AstridWipenaugh

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AstridWipenaugh ,

The TI-89 was ~$100 when I bought one 20 years ago. Looked it up on Amazon and they're $100-$150 depending on the specific model. They haven't kept up with inflation at all, which means they've been getting cheaper this whole time...

AstridWipenaugh , (edited )

This is nonsense. Coconuts were spread by humans.

Such an origin indicates that the coconuts were not introduced naturally, such as by sea currents. The researchers concluded that it was brought by early Austronesian sailors to the Americas from at least 2,250 BP, and may be proof of pre-Columbian contact between Austronesian cultures and South American cultures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut

AstridWipenaugh ,

It's entitled "The 26th of DiCaprio" and stars an aging woman as she transforms from a young model into a wretched harpy in the span of just a few days.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Similar in Denver for breweries. Restaurants are $8-$12 a pint depending on the place. Mixed drinks are $10-$20 for a single.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror

AstridWipenaugh ,

Burrito pillow

AstridWipenaugh ,

They're not unaware; this is the game. They make the request knowing it will be denied, it gets denied, right-wing media reports that Trump is being censored (he's not) because it's over (it's not) and they're just trying to punish him more (they aren't). But right wingers don't read any other sources, so it makes sense on the surface and they believe it because it fits the narrative.

Iran's allies in Iraq are firing at Israel. Could that trigger a wider war? ( www.reuters.com )

Iran-backed Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq have ramped up rocket and missile attacks on Israel in recent weeks, raising concerns in Washington and among some Iranian allies of potential Israeli retaliation and regional escalation should they draw blood....

AstridWipenaugh , (edited )

acre-foot is my go-to for volume

AstridWipenaugh ,

Nah, I think it'll just be probation with generous terms. If they put him on house arrest, he'll challenge that saying it's political and it will prevent him from campaigning. It'll be easier to just slap him with a "you have to report your travel plans" and a few hours of community service. He deserves much more, but it'll cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and take years if they actually try to punish him. I'll call it a win if we can always refer to him as "convicted felon DT" and let him walk. That will give more ammo for harsher sentences for the federal cases.

AstridWipenaugh ,

10 years from now at home depot... "1 lb. bag of plastic free soil, now only $139.99!"

AstridWipenaugh ,

How do you hold it?

Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population ( www.cnn.com )

None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza  has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday....

AstridWipenaugh ,

There are Hamas tunnels under the pier!

AstridWipenaugh ,

SCOTUS can say that your constitutionally protected right to privacy doesn't extend to your health. So yeah, they can say whatever they want now. They have destroyed any semblance of credibility they once had.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Fortunately for them, Drumpf is dumb enough to break the few laws we do have so they don't need to reign anything in to get him.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Just like every other time... 🤡

AstridWipenaugh ,

Jimmy eats AU sage... Mmmm golden sage

AstridWipenaugh ,

Kids these days are lazy shits. All you have to do to earn $1,000,000,000 by 30 is drop out of school at 15 and work full time 40 hrs/wk with no vacation days. It's tough, but it's possible.

Oh forgot one part: hourly pay needs to average out to $32,051/hr and have exactly zero expenses for 15 years.

AstridWipenaugh ,

We twisted them two extra times. Oh wait... It's lefty tighty, right?

AstridWipenaugh ,

The author apparently hasn't been paying attention the last 8 years. Republicans are most certainly not going to come to the realization that Trump is unfit for office and suddenly decide to run a new candidate a couple months before the election. They have no play but to double down on Trump.

AstridWipenaugh ,

!!isAdvantage

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AstridWipenaugh ,

That's what it looks like when I'm logged out. It's just a bunch of nerd shit when I'm logged in. Don't click the tits, not even once.

AstridWipenaugh ,

FR when the first source is a post on Twitter, get fucked.

AstridWipenaugh ,

This used to be me as a teenager. Hated pants. Turns out, I was poor growing up and had never had a pair of pants that actually fit me properly.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Missed opportunity. A $4.20 cheeseburger with 420 calories would be the top seller.

AstridWipenaugh ,

There's enough DNA registered to find almost literally anyone in the US that way now. It's how they caught the golden state killer. A partial DNA match will narrow down 350,000,000 people to less than 100. Then it's just a matter of gettin' a box of jelly donuts and gettin' down to some good old fashioned police work with a game of Guess Who.

If you're related to anyone that has done a DNA test ever, you're already in the system.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Reports: Bibi missing after hernia surgery

Surgeons: the hernia was quite large, so we had to remove the whole asshole

AstridWipenaugh ,

I bet their Ramadan displays were awesome!

Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices' ( apnews.com )

Yellen, who is planning her second trip to China as Treasury secretary, said Wednesday in Georgia that she will convey her belief to her Chinese counterparts that Beijing’s increased production of green energy also poses risks “to productivity and growth in the Chinese economy.”...

AstridWipenaugh ,

Give me heavily subsidized US made electric vehicles or STFU.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

AstridWipenaugh ,

Joe was about to learn, that in the future, justice was not only blind, but had become rather retarded as well. -Idiocracy

Supreme Court unanimously rules against government in No Fly List case ( thehill.com )

Fikre alleges that he traveled to Sudan in late 2009 in pursuit of growing an electronics business in his native East Africa. The FBI questioned him while in Sudan, according to court filings, telling Fikre he was on the No Fly List and could be removed if he became an informant....

AstridWipenaugh ,

You must have forgotten about the Patriot Act. "Terrorists" don't get rights, and we don't have to tell you why we think you're a terrorist. (And that's super fucked up and unconstitutional)

AstridWipenaugh ,

Not clones, more of a ship of Theseus scenario. A fungal network can be "one thing" because we see it as a single interconnected system. But parts grow and die over time. It doesn't have individual cells that are infinitely old, but the one wholistic fungal organism, as we define it, can live forever through regrowth. There are types of jellyfish that can also "live forever" in this same way.

AstridWipenaugh ,

I used to be a wizard, till I took a mushroom to the knee.

AstridWipenaugh ,

A lot of instances do this instead of fully removing the comment. The person said something unpopular and deleted it themselves.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Blackjack gang represent!

AstridWipenaugh ,

This is from more than 4 months ago...

AstridWipenaugh ,

They're bots

AstridWipenaugh ,

When is Israel going to release the thousands of Palestinian hostages they have in "administrative detention" that have not been accused of any crimes? https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/29/why-does-israel-have-so-many-palestinians-detention-and-available-swap

AstridWipenaugh ,

The side that's a recognized country with their own standing military and also the backing of the largest military in the universe while holding hostages 200:1 gets to answer first.

AstridWipenaugh , (edited )

I think the devil is in the details. Most people support DEI as a concept; very few people believe diversity, as a concept, is bad. I'm personally supportive of DEI in general, but I have mixed feelings about it in practice.

My employer has a pretty broad and active program. They hold informational sessions hosted by the different DEI groups throughout the year. Those sessions provide visibility for the groups, but the content is pretty shallow. I assume it feels good to have those sessions for you if you belong to one of the groups though.

The actual things the DEI program effects are a mixed bag of results. Women and some racial minority groups have increased representation in the company since the groups were created. That's good. But if you're a white cishet male, you'll never encounter any of our recruiters. Recruiting works with the DEI groups to target their special-interest recruiting events. There aren't any inclusion groups that allow white cishet males, so we end up not going to any events they're allowed to attend. Of course, anyone can apply through public channels, but direct recruitment gets priority over web applicants. This effectively means we will only consider a white cishet male if there's nobody else. This structure would be wildly illegal if it were any other group that was excluded in that way, but instead we see that situation lauded as a good thing.

I don't have access to any career coaching or employee support groups because those things are all offered through DEI groups, and I'm not welcome to join any of the groups (I'm only allowed to attend virtual webinars as an ally). There are lots of outside of work team building events as well, but I'm not invited to those either.

I keep hearing that equity isn't a zero-sum game, but it sure feels like it is from where I'm sitting. I want to speak up and say I should have access to the same resources and benefits as everyone else instead of being excluded based on my race, gender, and orientation. But DEI programs have taught me that whites, males, and cishets take up too much air in the room and I should always yield to literally anyone else in the name of equity.

TL;DR DEI feels divisive when there is no inclusion group that includes you

AstridWipenaugh ,

HR exists to protect the company. When you raise a problem to them, you are the one responsible for the problem being put on record. This means you are the problem. Even if you go to HR and they do something about it, you still lose because your coworkers will steer clear of you for being a narc and any chance at a career is pretty much gone. Either work the problem out with your coworkers yourself, ignore it and keep your head down, or find a new job.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Woah, dial it it back a bit. We're not talking about racial discrimination or violence. OP said people were talking behind their backs and provided no additional details. If you file a HR complaint just because you saw someone whispering while looking at you, you're 100% a narc. If you file a racial discrimination lawsuit because you're a minority and the company isn't firing people you don't like, you're the worst kind of person. If there's more to the story, OP didn't share it.

AstridWipenaugh ,

The right supports Israel's genocide too. It's a whole lot easier to count the handful of people in DC that don't support it.

AstridWipenaugh ,

It's illegal to erase official markings.

AstridWipenaugh ,

Here, you dropped this: /s

AstridWipenaugh ,

Uh huh... https://thetexan.news/state/texas-state-news/texas-ranks-lowest-state-in-personal-freedom-according-to-cato-institute/article_077f2458-8d61-11ee-acda-e3032902d205.html

AstridWipenaugh ,

I traveled to North Carolina for work recently. The ads I got on my phone were off the deep end. Gun stores, FJB apparel, and all manner of right wing nonsense. I don't get any of that stuff when I'm using cell data in my town.

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