My understanding was this was the actual intended use case for NFTs. To allow you to properly own a digital item. The fact that it got applied to a stupid fad right out the gate doesn’t change the fact that it should actually be used to allow us to own things again.
I mean. I like seeing merch from my favorite creators and sometimes I buy it. T-shirts are cool. It’s easier for me to know what’s available if there are thumbnails large enough for me to actually see the product.
And these links appear below the video, they are not intrusive to the watching experience in any way whatsoever. So yeah, I genuinely think this is a huge overreaction.
I pay for premium and not even once have I thought anything other than “oh cool, this channel has merch”
So, first things: There’s definitely no provision in this Ohio state amendment that allows partial birth abortions. That’s just right wing lies. The Ohio amendment only enshrines the individual right to make one’s own medical decisions.
But hypothetically, if it did, then the situation kind of all depends on whether or not the federal government chose to enforce its law or not. We’ve had that situation with cannabis for a decade now after the first states passed laws legalized cannabis for purely recreational consumption.
Cannabis is still banned by the federal government to this day, but legal in 24 states. Over the course of the past decade, the feds have declined to bother trying to override states on this issue. If a state really and honestly did try to allow partial birth abortions, on the other hand, I think the feds would take them to court over it. A federal lawsuit generally puts the state law on pause until the court case is complete and a final decision is issued.
Basically if there’s a conflict between state and federal law, they go to court and ask the court to interpret whether or not the Constitution grants power over that particular issue to the feds or not. The Constitution is written in a way that outlines what powers are granted to the federal government. Whatever isn’t explicitly stated in the Constitution is assumed to belong to the state governments.
People’s legs being in that position would negate what is considered a safe evacuation. Modern regulations stipulate that you have 90 seconds to get everyone off the plane safely with 50% of the emergency exits blocked. That’s why you’re required to be seated completely upright with your feet on the floor during takeoff and landing. So you can stand up immediately if anything goes wrong and you need to evacuate.
This accident is one of the reasons why that rule exists. We forget these things:
“It was then, just 90 seconds after the plane came to a stop, that the entire passenger cabin exploded in flame. An unstoppable wall of fire swept forward from the back of the plane, consuming everything in its path, painting every window in brilliant orange. Firefighters tried to fight it, but there was nothing they could do. Captain Cameron, who jumped from the window just seconds before the explosion, would be the last to leave the plane alive.”
You don’t design for the flight; you design for the evacuation. We learned that the hard way decades ago. This looks like it forgot all those lessons paid for by people’s lives.
And I think you seem to be unaware of how much the presidency has changed since Roosevelt’s time. I don’t think it’s realistic to think Biden has the kind of influence just by existing that Roosevelt did. Minimally, Roosevelt was working with two Congressional parties who actually wanted what was best for the country who were capable of being ashamed. Biden… doesn’t have that.
Like, imagine for three seconds Biden threatening some of the things Roosevelt did. There’s just no way:
"Never before had a President threatened “to seize and operate a major industry”
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/1901-/theodore-roosevelts-broad-powers-erin-ruth-leonard.php
He needs more than words. Words alone are useless. But believe what you want
You have to be able to back it up with real legislative threats to be a bully pulpit. A president with no legislative cooperation can say whatever they want, but when everyone knows they can’t do anything, corpos will just laugh it off. Bully pulpit is really when you have enough power to be able to say, “You fix this or else we’ll fix it for you.”
He doesn’t have a bully pulpit yet. Republicans barely control the House and the Senate is gridlock 50/50. Give him a supermajority and see what he can get done
Dear Google, stop trying to make YT Music happen. It’s not going to happen.
Just downloaded AntennaPod
Gubbins is a fun, new kind of word game.
Nonogram is a fun puzzle game.