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Corvidae

@ Corvidae @lemmy.world

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  • More people have been arrested over the Reflecting Pool than the Epstein files

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  • It's not surprising, the US has the highest incarceration rate worldwide. Wealth grants access to legal representation. Mass incarceration disproportionately affects poorer people. Could incarceration be compared to slavery? Jail more poor people? Make America Great Again.

  • Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US

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  • How many words do you require? I wrote, "There's no climate change." The Trump admin is well known for considering climate change a hoax. However, this story is what I had in mind when I wrote that sentence, I'm pretty sure it was a Lemmy.world link from the same day, although I do get text-based news elsewhere.

    I also wrote, "Renewable energy plants are too expensive!" Note the exclamation point"!". I often use it instead of a smiley or a sarcasm mark. Sarcasm doesn't really apply to a truthful observation, such as "I wish it was sarcasm," and I'm often in a state of indecision in such cases. But perhaps my posting history would explain better? I'm not sure what 35 square miles of photovoltaics would cost, I seem to recall "billions" of dollars being mentioned. What is the cost of some natural gas turbines in comparison?

    Do you suppose if and when Democrats take back power from Republicans, these natural-gas turbines can be legally shut down and renewable-energy plants mandated? Will they be allowed to continue operations instead? Do you suppose that the powers that be will just extract every last barrel of crude they can extract and turn it into CO2?

  • Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US

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  • There's no climate change. Renewable energy plants are too expensive!

  • Trump’s DOJ says it’s now investigating MLB over Pride Night and Bible verse controversy

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  • Perhaps, but this one has historical roots. US oligarchs have been trying to shove Christianity down our throats since the Pilgrims and the theocracy known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • How do you do a fried egg sandwich?

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  • No, but thanks for that, if I see it in the store, I'll give it a try.

  • How do you do a fried egg sandwich?

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  • Before I developed an intolerance to eggs, I liked bread, mayo, a little yellow mustard, and well-fried beaten egg (like an omelette).

  • Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud

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  • All men are equal, but some are more equal than others.

  • After Months of Ranting About Taking Iran's Uranium, Trump Asks, 'Why Bother?' | Common Dreams

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  • Dementia.

  • UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X.

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  • Seems kinda like a pecking order. Target the young ones. And by prohibiting kids, you can ID everyone.

  • Trump threatens to ‘take back’ DC if democratic socialist is elected as mayor

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  • Trump won't respect the results of an election?

  • Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax

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  • I never said you were in denial, I said I was reminded of that phrase. The unreliability of government inflation statistics is well known. Shadowing Reality by John Williams explains it well enough. He claims its a bipartisan effort which reduces fiscal expenses by manipulating the CPI.

  • Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax

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  • Then run the numbers on a 60-hour workweek, which ups the yearly wage to $300, making $800 more than two and a half times the average wage. $28K in today's dollars is still way too low to be believable.

    I'm reminded of the Architects phrase from The Matrix, "Denial is the most predictable of human responses."

  • Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax

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  • That's the civil war tax. The accuracy of today's government inflation statistics are contested, for example see ShadowStats as an alternative (although it doesn't go back to the civil war). Per the St. Louis Federal Reserve, the average hourly pay rate was $0.098 per hour in 1860. Assuming 40 hours of work a week and 52 weeks per year, that equates to about $200 per year, which means $800 was four times average yearly wages.

    Today's average yearly wage is somewhere around $60,000 per year. Multiply that by 4 and you're at $240,000. I'm not sure I'd characterize that as rich, but it's certainly upper middle class.

    My point is that your inflation statistic of $800 in the 1860s being equivalent to $28,000 in today's dollars is not particularly believable.

  • Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax

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  • When the income tax started, it was supposed to only apply to the wealthy. Roughly 100 years later, Warren Buffet infamously said that he paid a lower tax rate than his secretary. So much for that.

    There's very little reason to believe a wealth tax would be any different.

  • Hawaii Just Found a Way to Keep Corporations Out of Politics

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  • Reading through this I'm reminded of Reclaim Democracy!'s Our Hidden History of Corporations in the U.S.

  • Trump claims he tanked economy on purpose: 'I love the inflation'

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  • Has this story made it to OAN news, NewsMax, and similar? The people who need to hear it are the people who voted for him.

  • McDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlash

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  • Gonna need a basic income so that freed-up worker can focus.

  • Trump pardons former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading

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  • Imagine what it's like to trade against those who have insider info.

  • Leak Reveals Microsoft Wants Its AI To Be 'Addictive'

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  • My limited understanding of the history was that during the patent medicine era, medicines had proprietary formulas and varying compositions. For example, many formulas had cannabis extract, others contained opium. The initial regulations therefore were done for medical purposes of drug purity. Edited to add, it wouldn't surprise me if the overuse of opium in the patent medicine era led directly to judging the medical usefulness of these drugs, although it's just a guess.