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janisf

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#M4A #CleanEnergy #ESG #GlassBlowing #Feminism #Minnesota #UChicago (proud parent) #Pacisfism #VoteBlue

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Brandi_Buchman, to random
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just set himself up for a First Amendment fight from hell.

DeSantis says Satanism is ‘not real’ and ‘not qualifying’ for new Florida school chaplain program

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/desantis-says-satanism-is-not-real-and-not-qualifying-for-new-florida-school-chaplain-program/

janisf,
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@3dogcouch @Brandi_Buchman My dad was an on-call chaplain. The police would call him. He had to do some pretty weird-to-him rituals, piled on top of people dying. That lasted about 6 weeks....😬

People feel so much better when there's someone there to confirm their way of making sense of the unknown in the face of loss. Hell, look at what we do online every time the news beeps. Same shit, real loss.

I'm not pushing religion, but the people who use it need it, desperately.

janisf,
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@cy Some, yes. The world is gradually weaning off of it, despite a distinct lack of suitable psycho-social replacements.

Atheists and agnostics really do need to dream up replacements. Beyond Religi-Burger weddings & funerals, replete with community. Jobs and corporations aren't cutting the muster.

janisf, to random
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@B_Whitewind @RustyBertrand In the world of men it is. Women, not so much. What we feed our attention gets fed.

Buy local. Support DEI efforts. Vote against war. Spread the good news.

RickiTarr, to random
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Have you ever met someone who lies all the time, but doesn't seem to realize they are lying?

janisf,
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@RickiTarr You gotta cut me a little slack for this, I don't live far from New Ulm, MN. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/21/1244899635/civil-war-confederate-statue-markers-sign-history

janisf,
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@theotherverion @rimu I'll be sure to tell my 90-year-old mom (who's probably got at least 8 years left), to hurry up and get off her ass.

The knot in the right-wing angle is the belief that the church, the family, or other philanthropy will meet the perpetual need. The harsh reality is that there are and always will be people who don't and won't ever have what it takes to provide "enough value," as defined by people with money, to a free market.

janisf,
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@theotherverion My mom wouldn't have a pension. She was effectively a clergyman's wife full time, who has and is still spending spent quite a bit of time caring for my disabled brother, who hasn't ever been properly "gainfully employed" despite desperate efforts that have now come out in the wash as traumatic, not just to my brother.

The model works for babies, too. The question is: who pays (etc.) the care workers?

janisf,
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@theotherverion Right, but despite decades of failed and emotionally traumatic attempts at getting him employed, and my mother never having been employed outside the home, now that they're both past retirement age, who's responsible to absorb the cost of their utilities, rent, food, and medical care? Or do we let them rot out in a grassy field somewhere?

I'm not proposing a solution, I'm indicating that employment is frequently not one.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Columbia University needs a president who doesn’t have students arrested by NYPD.

janisf,
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@StillIRise1963

Except the proven rapists...

I met a guy who said his daughter had just departed for Columbia. I've never seen a scareder dad.

janisf,
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@StillIRise1963 You're right, or course. Columbia's got a reputation of particular recalcitrance when it comes to dealing with reports of sexual assault in an official capacity. In real numbers, my local University of Minnesota isn't any better about it, but the reputation doesn't follow because it's so huge, it's public, and it doesn't have a yacht-equivalent price tag.

janisf,
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@StillIRise1963 My point is it's the old guard patriarchy at work. Yep, they'll arrest pro-Palestine protesters, but they'll protect their boys.

janisf,
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@StillIRise1963 Lovely tile!

Paulos_the_fog, to random
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Christ - you have to wonder about the mentality of US politicians. Are they mostly complete fuckin imbeciles!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/oh-dear-god-tennessee-just-passed-a-bill-banning-chemtrails-which-are-not-real/ar-AA1ngcSJ?cvid=55ca01041ac8478cb8c8a87178ae6be2&ei=28

janisf,
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@Paulos_the_fog Rural US politicians, who are looking to score otherwise harmless points with their base constituents. The harsh thing is you don't know whether to believe they believe this stuff, or if they're pander-lying.

Frankly, it's been at least a little like this since the 70's, but no one bothered to look. It's how the rich got so rich, and Roe was overturned.

maddad, to random
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Chinese electric vehicles—cheap, stylish, and high quality—should be a godsend to the Biden administration, whose two biggest priorities are reducing carbon emissions quickly enough to avert a climate catastrophe and reducing consumer prices quickly enough to avert an electoral catastrophe. Instead, the White House is going out of its way to keep Chinese EVs out of the U.S. What gives?
Lets make EVs affordable.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/biden-trump-chinese-cars/678093/

janisf,
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@maddad I bought a used Chevy Bolt for 2K less than the average price of a used car, which is $27K. Yep, $25K is the tax-incentive ceiling. Price magically determined. Including sales tax, the incentive puts 4-year loan payments with a good-but-not-great credit score at $450/mo.

If the average household spends $5K/yr on gasoline, that's $416/mo.

Just do the math, bro. American electric cars are affordable.

janisf,
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@maddad There are three likely issues: -credit scores are hanging somewhere under the floor
-people aren't getting their heads around not paying for gas and repairs
-people who rent can't figure out where to plug in (there are regular outlets everywhere, and you can easily charge a goodly commute with 8 hours on a 110v outlet)

A fourth issue might be that people don't realize there is charging infrastructure for most decently-travelled road trips, that still end up a lot cheaper than gas.

janisf,
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@maddad I got my loan from my credit union, which is local, and bought from an independent local exclusively-electric car dealer named Pavel, whom immigrated from Belarus 10 yrs ago.

I will never, ever go back to too-many-moving-parts, greasy internal combustion. I haven't paid a dime for gas for 10 years.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/households-are-spending-the-equivalent-of-5000-a-year-on-gasoline.html

But hey, you do you. I'm going to bust my ass to save the planet, but I'm not biking my kids back & forth to school in the MN 'burbs with such a reasonable option.

janisf,
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@maddad Motorcycles rock! Efficiency beats fuel-type, but it doesn't haul kids. Do stay safe--even boots if you got 'em.

nayele18maybe, to random
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Where do women who don't carry purses keep their emergency canned ham?

janisf,
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@nayele18maybe In their inboxes

GottaLaff, to random
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American Exceptionalism.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Republican Mike Gallagher hints that death threats may have been behind his early resignation:

"This is more just me wanting to prioritize being with my family," he said. "I signed up for the death threats and the late-night swatting, but they did not. And for a young family, I would say this job is really hard."

janisf,
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@GottaLaff As Katie Porter, an outspoken single mom, shakes her head at the poor, persecuted white man.

I'm not saying it's not bad. I'm saying we really need to support women who are willing to run, with security detail.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Melissa Murray:

She's been saying this for a long time. You're delusional if you think banning birth control is off the table.

Biden-Harris HQ:

Top Trump supporter Marsha Blackburn says Griswold v. Connecticut is “constitutionally unsound”

(Griswold v. Connecticut is the 1965 Supreme Court ruling that legalized birth control)

janisf,
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@bronakins @GottaLaff Just need to note: I get a notification for any edits made on toots I boost. I boosted this one. I kinda regret it, now.

If I have a long one to do, because I'm a terrible typist, I paste into or just use a text editor and proof it a couple times before I post it. That's just me-- I've found that process useful.

janisf,
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@GottaLaff @bronakins they do for me. It's Mastodon's default way, that my instance retained, of making sure I know what I'm endorsing. I could boost something, and someone could easily change it to something spammy, or worse. I'm glad it does even though it creates a high bar for me as a typo-prone user.

thurrott, to random
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"7 Computer Maintenance Tasks You Should Do Every Month"

Nope.

If you're doing that much maintenance, it's time to rethink this relationship and find a new kind of computer. Hard pass.

janisf,
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@thurrott Yeah, but the dandruff that gets under the keys ends up sticky. I think that needs human intervention. I vacuum out my fan ports weekly. you really can't automate that--fan reversal makes a mess that needs manual cleaning. I tried it.
You can't automate everything. And putting your eyeballs on some things regularly likely gives you a perspective on your own behavior.

Mindfully weeding your garden makes you love your garden.

Uair, to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

Are normal people hungry all the time?

I sunk out of panic mode for a couple days and goddamn if my stomach isn't a lot more aggressive than usual. I hardly ever notice it, normally.

Is this a thing? Constant hunger when you finally calm down?

janisf,
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@Uair @actuallyautistic Occaisionally I find I've confused thirst and hunger. If I know I've had enough to eat, and my eating timing is OK, I'll chug a 24-ounce bottle of water. Sometimes that does the trick, sometimes it doesn't, but it's worth a shot.

smote, to KindActions
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please help my friend TJ! their bank overdrafted them because it stopped sending notifications when funds were low and they didnt realize it ($39 fee gets added every day). every $1 is appreciated! thank you!

$0/150

cashapp: wenotfreeyet
venmo: wenotfreeyet92
kofi: https://ko-fi.com/atonyjerome

@mutualaid

janisf,
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@smote @mutualaid TJ needs to close that account first thing in the morning. Go into the bank, insist that they close it, and ask them for a line of credit for the balance owed, which will come with a payment plan. If they won't give him one, go to a credit union and try to open an account there ($10) and apply for credit there, too. See if you can pay off the bank that way.

Always, always leave a margin in your checking account that's the average (or more) of your transactions.

tristansnell, to random
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Dear Judges:

Stop “admonishing” Trump — and start actually holding him accountable.

Respectfully submitted,

The American People

janisf,
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@tristansnell The toddler is throwing fits to distract and delay. Take it from a mom, we need to pick our battles and get the job done. Expediency matters.

pluralistic, to random
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Corporate crime is notoriously underpoliced and underprosecuted. Mostly, that's because we just choose not to do anything about it. American corporations commit crimes at 20X the rate of real humans, and their crimes are far worse than any crime committed by a human, but they are almost never prosecuted:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/12/no-criminals-no-crimes/#get-out-of-jail-free-card

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janisf,
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@pluralistic I'm genuinelyh onored. Thank you for the engagement.

I will write to my federal rep about it. What I'd really like to find out is who, or what cultural influence in the Democratic administration is Hermie the dentist. This isn't the first legislation I've formally complained about lacking teeth.

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