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Cat dad. My pronouns are what ever makes the conservatives near by the most uncomfortable. But I'm also just a dude.
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If this ain't the fucking truth.
March 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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If I had worn a face mask before the pandemic, I wouldn't have Celiac disease right now & would still be able to eat bread. People don't realize viruses can take pasta from you. I think more people would mask if they realized they could lose pizza forever.
karidru.bsky.social Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · Feb 2
I didn't wear a face mask before the pandemic but frankly I should have been. Had I known how well they'd work, I'd have been all about it.
February 2, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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the former drummer of a local Philly thrash metal band I used to hang out with as a teenager is the reason Elon Musk lost his $56 billion payday and is now at war with Delaware t.co/doah1Mmns5
Billionaires Hate Him: How One Thrash Metal Drummer Cost Elon Musk $56 Billion
A lawsuit against Elon Musk filed by a thrash metal drummer and Tesla stockholder resulted in the CEO losing $56 billion.
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February 2, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Every time you see a strike it should be an indicator of how hard the union has tried to negotiate. No one WANTS to strike. You give up your regular income and have to rely on your strike pool. It’s hard and risky and a last resort.
brigid.bsky.social Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · Feb 2
People get REAL weird about unions & strikes. It’s really ignorant, and so very often insulting. Like strikes aren’t done on a whim? And involve concrete demands and goals? They’re carefully planned by people whose job it is to do that? And compromise is involved? Sheesh.
February 2, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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banditelli.org
Devastating.

Just horrifying to see how organized labor is changing lives.

Something must be done.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Lindsey Rogers, 27, and her husband, Jared, public school teachers in Baker City, Ore., saw their household income double at the start of this school year, rising by around $48,000, because of mandated salary increases in their new union contract. Their school district in rural Eastern Oregon in previous years struggled to fill open positions, but started this school year without a single vacancy because teacher pay jumped significantly, said Erin Lair, superintendent of Baker School District. For the Rogers family, the pay increase means they can afford the $750-a-month child-care costs for their new baby. “We sat down at a union meeting on Zoom, and they pulled up our new pay scale and it was life-changing,” Rogers said. “I was in shock. We were both in tears. We were going to be able to provide a great life for our kid. We were actually going to be paid like professionals.”
February 2, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Want people to get vaccinated? Make it easier for them to get to vaccine sites!

New paper "Distance to vaccine sites is tied to decreased COVID-19 vaccine uptake"

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
COVID-19 remains a leading cause of mortality in the United States, despite the widespread availability of vaccines. Conventional wisdom ties failure to vaccinate primarily to vaccine-skeptic beliefs (e.g. conspiracy theories, partisanship). Yet in this research, we find that vaccination is also hindered by travel distance to vaccine sites (a form of friction, or structural barriers). In study 1, Californians living farther from vaccine sites had lower vaccination rates, and this effect held regardless of partisanship. In study 2, Chicago zip codes saw an uptick in vaccination following vaccine site opening. These results proved robust in multiverse analyses accounting for a wide range of covariates, outcomes, and distance indicators. COVID-19 vaccination is hampered not only by vaccine hesitancy but also by structural barriers like distance. Efforts to boost vaccination could benefit from minimizing friction.
February 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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Greenhouse Effect xkcd.com/2889
February 2, 2024 at 6:16 PM