@george-k said in Anti-Black Hate Crimes:

From the soon-to-be-deplatformed Kevin Drum.

https://jabberwocking.com/anti-black-hate-crimes-have-plummeted-in-the-us/

Deplatformed? Probably.

It's certainly an inconvenient truth that does not fit the narrative...

@lufins-dad I don't argue. If that's what happened, then that's what happened. But systemically, in a criminal trial, you can't justify a decision until both sides have presented -- be it this or any other trial. It's only just, only fair.

@taiwan_girl said in Blowing the horn:

@george-k said in Blowing the horn:

@catseye3 said in Blowing the horn:

Do you know why the engineer gave "shave and a haircut"?

In this particular case, no.

However, it's unusually an acknowledgment, by the engineer, of a real fan standing nearby with a camera in hand, or simply asking for a "toot". When Mrs. George goes to the nearby park with D4 and G2, they are within eyeshot of the rails, and G2 waves. The engineer will frequently respond with a quick blast of the horns.

I remember doing that with trucks when I was little. We would wait for trucks to come by the village and try and make them horn at us.

Nothing like a horny truckdriver...

🤣

Oh I am paying over ask (only by 1.4%), the people buying my parents house are paying over ask...and they’re also waiving inspection. Insane.

Amazon Celebrates Union Defeat By Raising All Prices 150% Anyway

BESSEMER, AL—Triumphant in the wake of the failed organization attempt at their Alabama warehouses, Amazon released a statement Friday celebrating the union defeat by raising all prices on customers by 150% anyway.

“Although our fulfillment center workers declined to unionize today, we’re still going to jack up the cost of shipping, products, and Prime subscriptions as high as we possibly can—why? Fuck you, that’s why,” said a victorious CEO Jeff Bezos, adding that his jubilant mood had also led him to have his engineers work on making delivery times several days slower and causing products to break far more often on the way to customers.

“This is going to be reflected site-wide, immediately, to all Amazon users. Woohoo, I have adrenaline rushing through my veins, and I don’t ever want this party to stop. Sure, we can’t blame it on the union anymore, but it doesn’t matter—we won, you lost, baby.”

Bezos concluded that anyone who had an objection to the new prices could go to any of the country’s many independent bookstores or local shops that no longer exist.

Yes

I could go in at 7:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday and get all the computer time I wanted, something I couldn't do during the week, I was all alone.

Tonight was Crown Royal Black, nice, not really cheap

Well, the publishers try to find new way to make money.

The old way used to be subscription fees. But more and more libraries cancel their journal subscriptions, and authors want "open access" to increase the visibility of their work.

So, the new way, at least in some domains, is to let the authors pay everything. The publishers do nothing for their money; all they do is put a PDF into their database. In the old times, the publishers used to take care of typesetting, proofreading, and stuff, but now this is all responsibility of the authors.

Right now some commercial journals still live from their reputation. A paper at Nature, say, carries such a prestige that authors happily pay the fee. But this gets less and less common. In my domain, it's already very standard to publish open access without any publication fees.

Linked in has been compromised multiple times. Several years ago it included your password.

Never use a password twice. Your email and passwords are on the dark web.

Two factor authenticate everything.

An important account hacked can be a miserable experience.

@mik said in It's a quarter to 6:

Is it goo?

Not yet....

If I was an ambulance chaser, I'd be drooling like dog in an Alpo commercial...

My neighbor has a lot of wild violets and a few dandelions. It’s quite pretty.

@jolly That’s a great idea, big issue is there is NO ventilation down here. No heat. (We used plug in heaters). One people sized door that is coming in the front. (That’s probably some sort of business code violation right there, but this is Butte, and people don’t seem to care about a lot of that stuff here). One small window in the front gallery that might open (not sure, haven’t checked it to see if it does) So it’s going to have to be water based, whatever we do. (Still fumes with those, but not quite as bad). Here I’ve been mopping because I’m worried about what’s in the dust from the construction, but I should probably be more worried about the radon, as we are underground. The windows in the front gallery photo are at sidewalk level outside.

I use the button.

It works fine.

It cooks for maybe 20 seconds after the popping stops.

I like the slightly burned taste.

If China want to make the US go away they could use nukes. But the land, and other assets, would be useless for some time.

If China wants the US they have to march down main street with conventional weapons. Or take over the democrat party and make them all insane. This strategy seems to be succeeding so far.

@axtremus said in Manchin Weighs In:

@brenda said in Manchin Weighs In:

... He sounds more like a statesman ...

No vision big government delusions.

FIFY

@mik said in It's just a pen:

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Well done. 👏