SidFudd, to random
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This @pluralistic paragraph is good for a laugh more bitter than radish-flavored coffee with dandelion greens.

Sometimes it's hard to tell who the enemy of the whole world is, and then sometimes, as a Navy officer told the newsreels in 1946 as he attempted to justify nuking the Bikini Islands, "The way is clear, the challenge strong, the duty inescapable." Please join me in gathering up every human being involved in and shooting them into the sun. 🚀 🌞

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

jetton, to random
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@pluralistic

When my late son was in jail, he fell and broke 4 teeth. No dental care in jail. He was told to take ibuprofen which he could buy from the commissary.

The price? 95 cents. For two tablets.

Since he then couldn't work, he started again accruing the $34/day "room and board" fee.

They also started seizing half the money I put on his commissary account to pay part of this fee.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

pluralistic, to random
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Today in "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" news: The Appeal has published the first-ever survey of national prison commissary prices, revealing just how badly the prison profiteer system gouges American's all-time, world-record-beating prison population:

https://theappeal.org/locked-in-priced-out-how-much-prison-commissary-prices/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

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nono2357, to Bitcoin
Whatyawannasee, to gay
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Eli Shaw Needs Some Brogan


Featuring:
@LockedboyEli @BroganXBroganX

Please follow and reblog!

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PupScrap, to random

best day!
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rolle, to internet
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Is the future of microblogging divided between Twitter, Mastodon(/Calckey/Akkoma/etc.) and Bluesky in the future? It certainly looks like it.

#SocialMedia #Centralized #Decentralized #Fediverse #Bluesky #Blueskysocial #Twitter #Mastodon

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#twitter is, technically speaking, trash. #Millions of users have been #locked out of their accounts since #spaces started crashing. It is #broken. #Nos is what #Mastodon was supposed to be. Mastodon is filled with 35 year old #children and is pretty much #dead.

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