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Post by dc2london on Apr 2, 2024 19:12:14 GMT -6
Nota🎃 that is amazing, she is absolutely lovely!!
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Post by sewf on Apr 3, 2024 7:02:02 GMT -6
The one question on our ballot yesterday FAILED, and I am so happy about it. Our MLB team wants to build a new stadium, and they decided they wanted to build downtown. In an area we recently revitalized, where there are small businesses and an arts scene. And they wanted to continue a 3/8 cent sales tax for the next 40 years to the tune of $3 billion dollars.
Our team has been bad for years. And the football team was just as manipulative, basically threatening to move the team if they didn’t win (they want the space next to the stadium to build up entertainment and facilities, which is now occupied by the baseball stadium.) I love our football team, but this whole thing has left a bad taste in my mouth. How much money they spent on advertising, the videos they put out, the thinly veiled threats.
But we beat the billionaires. It can be done. The people who fixed that area get to stay, and maybe the baseball team will find an empty field to buy out instead.
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 7:08:34 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 7:39:33 GMT -6
(sorry, I don't have a gift link, if I find one I will post it) Here's a Rawstory article covering the NYTimes piece.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 8:38:14 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 8:39:46 GMT -6
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elle
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 8:45:12 GMT -6
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 9:16:25 GMT -6
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Post by sweptaway on Apr 3, 2024 9:33:45 GMT -6
Welp I guess the price of eggs is about to skyrocket again.
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Post by sweptaway on Apr 3, 2024 9:35:57 GMT -6
And beef?
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elle
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 9:56:57 GMT -6
Welp I guess the price of eggs is about to skyrocket again. Unfortunately it's quite likely.
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 9:57:49 GMT -6
😐 <---- this is my shocked face.
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Post by mrsweasley on Apr 3, 2024 10:54:37 GMT -6
Didn't they lie about bird flu before and use it as an excuse to jack up prices? Ugh
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Post by PandaWatch on Apr 3, 2024 11:26:42 GMT -6
Didn't they lie about bird flu before and use it as an excuse to jack up prices? Ugh When did they lie about it? 2022?
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Post by mrsweasley on Apr 3, 2024 11:30:58 GMT -6
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elle
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 11:46:51 GMT -6
The pricing issue aside, there are legit concerns about bird flu currently. It jumped from cows to a farm hand in Texas (bad news) and has now been found in farm cats in New Mexico (also not great).
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Post by mrsweasley on Apr 3, 2024 11:49:11 GMT -6
The pricing issue aside, there are legit concerns about bird flu currently. It jumped from cows to a farm hand in Texas (bad news) and has now been found in farm cats in New Mexico (also not great). Yes, I am concerned about that as well. I'm not sure my mental health can withstand another pandemic For now I'm putting my trust in YLE that people shouldn't be concerned. Our budget is definitely a concern though. Prices overall have jumped quite a bit already
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 11:51:53 GMT -6
The pricing issue aside, there are legit concerns about bird flu currently. It jumped from cows to a farm hand in Texas (bad news) and has now been found in farm cats in New Mexico (also not great). Yes, I am concerned about that as well. I'm not sure my mental health can withstand another pandemic For now I'm putting my trust in YLE that people shouldn't be concerned. Our budget is definitely a concern though. Prices overall have jumped quite a bit already Yeah, price gouging is a huge problem across many sectors, food/groceries being a main one.
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Post by athn64 on Apr 3, 2024 12:03:31 GMT -6
It will never pass. But once again, Republicans are really wasting our time and money on bullshit instead of actual governing.
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Post by kbw on Apr 3, 2024 12:17:12 GMT -6
I got questioned by a steadfast R last night about how I could vote for Biden again with how prices are in this country and that I must be in a worse financial place than I was prior to his election. So they could care less that it’s the companies and just want to blame it on Biden.
ETA same person told me I couldn’t use Trumps tweets as a reason I wouldn’t vote for him.
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Post by byjove on Apr 3, 2024 12:45:58 GMT -6
I don’t know. Raw milk is the biggest concern. Pasteurizing is effective. Seems to be less of a meat issue? But any reason to price gouge…
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Post by elle on Apr 3, 2024 13:16:45 GMT -6
I got questioned by a steadfast R last night about how I could vote for Biden again with how prices are in this country and that I must be in a worse financial place than I was prior to his election. So they could care less that it’s the companies and just want to blame it on Biden. ETA same person told me I couldn’t use Trumps tweets as a reason I wouldn’t vote for him. 🙄 But really, you don't even need to, what he says at his rallies is bad enough.
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Post by fatpony on Apr 3, 2024 13:26:23 GMT -6
The fuckery in legislation is astounding. Just saw this come across my feed today.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 16:11:43 GMT -6
I got questioned by a steadfast R last night about how I could vote for Biden again with how prices are in this country and that I must be in a worse financial place than I was prior to his election. So they could care less that it’s the companies and just want to blame it on Biden. ETA same person told me I couldn’t use Trumps tweets as a reason I wouldn’t vote for him. Soooooo many people blame the president for the high prices and there just isn't a good persuasive argument that not everything is the president's fault. As an organizer it is SO FRUSTRATING and, sadly, the tragedy in Baltimore will only make that worse.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 16:15:51 GMT -6
I am catching up on podcasts and I do have to chuckle a bit at The Daily advertising the NYT audio app, which has been iOS exclusive since its inception, during a podcast about DOJ suing Apple for alleged antitrust violations
Great job, guys
Also this indictment is SHAAAAAAAADY. Apple has some strong Koolaid.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 3, 2024 17:09:34 GMT -6
The worst of the worst proving they're the absolute fucking worst.
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Post by enchanted on Apr 3, 2024 17:11:55 GMT -6
The fuckery in legislation is astounding. Just saw this come across my feed today. Also the absolute fucking worst.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 17:28:11 GMT -6
The fuckery in legislation is astounding. Just saw this come across my feed today. Also the absolute fucking worst. I love when you come in here like Keegan Michael Key saying what we are all muttering under our breath
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Post by enchanted on Apr 3, 2024 18:08:17 GMT -6
dc2london 😂 I have no patience anymore and a filter only sometimes.
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Post by dc2london on Apr 3, 2024 18:21:12 GMT -6
I don’t know. Raw milk is the biggest concern. Pasteurizing is effective. Seems to be less of a meat issue? But any reason to price gouge… My understanding is that following FDA guidelines for fully-cooked-temps should be safe, but that not everyone fully cooks foods to FDA standard (e.g. lots of people enjoy sunny side up eggs, but FDA would designate those as risky) (*yall can eat your eggs how you want, I'm just repeating what I read from a food borne illness scientist)
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