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House Passes Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote
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Yes. They stated they would vote for a clean bill and then did what they said. Like adults.
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House Passes Johnson’s Plan to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote
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Yes. They stated they would vote for a clean bill and then did what they said. Like adults.
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Joe Rogan Says It’s a ‘Fact’ That Jan. 6 Was a False Flag, Cites Ray Epps
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Vote with your wallet. Deezer is pretty good. I switched to them when Spotify decided I needed Rogan in my life despite their algorithm undoubtedly indicating otherwise.
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'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in
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The adult broke it up.
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Anon on credit scores
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I certainly have problems with the way current financial institutions operate, but prior to the credit score there wasn't a standardized, scientific way to assess lending risk. It was left to a good ol' boy process rife with racism, classism, and sexism. Sadly, we're better off with what we have now, as flawed as it is.
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New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules
I can only imagine the hellish commute a NYT tech worker must endure. Let them work from wherever the fuck they want.
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Why Do Companies Not Use Existing 2FA Standards?
As someone who has had to walk the "I don't do computers" public through basic things over the phone, I can confirm that yes, a lot of people are way too lazy to learn anything new. They will instead call the support folks and blast some poor person just trying to deal with their day. Call center volume goes up anytime any barrier is added. Agreed though, SMS OTP is constantly becoming less effective. Email OTP is somewhat pointless.
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Walgreens pharmacy staff walk out, citing unsafe working conditions
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She also received $20M in stock, and $4.
5M in cash as a sign on bonus, as well as free use of a private jet and a yearly salary of $1.5M. CEOs deserve competitive compensation, it isn't an easy job, but that's enough to hire 163 pharmacists at an average of 150k/yr.
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Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US
“They don’t want to engage in this banning of books or censoring of honest history or undermining who kids are,” Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president told The Associated Press on Wednesday, characterizing the candidates who won as “pro-public school.”
It's sad that we've gotten to a point where this has to be a fight.
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Why Do Companies Not Use Existing 2FA Standards?
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Email is commonly compromised. It's an easy target for bad actors executing a takeover.
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Nashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local park
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In Tennessee, one has to buy liquor from the government, but can buy a gun (including semi-auto rifles) from a random person in a parking lot. No questions asked.
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I don't think they're concerned about the constitution at this point.
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Spotify starts 'disinvesting' in France in response to new music-streaming tax
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I have a good idea of where they could have found about $200M.
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Really shows where their priorities are, doesn't it?
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Not for congresspeople. Just normal citizens.
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Iowa governor says it's 'not sustainable' to give $40 per month to kids from low-income families for food
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The Federal Government should just fund the other $2.2M and shame them. "Okay Iowa, if you can't feed your state's children, we'll pick up the slack for you. Please remember who cared about you in November."
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EVs have 79% more reliability problems than gas cars, says Consumer Reports
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They don't get very granular, but they give a fairly detailed overview of the methodology here:
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-reliability-owner-satisfaction/who-makes-the-most-reliable-cars-a7824554938/
Edit: I used to subscribe, and as a result received their surveys occasionally. They seemed pretty well done, but people are people and probably aren't always objective in their reporting.
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Saying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.
Similar to calling in sick and calling out sick.
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Pushing Daisies
Dead Like Me
After Life
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Misfits
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Stargate SG-1
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Speaker Johnson: Separation of church, state ‘a misnomer’
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I view it as confidence.
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Biden administration adds insulin to drug price negotiation list in major blow to big pharma
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You can prefill the needle and keep it in a pencil case. Syringes work fine through clothes, although not ideal.
I'm an insulin dependent (T1) diabetic. I keep a glucagon kit on hand in case of an emergency. It's a syringe and vial that needs to be mixed. The idea is that if you're unconscious, someone that is close can administer. If I were severely hypoglycemic I'd have problems, but my partner wouldn't. I could pull it off if it were prefilled, but you can't prefill glucagon.
Edit: I totally get it and agree though. Life saving medicine shouldn't have any barriers.
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Anon on credit scores
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What about those that have sufficient income, but don't pay their bills and have defaulted on previous loans?