• Sunschein@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    24 days ago

    I lol’d

    The actual origin is almost as goofy. “‘Wisconsin’ (originally ‘Meskonsing’) is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name for a river”

  • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    24 days ago

    A “pro” is the opposite of a “con”, so what’s the opposite of progress?

      • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
        0·
        24 days ago

        I was looking for “congress”, and while that is currently controlled by Republicans, there’s been some Democrat congresspersons that have worked that side of the ratchet in the past.

        • _stranger_@lemmy.world
          1·
          24 days ago

          Republicans drive the Overton window Ratchet or not, there wouldn’t be rightward movement if they didn’t exist.