“I have just signed two criminal justice reform bills that will restore fairness and justice to thousands of Nevadans,” Sisolak tweeted. “I’m so excited about the positive impact these bills will have on our communities, especially communities of color.”
The bills will restore rights to 77,000 Nevada citizens.
Please kill me if I ever become a critic so absolutely blind and soulless
This post is wonderful because every single comment is another person coming out with a spiked bat saying “oh so you got dumb shit to say about Mothra, huh!?”
SOMEONE SAYIN SOME SHIT ABOUT OUR RESPLENDENT LADY?
What’s especially worrying about this, is that the study’s baseline for “adequate socialization” seems to me like the very bare minimum! I can’t overstate how important those first few months of life are.
The socialization window starts at a very young age, so a reminder that if you’re getting a puppy from a breeder or rescue, look for a raiser who exposes their litters to all kinds of age-appropriate new experiences.
Just as an example, I trim puppy toenails at least weekly, starting at 1 week. Compare giving home-raised Kestrel a manicure to rescue Corvus… he literally shit himself the first time I did it :( Just now, 5 years later, are we finally past the “screeching and thrashing” phase. Kestrel just calmly eats her treats and doesn’t twitch a paw. Corvus only recently has realized he can eat peanut butter WHILE crying over his nail trim. Guess which one enjoys vet exams, and which needs to be sedated? A well socialized dog is a joy to take places.
This is also why I recommend all my puppy buyers take classes with their pup, even if they’ve owned dogs before. It’s not all about training. It’s about teaching them they can handle encounters with new people, dogs, and (which the article doesn’t mention) new surfaces, smells, sounds, and situations. Classes are just the start. Here’s some great examples: https://www.avidog.com/wp-content/ebooks/97-Ways-ebook.pdf
It’s also important to mention that exposure is not the same as socialization! The number of baby puppies I’ve seen at festivals or outdoor concerts makes me cringe. Socialization means building positive associations with novel stimuli not just throwing as much as possible at a puppy and patting yourself on the back because you did so much to “socialize” them. See this fantastic article for more.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, unemployment statistics are basically a fucking lie if they don’t account for UNDERemployment.
Someone with a graduate degree working at Starbucks isn’t unemployed, but they’re underemployed.
Someone working 3 part-time retail jobs is extra-employed, even - but they’re underemployed.
Someone working temp job after temp job because they can’t find a long-term, stable position isn’t unemployed, but they’re underemployed.
Unemployment numbers alone are only a single facet of the issue. Underemployment is a HUGE fucking problem and when you’re just showing off the unemployment rate alone, you can’t expect people to celebrate a number that’s basically useless on its own.
