@2plus2equals.bsky.social
If 2. is small and is just rounded up, 2. + 2. can equal 3. For large values rounded down, it can be 5. It can never be 6.
I read historical documents a small chunk a day to understand them. That’s all this feed is.
I read historical documents a small chunk a day to understand them. That’s all this feed is.
Being criticized by these folks is often an outright endorsement.
“Law and order” breaking the law is reaching a middle, I see.
“Law and order” breaking the law is reaching a middle, I see.
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Being criticized by these folks is often an outright endorsement.
“Law and order” breaking the law is reaching a middle, I see.
“Law and order” breaking the law is reaching a middle, I see.
Toonen/7
Toonen also noted that in addition to the legal threats people in power in Tasmania routinely made threatening and dehumanizing comments about the gay community there.
He sums up that this is discriminatory and harassment towards the people of Tasmania.
Toonen also noted that in addition to the legal threats people in power in Tasmania routinely made threatening and dehumanizing comments about the gay community there.
He sums up that this is discriminatory and harassment towards the people of Tasmania.
June 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Toonen/7
Toonen also noted that in addition to the legal threats people in power in Tasmania routinely made threatening and dehumanizing comments about the gay community there.
He sums up that this is discriminatory and harassment towards the people of Tasmania.
Toonen also noted that in addition to the legal threats people in power in Tasmania routinely made threatening and dehumanizing comments about the gay community there.
He sums up that this is discriminatory and harassment towards the people of Tasmania.
Weird, it that’s the case where are all the people concerned about the rights of the states?
Also, Newsom is resisting segregation, not desegregation.
Also, Newsom is resisting segregation, not desegregation.
June 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Weird, it that’s the case where are all the people concerned about the rights of the states?
Also, Newsom is resisting segregation, not desegregation.
Also, Newsom is resisting segregation, not desegregation.
Toonen/6
Toonen’s complaint was Tasmanian law banning “…all forms of sexual contact between consenting adult homosexual men in private.”
In addition to being illegal it also empowered the police to investigate him, even if not charged.
I’m not finding if this did happen or if just a threat.
Toonen’s complaint was Tasmanian law banning “…all forms of sexual contact between consenting adult homosexual men in private.”
In addition to being illegal it also empowered the police to investigate him, even if not charged.
I’m not finding if this did happen or if just a threat.
June 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Toonen/6
Toonen’s complaint was Tasmanian law banning “…all forms of sexual contact between consenting adult homosexual men in private.”
In addition to being illegal it also empowered the police to investigate him, even if not charged.
I’m not finding if this did happen or if just a threat.
Toonen’s complaint was Tasmanian law banning “…all forms of sexual contact between consenting adult homosexual men in private.”
In addition to being illegal it also empowered the police to investigate him, even if not charged.
I’m not finding if this did happen or if just a threat.
This is why dehumanization is the first step - if they don’t see us as human, they don’t have any problem with what they do.
June 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is why dehumanization is the first step - if they don’t see us as human, they don’t have any problem with what they do.
Moshe Dayan’s quote about Israel being a “mad dog” means this is very likely an intentional posture.
June 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Moshe Dayan’s quote about Israel being a “mad dog” means this is very likely an intentional posture.
Probably because the people in charge of going after the drug traffickers are now abducting children from elementary school.
Lack of enforcement of the law does not mean there’s less crime.
Lack of enforcement of the law does not mean there’s less crime.
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Probably because the people in charge of going after the drug traffickers are now abducting children from elementary school.
Lack of enforcement of the law does not mean there’s less crime.
Lack of enforcement of the law does not mean there’s less crime.
Taking the name in vain is so old there’s a commandment about it.
June 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Taking the name in vain is so old there’s a commandment about it.
Toonen/5
Toonen was a member of the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group, an organization that appears to no longer exist. Searching for it they appear to be best known for being prohibited in 1988 from having a stall in the “family friendly” Salamanca Market in Hobart.
Toonen was a member of the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group, an organization that appears to no longer exist. Searching for it they appear to be best known for being prohibited in 1988 from having a stall in the “family friendly” Salamanca Market in Hobart.
June 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Toonen/5
Toonen was a member of the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group, an organization that appears to no longer exist. Searching for it they appear to be best known for being prohibited in 1988 from having a stall in the “family friendly” Salamanca Market in Hobart.
Toonen was a member of the Tasmanian Gay Law Reform Group, an organization that appears to no longer exist. Searching for it they appear to be best known for being prohibited in 1988 from having a stall in the “family friendly” Salamanca Market in Hobart.
He can’t legally do anything with the WA guard because of Posse Comitatus.
It becomes very hard to claim “Law and order” is the goal when they’re actively breaking the law.
It becomes very hard to claim “Law and order” is the goal when they’re actively breaking the law.
June 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
He can’t legally do anything with the WA guard because of Posse Comitatus.
It becomes very hard to claim “Law and order” is the goal when they’re actively breaking the law.
It becomes very hard to claim “Law and order” is the goal when they’re actively breaking the law.
Sadly this is the horror every dystopian author thinks about.
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sadly this is the horror every dystopian author thinks about.
It’s bad journalism to say non-lethal.
June 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s bad journalism to say non-lethal.
That’s the formal term.
They are very capable of being lethal and using the term “non-lethal” is inaccurate and bad journalism.
They are very capable of being lethal and using the term “non-lethal” is inaccurate and bad journalism.
June 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
That’s the formal term.
They are very capable of being lethal and using the term “non-lethal” is inaccurate and bad journalism.
They are very capable of being lethal and using the term “non-lethal” is inaccurate and bad journalism.
The term “less lethal” is what they’re often called formally to warn cowboy cops not to use them frivolously.
June 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The term “less lethal” is what they’re often called formally to warn cowboy cops not to use them frivolously.
Toonen/4
Toonen is described as the author of the complaint, a citizen of Australia residing in Hobart, Tasmania.
Tasmania is the smallest Australian state and one that leans more conservative (the Australian Liberal party). In 1990, it was a comfortable Liberal win.
Toonen is described as the author of the complaint, a citizen of Australia residing in Hobart, Tasmania.
Tasmania is the smallest Australian state and one that leans more conservative (the Australian Liberal party). In 1990, it was a comfortable Liberal win.
June 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Toonen/4
Toonen is described as the author of the complaint, a citizen of Australia residing in Hobart, Tasmania.
Tasmania is the smallest Australian state and one that leans more conservative (the Australian Liberal party). In 1990, it was a comfortable Liberal win.
Toonen is described as the author of the complaint, a citizen of Australia residing in Hobart, Tasmania.
Tasmania is the smallest Australian state and one that leans more conservative (the Australian Liberal party). In 1990, it was a comfortable Liberal win.
I mean it’s not exactly a priority but it’s part of who he was.
Anything beyond a cursory review will turn up a lot of unpleasant facts about historical figures.
It’s part of why putting the past on a pedestal is so foolish.
Anything beyond a cursory review will turn up a lot of unpleasant facts about historical figures.
It’s part of why putting the past on a pedestal is so foolish.
June 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I mean it’s not exactly a priority but it’s part of who he was.
Anything beyond a cursory review will turn up a lot of unpleasant facts about historical figures.
It’s part of why putting the past on a pedestal is so foolish.
Anything beyond a cursory review will turn up a lot of unpleasant facts about historical figures.
It’s part of why putting the past on a pedestal is so foolish.
Toonen/3
The document starts with a reference to a rule 91 decision. According to this, that’s a request for more information made of the state party (Australia in this case).
Toonen submitted the complaint in December 1991, rule 91 in April 1992, decided 1994.
hrlibrary.umn.edu/hrcommittee/...
The document starts with a reference to a rule 91 decision. According to this, that’s a request for more information made of the state party (Australia in this case).
Toonen submitted the complaint in December 1991, rule 91 in April 1992, decided 1994.
hrlibrary.umn.edu/hrcommittee/...
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
hrlibrary.umn.edu
June 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Toonen/3
The document starts with a reference to a rule 91 decision. According to this, that’s a request for more information made of the state party (Australia in this case).
Toonen submitted the complaint in December 1991, rule 91 in April 1992, decided 1994.
hrlibrary.umn.edu/hrcommittee/...
The document starts with a reference to a rule 91 decision. According to this, that’s a request for more information made of the state party (Australia in this case).
Toonen submitted the complaint in December 1991, rule 91 in April 1992, decided 1994.
hrlibrary.umn.edu/hrcommittee/...
Toonen/2
There are three articles mentioned as “substantive” in the complaint - 2-1 (access to legal remedies), 17-1 (right to privacy, explicitly including a right to the sexual activity of consenting adults), and 26, (equality under the law generally).
17-1 is the main issue at hand.
There are three articles mentioned as “substantive” in the complaint - 2-1 (access to legal remedies), 17-1 (right to privacy, explicitly including a right to the sexual activity of consenting adults), and 26, (equality under the law generally).
17-1 is the main issue at hand.
June 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Toonen/2
There are three articles mentioned as “substantive” in the complaint - 2-1 (access to legal remedies), 17-1 (right to privacy, explicitly including a right to the sexual activity of consenting adults), and 26, (equality under the law generally).
17-1 is the main issue at hand.
There are three articles mentioned as “substantive” in the complaint - 2-1 (access to legal remedies), 17-1 (right to privacy, explicitly including a right to the sexual activity of consenting adults), and 26, (equality under the law generally).
17-1 is the main issue at hand.
34/Fred
Jackson closes his dissent with an evaluation of the recently decided Hirabayashi case as precedent, similarly war powers being used for unconstitutional actions.
He argues that the mild inconvenience of a curfew is not comparable to basically imprisonment, a major infringement of liberty.
Jackson closes his dissent with an evaluation of the recently decided Hirabayashi case as precedent, similarly war powers being used for unconstitutional actions.
He argues that the mild inconvenience of a curfew is not comparable to basically imprisonment, a major infringement of liberty.
June 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
34/Fred
Jackson closes his dissent with an evaluation of the recently decided Hirabayashi case as precedent, similarly war powers being used for unconstitutional actions.
He argues that the mild inconvenience of a curfew is not comparable to basically imprisonment, a major infringement of liberty.
Jackson closes his dissent with an evaluation of the recently decided Hirabayashi case as precedent, similarly war powers being used for unconstitutional actions.
He argues that the mild inconvenience of a curfew is not comparable to basically imprisonment, a major infringement of liberty.
Exiling them is the entire point of having a designated location to exile them to.
That’s what Israel is to some - a designated place to send exiled Jews.
That’s what Israel is to some - a designated place to send exiled Jews.
June 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Exiling them is the entire point of having a designated location to exile them to.
That’s what Israel is to some - a designated place to send exiled Jews.
That’s what Israel is to some - a designated place to send exiled Jews.
Poland’s election results leave me concerned.
June 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Poland’s election results leave me concerned.
Sad but true.
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Sad but true.
My pet conspiracy theory is that antisemitism is 100% pro-Israel because it gives an opportunity and an incentive for the Jews to be forced out.
June 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
My pet conspiracy theory is that antisemitism is 100% pro-Israel because it gives an opportunity and an incentive for the Jews to be forced out.