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  1. My dog izzy passed away back in December of 23. Gus here will be joining the family to fill the hole left by the world's nicest, but dumbest dog ever... Here are Gus' mom and dad, in that order:
    13 points
  2. I do, however, now have a fiancé.
    11 points
  3. It's almost like gun ownership for self / home defense is correlated with false narratives about personal safety, shit tier risk assessment, and preposterous value assessments of property versus life.
    11 points
  4. Posting here since I don't have many other outlets, and I am proud of what I've accomplished. Back in 2015 my wife was diagnosed with MS (while we were still dating), and our employer (we worked at the same insurance brokerage) treated her like shit—they revealed her illness to others, reprimanded both of us for being "gloomy" following the diagnosis, etc. I vowed to quit as I couldn't work there anymore (she ended up staying and they actually changed how they handle things, including a tonne of accommodations for her, and it's a much better place to work). In 2016 I had saved enough to quit and go back to school for programming. I did a two-year associate degree in computer science (basically skipped all electives), and while I burnt through most of my savings, I ended up landing a job as a tier 1 computer technician in the IT dept at a local school division. My salary was lower, but it was a government job so had great pension, benefits, etc. After two years I applied for and received a promotion to an applications job in the same department, which bumped me up to $75k, and I was doing more work with databases and integration scripts. After another two years (last year) I applied for and received a management job as the head of the department's service desk, which bumped me up to $90k. And now most recently, I helped discover another manager was stealing computers from the division (thanks to a new inventory system I brought in, and me being Batman). He got fired, and as a result of not being able to find a qualified replacement easily, the division bumped the pay grid up for managers, so I am also being bumped to $103k with a lot of room for future growth. So my spite-quit from my previous job ended up paying off, and I love my job and team, and on top of that my wife is doing very well (underwent the most risky/potent MS treatment, basically chemo) and hasn't progressed in the last 8 years. I'm turning 40 this year, but I'm in the best shape of my life, recently went back into Ukrainian dance, and most recently performed with the national ballet of Ukraine. I couldn't have had this success without my network of friends and family (and my wife, who helped support us both while I went to school), so I definitely didn't do it alone, but I'm glad I made the changes I did, and took the risks I did. And I'm finally growing out my beard, haha.
    11 points
  5. I don't usually post in this thread and I'm not sure where to put this, but I just want to let it be known that I have Fox News blocked now. I can no longer go to the site at all in any capacity. Let's see if it sticks...
    10 points
  6. That's why I've been falsifying my online identity as a progressive Canadian since 1999. In reality I am a small theatre owner in Texas.
    9 points
  7. 9 points
  8. Yes please. Also make it illegal to have more than 4 hours of different meetings with the same people.
    7 points
  9. RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study ARSTECHNICA.COM Data is consistent with bosses using RTO to reassert control and scapegoat workers. This shouldn't be a surprise at all. There are some good reasons to have in-office work some of the time, in some office-based industries, but being in eye sight of middle management does nothing to affect company performance. Also not surprising is that companies that enforce stricter in-office requirements tend to have CEOs with greater control over company operations, once again proving that most CEOs don't actually know anything about how companies actually work.
    7 points
  10. The notion that a fertilized embryo is "a child" is absolutely fucking batshit, as it implicates anyone who has ever had a miscarriage or who had a fertilized egg fail to implant on the uterine wall, which is almost everyone who has ever brought a pregnancy to term, as someone who committed manslaughter. This shit is completely unhinged, and the push for rulings like is only takes place because of the misogynistic and patriarchal desire to control reproduction. It's despicable.
    7 points
  11. After re-avulsing my Achilles in September while beginning weight bearing, I started to ween out of the walking boot in early January (already a little longer than I clinically needed to out of precaution). After a few days I saw bruising and a lot of swelling...I sent pictures to the doctor, saw my physical therapist, and he determined it was a midfoot sprain; unexpected but not totally crazy given how long I was in the boot. I went back into the boot for another week or so, then began the weaning from the beginning (an hour a day at a time)...As I weaned I continued to see residual swelling, which my PT said would be expected, and that as long as I didn't see any more bruising I should be good to proceed. That brings the timeline into focus two weeks ago, when I worked my way up to being completely free of the boot - residual swelling, but I hadn't seen more bruising in that time, so I wasn't concerned. Today my ortho took an x-ray and determined I had developed Charcot foot - a rare condition for people with neuropathy (primarily due to diabetes, though not in my case) and that four of my metatarsal bones were broken. So...Back into the boot for two months! I am allowed to walk on it at least, but it is certainly not fun to be that your foot is essentially collapsing in on itself.
    6 points
  12. Free speech! MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads WWW.THREADS.NET BREAKING: Elon Musk has cancelled Don Lemon’s partnership with X after Lemon asked Musk questions he did not like. Mr. Free Speech strikes again!
    6 points
  13. Honestly I'd rather they just pass a digital info protection law that prevents companies from collecting and using info to push content algorithms onto people.
    6 points
  14. The deliberate confusion of asylum seekers and actual illegal/undocumented/whatever persons will never not be stupid
    6 points
  15. @best3444is trying to grow and I think we don't need to bring up old stuff as "gotchas"
    6 points
  16. Maybe I’m a bit harsh, but honestly, politics are an important conversation. They affect our everyday lives. More people should be politically active because the dumbest of the dumb who are mind rotted by the Fox News Cinematic Universe vote in EVERY election. I’ve explained my history here, so it triggers me when I see phrases like “Trump was a great president”. He wasn’t. He was one of the worst. And it was a result of political apathy and the “both sides are the same” mindset that led to him becoming President.
    6 points
  17. Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek ELECTREK.CO Tesla has started shipping its ‘Basecamp’, a $3,000 tent designed for the back of the Cybertruck. It’s a bit of... Welp...
    6 points
  18. Police called to Glasgow Willy Wonka event after families demand refunds WWW.BBC.COM Families say the event promising "enchanting suprises" but was little more than an abandoned warehouse. The organizers apparently used AI-generated images to sell tickets: The AI-generated fantasy: The reality:
    6 points
  19. Ok then I donated some money. Thanks for putting this together each year.
    6 points
  20. I think it's interesting how this conversation has shifted over the years. Not very long ago it wouldn't have even been considered remotely plausible that it would financially benefit Nintendo to release games on the PC, and I don't think the actual merits have changed much. There's just the straight up opportunity costs. It's quite plausible to me that Nintendo wouldn't sell that many more games if they released on the PC and it's equally plausible that some of those sales would come at the cost of selling consoles. We can look at examples from Sony and Microsoft, but they're imperfect comparisons at best. There aren't any Nintendo games that look to me like they could be another Helldivers 2. The games that might sell best on the PC are probably the Zelda games, the exact games that they're relying on to sell their consoles. Also, it's more important to Nintendo than to MS or Sony that you buy their hardware, because they actually make money on it. I also think there is a lot of brand control and images issues at play. Nintendo has always been very protective of its brand (which I think is demonstrated in this lawsuit), and I imagine they contribute much of their success and longevity to that protection. I also think there's a simplicity to it that they value and want to hold on to. Want to play a Nintendo game? Buy a Nintendo. Besides all this, I think that if Nintendo were to release games on another platform, the PC probably wouldn't be it. They'd probably put games out on mobile first. I know they've actually done some of that, but they haven't really been hits. (I don't count Pokemon Go, because it wasn't a Nintendo game in any way that matters).
    6 points
  21. So I once again I wanna thank @Slug for running this event year after year. Also for being very generous with the gift card prize. He told me to represent my team, and at first thought a hat. Then I thought “How often do I really get to do this” So I went a little bigger my first official American Team Jersey. Joining a few of my MANY Jays jerseys, but they all match Also I’m not stoned in that pic, just on a few pain meds. Stoned shortly afterwards to help me out
    6 points
  22. How U.S. Pressure Helped Save Brazil’s Democracy FOREIGNPOLICY.COM Mounting evidence suggests Biden kept pro-Bolsonaro generals from executing a coup. Interesting article. Obviously he didn't do this single-handedly, but his administration maintained a concerted pressure and effort (including back channels to Brazilian military leaders) to prevent a coup. Every single former US president is rolling in their graves at US leadership preventing a military coup in South America.
    6 points
  23. Virginia Senate passes bill to strip Confederate organizations of tax breaks WWW.KXAN.COM “It’s about who we are giving special privileges to and what they stood for.”
    6 points
  24. This quote here from the end of the article really lays out the long-term goal: This is a war. It doesn't matter if their views are popular or not, that doesn't factor into their strategy. In fact it only HELPS their narrative of Christian persecution. They've known for a long time the voting population has been moving away from extremist Christian views. They've been playing the long game. They don't need or care about the will of the people. The goal through gerrymandering, voter registration restrictions, eliminating polling places in minority communities and on college campuses, and most recently when they upped the ante drastically with the fake elector scheme, voter intimidation, hindering or elimination of mail-in ballots, and the Jan 6 insurrection... That's the real game. Systematic dismantling of the systems of democracy, while sowing the seeds of mistrust among Conservatives in the integrity of our elections. Convince enough people you're right, and put the right people in positions of judicial power, and you have all the pieces for ending democracy, and you didn't even need the majority to do it.
    6 points
  25. cool and totally normal ideals. religion is a cancer
    6 points
  26. More of these people should move to Russia. I think this is a great idea.
    6 points
  27. A Canadian right-wing family crowdfunded money and moved to Russia to live in a perfect non-woke paradise, and immediately found out that Russia sucks ass. "Christian" family moves to Russia to escape LGBTQ, and now can't wait to leave their living hell WWW.DAILYKOS.COM The patriarch of a right-wing Canadian family of eight had just about enough of the gay people existing in his country. “We didn't feel safe for our children there in the future anymore. There's a lot of left-wing ideology, LGBTQ, trans, just a lot of... The pro-Russia propaganda being spun by the American and Canadian right-wing is ridiculous, but is clearly working on idiots.
    6 points
  28. Got into Austin a little late as my wife decided last minute to join me for the weekend shows, but grabbed my badge and ran over to the Paramount just in time to slip into my first screening: Road House Director Doug Liman Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor This movie is definitely a throw back piece, but not one that is just nostalgia porn. It is hokey in the right way if you’re willing to roll with it. Biggest problem the film has is that Jake and Conor are the only memorable parts of the cast, which is fine when they are on screen, but the flick loses steam when they aren’t. I was fully expecting quality of performance that Gyllenhaal put out, I think he is tremendous, but I was surprised at how well McGegror worked in this role. I guess to some degree he has been a performer his whole career, but doing it in a narrative film is a different beast. Could be just a perfect match of man and material, but I can imagine him getting more calls for similar roles in the future. I give it a slight recommend Afterward I went to the Film/TV opening night party to talk shop with some filmmakers about the distribution platform and get some feedback. Overall a great opening day even with the delayed start!
    5 points
  29. At a bar in Barcelona next to guys speaking Russian who look military for sure I may or may not have said Slava Ukraini If you don’t hear from me in a few days you know why, glad I’m wearing a muscle shirt where my military ink was visible
    5 points
  30. DON'T CHICKEN OUT NOW, YOU COWARDS!
    5 points
  31. Ken Buck teases more Republican resignations are coming WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM The Colorado House Republican hinted that the GOP's House majority could soon be over.
    5 points
  32. Lauren Boebert defeated in Republican poll after Donald Trump endorsement WWW.NEWSWEEK.COM The congresswoman struggled in another GOP candidate straw poll, only a day after Trump endorsed her.
    5 points
  33. Some of you do get overly aggressive with best for little reason (sometimes).
    5 points
  34. 'Republicans made a mistake': Pollster identifies GOP's biggest blunder on Biden SOTU - Raw Story WWW.RAWSTORY.COM Sarah Longwell, a one-time Republican pollster who has kept her distance from the party ever since the emergence of former President Donald Trump, said the GOP made a grievous error by setting... Lmao stay mad chuds
    5 points
  35. Down ballot republicans are going to be so fucked when the RNC has no funds for their elections.
    5 points
  36. France makes abortion a constitutional right in historic Versailles vote | France | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Eiffel Tower lit up to mark change, seen as way of protecting law that decriminalised abortion in 1975 Excellent news.
    5 points
  37. I remember that time I was "pretty confident" I could reach the swimming pool from my porch roof.
    5 points
  38. Jon Stewart’s ‘calm-down’ paternalism isn’t funny in 2024 WWW.WBUR.ORG Jon Stewart remains devoted to a lazy brand of false equivalency in which all political candidates are suspect, writes Steve Almond. But the political fate of this country isn’t a joke. I agree with a lot of this and it helps to pinpoint why many felt last week's segment was tone-death. Stewart can't return for this election with the same tone he's used on previous elections and expect it to work. The stakes are way too high this time around and acting like this is just another election does not ring true for those paying attention.
    5 points
  39. Federal judge affirms MyPillow's Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute APNEWS.COM A federal judge has affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell.
    5 points
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