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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 156 points 10 months ago (1 children)

anyone got a link? I have… quite the meme library…

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 10 months ago (5 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 78 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

After our office consistently heard from student, parents, and teachers about objectionable curricula, policies, or programs affecting children, we launched the Eyes on Education portal.

Our kids need to focus on fundamental educational building blocks, not political ideology - either left or right.

Eyes on Education is a platform for students, parents, and educators to submit and view real examples from classrooms across the state.

The Office of the Attorney General will follow up on materials submitted to the portal that may violate Indiana law using our investigative tools, including public records requests, and publish findings on the portal as well.

To view examples or submit to the portal, select the school corporation and name of the school and upload your documents.

Upon submission, someone from our office may contact you for additional information or clarification.

Submissions to the portal will be reviewed and published regularly.

this is the most ridiculous rhetorical doublespeak I’ve seen in a while. kids need to focus on education, not political ideology, so let’s shove some political ideology down their throats? And, of course, the ass-covering BS logical absurdity that anything “objectionable” must, certainly, be unsafe for children.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking at some of the "legitimate" complaints on that page. Someone complained about inappropriate content... in Orwell's 1984.

https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/files/4_11_Parental-Concerns-Required-Reading-Sexual-Content.pdf

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Flood it with Chat GPT-3 content, super easy to generate, and it would probably create more unique content that would be harder to filter out.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Man, that form doesn't verify any contact information. It sure would be easy to flood it with genuine concern in picture format.

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[–] MooseLad@lemmy.world 113 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

And just when I thought my state couldn't get much worse, we're wasting time and taxpayer money for witch hunts.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 63 points 10 months ago

I think you missed the time and taxpayer money that has already been spent on persecuting Dr. Caitlin Bernard for performing a legal abortion on a raped 10-year-old. Rokita has been doing witch hunts for a while now.

[–] dmtalon@infosec.pub 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hello fellow Hoosier, I emailed our school superintendent last year when the stupid book banning bill thing was proposed, and then passed. I wanted to know if there would be a way to tell if people requested books to be banned, so I could go out and buy them for my kid to read. (because obviously they must be read worthy)

I followed up with him recently since the bill had passed. He did, at least, inform me that no ban requests have been made. So at least in our school there wasn't some crazy people waiting to start complaining and getting books removed. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to search for banned books though which I would like to see as an option.

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[–] einat2346@lemmy.today 26 points 10 months ago

Just as the Salem Founders intended

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 99 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Can I get in trouble for this?

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No idea but holy fuck that's amazing. I'd be happy catching a charge for this.

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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is the comedy police: You are under arrest for being funny without a license!

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 74 points 10 months ago (6 children)

topics deemed to be “political ideology” in schools

Don’t you dare pledge allegiance! Don’t you dare play the anthem! Don’t you dare promote capitalism!

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[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can someone try to "Little Bobby Tables" them? Just put some SQL injection shit to make the servers more of a dumpster fire?

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 54 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've worked with a bunch of government agencies and the chances of a SQL injection are low. Not because they're good, but because they'll use some kind of framework to speed up development which will have injection prevention baked in.

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[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 34 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I imagine sending memes is not illegal, SQL injection attacks might be.

[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 10 months ago

And targeting a group of people is unconstitutional, fuck the laws that harm the citizens and protect the state.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 20 points 10 months ago

But what if a meme just happens to be a SQL injection?

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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 65 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's create an AI to call them and keep reporting the person pushing the bill. And calling them assholes.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That's brilliant. Even better would be to use their voice too.

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[–] TengoDosVacas@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago (9 children)

We gonna have to Stonewall all over again nationwide, aren't we?

I'm not gay myself, but the math is simple: is it human?...then it has human rights.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 59 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No end to the stupid things US politicians will spend money on.

[–] FewerWheels@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago (30 children)

To be clear, this is a cristofascist Republican politician doing this.

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[–] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 26 points 10 months ago

But never healthcare.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Excuse me, but as a Hoosier, I expect you to always use the full title when discussing Mr. Rokita: Attorney General, Colossal Shitrag and Future Governor Todd Rokita.

Why yes, it does suck here.

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Our choices for governor are embarrassing.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago (8 children)

As someone who figured out my gender using calculus (mapped dysphoria over time and found the derivative. Yes that is way too much work) I may have to do a troll

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 42 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Is a “chicks with dx” joke acceptable here?

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 48 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In making the announcement on the Tony Kinnett show, livestreamed on YouTube, Rokita stated that investigators would pore over submissions and post any they believed to be credible onto a publicly viewable database.

In other words, they're not going to act on the ones that don't align with their own political ideology.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 48 points 10 months ago (2 children)

From the list of reports:

The script for Eurotrip, with a note not to tell Scotty

Scotty doesn't knoooooooooooooooow

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm thankful they included a link to the portal. I've got some urgent reports to send them.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I HOPE YOU FUCKS LIKE THE SCRIPT TO THE BEE MOVIE

edit-hahahaha the article mentions that

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[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

And then what, send the teachers and kids to re-education camps?

Isn't this the same kind of thing some people get upset at China over?

Wtf.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah but it's okay when Republicans do it because Murica.

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why do the hard stuff like work to materially improve the lives of everyone in your state when you can do the easy thing like whatever the fuck this is?

[–] einat2346@lemmy.today 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fear is the path to the dark side

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

I may have a new hobby

[–] queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you want to generate some random shit for the comments:

  • For email: https://maildrop.cc/
  • For address: 200 W. Washington St. Indianapolis 46204
  • For text: If you use linux: head --lines=99 /dev/urandom > random.txt then copy and paste. Or just use copypasta
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[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 30 points 10 months ago

Why can't they use the recommended on PornHub like the rest of us?

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

There's no louder way to telegraph that you are in the closet except by creating an anti-LGBTQ hotline. This is going to be the new Grindr.

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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is like when a little boy has a crush on a girl but pretends they're disgusted by them and their cooties. I suspect there's more projecting going on here than a voice-throwing competition.

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[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

May the power of memes and the Internet trip the damn boomers.

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[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago
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