Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

It’s pretty bad, especially in the movies…

If you are an Earth Scientist and new here you are going to want to do 2 things.
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Pinging @jaypdub and @Gaythia
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Louis DeJoy plans to slash 50,000 USPS jobs.

Why in the world does Trump's postmaster general still have his job?

And how is this not a massive national scandal?

🚨 THE SHOW IS BACK. 🚨

This week, @billyd looks into how real some terrible reality show tattoos are. https://underunderstood.com/podcast/episode/how-far-is-tattoo-far-real-or-fake/

The media of record (@WashingtonPost @NYTimes @ABC @nbcnews CBS @CNN) have become part of the problem with the political landscape today. They enabled Trump for clicks, ratings and access and now they’re looking for the same come 2024. Sure they all have some respectable people but for the most part aren’t worth the time anymore. Seek out independent or non-corporate outlets or those not owned by billionaires. We’re at a dangerous time and they fail us.

This is accurate ;)

(via https://marketoonist.com/2023/01/evolution-of-smart-products.html)

Want to help out with development of Toot!? I have been doing some large internal rewriting, and probably introduced some exciting new bugs in the process, so I thought it might be best to do a public beta for this version to shake them out a bit before release.

The link to join the beta is here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/x0MbQhMF

Only join if you are happy to deal with some bugs! Or, if you want a free trial of Toot! and don’t mind a potential bug or two.

Please stop using “mom” as an example of an unsophisticated user of technology. This reinforces harmful stereotypes.

Instead, I suggest using “congressperson”.

This is absurd. Woman goes into early labor, goes to an in-network hospital, but the doctors worked for an out of network hospital? So they parents are on the hook for $12K? RIDICULOUS.

Please shut up forever about how cool it is to "shop for your healthcare" LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT. This is "shopping for your healthcare": being wheeled into the ER and having to check to make sure EVERY PERSON is in your network. Completely impractical and ridiculous.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/30/1151778684/a-baby-spent-36-days-at-an-in-network-hospital-why-did-her-parents-get-a-huge-bi

Seeking investors to build a greenhouse for people to walk their dogs in during winter.

Tyre Nichols. Philando Castile. Maurice Gordon. Ronell Foster. Walter Scott. Samuel DuBose. Sandra Bland. Daunte Wright.

Each of their lives were stolen by police. All were pulled over during traffic stops.

Remove police from traffic enforcement.

We cannot let this continue.