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madcow2··on Pandemic homeschoolers who are not going back
That entire comment reads as gibberish.

> It’s not universal yet but many of the tenets of Theory being incorporated into public school programs are, within the frame of considerations of parents choosing an educational track for their children, akin to the same concerns (or benefits) when choosing to enroll them into private religious schools.

> Fortunately some states are banning taxpayer funded teaching of things like race-based guilt or complicity. In theory this would ban educational programs which incorporated tenets of white supremacy and other race-based illiberal ideologies, but in practice we can see the only programs that actually are being surfaced as likely affected by these restrictions (to the point of possibly having to cancel entire, active curricula) are the ones grounded in Theory.

What is this "Theory" you keep referring to?

madcow2··on Pandemic homeschoolers who are not going back
> All schools are religious schools now

How so?

madcow2··on Pandemic homeschoolers who are not going back
Yes, exactly this. My kids stay home, read up on their Q and the intellectual dark web, too!
madcow2··on Pandemic homeschoolers who are not going back
> I also wasnt taught to hate America or white people

Please elaborate...

madcow2··on Amazon Ring’s neighborhood watch app is making police requests public
Places where kids sell crack to their parents because the alternative is the parents going to some unrelated crack dealer that will treat them much worse.

And this is in the US.

PS- feel free to replace "crack" with meth, heroine, etc

madcow2··on The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge
> limpwrist Congress

That's quite the choice of adjective given the month.

madcow2··on The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge
> Perhaps a pentester or security person can help answer this

Not one of those but since they are [apparently] inadequate anyway...

I read an analogy that pinning this on "cyber security" is like accusing a mugging victim of having a lack of personal security guards. That's just not how civil society works.

Minimum safety standards: laws and ability to enforce them.

This is a short-term win for the bad actors. Just wait until the next "great firewall." Well gain safety, but we'll lose access to those low cost eastern European dev talent. That's more likely than every single US business being forced to hire private security just to operate.

madcow2··on Fujifilm shuts down network after suspected ransomware attack
So some poor soul gets stuck with the hot potato down the road(Ie their funds frozen for no apparent reason when the forensics flags them). The criminals know this and will cash out immediately as much as possible. How is that a good thing?
madcow2··on California Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics Is Approved by Senate
Yeah, my wording could've been better. I was referring to that I've heard some horror stories of those who do get addicted. Overuse is really hard on the body. IIRC incontinence / bladder issues specifically.
madcow2··on America has a drinking problem
> now i suspect that you simply don't know anyone who does blue collar work.

Incorrect.

HVAC, plumbing, elevator repair, landscaping, painting... These are all careers in my family. My dad was the only white collar of four brothers. Grandpa was AC/Refrigerator repairman.