reddig33

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Anyone else old enough to remember those “look for the union label” jingle commercials?

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“Prosecutors can now put an expert on the stand—someone who apparently has the convenient ability to read minds”

Well put. Also wondering why Ketanji Brown joined the majority on this one.

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The media needs to find another photo of this person.

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This whole debate seems like such a mistake/gamble on both sides. The press is going to run wild with any “senility-looking” blunders either candidate makes. I dunno why either party agreed to a debate. We are already very familiar with both candidates.

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What went wrong: The US government allowed studios to own streaming and broadcast channels. This resulted in extreme fragmentation of the market where programs were no longer sold on the open market and every studio felt like they had to open their own streaming channel to compete.

It didn’t work when studios owned movie theaters and so that was outlawed. Now we’ve come full circle and studios can buy movie theaters. That’s not going to save the theaters because the studio is going to put their product out for a week before shuffling it off to their streaming channel. Or worse, cancel it for a write off rather than let it air on competing networks.

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This is why Paramount is headed to bankruptcy despite having numerous franchises and a huge back catalog.

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Is this like nuclear waste that has to be stored in caves? Or can you actually do something constructive with these bricks?

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Yep, that sounds dumb. Organic waste should be used for fertilizer.

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We can eliminate mosquitoes that bite humans and there will still be plenty of related species left for birds and bats to eat.

cdc.gov/…/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html

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In some cases it’s the state that makes the mistake. Not the city. There are lots of people in Austin and Houston who do not want the interstate widened. But TxDOT and the feds are going to push through those projects anyway.

In Austin, the local government is trying to install voter-approved light rail, but the state attorney general is suing to try to stop it.

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Makes it easier to spot which neighbors to avoid.

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Just what we needed, more fucking mergers. 

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One of the few games I actually played all the way through. I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought the environments, puzzles, and animations were really well done.

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I played it the year it came out (whenever that was).

In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time (www.npr.org)

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led by Nelson Mandela. The ANC has dominated South African politics since winning in the first post-apartheid elections 30 years ago....

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Thank you NPR editors for not saying “an historic” for once.

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In the US, the H isn’t silent. So we’re taught to say “a historic” and “a hospital”. But for some reason many US journalists like to pretend they went to Eton or something. And NPR is in the US. So I was commenting about how nice it was to see a US-based journalist use US grammar for a change.

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Milk doesn’t have to be inhumane. We’ve just traded local small farms that cared for their animals and delivered locally with corporate conglomerates who want to maximize profit at the expense of their herd.

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His character (and species) was the best part of Discovery.

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“Fools and their money are soon parted.”

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Bring back Hemmer!!!

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That looks amazing. Makes me wonder why they didn’t sell a monitor like this back in the day.

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Wtf is “popular.info”? Got a more reliable source?

Dr. Pulaski Appreciation Post (startrek.website)

I don’t know whether it’s a popular opinion or not, but I think Dr. Pulaski was a great character and I found her much more interesting than Dr. Crusher. I don’t know if it was down to the writing or the performance but Pulaski is one of the best parts of season 2 and I would have been happy to see her character continue....

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Fantastic actress. She kicked ass as Rosalynd Sheas on L. A. Law among other great roles. Did a great job as Pulaski as well. I really wish Trek would give Pulaski a shout out on one of the other series currently in production.

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Brilliant photo illustration.

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You can probably drop the “lol” part.

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Barf.

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This was festering long before the Internet. Where do you think Margaret Atwood got the idea of the Handmaids Tale from?

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Strange. This looks like a decent evolution of the previous game, with a built-in audience.

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Was that headline written by AI? It’s like someone just had to work the word “slams” in there and it reads like a fetus with no brain stem did the slamming.

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Presidents can push to have decrepit old justices from their own party retire so he/she can replace them with a younger model before the next election.

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Why are you getting your news from a site with a “.shop” url?

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He is so creepy. Like a Great Value version of Brock Lesnar.

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I wonder how many Trump supporters buy electric cars or solar panels?

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So glad the Democratic establishment threw their weight behind Cuellar instead of Jessica Cisneros. 🙄

texastribune.org/…/henry-cuellar-endorsements-hou…

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Go.com was a stupid decision someone at ABC made around the time that Time Warner also stupidly purchased AOL. And stupid ABC/Disney has held onto the go.com domain ever since.

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“The cruelty is the point.”

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Wah. Wah. Wah.

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The milk is probably safe if it’s pasteurized. Not so sure about the ranchers who are repeatedly exposed to sick cows tho.

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Just as long as they aren’t spreading it to everyone else they run into who doesn’t work with cows.

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For me it depends on the brand, added sugars, and what you’re using it for (cooking, cold cereal, smoothies, drinking it straight). This seems to be the case for all of the plant-based milks. But it can be enjoyable finding the ones you like.

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Someone at Microsoft thinks they can sell the expensive razor blades without selling razors. Probably why they purchased Activision.

It’s a shame because Microsoft made some interesting hardware for a while.

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They’ve made a lot of good peripherals like keyboards, mice, joysticks. Xbox one used to support Kinect and TV tuners which was nice.

The surface line has been interesting, and I’d be tempted to buy one if they didn’t come with Windows 11 (I need to look up if you can install Win 10 on the newer ones).

They came out with some wild stuff during the Sidekick phone days like Microsoft Kin and Zune. But honestly current management doesn’t seem to be interested in anything but boring but profitable software services (like Xbox game pass) that they can charge a subscription for.

Edit: I wish Zelifcam hadn’t deleted his comments. They were good questions/conversation.

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I’d imagine most people with those SUVs don’t actually own them. They’re either leasing them, or have a huge monthly car payment that they’ll just fold into another car loan when trading it in for the next.

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“80% of new cars in the United States are financed.”

statista.com/…/share-of-new-vehicles-with-financi…

1/5 of new cars are leased.

statista.com/…/share-of-new-vehicles-on-lease-usa…

Eight of the top ten vehicles leased in 2020 were SUVs or large trucks.

experian.com/…/what-are-the-most-commonly-leased-…

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These roasts where journalists and politicians hob nob are so cringey.

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There are plenty of government buildings that are accessible, including schools. Why are we using churches?

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Republicans skew old and military. Both are a large percentage of absentee ballots. Please don’t stop them from continually shooting themselves in the foot.

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Sounds like Biden should start cutting federal funding of projects in Florida.

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