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Apr 20 - Texas state troopers are being told to slim down or step down from enforcement

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Hundreds of Texas state troopers will need to shrink their waistlines by December or face discipline from the Department of Public Safety, according to DPS documents obtained by the Dallas Morning News.

The department wants its 4,000 officers to maintain "command presence" by keeping waistlines below 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women. Those who exceed the threshold are required to start recording and sharing their weight loss with the department.

Over 200 officers have failed the requirement – though all except two had passed the department's other physical fitness tests, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Those who still fail the requirement by Dec. 1 can't be promoted or take on side jobs in uniform, according to documents shared with the Chronicle. Some will also be barred from working overtime or removed from enforcement duties altogether, taking them out of the field at a time when Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying state troopers to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of Operation Lone Star.

To avoid those sanctions, officers have pledged in their individualized "fitness improvement plans" to prepare their own meals and drink less diet soda, among other goals.

The waistline rule began in 2019 and drew a lawsuit that year from the Texas Department of Public Safety Officers a*sociation. The organization, which represents 4,700 DPS employees, criticized the policy as "demeaning" and unrelated to performance. After pandemic delays through 2020, the department began using the new measures to evaluate officers last September.

In a statement to the Chronicle, a DPS spokesperson said the department would reevaluate the rule in August but pointed to the department's overall fitness policy to justify the waistline requirement.

"There is not a great deal that others can do to improve an officer’s level of health and fitness," the policy objective states. "Unfortunately, good health and fitness does not 'just happen'; therefore, personal goals must be established and effort must be put forth to achieve them."

Twitter being sold - You think DOGE will increase?

This is something my brother got into. He is younger and thinks that if Elon Musk buys Twitter, he will use DOGE on the platform in some way since it is a "meme coin" and considered to be an internet coin for younger generations.

He bought some. I mean I am hoping this happens cause it would be good for him but I have doubts.

Anyone else here think this coin will ever become something worth investing in?

Janelle Monáe comes out as nonbinary: 'I just don’t see myself as a woman'

First she came out as pansexual now she’s nonbinary…who and a what now?

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“I’m nonbinary, so I just don’t see myself as a woman, solely. I feel all of my energy. I feel like God is so much bigger than the 'he' or the 'she,'" she said. "And if I am from God, I am everything. I am everything. But I will always, always stand with women. I will always stand with Black women. But I just see everything that I am. Beyond the binary."

The Memory Librarian author, who did not declare her preferred pronouns, went on to say that she sees other people for their "energy" rather than their gender. Most importantly, identifying as nonbinary has allowed her to explore relationships in different ways.

"I feel like that opens you up to fall in love … with any beautiful spirit," she said.

“I’ve been doing a lot of healing. I’m sure most of us have since we’ve been in the pandemic. When you have to stay in, you go in," she said. "I was thinking back to when I first started and I was like, man, as free as I was onstage, when I came off stage, I was still that scared little girl. Like, 'I’m not good enough.' That was always in the back of my mind. 'Will they love me?'"

The First Annual BLM Wine & Cheese

The nerve of these heaux sipping champagne and eating charcuterie in the shadow of one of their mansions while Black bodies are literally dropping in the streets.
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Although Black lives do matter, I cannot and will not support that fraudulent organization. They are more about serving the lgbt than they are about protecting Black people.
I hope the scammers in that video burn in hell for exploiting and profiting off of the murders of Black men, women, and children.

Study Says 60% of Spouses Will Cheat at Least Once

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I haven't investigated the source which is: healthresearchfunding.org but I'm concerned with the number being so high. If we take these numbers at face value we have to ask:

  1. Are we lying to each other regarding monogamy? Is it against human nature?
  2. Do we live in a generation where people want to have their cake and eat it too?
  3. Are people getting into monogamous relationships for the wrong reasons?
I think it's a blend on 1 and 3. I think SOME people lie about their ability to be monogamous and that some people engage in monogamous relationships for the wrong reasons.

What’s the difference between being “exclusive” and being in a “relationship”?

I guess this is up for debate, I was always under the impression that being exclusive meant only you two are seeing one another and no one else. But isn’t that what being in a relationship means? The labels? Yet being exclusive doesn’t necessarily mean you’re in a relationship with that person…

Interview With Reverend Summerville

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Congressional Candidate Reverend Summerville (CA 42) drops by to speak on his agenda for Black America. We also spoke on the importance of faith in his mission and why he felt compelled to run for office.

Superman Free-Roam Example in Unreal

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I have to say that this is the best example of how flight could work in a Supes game I’ve ever seen. I can feel the speed and power in the flight and also when he lands. The biggest issue Supes has is his strength. How can you have him face adversity but still be Super? If you disable his powers then you get none of the fun of Supes. But if you make it like Arkham Asylum it makes no sense because the average bum can’t beat supes. The narrative would be the toughest part and you’d also have to build a big ass map too.

What are your ancestry results?

It’s pretty common knowledge that most African Americans are not 100% of African decent due to our ancestors experiencing rape from slave owners, mixing with native Americans during colonial times & modern interracial relationships.

I am curious to see the genetic diversity my brothers on here have. Feel free to post your results as well.

My background: raised by a single father Black-American father from Tampa, FL & Venezuelan mother who was considered morena (nick name for brown skinned Latinas with black hair).

I never really got to know my mother but it’s interesting how much African ancestry latins have on average, I was surprised to learn she was 25% black. My dad didn’t even know she was black til I showed him these results haha. The media doesn’t show black Latin Americans so before traveling to South America I thought most people here were white but it’s actually extremely diverse.

63% African, 22% European, & 15% Native American is my ancestral mix.

What’s your ancestry?

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MoT #122 From Billy Dee Williams to Billy Porter

Masculinity is about fighting oppression, not acting like a buffoon to amuse the oppressors. Somehow we went from cool, assured men who set boundaries like Billy Dee Williams to obnoxious clowns who want attention like Billy Porter. How did this happen?
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Is It Time to Drop the Term African American?

I’m pretty sure this was brought up but i’m new here and need to get this off my chest.
I can’t stand when we are called African Americans.It’s something the civil rights generation ushered in aka Oldddd Nigggasss.I do recognize there were elders who was riders, Shout out to The elders Neely Fuller, Francis Cress Welsing Dr Claude Anderson just to name a few. I feel like African American has hurt us more than helped us lately .That Elon musk being referred to as the first African American to buy majority stake in Twitter was it for me..

Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio Reportedly Getting 'Big Budget' Reboots



Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio are getting rebooted
Two excellent classic games i have them both for the Xbox 360 Arcade
hopefully they do not turn it into a live service

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