@Axtremus said in My Octopus Teacher: @taiwan_girl said in My Octopus Teacher: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/25/nx-s1-5051801/octopus-farming-ban-us-congress "Octopuses are among the most intelligent creatures in the oceans. And they belong at sea, not suffering on a factory farm," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, a co-author of the bill, said in a statement to NPR. I hope some reporter will “follow the money” on this to see what really motivates Sen. Whitehouse on this matter. Cthulhu, I guess.

Oil up the guillotine .

Hard to imagine what could justify.

Stop selling, I'm already not voting for her.

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That can’t be the same guy that used to write for the National Review.

@Mik said in Not boneless: @taiwan_girl said in Not boneless: Mybe just me, but when I see something listed as "boneless" I always have assume that it meant "no bones" and not some sort of cooking style. What is a boneless cooking style anyway? It’s cooking meat with no bones in it.

Having dealt with his company, Bain Capital, yeah, much more worker friendly than Romney.

@George-K said in FAFO of the day: @Horace said in FAFO of the day: More than you wanted to know about the incident Yeah, probably. tl;dw. Can you summarize? From what I gathered, he was convicted because the jury didn't find him truthful in his police interviews. I think the facts were out in the trial and were not disputed. Some minor dispute about whether he punched one of the ladies, but the stabbings and what led up to them were clear. Those facts were what convicted him. He could have retreated easily, rather than going on a knife rampage.

@89th said in Let's talk office chairs: Good advice (mostly), thanks! Was that parentheses directed at me?

@Mik you misspelled "Week" [image: 1721995102981-screenshot-2024-07-26-at-6.58.09-am.png] Still up 13% for the year, however.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Pig Heart Transplant: @Axtremus said in Pig Heart Transplant: Likely there are many other big problems, but I am curious about this: psychologically, how does the patient feel about being alive without having a pulse? I feel weird just thinking about it. :man-shrugging It beats the alternative One alternative is "being alive and having a pulse."

@Horace said in Adderal eyes: images indicating otherwise were altered. By Mr. Biden?

Wasn't there a fatality there about 2-3 years ago?

I mean, this election is to save democracy! If somebody is defending and promoting Trump, then they are an enemy of democracy!

I was surprised to hear him brag about "putting a black woman on the supreme court". I don't really think this blatant DEI stuff plays as pure virtue to the electorate.

Just a general statement, made after 2 Xanax and nitrous oxide.

@Mik said in Trump admin to be tougher on corporations?: Good ideas are good ideas, and monolithic industries are generally not very good for innovation. Banks, for instance. Economies of scale do not always serve the public's best interests. Correct. It chokes competition, innovation and often leads to poor customer service.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/25/gateway-pundit-bankruptcy-filing A bankruptcy judge dismissed a bankruptcy case filed by the Gateway Pundit on Wednesday, saying the far-right outlet did not file the case in good faith. “TGP remains both balance sheet and cash flow solvent. There is no present financial distress, no looming foreclosure sale, no prospect of a market crash. There is only the State Court Litigation in which TGP must defend itself. That’s not a basis for bankruptcy relief; it’s the justice system in operation,” Mora wrote.