LordOfTheChia

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[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Robotaxi isn't ready and instead we just got a look at the Tesla Model 2.

It would make more sense as others mentioned for a robotaxi to have more room for seating and cargo. Even face to face seating.

Full height cargo space like a SUV or crossover (station wagon) body would maximize cargo space for quick cargo loading and unloading.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup, it's interesting how so many of these universal ID for voting laws don't also include an easy, convenient, and free means for all citizens to get IDs.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

Also there are fast food alternatives to McDonalds as well.

IMO, Wendy's has much better burgers. Haven't had Carl's Jr's in a long while but I remember their "$6 Burgers" were pretty good.

Burger King, the meat quality seems to have gone downhill. Like an unchewable but in each meat patty. They used to be my favorite.

Edit: the "$6 burger" is now called the thick burger since it now costs more than $6

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Do you have an issue with roofers protecting themselves? /s

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Indeed, folks need to get involved at the local level and primaries.

For those that complain about the first past the post voting, Alaska managed to pass ranked choice voting:

https://apnews.com/article/alaska-ranked-choice-voting-5ae6c163af2f8a70a8f90928267c4086

If you hate FPTP and the choices it gives you, don't just sit out the election, that's an inherent vote for the person you like the least. You can try to back a similar ranked choice measure in your state:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Alaska_Measure_2

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

They also included in the ruling that:

"Chief Justice Roberts determines that “official conduct,” which garners presumptive immunity under the Court’s framework, may not be used as evidence of other crimes when prosecuting former presidents."

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-supreme-court-s-presidential-immunity-decision

My understanding, a president having an "official" meeting with his staff regarding commiting a crime that falls outside of his normal presidential duties is no longer admissible as evidence for the criminal act.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Yeah, quite a few people on this 3 year old reddit post talk about that experience:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/p86sjw/a_warning_for_people_considering_donefirst_for/

Done (DoneFirst), also charged an initial $200, then $79 a month though more current reviews mention $90 a month.

The comments on that thread are enlightening.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

This may actually make the medications more available for those who are not patients of "Done Global, Inc" which was a telehealth company that specializes in ADHD.

But those who are patients of Done Global Inc are going to have a hell of a time finding a different doctor and getting back on their meds.

Major pharmacies like CVS Health and Walmart have stopped filling prescriptions from Done

I couldn't find the specific regulation they violated, but reading this and from the vague description, my best guess that they may have been playing loose with "establishing a patient relationship" and doing thorough evaluations of patients to ensure they had ADHD (and possibly skipping alternative lower Schedule medications).

https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/telehealth-policy/prescribing-controlled-substances-via-telehealth

Edit: From the DEA announcement

In many cases, Done Global prescribed ADHD medications when they were not medically necessary.

https://www.dea.gov/documents/2024/2024-06/2024-06-14/statement-dea-administrator-anne-milgram-done-global-inc

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When I think of "stuffing" I think of people creating wholly illegitimate ballots, which does not seem to be what happened here.

That's exactly what ballot stuffing is and why what these folks are charged with is not ballot stuffing:

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_stuffing

Ballot stuffing or ballot box stuffing is a form of electoral fraud in which a greater number of ballots are cast than the number of people who legitimately voted. The term refers generally to the act of casting illegal votes or submitting more than one ballot per voter when only one ballot per voter is permitted.[1]

If the absentee ballots they handled were either fabricated or if the voters they were from already voted, then yes it would be "ballot stuffing" but I didn't see that in the article. Just "mishandling".

Still best that absentee ballots are handled properly as to show the voter hasn't voted in person.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

My ear canals are very sensitive. They're stainless steel. Took a bullet at Corregidor, 1945. Passed straight through my head from one ear to the other. Here look at this.

https://youtu.be/B0sLidTL5bo

 
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