u/BufoBat

I was (am?) obsessed with them. Anyone have anything that hits this dynamic? Slow burn, monster/human, forbidden romance, mutual respect/friendship? I don't mind what sexualities as long as it feels like this

"Postmaster General David Steiner told a Senate committee Wednesday that, if a proposed rule is adopted, the U.S. Postal Service would withhold mail ballots from states that do not hand over to the federal government lists of people who have requested absentee or mail ballots."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-under-proposed-rule-usps-wont-deliver-mail-ballots-to-states-that-dont-provide-voter-rolls-postmaster-general-says

Denying citizens even the opportunity to vote sounds like an overstep by the federal government to me. While obviously this is an attempt to bully blue states, there are still red voters in these states that could be affected, as well as any red states that don't want the federal government all up in their elections. ​Do you think this is a good idea? Would you still agree if we had a dem president?

Ben Gvir has now said on X, “For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn! With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/6/20/uk-condemns-israeli-minister-over-inflammatory-lebanon-remarks

So now that Israel through Ben Gvir is calling for Lebanese genocide and undermining US ceasefire efforts, where do we go? It seems every part of this war has been dictated by Israel, and if genocide is the new metric, how do we possibly go forward? Do we cut ties with Israel, or let them keep pushing us further for their own interests?

A study earlier this spring found that Gen Z is “the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized academic tests than the one before it,” Horvath told the New York Post. The declines cut across attention, memory, literacy, numeracy, executive function, and general IQ. That’s not just one weak spot. That’s the whole darn dashboard blinking at once."

One of the cited reasons is the amount of screentime Gen Z has (while COVID is believed to have exacerbated the issues, was not the primary cause). With countries looking to
ban teens from social media, I was curious if you thought social media has a heavy hand here, or if you think there are other, more cogent factors. I am against age bans because I don't want companies to have us upload IDs to various websites but I do see how deleterious social media use is on development and its getting worse. With the rapid rise of AI, younger generations look like
they may be in for a hard time if there isn't some solution found.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/gen-z-is-the-first-generation-dumber-than-their-parents-neuroscientist-claims/