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Captainant

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  1. My wifes old 2015MBP has a removable HDD
  2. Pretty good writeup on the clown show that the court allowed trump to marshall in https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a60051168/fani-willis-hearing-fulton-county-da/ It really does seem like this judge is gearing up to dance to trumpcos tune and allow the defendant to create a media circus to fabricate the "appearance of impropriety". Shit like this is why I have been insistent in repeating the justice departments demonstrated favor towards assisting the fascists and delaying their justice.
  3. If you enjoyed that, you should watch the entire "Inside" special by Bo Burnham. It's got tons of funny and biting songs like that. And also, I really dig his use of cinematography - in the "White Woman's Instagram" song it's always in the square IG framing until the song leaves character and talks about missing her mom, when it shifts to a full picture. And then when the lyrics become more IG-tropey the picture pulls back into the square (curated and produced) image. He does loads of great visual storytelling like that, it's awesome
  4. Goat sucker is a troll and we are getting sucked by him. I erred in my judgement in engaging with him, and he's not here to participate in good faith. He's taking joy in not reading the thread and just declaring everyone as reactionaries just throwing around mean words. It's a shame that the mods don't give a shit about trolling in the CR. Plus, ACTUAL critical race theory does actually consider and talk about native Americans, not just black folks. Chupacabra is repeating the chris rufo disinformation line and framing of CRT, wether he realizes it or not. And rather than being intellectually curious to read what he's unintentionally stanning for (which is genuinely driving much of the anti-DEI shit across the country), he's digging in his heels and victimizing more
  5. It sure is a good thing that industry lobbyists successfully killed a bill last year that would have set a health-conscious PFAS limit and provided enforcement mechanisms. I just know that the American consumer will be protected and that they'll have sufficient recourse against the corporations profiting off of literally poisoning them
  6. No, it's that you're coming into a 63 page thread and deciding what the entire discourse has been without reading it, and we are telling you that you're being a dumbass. Dial back the performative victimhood a little my guy
  7. I see that the goat sucker is a real straight shooter with upper management written all over him. That's not been the subject of this thread, but if you want to decide that it is and lie to yourself about it, go for it I guess. You may enjoy yourself more at texags if you're not big on intellectual honesty.
  8. Have you heard of the phrase "critical race theory"? Rufo's been slinging that shit since the late 20-teens. Here's an article from the New Yorker with a ton of details https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/how-a-conservative-activist-invented-the-conflict-over-critical-race-theory You're literally a couple years late with this trolling schtick.
  9. No, this is where we follow fascists like Christopher Rufo who's spreading racist drek and misinformation about CRT in order to whip up useful and hateful idiots
  10. Can't have something that would upset children like swearing at a meeting about children getting murdered en mass in the classroom
  11. A fucking evangelical deacon is the kind of monster who posts something like that. This is entirely within his character as a human and follower of christ. He's gleeful.
  12. Ok so in order of things: I literally just paid $150 in fees PER TICKET for a show I'm seeing in May. Do you want me to post my receipt or something? For fucks sake! The STIR/SHAKEN framework is directly from the FCC website, and it absolutely would cut down on spam calls. Implementing will have costs, and telcos are resisting their legally mandated fixes because they don't want to pony up. https://www.fcc.gov/call-authentication https://commsrisk.com/big-us-telcos-ignored-stir-shaken-deadline-no-punishment-yet/ I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with here. Since 2016, there's been about 28.5% inflation. Since 2009 there's been nearly 50% inflation. https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1.00&year1=201601&year2=202401
  13. Wow I was just shit posting when I referred to the free market as God. I'm not entirely certain that 52-80 is joking lol. That's some unhinged shit
  14. Ah fuck that's my bad. You're right that is a pretty considerable difference in hourly rate
  15. Holy shit I had no idea Topo had such a high level of PFAS in it. I think them taking care of it was in response to the new EPA legal limit that set it at 4 parts per trillion. The EPA does have non-enforceable “advisory health limits” of 0.02 ppt and 0.004 ppt for PFOA and PFOS, respectively so I'd say there's a way to go
  16. I appreciate your continued pattern of never actually specifically taking issue with anything, and just generally disagreeing while lying about what I've posted. You must make your parents so proud.
  17. I don't think I've really made many assertions in this thread since it's been primarily discussion on agreed upon facts and microeconomic gripes of the quality of everything going down while the price goes up. In other threads where I'm asserting things I absolutely cite whenever possible and I'd argue that I'm pretty thorough in doing so. If you have an actual example to show me and not just your emotion and feelings, I'm happy to be correct and try to do better. I guess I just don't get why you're posting in this thread, aside from being 52-80's Salacious Crumb
  18. It would be much more helpful to the discussion if you provided citations to your assertions and links to your sources rather than just screenshots and your paraphrasing. But I know you're not here to discuss and just want to threadshit so people won't discuss enshittening, so carry on I guess.
  19. Grandview, Texas! Come on down! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/01/texas-farmers-pfas-killed-livestock A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer. Two small Texas ranches at the center of that case have also filed a federal lawsuit against Synagro, alleging the company knew its sludge was contaminated but still sold it. Sludge spread on a nearby field sickened the farmers, killed livestock, polluted drinking water, contaminated beef later sold to the public and left their properties worthless, the complaint alleges. The PFAS levels independent testing found on the farm were “shockingly high”, said Kyla Bennett, policy director for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility nonprofit, which is assisting in the analyses. The farms’ drinking water was found to be contaminated at levels over 65m times higher than the federal health advisory for PFOS, one kind of PFAS compound, a Guardian calculation indicates, and meat was as much as 250,000 times above safe levels, the lawsuit alleges. The complaint alleges the families will likely have to abandon their ranches from which they sell livestock that are later used for beef production. “It’s devastating and terrifying,” said Mary Whittle, an attorney representing the farmers. “They have developed these properties to be the center of their world … and this is how they make their money.” ... The sludge spread near the Grandview, Texas farms came from the city of Fort Worth’s wastewater treatment facility, about 30 miles north. Sludge was spread on a crop field across the street from the plaintiffs’ farms in late 2022, and the highly mobile chemicals migrated to their properties, the suit alleges. Soon after, virtually all fish died in a pond from which the family ate what it caught. Testing showed catfish with PFOS levels in their blood as high as 74,000 ppt for PFOS – a level 30,000 times above the dosage at which humans may get sick from consuming. Around 10 cows and several horses on one farm have died without explanation since the sludge was spread. Testing of a stillborn calf liver found levels as high as 613,000 ppt. Among other health issues farmers say they have experienced since the sludge was spread are high blood pressure, respiratory problems, cardiac issues, generalized pain, skin irritations and one farmer grew a mass on her thoracic spine that threatens to leave her paralyzed. Testing of drinking water in the two properties’ wells found levels as high as 268,000 parts per trillion (ppt), far above the .004 ppt limit for PFOS.
  20. The median wage earner (according to 52-80, earning $15/hr for 41k/yr income) would usually have to take a second job, which also doesn't give full time hours. And neither job schedules you with more than a few days notice. A good friend of mine from way back has made a habit of fucking up and is stuck in that phase of working hourly jobs, and the cold truth is there's just not much out there that offers full hours and benefits
  21. The fundagellical private school I did elementary school in had everyone sign a statement of faith that included wording to let them kick you out and keep your money if you were "unchristlike". I came across it in my parents old school stuff that they kept, and it was a bit of a shock to read. If someone is involved with something that requires them to sign a document proving how faithful they are, there's a good chance they're involved in some crazy. And does anyone else find it ironic that they make you PROVE your faith, rather than taking it on faith? Those little logical inconsistencies are always fun
  22. The other figure to go with a little more than 100 dead - over 800 wounded in the massacre. And some sick fuck thought it would be fun to film with a drone and upload. What great allies with a sympathetic cause.
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