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alexisdyslexic

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Pumpkin Spiced Latte is just Chai w/Coffee. Rails+Trails! Sometimes I sew.

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Free_Press, to news
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RICH GET RICHER!

Amazon used market power to warp prices of goods across the internet, FTC alleges

The FTC said it filed an antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, backed by the attorneys general of 17 states, including two Republicans.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-used-market-power-warp-prices-goods-internet-ftc-alleges-rcna117371

alexisdyslexic,
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@Free_Press I don't have Amazon Prime, but a friend of mine does and screenshot images of thing she wanted to buy on Prime Day. The prices all went up Prime Day, then they were marked at 50% off. Which means no sale at all.

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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It's amazing how shitty people are to service workers. These people will scoff at service workers being paid a fair wage. They'll be incensed when service workers don't act like it's a privilege to take their orders. They'll point at them and tell their kids to do good in school or they'll end up like them. Yet, despite all of this, these same people will lose their shit when these jobs are understaffed and just blame the problem on "People not wanting to work."

alexisdyslexic,
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@BlackAzizAnansi I went to a resturants recently that the staff was so exhausted & stressed that the waitress gave us a free round of drink just for not being assholes. That a pretty, pretty low bar. It was also a lovely evening on a patio at sunset. Like why do people need to be stressed to get thier food fast? I though the point of eating out was to relax?

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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I just found out one of my friends that I've known since middle school passed and I am not ok.

alexisdyslexic,
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@BlackAzizAnansi learning about death on social media is it's own kind of hell too. I know it's just a broadcasting tool. But you're scrolling through animals pics, political posts then bam. Some you loved is gone. It's very sureal.

universalhub, to Massachusetts
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Judge freezes newspaper owner's and editor's property in libel case by mayor
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/judge-lets-everett-mayor-freeze-newspaper

alexisdyslexic,
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@universalhub wow, there's some drama in Everett.

bikepedantic, to random
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FYI: There’s a circle of hell where one is forced to listen to an infinity of awkward scripted condolences from customer service reps.

alexisdyslexic,
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@bikepedantic i just changed my first name and I've been through 4 years of admin and customer service black holes. I can't imagine how bad it is for someone who may go through a death in the family, divorce, sex-change/deadname or anything with actual gravity to it.

Popehat, to random

NOT NOW EARTHQUAKE WE ARE HAVING A HURRICANE WAIT YOUR GODDAMN TURN

[Pointing fiercely at wildfires, riots]: AND YOU! FUCK RIGHT OFF

alexisdyslexic,
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@Popehat we used to call it the Shake & Bake state growing up. Now we can add Slip & Slide (flooding) to that

glennf, to random
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Every hot day I am grateful we had the heat pump installed last year. Particularly when it appears that we're using about the same or less electricity to run it than we did in previous summers, when we had window ACs (which we ran only at night to sleep) and a lot of fans.

alexisdyslexic,
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@glennf I saw a chart somewhere that said heat pumps were the number one thing an individual can do to reduce the impacts of climate change. Most everything else is virtue signaling and/or doesn't do enough on a personal level ( needs) to be institutional/ government level.
We got one last fall too. Currently getting a hot water heatpump installed this week.

alexisdyslexic,
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@glennf awesome, believe or not IKEA has a decent induction. It's made by Fridigaire (they just took the name off and called it something Swedish). The controls are figity not perfect, bur other that that works great. IKEA also come with a 5 yr warrenty on all applicances. Which I had to use the first yr because one of the burners likely shifted during delivery.

TheConversationUS, to random
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Critics of military recruitment call it the “poverty draft,” which motivates many young immigrants from poorer backgrounds to join the U.S. military for its benefits of money for education, and income to send their families or even to help avoid deportation.


https://theconversation.com/i-asked-immigrants-from-28-countries-why-theyre-serving-in-the-us-military-and-its-not-primarily-to-gain-citizenship-209649

alexisdyslexic,
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@TheConversationUS my mother used to say this is why we have poverty in the US. It's not because we don't have resources. It's to insure we always have fresh recruits.

We lived in a Military town and my mom taught WIC classes on budgeting.

Free_Press, to news
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TRUMP'S FUTURE HOME

Donald Trump and his 18 member Trump Crime Family will be booked at Georgia’s Fulton County jail after surrendering in the Georgia indictment on alleged 2020 election interference, the sheriff's office said Tuesday

Jail officials say Trump will be fingerprinted, mug shot taken, and booked the same as every other criminal defendant.

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/16/trump-booked-fulton-county-jail-sheriffs-office-plan

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alexisdyslexic,
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@Free_Press it looks enough like a hotel, he'll be fine.

HeavenlyPossum, to random

I came across a first-hand account of somehow who escaped the fire in and she noted that many roads out of town were privately owned by sugar plantations and were chained shut.

She says people died in their cars trying to escape.

These people were murdered by .

All of those sugar plantations were enclosed by the Hawaiian monarchy and sold off to American colonists, who in turn overthrew the monarchy and cemented their control of the islands and their lands.

Dying because of a chained gate on land that was stolen from the Hawaiian people is as surely murder as if they’d been pushed into the flames.

alexisdyslexic,
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@HeavenlyPossum that sounds a lot like the Triangle Shirtwaste Factory fire. That sucks.

pluralistic, to random

The saga of the , a multigenerational billionaire crime family of mass-murdering dope-peddlers, is an enraging parable about how the wealthy, the courts, and sadistic high-powered lawyers collude to destroy the lives of millions, profit handsomely, and evade justice.

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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/2023/08/11/justice-delayed/#justice-redeemed

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alexisdyslexic,
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@pluralistic Ah, now I have a specific reason to hate Bloomberg Media. Not just generic 'Billionaire that ran on the D ticket and did poorly or Billionaire that tries to buy democracy, etc."

universalhub, to boston
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Staties nab a big dummy in the Expressway lane - and his mannequin https://twitter.com/LiveBoston617/status/1689737404029059072

alexisdyslexic,
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@universalhub wow, just wow.

dnc, to gardening
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So true. https://www.diningandcooking.com/867786/so-true-5/

alexisdyslexic,
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@dnc @qkslvrwolf

mbonsma, to random
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18-inch close pass from a lady in a Tesla.
Me: you passed me way too close
Her: you need to share the road!!!! You need to ride close to the side!!!

Write this on my tombstone when the next asshole kills me:

YOU DO NOT NEED TO STAY TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE LANE IS TOO NARROW TO SHARE

alexisdyslexic,
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@mbonsma In Massachusetts we just got a state law for this. 4 foot pass required of all 'vulnerable road users' (legal term) includes pedestrians, micromobitily, horseback riders, etc. Not that the public knows it yet. The signs haven't been distributed yet.

augieray, to random
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How the media gaslights people on :

In one article, it says, “The uptick of cases likely isn’t cause for alarm, though: most Covid cases are mild” and then buries this quote from an epidemiologist: “Covid is likely to remain in the leading causes of death in the United States for the foreseeable future.”

If a leading cause of death can be easily prevented with simple mitigations, then how is ANY uptick in cases not a reason for concern?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanwenzhang/2023/08/03/covid-cases-are-on-the-rise-heres-what-you-need-to-know/?sh=2b84dc12744a

alexisdyslexic,
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@augieray just heard an old coworkers pass away. Talked to him in 2020 and he seemed anti-VAX then (before the vaccine came out). He seemed fine with mass death and was really against the lockdown. Don't think he was including himself in that calculation. The conversation didn't go very far when we realized we were on thr opposite side of the spectrum.

He died of organ failure & alcholism. No idea how many times he did or did not have covid. He was under 50.

alexisdyslexic,
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@augieray 100%

The 'New York Times' attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us (electrek.co)

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their law abiding...

alexisdyslexic,
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@sci @blazera This isn't entirety fair. I just got out of a meeting where a retirement age person was able to ride a bike again, because of Ebikes.

Free_Press, to news
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GRIFTERS GOTTA GRIFT!

The hard earned money sent to Trump by his supporters to stop "the dems and the deep state"
actually goes to pay Melania's hair stylist!

New Fundraising Report Reveals Trump PAC Paid Eye-popping $108,000. in six months to Melania’s Hair Stylist for ‘Strategy Consulting’

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/new-fundraising-report-reveals-trump-pac-paid-eye-popping-amount-to-melanias-stylist-for-strategy-consulting/

alexisdyslexic,
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@Free_Press I mean the deep state is deep contemplation on her hair style, that shit costs money.

Free_Press, to news
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MIND NUMBING HEAT!

Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees, stunning experts

A buoy near Manatee Bay recorded an astounding 101.1-degree water temperature Monday, a temperature common for hot tubs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hot-tub-water-temperatures-florida-soar-100-degrees-stunning-experts-rcna96163

alexisdyslexic,
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@Free_Press oh God. That's bad, real bad.

geographile, to art

I need stuff for my bedroom, and I would rather have and etsy. I need translucent window clings or vinyl stickers to keep birds from crashing into my bedroom window, I need colored clings or stickers to go on my closet door to make it not a giant light expanse, and I need two 10x14 pieces of or in somewhat of a theme. Where should I look?

You can send me to your shop if you want, but I don't want to search there this time.

alexisdyslexic,
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@geographile for anti-collision you can hang strings outside your window.( It won't work on the inside)

alexisdyslexic,
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@geographile I have several mature trees around my house so I've been trying every method of preventing bird collision https://mn.audubon.org/conservation/cords-strings-and-ribbons

BlackAzizAnansi, to random
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So what type of colonizing did your family do?

alexisdyslexic,
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@BlackAzizAnansi think my greatgrandfather was in the KKK & my grandmother (his daughter ) was racist AF and a terrible person all around. Always emphasized her 'Celtic' heritage. Which my parents and I did too for a long time took me till I was in my 30's (like 10 yrs ago) to realizes 'Celtic' was coded for white and exclusive.

enobacon, to random
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LoL all the hot chicks in your notifs, things are going great at twitter 😂 After blocking 3-5 of these per day, I actually see very little engagement on that site. (BTW you can easily tell because the real people post pics of their bikes)

Pic c/w: NSFW-ish screenshot of "Who to follow" section and their saucy bios, that you get from their empty profile which you have to click on to get the block button.

alexisdyslexic,
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@enobacon yeah that's all I get too.

Free_Press, to climate
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TODAY IN SPAIN!

The northern Spanish city of Zaragoza was inundated by a heavy downpour in less than 20 minutes. The fire brigade had to rescue desperate people from their cars.
#climate #climatechange #weather #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #climatecrisis #Spain

video/mp4

alexisdyslexic,
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@Free_Press @chessert
Here's one from Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-flood-warning-flooding-weather-flash/13467134/

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