#big legislation

[reportwire]

Five Paths to a Democratic Comeback in 2022

Five Paths to a Democratic Comeback in 2022

Every Democratic activist, strategist, and lawmaker in America has spent at least a brief moment this fall staring at the ceiling in desperation, probably thinking to him- or herself: Something’s gotta give. Democrats were already facing an inconvenient truth going into next year’s elections: The incumbent president’s party usually gets smoked in the midterms. But they keep getting more bad news.…

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#American people #Antjuan Seawright #base vote #Bernie Sanders #best ideas #big legislation #Black voters #Briahna Joy Gray #brief moment #Build Back Better legislation #CEO of the Democratic #co-founder of the polling firm Equis Research #control of the House #Democratic activist #Democratic activists #Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee #Democratic consultant #Democratic National Committee #Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee #election year #firm Blueprint Strategy #firm New Deal Strategies #former campaign strategist #former press secretary #gotta give.Democrats #huge number #incumbent president’s party #James Carville #Joe Biden #Lanae Erickson

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

You might have heard that the Big Cat Public Safety Act was passed by Congress last week, and is on its way to be signed into law by the President. While I so not oppose with the main goals of the act (ending private ownership of big cats and public contact with them), I have had serious concerns about the impact of other aspects of it for a long time.

For years, I’ve been pointing out that vague language regarding exemptions in the bill could really negatively impact credible zoos and sanctuaries. The bill authors/sponsors clearly didn’t intend the bill to have that result, but because they weren’t more exact with their wording, the full impacts of the law won’t be clear until it’s fully implemented by the Department of the Interior. Since a different federal department oversees zoo and sanctuary regulation, it doesn’t make sense to assume that the Department of the Interior will automatically interpret the new law in a way that aligns with how the industry currently functions.

In the best case scenario, there’s nothing to worry about. In a worst case scenario, though, credible zoos and sanctuaries might find their operations, exhibit construction, and animal programs detrimentally impacted. If there’s any possibility of the latter occurring, there has to be attention on the process to try to ensure it doesn’t come to pass.

This article is my overview of some of the biggest possible problems that could come from a bad implementation of the Big Cat Public Safety act. It’s short (for me), sweet, and simple. Just because the law has been passed doesn’t mean the work has ended - now it just involves holding the federal government accountable for implementing the bill in a way that doesn’t cause harm to credible facilities and programs.

#big cats #big cat public safety act #federal legislation #legislation #substack is where I’ve started putting my more industry and business ops writing so I don’t spam y’all with it

[historyartthings]

Has this been done as a poll yet?? Apologies if it has! It’s a very morbid one but it’s always been an incredibly divisive question and I’m curious.

Admittedly these are very simplistic answers. The reason being, whilst I acknowledge there’s more room for dimension of feeling there, I wanted to get to the basics of it if you like? Boiled down, when those charges against Anne were drawn up, did Henry honestly think they were true?

#it’s a difficult question #someone take one for the team and ouija board Henry lol #but anyway #a big part of this I guess is would Cromwell do it w/o the king’s permission/approval #he was clearly more than happy to construct the charges. that he was the architect is beyond doubt #but w/o henrys involvement or knowledge? I’m not so sure.. #have to say I’m convinced by MacCulloch’s suggestion that Anne and Thomas Did Not Get On #even if they worked together on aspects of the reformation his evidence is solid enough imo to support the idea they weren’t allies #(the reformation is where they found some common ground it seems? #they agreed on the poor laws he’d had drafted it looks like? #and both disliked and pushed back against the legislation that went through parliament re: monastic closure) #for example #but overall #seems they tried to work around each other for the most part. again elements of the reformation excepted #and that would presumably cause issues and conflicts of interest. #on top of any personality clashes etc. #but could that crystallise into a plot of that calibre absent of Henry’s involvement? #or his approval? #again.. not so sure #henry viii #anne boleyn #thomas cromwell #Tudor history #poll

[moonie-presence]

thinking about how the undersea largely worships the moon, despite the majority of the population being discouraged from ever actually seeing it

#jrwi #if not literally barred #i dont know alll the specifics of what we know about triton culture but it seems like very few actually leave #those in the shallows could possibly see snells window #but how big is that area? its population? seems like most tritons are too deep to actually see the moon at all #and if not by literal legislation are scared away from it by teachings of the oversea #idk. inchresting. at least symbolically

[machinavocis]

tl;dr the last 24 hours:

roommate & i have decided we will, in fact, be getting the fuck out of utah.

but where the fuck out that will be, we have almost no clue.

& so the quest begins.

#(roommate is just like. existentially exhausted by Being Here. & i totally get it. that's a reasonable response.) #(& the funny thing is i'd also been feeling like i Wanted to Be Not Here but i hadn't figured out how to tell roommate about this) #(but then literally the next day he's like yeah so i feel like i maybe want to be Not Here? so like. i think we will be Doing That.) #so i pitched the idea of meeting up later this week to order some takeout dinner & make a Big Ol' List of must-haves & would-like-to-haves #& then start Doing Research & looking into whereabouts fits a sufficient amount of the bill & therefore might warrant an in person vibechec #so yeah lol hi friends do any of you like & recommend the united state you are currently living in #is it culturally & legislatively progressive enough that disabled people like roommate feel like they are generally Given a Shit About #at least more so than here lol #prior to 2020 census redistricting our federal congressperson was a man who wrote a book abt how The Liberals are 'whiners weenies & wimps' #an Extremely Normal Mormon Republican Man #such jesus very compassion

[harpieisthecarpie]

talking to people about working at a library is so fun because I love informing others about their local resources (check and see if you can get an e-card on your local library system's website they often have a lot of awesome e-resources and you usually don't even have to go in-person to access them)

it is so fun until I get to the part about all the resources our libraries provide for people who are unhoused. Which I always end up doing because I work myself up into an excited ramble because I LOVE libraries.

[rant about people being prejudiced dicks about houselessness incoming, don't read more if it'll be a trigger or too upsetting]

And then 85% of the time this otherwise pleasant-seeming person opens their mouth and says some awful, ignorant, prejudiced bs about what it must be like "dealing" with "those people". Because all they know of houselessness is news report statistics and political victim-blaming and television dramas and glimpses of people they drive by on their way to work.

I barely know shit, I need to do much more reading and listening and learning, but just working in a place where people are allowed to settle and exist without their presence being considered 'loitering' helps me be a more empathetic person (I think). It also teaches me that I come from a very privileged position of never having worried about shelter or safety.

Because there's the studies and research and yada yada about people who live with houselessness and its effects but there's also just. Being around people who come from different backgrounds. Talking people through filling out frustrating online job applications. Asking people about their day and being able to help them with something seemingly small.

It's just people, man. At this point I don't know why I'm rambling but oh my god it's just people. We are all just people. Struggling with different burdens and understanding different truths. And

The city and the county and the state I live in are so blazingly hot. Terribly hot. A "people ending up in burn wards because they tripped and fell on asphalt" kind of hot. So with our resources the library system is able to do the bare minimum in the summer. Provide a safe, cool place during the day. Provide cold bottled water. Keeping some locations open as heat relief after hours.

I'll walk outside during the summer and run back 5 minutes later because the sun on my skin was so intense it hurt. My high school was multiple buildings on one site and kids would get heat stroke walking from algebra to history. Kids who had been living in this neighborhood for years.

People who don't have shelter from the sun show it on their skin, in their gait, in their voice. Whether because they work outside or don't feel safe staying at home or don't have anywhere to stay full stop.

So when people I'm rambling to express 'sympathy' for what it 'must be like' working where I work, it gets difficult not to shout at them.

I just want to point at the fucking door and say "Go stand outside for 30 minutes without sunscreen or shade and see if you can say that shit to my face when you come back in 10."

Usually I say a nice version of that instead, but the honest one is always the most tempting.

It isn't a hardship working at a place providing the bare minimum of support. It isn't a burden to be kind, or even just polite, to each patron. No one at my library is a hardship or a burden, except for the assholes (which are usually housed ppl btw) who try to be dicks.

#harp rants #support your local library #vote for actually useful legislation #throw big rocks at officials who say 'let's end homelessness' when they mean 'let's make life here inhospitable for houseless people'

[redjennies]

the kids are all right and all, but millennials on tumblr really need to stop acting like saying "wow, kids today sure have silly trends" or even "actually i'm concerned about genuinely conservative mentalities being propped up as leftist politics among the youths" is the same as white middle class boomers destroying the economy by continually falling for reactionary moral panics and in turn voting for more and more conservative policies that will inevitably make the planet unlivable.

#i do think some of what people get riled up about is not a big deal and is actually extremely normal behavior for teenagers #making up arbitrary rules to follow to understand their relationship to their peers is just a normal stage of adolescent development #impulsivity and not having a strong grasp of consequences outside of the immediate is normal #that being said saying “pop music is bad now” is NOT the same as passing very real legislation based on fake fears about ''crack babies'' #and ''super predators'' and ''trickle down economics'' and ''the patriot act'' #also pop music has always been mostly bad #dont boo me im right

[bijoumikhawal]

in other different depressing news I hate having a scary research question, I've had a query for it open for a week now and can't stomach opening even a single research paper yet

#cipher talk #I saw some asshole claim among other things that Coptic declined as a language because of 'famine and plague' impacting Copts during the #Mamluk eras and this is the first time I've heard of this and it is. Important to verify #But he was presenting it as 'the language declined naturally (and Arabic is superior anyway)' and famines. Well. We all know the deal with #Famines and how 'natural' they are right? #IDK it's one thing to know your genocide was cultural and legislated (again regarding language- this was a big part of it and Copts were #Perfectly aware of what they were going to loose) its another to be presented with the idea that at one point they mightve intentionally #Starved your ancestors out

[dragonflute]

now that im off the clock i just want to reiterate that some tumblrinas need to separate their perception of a whole country's treatment of lgbt citizens from the media they see. this goes both ways btw.

#personal #like yes thailand produces a lot of BLs and the trans population has a big spotlight. but that doesnt mean its an lgbt haven #and thinking an entire population is bad because their country has anti-gay legislation is actively bad as well #but we all know this..... right?

[polithicc]

…

#tw death #just found out one of my colleagues died #we were not close or anything but we worked together on a big piece of legislation and then the implementation part so we had calls refhla #*regularly #it’s just really shocking #he was probably in his 50s #pers

[escapaldi]

so it's been a year since i was unceremoniously fired from my last job and in honor of the indeed algorithm suggesting i look into a different position in the company i finally wrote the long-ass, scathing review that's been brewing and festering inside me for 365 days

will it get rejected? probably. do i care? no. it's off my chest now. all i hope is that if it does get published, it helps someone not work there.

#i'm just so fucking glad i still have health insurance because it's the LAW to offer 18mo of continuing coverage or else i'd be screwed #womp womp that's america refusing to see universal healthcare being the cheaper option #how does a company whose workforce relies on women and LGBT+ survive when the owners want to legislate their existence away? #heaven fucking help me when i do need flowers for a big event bc they're literally one of the best florists around #i have literally applied to dozens of jobs in September alone--at this rate i'm not going to have income until i'm a stay-at-home wife #which i won't be able to afford that either but that's not on anyone but the ones who enable stagnant wages

[wellnoe]

i will be succumbing to stress very soon but currently i am just on the edge of it and it is being held at bay by a major WIN i had today so. all will be well ig.

#i FINALLY tracked down a pdf of this document i have been looking for on and off all semester #in a frenzy of googling i managed to find a web page on postal services legislation #that linked to a google book of the sessions i needed #bc by sheer happenstance one of the earlier acts passed in that session was related to mail #totally unrelated to what i was looking for!! but very helpful!!!!!! #also i was told that [Big Project] would still get a fine grade if i turned it in without further revisions #so thats good #its still the biggest source of stress atm but like. even if i completely freeze up i should be ok #w.me

[luxettenebra]

had Revan stayed on the planet of Veritas, and not been sent away by her father after her mother's execution, it is very likely she would have acquired the nickname of Corva, specifically in relation to the aftermath of her presence on the battlefield

#headcanon #so apparently I've come to the realization that since planet Veritas is my own #I can make them effectively Space Romans #because Space Romans is a concept that is just. deeply fascinating to me #also cyberpunk Romans #and to keep 'King' consistent I'm gonna say this is set during Veritas's Roman Kingdom period #so whether it ends up getting to the Republic stage is yet to be seen #I'd imagine it has become a Republic sometime between the Old Republic and the Prequel Era #they would ABSOLUTELY push back again joining the Empire #they weren't part of the Republic either #mostly because they view the Galactic Senate as being too big and unwieldy #fun fact! during the Republic the Senate has little to no legislative power #and instead was effectively an advisory board #it was a VERY important and prestigious position #but the actual legislative power was held by the assemblies

[loveletterworm]

there will be those rare well-articulated posts explaining the glaring flaws/fallacies/misinformation/dangerous rhetoric in like 99% of people’s arguments against ai art and somehow people on here will respond to these posts and somehow still go “Wow, this post makes some good points! We should continue telling anyone who has ever even looked at an ai to kill themselves just because” like do they just pretend they read the posts and assume that they must be agreeing with them and proceed on that incorrect assumption? I’ve really lost my patience for any of this stuff i think a lot of people are just either willfully ignorant and/or wanted an excuse to be incredibly rude to people without getting called out on it (this “person who just clearly is only arguing for the ‘good side’ of any given debate to flimsily justify being an openly extremely cruel person” is really something that i see all the time lately even in other contexts, really just unfortunately seems like a fixture of the internet at this point) or they’re the guys literally lobbying for stricter copyright laws as if anyone except giant corporations would actually get anything “good” out of that. those too.

#you know what i DO fear for the future of art but not because of the ai #but because people are Genuinely Trying To Make Copyright Laws As Restrictive As Possible On Purpose #i miss back in like 2012 or whenever it was when the big scare was Omg they might make fanart illegal!!! #and not whatever this is now which seems to be accidentally going Fanart should be illegal. #because you know they wouldn't just limit any legislation made to only affect ai #they'd apply it to everyone. don't be dumb you wouldn't be exempt #mypost

[trutown-the-bard]

And this brings me to the ‘privacy’ legislation. I’m not going to go over all the details, because it’s a complex bill with many moving parts. But conceptually what this law does is regulate the online advertising industry, not privacy writ large. And it does so by enlarging regulatory powers of the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, while tossing a bunch of vague terms at the advertising industry and limiting the ability of states to do much on their own. I don’t think this bill will ‘work,’ because it’s not clear to me that the authors of the bill know what they actually want, beyond establishing a Federal privacy bill because that’s what a large chattering class says needs to happen.

For instance, and this is the one substantive part I’ll highlight, the bill will basically allow Google and Amazon to corner the online advertising market. The legislation puts some restrictions on “targeted advertising,” but defines targeted advertising in way that does NOT include anyone with a direct relationship with a customer. That means Google, which everyone uses multiple times a day, and Amazon, which has direct relationships with 200 million+ Americans and millions of businesses, can continue their specific business models, with even less competition from firms that have to rely on third party data brokers. There’s nothing, as far as I can tell, that would protect the ‘privacy’ of third party businesses that must use dominant firms like Google or Amazon, and in doing so, have to hand over their private data to potential competitors. It would likely empower Apple to solidify its business model. There is, in other words, a reason big tech firms largely like this bill, (and have likely helped author it.)

#apple #google #microsoft #legislation #monopoly #big tech

[pasdetrois]

logging onto tumblr dot com and seeing conservative talking points

#we shouldn’t have been allowed to read this book in school! [insert classic novel here] is just inappropriate for children! #do you people even hear yourselves!!!! #this has to be the most depressing thing I’ve seen on this website and I was here in 2016-2018 (iykyk) #on the one hand. yes I get it’s probably just people complaining to themselves and it wouldn’t be a big deal on its own #but we’re living through a period of time where libraries are closing because of outcry against ‘controversial’ books #and politicians are having a blast trying to introduce legislation that makes ‘dangerous’ or ‘inappropriate’ books more difficult to access #never mind countries where these books are just outright banned #ugh #my point is that these these sentiments (however flippantly made) do not exist in a vacuum #especially now #if you wish that you had been denied access to certain books then fine. that’s your business #but please don’t encourage that practice for everyone. these books and the things you learn from them #are so crucial in furthering along your understanding of the world/its history/its people/etc. i genuinely believe that #🍓.txt