Birdpoof
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"Licorice, dry." -Computer "Great. The least nutritious food that tastes the most like poison." -Mariner Also at: https://mastodon.world/@birdpoof
If you wanted to fly from Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport (EZE) to Perth in Western Australia (PER), you'll need to connect in: Sydney (SYD), a trip of ~30+ hrs, 11,000 miles or Auckland (AKL) a trip of ~25+ hrs, 9,800 miles. But there's a shorter, FORBIDDEN trip. Over Antarctica.
Companies are benefiting from soaring profits, historically low taxes, and a Congress willing to make middle class salaried workers subsidize low-wage work instead of making the jobs better paid. My latest on the collapsing sense of fairness in our tax system: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No One Who Works Full Time Should Be on Medicaid
There are a lot of jobs in the US economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but still result in miserably low earnings because of unstable, fluctuat...
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The fact that layoffs always increases a company's share value is a hideous, cancerous feature of the stock market.
Advance Financial’s Flex Loan charges 279.5% interest, trapping thousands of borrowers in debts that end up in court, where the company has won over $200 million in judgments since 2015. (Published May 2025 w/ @tennesseelookout.com)
This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.
The Flex Loan, a type of payday loan pioneered by Advance Financial, has burdened low-income borrowers while generating huge profits for lenders. Tennessee lawmakers declined to rein in the lending bu...
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1 in 1,000 1 in a million Most of us struggle to make sense of risk when it is presented as a statistic. @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social teamed up w/ CIDRAP to create `What's the Risk?`— a free, interactive tool that turns abstract numbers into clear visual comparisons: https://bit.ly/3TvVsWL
Elmo I Don't Know Idk
Alt: Elmo (red fuzzy muppet) shrugging
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MPR News@mprnews.org · 6h agoThe police say that over the weekend, officers found the poles the cameras were mounted on had been cut down and the cameras were gone. Flock cameras are stirring controversy across the country as they compile license plate and other vehicle details in a national database.
For uneducated Americans only (because almost everyone else in the world knows this already): "Inshallah" is not a Muslim phrase. Inshallah is an Arabic phrase. Christians that speak Arabic, say inshallah. "Allah" is how you say God in Arabic. "Inshallah" is how you say "God willing" in Arabic.
Commentary: Todd Blanche still thinks he’s Trump’s lawyer, which means he can’t be our lawyer. Important nomination fight for Minnesota specifically. minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/05/t...
Todd Blanche still thinks he's Trump's lawyer, which means he can't be our lawyer • Minnesota Reformer
Everyone deserves a criminal defense, but the American people deserve better than Blanche.
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Chipotle restaurants pull jalapeños linked to Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota At least 75% of those sickened report eating jalapeños at the fast- casual chain. Read more: https://bit.ly/4wb3py3
Apparently it’s unprofessional to have a murdered son
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 7h agoChristine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...
OH GET OOOUUUUUT (no I have no idea what "magic the gathering" is and not sure I ever want to start that because I heard it gets super expensive but anyway)
Mike McMahan@mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 7h agoWAIT MOOPSY TOO??
Gov. Tim Walz says President Donald Trump is to blame for failing to prevent a series of cyberattacks last week, and for failing to determine who was responsible.
Walz criticizes Trump's response to Minnesota cyberattacks
Gov. Tim Walz said President Donald Trump should have done more to prevent recent cyberattacks.
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Large US Cyclospora outbreak expands to 6 more states Although cases continue to mount, experts say it doesn’t necessarily mean that the outbreak is ongoing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fGM9Mh 📷: benketaro / Flickr cc
cannot think of a more ringing endorsement than "Anders Folk: the Republican ICE defense lawyer's choice for a DFL Hennepin County Attorney" www.kare11.com/article/news...
There are probably thousands of cases like this, unbeknownst to us
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · yesterdayJudge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is not cat related, but I discovered an odd bit of widespread history misinformation today. I saw a story about a very cool lady named Margaret E. Knight who was a brilliant inventor. The problem is that she was born in 1838 and this is the photo of her used in nearly every story I found.
Following some (real artist) webcomics provides nice resets in your feed
Foxes In Love@foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 13h ago
More than half of Minnesota Paid Leave applicants earn less than $78,000 a year — workers who historically had the least access to paid leave and the least cushion to fall back on. Commentary: Paid Leave is helping workers — and businesses like mine minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/05/p...
Paid Leave is helping workers — and businesses like mine • Minnesota Reformer
For small businesses like mine, the Paid Leave program saves me money while providing a safety net that my employees deserve.
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Amazed lifestyle people haven’t incorporated climate change into their fall coverage. “The perfect fall bikini” “seven skimpy Halloween costumes for when it’s 90 in the shade” “cool salads for another hot Thanksgiving”
An interesting piece out from @democratictheory.bsky.social. One of the things Mamdani’s campaign & admin does that is replicable & good for democracy beyond policy is to broaden opportunities for civic connection & tell increasingly layered stories of peoplehood w/ “the people” being New Yorkers.
Mamdani’s Mending Story: Rescaling Democratic Peoplehood in an Age of Interregnum | Democratic Theory | Cambridge Core
Mamdani’s Mending Story: Rescaling Democratic Peoplehood in an Age of Interregnum
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because I told everyone that some animals can make babies without a partner
The GOP doesn't get punished if this country doesn't elect more leftists.
Yes ban it immediately please. The idiots who completely offloaded cognition will just Darwin themselves so we won't miss anything.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Some law enforcement agencies treating license plate camera use as confidential information. "Police departments and sheriffs are now adopting formal policies that officers should not mention ALPR usage to vehicle occupants, or even put it in their reports." www.gadgetreview.com/police-are-b...
Police Are Being Told Not to Mention ALPR Searches to Drivers
ALPR cameras log your plate, location, and timestamp daily, yet no law requires police to disclose this during a traffic stop.
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Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷♀️