreted as needed by the relevant agency. That way the law can be "companies need to ensure a certain level of safety for workers" and OSHA with their panel of experts can figure out the details of what precautions are needed where. Even if a rubber stamp is all that would be needed, they have a huge backlog of regulations to get through and a lot of companies that will fight tooth and nail to save a bit of money on safety equipment. If the SCOTUS takes such a case and rules against OSHA's authority, you best believe there will be blood on their hands.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Tumblr has made a lot of.... questionable UX decisions, but the users have found ways around them.

Something I forgot to mention as a possible origin for putting text in tags: Tumblr used to allow you to edit other peoples' posts when you reblogged them, leading to a fear of Danny Devito and, infamously, the John Green post.

@TrickDacy@lemmy.world important addendum

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

... Gotta admire the cable management, though.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

I think smoking rooms in hotels are still a thing, but they're certainly less common than they were. My mother and I got stuck in a smoking room despite booking a non-smoking room well in advance and it was awful. Stayed just one night and our clothes smelled like cigarette smoke for the rest of the trip.

I don't really care if people smoke, but gosh, ya'll need ventilation.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yep, though there's certain punctuation that will break them. I think this practice is why even regular Tumblr posts tend to have strange grammar.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

There's a possibility you could domesticate them over time. They have short breeding cycles, are decently social animals, and are infamous for their indiscriminating diet. I think it's just hard to justify the cost as anything more than a hobby project, though they might do a lot for insects in the home.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

When you make or reblog a post, you can add tags at the bottom. Ostensibly these are for searching/categorization, but people often use them to write out responses to posts so that their followers can reblog the it without bringing their comment along (Tumblr just puts all replies into a single extended post so it's a bit cumbersome to have long comment chains). The tags are visible in the "notes" section of the post, so people can still see it.

When you see a screenshot like this, it likely means that the response was made by someone else and the OP self reblogged it because they thought it was important.

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This is my rub with Clarence in general. On paper I agree with a very hardline reading of the constitution cause what else is it there for. We're far too allergic to making constitutional amendments and laws and have built up a house of cards that gets toppled every time the administration changes.

However, practically speaking, there's too many actual lives depending on supreme court decisions and delegated regulations to wait for congress to do something about it (if they aren't stalled outright by lobbying and party opposition). If the overturning of such decisions is meant to light a fire under the ass of the legislative branch, it operates much too slowly to protect the vulnerable people who suffer in the interim. Delegation is the only reason we have a (relatively) safe and clean place to live.

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