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  1. Thread: Trans Days…

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    It’s tough to tell since only hardcore right wing...

    It’s tough to tell since only hardcore right wing news sites bothered to report on this, and do so in such a way that one actually has no idea what actually happened but it sounds like biden’s ’I...
  2. What, specifically, is wrong with Biden for you? ...

    What, specifically, is wrong with Biden for you? From my perspective he’s done a competent job of getting a surprising amount of his agenda put into law, he’s attempted to do things in a bipartisan...
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    My mother worked as a seamstress for the first...

    My mother worked as a seamstress for the first two years my parents were married so dad could go to school on the GI bill. After that she quit working and became a housewife. As an elementary school...
  4. Thread: Trans Days…

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    And I'm sure the trans hater community in the US...

    And I'm sure the trans hater community in the US will keep focusing on how they perceive that Joe Biden turned easter into a trans event. Because the trans haters are that much divorced from...
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    Similarly i’ve got a thumb drive with all my...

    Similarly i’ve got a thumb drive with all my financial passwords in a vault with the password to the vault written down on a piece of paper. This is all in a paper file folder stored in one of those...
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    Personally I found the weather in Phoenix last...

    Personally I found the weather in Phoenix last August preferable to the weather in Chicago last week. Cold and rainy/snowy just isn't my style.

    As to the AZ court ruling it's just another...
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    When we still had our orange kitties one of them...

    When we still had our orange kitties one of them was an especially prolific shedder. Thankfully he loved to be broshed. One afternoon we were sitting on our deck and I spent probably a half hour...
  8. Thread: Eclipse

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    We’re in Dallas and got to see it. Drove north to...

    We’re in Dallas and got to see it. Drove north to Oklahoma because it was really cloudy here. It ended up clearing in Dallas but oh well.

    I was absolutely mesmerized in 2017 by how different...
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    We have solar lights outside in our backyard. ...

    We have solar lights outside in our backyard. The stay lit all night by this time of year so we could bring them inside if need be to give at least some light in our living room. And we can cook on...
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    If, like LDAHL, you don't want to pay the extra...

    If, like LDAHL, you don't want to pay the extra $.10 for sick leave then yeah, you're one of the cynics. And one of the people likely to get covid from a fast food worker that couldn't take time...
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    Someone dealing with cancer probably will need...

    Someone dealing with cancer probably will need FMLA leave, which isn't paid. Ideal? No. The best that they can get? Yeah. Most people needing the sick days California gives will be people needing...
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    The one big outage I ever suffered was nyc 20...

    The one big outage I ever suffered was nyc 20 years ago. When half the east coast was out. I’ve mentioned before making a hack jackery out of concern for forced outages during wildfire season but in...
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    How common is it for everyone to lose power...

    How common is it for everyone to lose power during storms? I realize that I have lived my whole life in big cities and in many places have had buried power lines which are generally more reliable,...
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    Yes. But someone dealing with cancer probably...

    Yes. But someone dealing with cancer probably needs more than 5 sick days.
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    And doing the math that’s 1 day every 10 weeks or...

    And doing the math that’s 1 day every 10 weeks or 1 day in 50. A 2% labor cost increase. Assuming labor is half the cost of fast food a 1% price increase would pay for it. I imagine most customers...
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    That looks beautiful! Congratulations.

    That looks beautiful! Congratulations.
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    Personally I’d rather not have a fast food worker...

    Personally I’d rather not have a fast food worker making my food while sick.
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    And the most horrible of evil horrors, California...

    And the most horrible of evil horrors, California also mandates that all workers except rare exceptions such as airline flight crews get 5 paid sick days per year.
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    They are. And maybe that’s the key difference. ...

    They are. And maybe that’s the key difference. Despite being gig workers though, they get minimum wage, a health insurance stipend, workers comp insurance, and a mileage stipend.
  20. Thread: What's for dinner?

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    Tonight is sloppy joes. Tomorrow morning will be...

    Tonight is sloppy joes. Tomorrow morning will be a sloppy Joe breakfast burrito with the leftovers!
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    I wonder what’s different about the Minneapolis...

    I wonder what’s different about the Minneapolis law compared to California’s. California’s was supported by both the drivers and Uber/lyft.
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    YouTube guy wouldn’t get the clicks, likes and...

    YouTube guy wouldn’t get the clicks, likes and subscribes if he didn’t predict that the sky was falling. So of course he predicts that the sky will fall due to this.
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    I've never walked off a job but my predecessor at...

    I've never walked off a job but my predecessor at my first job out of college did. I sat down at my desk my first day and opened the drawers and there were a pair of high heels in one. I pulled...
  24. Ugggh. TMS, that sounds horrible. So sorry...

    Ugggh. TMS, that sounds horrible. So sorry you're going through all that. My problem seems minor in comparison.

    I just suggested a housekeeper to friend. We'll see how it goes. He finally...
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    California passed a ballot initiative a few years...

    California passed a ballot initiative a few years ago that kind of created a hybrid gig worker/employee. Basically I believe they are still considered gig workers who can set their own schedules etc...
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