I think “ethnic cleansing” is a subset of genocide.

My wiccan high school classmate in the early 2000s sure was. Our PE/Health Education teacher was very vocal about his feelings towards witches.

Have you tried powdered milk? I like it because it’s shelf stable. We use plant milk for most drinks and cereal, powdered milk for cooking.

Last time I went to a new-to-me grocery store that I didn’t have a loyalty card for, I just used [local area code]-867-5309. Jenny hasn’t failed me yet.

Good question. It might shake out differently for eBay and Facebook because they make it clearer that you’re buying from an individual or store. I don’t think Facebook even takes a cut.

My USA town will let you look up your taxes with just your last name and first initial. You can find out what real estate and car someone owns with that. Dog license seems to be in a different system.

My salary is public information because I’m a public employee.

Things must have changed since I was a kid in the US. I remember being told to start walking when my ride home fell through. They wouldn’t let me use a phone to call for another ride (pre cell phone). The teacher did ask if I knew how to get home and I did, but the only route I knew was along the high way.

That happened a few times.

It wasn’t that uncommon at the time. Take a look at this 2005 study the US GAO did on the issue: Social Security Numbers: Federal and State Laws Restrict Use of SSNs, yet Gaps Remain Also, this news article on the trend.

I vote for Usan, pronounced YOO-sn.

My queer FB friends have been moving to Bluesky, which is frustrating because I’ve been on Mastodon for a year. But, whatever. I can deal with two accounts.

My college ID used to be my social security number, so maybe it was something like that? Iirc that’s no longer allowed in the US.

The app openvibe does that for Mastodon and Bluesky. You have to have an account on both, though. I think they’re adding in other services eventually.

I just had a successful transaction on Craigslist today. Don’t give up the dream!

It’s worth noting you’re only allowed to insultingly say someone has a mental illness in relation to their gender or sexual orientation.

Do not post … Insults, including those about: … Mental characteristics, including but not limited to allegations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, and unsupported comparisons between PC groups on the basis of inherent intellectual capacity. We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like “weird.”

Source: https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/hateful-conduct/

Edit: and the changelog is a hoot.

America elected Andrew Jackson and we learned our lesson. /s

Oooh. I’ve not upgraded yet, but that looks exciting.

Shout-out to Beyond Compare! It makes my life as a many-hatted systems librarian much easier.

Whenever a vaccine kicks my butt like that I just tell myself “good job, having a strong immune reaction.” If the vaccine was that bad I imagine the real deal would be much worse, especially without the vaccine.

Also, my dad died of COVID pre-vaccine, so I’m taking the vaccine whenever it’s offered to me.

I understand rifles: shooting things is fun, deer are plentiful pests made of meat you can eat, and sometimes you need to git varmints out of your crops. I don’t own a gun, but I get why someone in the country might own a rifle. I’ve had enough hunter safety and basic rifle training in summer camp that they’re not foreign or scary.

Handguns make me nervous. They’re only meant to hurt people. I didn’t trust anyone with a handgun. The shooting at my high school (for clarity: after I graduated) took place with as handgun.

I’m glad I now live in a state with stricter gun laws.

And, TBF, we also had plenty of bomb threats phoned in from payphones, at least once a year in high school. It’s not always guns.

We also weren’t allowed bookbags, or anything big enough to hide a gun in.

And you don’t have to jab in the lack of proper gun regulation to someone that had a school shooting at their high school.