ccunning

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

That gives them a year or two to fix HKSV.

Not counting on it…

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Washing machine drains to it to.

I hope you mean the dishwasher…

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

RIP K-9 units 😢

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 112 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Honestly even putting this nonsense in a headline is negligent.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But they don’t need an excuse. They can just do the thing.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Have the security risks associated with third party keyboards been mitigated somehow? I made the decision not to use them years ago and have never revisited it.

 

The default web interface is awful, at least on mobile.

Hoping to find something decent at searching sorting and filtering.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

“I’m Garbagicus!”

I’m Garbagicus!”

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I finally caught another of the YouTube ads and it was paid for by futureforwardusa.org.

The message, again, was very generic with friendly animation and cheery music. The message was the same. “Your vote is private; whether you vote is public” with the addition of “make a plan to vote”.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’ve mostly seen YouTube ads so not sure how to share those here. I happened to get another postcard today though, with the exact same wording is the one I linked to elsewhere in this thread:

If you look at votingmatters.org it says:

Paid for by the Democratic National Committee (202) 863-8000
This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I’m honestly surprised Republicans are doing this unless it’s extremely targeted.

Increasing voter turnout generally works against them.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

This is the first clearly partisan one I’ve seen.

Mostly I’ve seen them as videos that plainly state. “Who you vote for is secret. Whether you vote is public record”. I did get one handwritten postcard saying the same.

I found them mostly “interesting” as a concept, but others have felt they’re threatening:

The first one I saw I looked up the “Paid for by…” entity and it was a Kamala PAC so I just kinda assumed they all were before seeing this.

 

I’m looking for serious answers to understand the mentality. Please avoid the snark. I know it’s low hanging and tempting but I’m pretty sure most, if not all, of use here on Lemmy “get it”.

I just can’t get out of my head how absurd it is that we, in the U.S. anyway, put so much of the tax burden on working class folks instead of those most benefiting from our economic system.

It seems to me the standard deduction should be at least the median personal income (~$40k) if not the mean(~$60k) with progressive tax brackets adjusted to cover costs thereafter and possibly a supplemental wealth tax.

But I’m not an economist so trying to understand why I’m wildly wrong and this would be a terrible idea either from an economic perspective or from a political perspective.

 

No one knows the cure.

 

Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, the community of Spruce Pine, population 2,194, is known for its hiking, local artists and as America’s sole source of high-purity quartz. Helene dumped more than 2 feet of rain on the town, destroying roads, shops and cutting power and water.

 

The film's score was composed by Joe Strummer, former member of the punk rock band the Clash; the film's soundtrack contains a number of popular and alternative punk rock, skaand new wave songs.

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