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Cake day: September 13th, 2023

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldIt's really weird.
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    No one is forcing you to play the new Assassin’s Creed game.

    Did you know that black people play video games too? Sometimes even women?

    Video games are also not porn, so I’m not sure why you need all the female characters to be fuckable. There are ample modding communities if you are really that desperate to goon.


  • The thing is, standardized tests don’t measure learning. They measure the ability to take standardized tests. It’s not an “education” to teach students “make sure to fill out every question! make sure to use process of elimination to improve your odds!” There’s a reason that the kids who can afford test prep do better - because they learn to take the test, not the material.

    Its a system that creates perverse incentives.

    And yes, it’s not popular with teachers because the test results don’t match the students. The way you ensure quality is standards, and hiring qualified teachers. The problem at this point is that the pay and work conditions are not commensurate with the education and work required - so states are hiring “adjuncts” as baby sitters.

    ACT/SAT are private companies, that determine what those test scores should be and represent. Stakeholders like teachers, students and parents are entirely removed from the equation.

    These tests also do not match the standards. The ACT science section (which at least is supposed to be optional soon) does not align with NGSS.

    The things that are impacting education are the climbing class sizes, the teacher “shortage” (eg, unqualified adjuncts are cheaper and don’t join unions) and the fact that we basically stopped teaching children to read for several years (eg, “whole reading”/guessing what words mean from context replacing phonics instruction.)Testing more does nothing to address these issues, and actually incentivizes these problems.












  • Doordash fucks over its drivers. The gig economy shifts the responsibility for wear and tear on the vehicle, insurance… It’s also algorithmically driven to fuck them over, to offer them as little pay as they think will get them to take the deal (eg, we know Uber profiles people - people who are poor and desperate get the worse jobs) If you’re going to use the service, tip well. It’s not the drivers fault that it’s expensive.




  • Yeah - and a whip stitch would be more for holding two pieces of fabric flat on top of each other + edging. This is more like you are connecting two panels with a kind of lace that you want to be fairly visible.

    The book’s author (this is Book of Colonial Needlwork by Elizabeth Musheno) points out that most American colonial women were kind making it up as they went along and got their decorative motifs from every day life - so it would make sense that they would think of bundles of firewood.




  • It’s more just misogyny for us. They don’t see as actual threats, more like confused tomboys. The angle I think they’re working on for us is mental health and concerns about our reproductive capabilities. We are of course “mutilating” our bodies. I could see them banning testosterone treatment because it can harm embryos.

    The trans woman they want to kill, the trans men they want to quietly stick in asylums (and maybe kill. maybe just rape)