ahh so that’s why charizard is so hot

New Mexico was the reason I was thinking that Congress would have to pass federal legislation first to dictate how state ratifying conventions are run.

Again, from someone on the outside looking in, it seems like the option with the best chance of succeeding. But I also think Article V itself should be amended to explicitly use referendums to ratify amendments. Maybe even take a page out of Switzerland’s book?

I agree with everything you said, but I’m not talking about conventions to propose amendments, I’m talking about the ones to ratify amendments. Could a Democratic Congress with 2/3rds of each chamber pass a veto-proof law to regulate the ratifying conventions, then pass amendments specifying that they must be ratified by conventions, similar to how prohibition was repealed? As I understand it, the convention route was created by the founding fathers specifically in case they needed to bypass state legislatures.

Seems like the “state-ratifying conventions” route is the only thing that has a chance of working, and that’s ignoring that the Constitution doesn’t regulate them.

Although, seeing as an amendment need 2/3rds of each chamber of Congress to pass, regardless of sending it to the legislatures or conventions (not for the convention to propose amendments), could Congress use that veto-proof majority to pass a law regulating conventions?

Whatever the idea, pretty sure this ends up in the Supreme Court regardless?

… is it weird that I’ve been thinking about this for the last decade? I’m not even American.

Ahh, that makes sense, thanks!

Nah it’s fine, I’m getting used to having to find workarounds to use my VPN. For example, my GP’s online system blocks any connections from outside the UK so I end up using my work laptop

Oh, does Imgur not block Proton? I thought all VPN IPs were in a list somewhere and blocked en-masse, I wonder why Mullvad doesn’t work then

Can someone repost this using something other than Imgur? They block the UK and Mullvad (though if someone is using Mullvad and can access it, let me know what server you’re using please)

EDIT: nevermind, I can see it through the web version of Lemmy, just not through Sync or Imgur directly

Why is the text of the summary completely different from the contents of the article?

I don’t think it is. I think you just missed that Merc’s original comment was a joke about the misspelling in the OP, not an actual description of Bluesky

I think using a method of proportional representation is the most effective defence against gerrymandering. You cannot have unrepresentative elections when the system has representation built into it.

However, that would be difficult to do in the US from what I understand. There would need to be several changes to the law to give it a fighting chance.

I’ve had my Google account for over a decade. At some point, I noticed my YouTube handle was just my name, and I don’t remember setting it to that.

On pretty much all websites, I have a default username I try to use, but I don’t remember getting that option when making a Google account

This might be getting into the weeds a little, but to me, “bottle of water” implies a single-use bottle already filled with water, while “water bottle” implies a bottle that is made to be (re)filled with water

Wow, TIL, thanks for the info!

Oh okay, fair enough. Out of interest, what does Jagex have against the Brits?

Nope, just straight up blocked

I tried to follow that link and it seems Cloudflare blocked me. Don’t suppose you know who I’d need to talk to to resolve that would you?

I turn 29 in a few months and scored 2. I would not be surprised if I’ve forgotten an instance of using a typewriter or listening to a boombox outside though.

In my experience, people who like cock and balls generally like looking at cock and balls in porn, if only for help fantasising about playing with said cock and balls. Dressing them up makes them less sexual and more humourous, which someone might be into in the same way as playing “got your nose” with your arse cheeks. Though it’s only funny for a split second when you’re not expecting it, then you actually have to remove the costume in order to access the cock and balls.