@karabean.bsky.social
I’m a liberal, a hard polytheist pagan, and a believer in equal rights for all. I’m a huge sci-fi and fantasy fiction reader, a lover of snark, and a geek for comics, Star Wars, and Star Trek. Firefly forever!
What is one concrete, realistic step that should be taken now to protect the midterms? We reached out to non-partisan voting experts with this simple but urgent question. Here are their suggestions 👇
The Clock Is Ticking to Secure the Midterms — Here’s What the Experts Say
7 practical ways to keep the November elections free and fair.
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If we want to make lives more affordable, we've got to lower to cost of housing.
Long story short -the warehouse loss cost the same as the cost to get everyone to a living wage for the region and the company would still have over 2 billion in profits each year. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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The Guardian is a very worthwhile newspaper that writes interesting articles and is well worthy of donations or support. #TheGuardianrocks www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?
As stories of men leaving their dates in ‘sketchy situations’ go viral, experts say these incidents could stem from big egos and poor communication
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Why doesn’t Trump’s administration want the FTC investigating price fixing or algorithmic pricing? How come we haven’t seen any news reports or information on forward motion on this since Trump took power?
At what point will grocery stores get charged with collusion or fraud for charging different people different prices for the same things? And then larger online marketplaces like Amazon?
Here’s the problem with “wages are up” messaging - it includes top executives pulling up the average, and ignores all the people who have given up looking for work after 2 or more years. I just see red when political messaging tries to gaslight the public.
P-Terry’s still has reasonably priced burger meals. Not like 80’s pricing, but compared to Burger King, McDonalds, and Wendy’s, much better.
I highly doubt colleges and universities will magically be able to reduce their budgets. This is a move to make them more dependent upon n the government and to reduce graduate program accessibility to the wealthy. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Department of Education Concludes Negotiated Rulemaking Session to Implement the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's Loan Provisions
The Department concluded its negotiated rulemaking session, where the Reimagining and Improving Student Education Committee reached consensus on the entire package of federal student loan-related chan...
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I really wish brain scans could be done for everyone. Without them we all stab in the dark. youtu.be/esPRsT-lmw8?...
The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Remember to check their votes when they knee-jerk blame everything on others.
George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social · 11mo agoThey don’t really care about hungry kids. Just political power. Hold the line, Democrats.
@pepsico Pepsi Company, release your independent testing results for your protein powder and drinks. Tell us what your labs were saying about lead and other heavy metals in them.
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279K views · 21K reactions | How does our gender inform what we can see? #identity #robinwallkimmerer #deer #men #reality #Science #wildlife #masculinity #women #patriarchy #feminism #woods #healthecy...
How does our gender inform what we can see? #identity #robinwallkimmerer #deer #men #reality #Science #wildlife #masculinity #women #patriarchy #feminism #woods #healthecycle #gender
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Sounds like hardly any non-AI work in it or checking done on references cited. And submitted to the government! youtube.com/watch?v=oN0n...
Deloitte caught out using AI in $440,000 report | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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I’m firmly in the “right to repair, stop planned obsolescence” camp. youtube.com/watch?v=138S...
The Secret Counter in Your Washing Machine Bosch, Siemens series 4 & 6 How long do they last?
YouTube video by how-2-repair.com
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Not everything is doom and gloom. abc11.com/amp/post/med...
Medical debt NC | Governor Stein, NCDHHS announce more than $6.5 billion in debt erased in North Carolina | abc11.com
Governor%20Josh%20Stein%20announced%20through%20North%20Carolina's%20Medical%20Debt%20Relief%20Program%2C%20more%20than%20%246.5%20billion%20in%20medical%20debt%20has%20been%20relieved
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YouTube must be running out of content! Now I can’t see more than 3 “recommendations” options, can’t scroll right on tv - there aren’t any more! Nor can I scroll right in other categories. Content creators must be leaving in droves thanks to their current monetization policies. #youtube @youtube