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2 hours agoCarroll and Barrie both had problematic relationships with children.
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In fairness, Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie were also pretty problematic in their own ways. Not sure about Baum.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lewis-carrolls-shifting-reputation-9432378/
https://www.casemateipm.com/blog/2025/01/03/the-complex-life-of-j-m-barrie-author-of-peter-pan/
Turns out Baum was also problematic, just “not that way!”
Lost Girls. Alice, Dorothy, and Wendy swapping sex stories while snowed in at a hotel.
He kinda went off the rails over the whole “Before Watchmen” stuff. Basically saying DC has been riding his coat tails for years and shouldn’t be using “his” characters.
And I’m like…
First off, the Watchmen characters are 2nd and 3rd generation knock offs of the Charlton characters he was told he couldn’t use.
Second, nobody else should play with “your” characters?
I guess we better let Mick Anglo (Marvelman) know. Ditto Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing), or all the other public domain creators he failed to credit for the America’s Best stuff. I’m sure L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie and Lewis Carroll will be thrilled at the porn take on their characters.
He’s also written some deeply fucked up shit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminations_(short_story_collection)
Maybe it got better after the story where the 5 year old is sold into sex slavery and has a hemispherectomy to make her more compliant, but I won’t know…
1·7 hours agoJesus, Flowbee is way more expensive than I remembered!
4·7 hours agoMSN is NOTORIOUS for linkjacking other sources, in this case, 2paragraphs.
Please adjust the link to point to the original source or we’ll have to remove it.
When I was first made a mod 2 years ago I banned a troll for bad behavior.
Since then they have created HUNDREDS of Lemmy accounts specifically attacking me.
We had to come up with new rules and bots to deal with their fragile psyche.
Wow, someone else maths!
From another thread:
So far, there has been $200B collected in tariffs as of September. Some estimates are saying $300B by end of year.
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/tariff-revenue-soars-fy-2025-amid-legal-uncertainty
The current estimated US population is 340 million.
https://www.census.gov/popclock/
Take off 10% for “the wealthy”, that leaves 306,000,000.
I can’t imagine Trump giving $2,000 to kids, so knock off anyone under 18, that’s another 73 million off the list.
So round about 233,000,000 people getting $2,000 checks?
$466 billion. Oops. Hey Donnie, you’re short somewhere between $166 and $266 billion.
So how much COULD people get?
$200B / 233M = $858.37
$300B / 233M = $1,287.55Not awful, until you realize that’s how much these taxes soaked you for in the first place. 😉
I dropped Tmobile when I was on a business trip and they sent me an update that bricked my phone and refused responsibility.
With no support for anyone + street lined with redhats yelling at you. But only redhats.
It was hilarious when it responded to a joke video taking it seriously based only on the subject line.
2025 elections said what? 🤔
21·9 hours agoYup. Portland has a similar tax. Single earners making more than $125,000 or households making more than $250,000.
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There’s a time and place for everything and it’s called ‘College’.
“households earning at least $300,000”
Should have a carve out for single earners more than $150,000.
Considering he was polling in the 30s and 40s before the election, breaking 50% is a miracle, especially with 3 candidates.
It’s fascinating when you look at Congressional approval rates.
Almost universally, people disapprove of “Congress”:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
2019 Feb 1-10
Approve: 21
Disapprove: 76
No opinion: 3
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?
2019 Jan 21-27
Approve: 31
Disapprove: 65
No opinion: 4
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?
2019 Jan 21-27
Approve: 38
Disapprove: 57
No opinion: 4
But when it comes to THEIR OWN congressman?
Yeah… (same link)
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the representative from your congressional district is handling his or her job?
2019 Jan 21-27
Approve: 53
Disapprove: 35
No opinion: 12
TBH, I’m equally guilty of this… Congress is a shit show.
MY Congresswoman? +1. No notes.
https://www.koin.com/local/rep-dexter-calls-for-ice-oversight-after-being-denied-access-to-facilities/
https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release%3A+Murphy+and+Dexter+Lead+58+Democrats+in+Introducing+Bill+to+Enhance+Legal+Access+for+DHS+Detainees
But she can only do so much on her own.