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A hopeful little W for democracy. A big win for us in North Carolina.

The R’s lost their supermajority in the legislature too, by one seat that was won by a mere 226 votes. What this means is we finally have a moment down here where the two parties have to cooperate together to get anything done….if anything gets done.

Being a US citizen permanently living in a foreign country, paying taxes to that country and not paying US taxes.

I’ve been interviewing folks for an internship position lately. These have been remote interviews. Six things that have made candidates stand out to me.

• Get your camera angle straight. Don’t slouch in the corner. I need professionals so I need you to look like one.
• Hide the weird shit in your backgrounds, unless it’s something you want to talk about
• Have presence / wow factor. I’m interviewing for a position that will sometimes talk to customers. I’m your customer at the moment and I really do want to buy what you’re selling, and will absolutely do so if you wow me.
• Read the job description, I put a lot of effort into that thing (I know, not every company does). Get to know the JD and company website. I had a marketing guy apply and he got through the resume review because he had an lot experience in my industry. Turns out he didn’t and I read right through it. Don’t waste my and your time, neither of us have enough of it on this planet as is.
• Have hobbies, extracurriculars. I get tired of asking the same boring questions to everyone so I may ask you about them. I’m in no way religious but surprisingly, I’ve now had two candidates talk to me about how they’re a leader in their church and that they’re leading groups or projects there. It got them both to the next round. I want to hire a colleague not a robot.
• Have writing and presentation samples prepared. I want to see how you document things I want to see the work you’re proud of. I need dynamism and a diverse team, not all of us need to be customer facing rockstars. A beautiful presentation absolutely can and has won me over on candidates that did not have the interview presence.

Some don’ts

• Don’t act aloof. I’m giving you my attention and I need the same from you.
• Don’t be cocky. I want confidence but not cockiness, as cockiness would likely have my clients calling me telling me to get you off their projects.
• Don’t ask me to rate how well you did at the end of the interview. That’s what practice interviews are for.

A quorum of forums.

Why does their joy have to be in guzzling cola? States are already taxing high sugar items on the rest of us ffs, how is this any different?

If they want to buy these items they still can, just have to use their own coin, not ours.

Get on my bike and see how far it could take me. And when I was done with that I would go build bike trails for my community.

You know who doesn’t need Fluoride in their drinking water? People with dentures.

Checkmate whipper snappers.

Utah

Very Strong A.

I think borders in an interconnected world are practically meaningless. When you can travel from NYC to Istanbul to Beijing in a weekend, what’s the point? I think the city-state model serves us better than the nation state model. I think, the whole reason for our current border rationale is either A) that certain people are afraid of people who don’t look like them B) to keep out “the clods” - which is a stupid concept since people are the economy and/or C) certain people can profit off of it.

I only see borders as useful for taxation purposes and societal control - and in both use cases there are better options.

I do think, if we are to maintain the nation-state model, then we do need military, as there are other nations that do threaten our way of life. Safety in shipping lanes is also essential for a global society.

As I’m more center-left, I was conflicted as to which the left perceived as the higher priority - immigration or the reduction in the power of the military. While not a perfect poll, since not everyone on the Fediverse is a lefty, I think we can glean that most are. And it appears that the overwhelming majority consider that immigration is the much higher priority. A few years back, I would have confidently considered the latter.

Does it though? I think what screams “help I can’t take any criticism” is when people delete their posts/comments. Integrity matters to me - and I stand behind my words and actions, even if something changes my mind on a subject later.

Also, my original comment received a flurry of activity and a level of patriotism that I don’t always see on Lemmy. Maybe the latest migration has more users…or now I’m thinking maybe I should post controversial questions more often 😉

I really like this answer because it implies that it’s not the military nor the people who serve, but the corporate capture of our military that is the problem. And I can very much so get on board with that sentiment.

Also, y’all really show some love our coast guard.🫡

Alright lefties, I’m conflicted. Where are y’all on this one? Is it:

• A) This is bad because a family is getting separated due to deportation?
• B) This is good because it could reduce military recruitment, potentially leading to a decrease in military and spending
• C) Some version of “get fucked” for even asking the question

Mr Burns got shot.

You must be one of those big big city mice.

Are you asking this genuinely? Yes, we do. We are a net exporter of refined petroleum products, we export low sulfur coke for steel production. We export agricultural products, particularly soy beans. We export advanced robotics and pharmaceuticals. I think, granted this is from 15 years ago, but we also export a significant amount of vehicles.

15 miles by the crow flies is a lot different than 15 miles driving on the ground.

I’m more worried about what happens when one of these contraptions wraps itself around a power line.

• hey, my name is _____, what’s yours?
• are you looking for new friends?
• great I do _____ on ______ days, would you like to join?

You see a baby on the second floor in a burning building. It’s crying. Its screams trigger your fight or flight response. Though you know going into that burning building will harm you, your will to act compels you to go save that baby and end its suffering.

You go in, the flames all around you, but you can barely feel them because you are so concentrated on reaching that baby.

You get to the baby. Your flight response now kicks in. You jump out the window. You break your ankle, but you can’t feel it, because your sense of duty and accomplishment of saving that child and the cheers from the community overwhelm your own internal nervous system.

That’s empathy. When your feelings for others override your feelings for yourself. When the extrinsic reward from the community can override your intrinsic experience.

Granted, an extreme example.

Gregorian chant can be very relaxing in the right moment.

Bros over at the guardian knew exactly what they were doing when they chose that picture.