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Not looking to date. Former journo. Work in global news media. Writer. Gen X. Activist & organizer. chinga la migra! Portland. Old punk. Buddhist. Drummer. Resister. βπ»βπ» Dallas Stars π
No one wealthy is going to buy a house next to a noisy migraine headache inducing data center. And those 70 to 100 jobs are gone after its complete
Diarrhea isnβt the only reason to tell Taylor Farms to fuck off. (Also: the prison industrial complex was always about slavery)
Chad Loder@chadloder.dev Β· 4d agoThe diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
THIS. Reminds me of this song
All U Can Eat
YouTube video by Ben Folds Five - Topic
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Bruce Coffman@brucecoffman.bsky.social Β· 4d agoLook, you motherfuckers who love your Amazon and your Walmart so fucking much ENJOY. ENJOY. ENJOY. I'm not asking anyone to ever, ever, ever again consider trying to spend with less evil, more ethical alternatives because I see now that America LOVES EVIL. ENJOY IT. ENJOY. ENJOY. ENJOY. ENJOY.
Got a good job down at the Data Center. I work on the line, and it's hard work but it's honest and the wage is fair; my family and I are grateful for it. I rivet the word "absolutely" onto the little apologies that chatbots do when they misunderstand a prompt.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com Β· 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
Data centers are not creating local jobs. Not even for construction.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com Β· 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
I agree with @drsandman11.medsky.social: If you didn't look like this & doing everything you can to prevent people from dying during the pandemic, maybe think twice before judging Dr. Fauci.
Well hello again! A big βthanks for THIS ENTIRE SHITSHOW we have today, motherfuckerβ fuck you to Ronald Reagan.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Β· 5d agoRonald Reagan ignored the AIDS crisisβand his βdear friendβ from Hollywood, Rock Hudson, who asked for help. Dr. Fauci jumped in and helped. Guess which guy the homophobic ghouls in the Republican Party revere today.
In 1944, MN teenager Jeanne Gibson went to work in the Seattle shipyards welding destroyers for the Allies. She then moved to Juneau and joined the Army Transportation Corps supplying ships in the Pacific. She later got a Masterβs and her pilots license. RIP, hero. π«‘ www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
And with that, my laptop is closed and work can wait. Off to the Scottish highlands on Monday!
Elmo and friends Scottish dance
ALT: Elmo and friends Scottish dance
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Once again β¦ a hearty fuck you to Susan Collins
Joe Sudbay@joesudbay.bsky.social Β· 5d agoVia @pressherald.com (gift link) Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collinsβ U.S. Senate bid Collins "had friendly meetings with Musk in the past while also saying last year she was βvery concernedβ about some of DOGEβs moves" www.pressherald.com?p=7697086&uu...
If this badass manages to get the unredacted Epstein Files out into the world, and she's close, she deserves the Nobel.
This banger has been on my head all day. May it now grace your thought buckets, too
CAPTAIN & TENNILLE β love will keep us together (official video)
YouTube video by samuel matthews
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Sincerely, with my full chest, fuck Susan Collins.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Β· 6d ago8 years ago.
Fucking THIS π
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com Β· 6d ago"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "Thatβs precisely whatβs happening in the United States today."
Months of bombing and a blockade just to get Iran to do what Obama got with a pen.
We can absolutely explain why these third world countries are so dangerous. It rhymes with simperialism.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com Β· 7d agoStephen Miller's rhetoric is indistinguishable from 1939 Joseph Goebbels
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Chevy Chase in Fletch: Funny Moments
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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com Β· 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.Β In January, we made these corporations change their apps β and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.Β This is only the beginning.