Not much more you can do after reporting the incident to AT&T. A family member received emails from (what looks like) Washington DC’s welfare department about getting government welfare from the District — this despite said relative has never applied for any government welfare and has never been a DC resident. I helped said relative reported it to an publicly listed email address published on an official DC welfare website, and that’s it. No idea if anyone in that welfare department does anything about it. Also seen emails claiming to be from a bank that underwrites an Amazon.com credit card — despite not having applied for any Amazon.com credit card. That’s also being reported as “spam” then basically ignored.

@brenda said in Sagan: Ancient Greeks showed the earth is round.: @Doctor-Phibes said in Sagan: Ancient Greeks showed the earth is round.: @jon-nyc said in Sagan: Ancient Greeks showed the earth is round.: By the way, do you guys know any greeks? Isn't it shocking that they used to be brilliant? As implausible-but-true facts go, it's right up there with the English having ruled the world. Your time is coming, McTwatface That's Twaty McTwatface, sir. I was trying not to be overly offensive. I know Jon’s a bit sensitive

@taiwan_girl said in The story of Ted Roosevelt: @89th said in The story of Ted Roosevelt: @taiwan_girl SPOILER ALERT!!!!! LOL Read the story before you get to our comments!! 555 Ha I was kidding, I had already read it.

A couple of things... Caribou fur is different from many animals. The hair is hollow, giving it more insulating properties than many other types of fur. And given the type of ground the animals usually live on, they're hell on knives. I do think we have mismanaged some of those herds and we really need to take a hard look at indigenous people and how many they are allowed to kill. Secondly, the fur market is pretty lousy today. Most of the fur comes from the mink ranches and many of those have bit the dust due to low prices. Wild fur is no better...When I was a young man, a green-rolled coon hide would fetch over $10 and a properly stretched one would fetch $15+, along with getting a few dollars for the meat (Trivia: Why do you leave one paw unskinned on a coon carcass?) Today, you'd be hard-pressed to get $5...That ain't worth the price of traps and the time it takes. Fur, if managed properly, is a sustainable resource that will outlast many synthetic fabrics and is superior to most of them in some applications.

IIRC, the first person to use a government-ey looking seal was Obama when talking about "The Office of the President-Elect." At the time, no such office existed. Both Trump and Biden have done it since then. [image: 1659181261309-image.jpeg]

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@Jolly said in White House Redefines Recession: As heard on the radio... Today, the same party that has trouble defining what a woman is, cannot define what a recession is. [image: 1659179757814-img_1343.png]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/29/senate-reconciliation-has-once-in-a-generation-prescription-reform.html Article focusing on the bill's Medicare provisions: Let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices Set Medicare Part-D out-of-pocket maximum to $2000

@Horace said in Right brain vs left brain test: I don't understand how to see it going forward. When the hoof is making contact with the ground, the body is moving backwards relative to that point of contact. That's not a matter of perspective. It reminds me of the spinning dancer illusion, which could be seen either clockwise or counter clockwise, but with the spinning dancer, I could see both. Yeah, I can only see it going backward also (in the original clip)

lol, @Mik

I don't think it's a steady...

A lady I used to work with, had three sons that all played center in college. The oldest played with the Bills and I think the Patriots for a few years as a long snapper, but unlike a lot of those guys, he played center in college at LSU. IOW, he had a bit of versatility, rather than being a one-trick pony. Not that he was any big deal, but he hung around long enough to get a bit of pension. Versatility is a big deal in the NFL. If you can play multiple positions on the line or you can play safety and a bit of corner, maybe help out on special teams, you can have a career. Don't know LeGlue's contract, but even minimum would be more than $800,000 this year, over $900,000 next year, then about $1M in 2024. If he shows a little something, maybe somebody give him a better deal after his rookie contract. Will Clapp would be a similar guy for the Saints. A center from LSU, he was a 7th rounder, then managed to stick on the practice squad and played in 18 games over four years, starting 7, mostly at guard. The Saints have gotten better on the OL this year, so he was odd man out and signed with the Chargers. I suspect he'll play a similar role. Hopefully, since he's vested in the pension plan, he can hang around a few more years. The NFL has the worst pension plan of the major professional sports. The player starts to draw his money at 55, and the minimum is $21,000/yr for a guy who only played three years to $105,000 for a guy who played ten or more.

You never know. Wait until they put the pads on.

Maybe “number as high as it’s ever been” but I wouldn’t say the problem is as bad as it’s ever been. It was concentrated on a few ports, in fact mostly one. Now it’s distributed over many. As a stylized example. 100 ships outside of of one port is a much bigger problem than 20 ports, each with 6 in the queue.

Best comment: “Mexico isn’t just going to pay for the wall, they’re going to build it.”

@jon-nyc 555 Love it!

Nice little bit of wokeness in exchanging Asian for Northern…