Two things:

The controversy reached a disturbing peak on 6 June, when a man slapped a four-month-old baby on the head, claiming he had mistaken the infant for one of the dolls. He is out on bail, and the baby is reportedly doing well.

And:

The wave of controversy appears to have been ridden by politicians on the right: according to the news website UOL, all bills presented in May concerning reborn dolls were proposed by rightwing and far-right lawmakers.

“If a topic is trending, these politicians will propose laws about it even if they make no sense,” said Kalil, who also coordinates a research group about the Brazilian far right.

She highlights the timing: the country’s leading far-right figure, former president Jair Bolsonaro, is now on trial for an attempted coup and, after a prior ruling by the electoral court, is already barred from standing in next year’s elections.

“So there is also an element of grabbing attention and pushing an agenda, especially when the right wing camp is in crisis over Bolsonaro’s trial and no one knows who will emerge as their new leader,” she said.

Hmm… 🤔

Sad to hear this. I liked the people I’ve met from lemm.ee and the hands-off approach to defederation that the instance had.

They are the only instance I know of with an active mutual aid comm.

“If you really care about the nutrition piece of making people healthy, can we talk about how there are not enough grocery stores within walking distance for individuals? Can we talk about the high price of vegetables and eggs?” Plata-Nino said. “If you really care about this issue, look at the systemic root causes.”

That’s socialism.

This isn’t really how 14 year olds text, right?

I did not know these things, but makes sense…

I made this one. Thanks for the compliment! 😅

Edit: btw proudly made in GIMP!!

In Germany it’s even worse. There it depends on the state you obtained your US license in, since Germany has agreements with some states but not all…

Wow, I did not expect that. Is it more with or without agreements?

Everyone hoping to get accidentally added to a government group chat.

Getting new glasses. Mine have been fucked for a while, but soon I should be able to actually see again!

Like I said, taking capitalism to the extreme.

I’ve seen tons of videos of people who actually free range their chickens, actually outside, and they’ve had no avian flu problems with their chickens. 🤔

In other words - taking capitalism to the extreme to cut costs.

“What if we just pay chicken farmers for their eggs and sell them?”

“But it will be much more cost effective if we cram these million chickens into a warehouse and drive the small guys out of business!”

That is correct.

I’ve been afraid to say this on Lemmy, but I own a Tesla Model 3 and it’s worth it for many things, but mostly the FSD for my 40 min commute. I almost exclusively charge at home, and would not buy another Tesla now but, at the time I bought it, things weren’t so bad and it’s my first brand new car so sorry, not sorry.

Finally got one today!

Someone looked into one of the Nicole accounts, and on that account there was a photo of something shiny, I believe it was a buttplug, and there was clearly a reflection of an old white man reflecting off the object.

I want to know more about this!

Yes, because I didn’t have kids. Also, I’m in a happy partnership.

However the world was in a better place then, so I feel like I’m mentally in a worse place probably.

“If the Democrats listened to Bernie, we wouldn’t be in this mess. I assume he feels a deep level of disgust.”