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Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead
Am I reading this right that to reactivate they'd be charging the difference they 'lost' during the freeze term? Wild.
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Asked LA Fitness to cancel my membership, they offered to freeze it for $10/month instead
Am I reading this right that to reactivate they'd be charging the difference they 'lost' during the freeze term? Wild.
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TIL that last month, a rich man in New Jersey killed a pedestrian and left the scene. He was put on trial. The jury found him guilty. 15 minutes later, he walked out free.
Unsurprisingly the same Governor that made plates and insurance mandatory for all e-bikes. Guy had a busy week as he was leaving office apparently.
Issuing this pardon before the jury had even rendered the verdict. Funny how mountains can be moved so expeditiously when it's for a friend.
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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US
Sylvester said the couple "made 100% sure Issy was insured to be pregnant, and any complications involving pregnancy whilst we were abroad were covered".
Sylvester explained: "Essentially what they said is that we would have been covered had the baby not survived. But the fact was that the baby survived."
"We weren't going to be covered for that, because we didn't put his name on the insurance policy."
As someone that wouldn't choose to travel into or through the United States, I can't say I would be surprised if I got back home after this ordeal and the medical bills started showing up. US healthcare will charge for anything under the sun. I half expect visitors will be sent invoices for travelling in the vicinity of a hospital in the near future.
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The Poole Museum in the UK has a display behind glass of a rock donated to the museum by a young child.
Imagine how amazing you would feel as a child to have a possession of yours put on display at a museum. Even if it was temporary, you'd remember that for the rest of your days.
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10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town
Joe should see a lawyer about a wrongful termination lawsuit.
The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (pdf) brought to law in 1996 shields most liability for people donating food exactly like he did.
This may have been a knee-jerk reaction from the employer incorrectly assuming they could be liable if someone got sick. Though its also possible they've been looking for a reason to dismiss a long time employee to replace him with a cheaper one. Corporate ownership makes me leans towards the latter.
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HOA fines man over handing out water in heat
I found an update about the vote to remove the three board members.
Homeowners voted 190 to 20 in favour of removal, however the board cancelled the vote claiming there wasn't a 24 hour notice given to the community and subsequently that 210 votes might not qualify a quorum of more than a thousand homes.
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Honda unveils new electric moped cheaper than gasoline equivalent, no motorcycle license needed
:)
set to go on sale in the Japanese market next month
:(
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US officer having a ‘mild anxiety attack’ took ambulance meant for man shot by police
Paramedics reported that [officer] Perrotta declined treatment in the ambulance.
“I am fine, I just needed to get out of here,” she said, according to the report.
The report by Eliot Prescott, Connecticut’s inspector general, did not say whether the delay in waiting for another ambulance contributed to [victim] Best’s death.
Perrotta currently is out on administrative leave due to an unrelated matter...
He might have died even taking that first ambulance, but she certainly wouldn't have. What a disgrace.
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In just 15 years, the average U.S. homebuyer went from 39 to 59 years old: Top analyst reveals how the housing market has warped in one generation
“It’s not enough anymore to say, ‘I can work hard,'” Dimon said in a recent interview with CNN. “In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory [job] in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, a car, and that may not be true anymore.” - CEO, JPMorgan
If only there were something that could be done about that, Mr Eight Figure Salary.
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DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack
It's quite surreal to live through what will one day be a course on governmental collapse in Europe.
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AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
You'd have to be in a tight spot to be fired and replaced to accept being rehired even at the same salary, never mind a smaller salary. I feel bad for these people. Hopefully they work a bit slower in proportion to the reduced pay.
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Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses
First they came for the transgendered, and I didn't speak up because they didn't allot a public comment period.
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What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.
This article doesn't mention Alberta nor Texas a single time. Probably because the locale the raw materials are extracted doesn't mean much to the price at the pump.
It's not a small town market, it's multinational corporations that take from one place and send to wherever they can profit the most. Everywhere is screwed, but not more specifically than the aggregate. Both Alberta and Texas have seen the same price increases as their respective nation, because neither place has farm to table oil.
::: spoiler Alberta vs Canada average fuel price
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::: spoiler Texas vs United States average fuel price
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“At every one of New York City’s darkest periods, nurses showed up to work. They’re value is not negotiable, and their value is not up for debate,” Mamdani said.
I like this guy more and more as the days go by.
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Anti-ICE protest draws massive crowd at South Portland facility, feds deploy tear gas
I've seen videos of the indiscriminate use of tear gas on a large crowd that was clearly peaceful and filled with Portlanders of all ages, and well off the macadam facility. We banned tear gas for a reason. I join Councilor Green in calling for enforcement of our laws. - Jamie Dunphy, Portland City Councillor
I hope they are able to enforce it but when a group can murder with impunity in broad daylight, it might be a challenge to stop lesser acts.
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Chicago’s newest snowplow name ‘Abolish ICE,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says
Human summary:
Yep, they named it that. The mayor seems cool. I look forward to the truck being used to plow ice out of the city. It's a short article that doesn't really need a summary.
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Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn
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I disagree they are bozos. I'm actually coming around on the idea. Not the mirror thing of course, but the VC grift using a flashy idea. Millions of dollars and the only thing you make is a slideshow? Brilliant.
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ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
"I don't see what the problem would be." - Italian Interior Ministere Matteo Piantedosi
Imagine not having an imagination.
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McPoverty
The hashbrowns McDonald's sells are sourced from Simplot Foods. If I remember correctly, you can buy around a hundred of them for $20 or $30 or so. Insane markup, especially at the scale they must buy them at, but not surprising. How else would the C suite survive?
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Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot asks 12-year-old boy to send nude pics, says shocked mother
Canada has a minister of artificial intelligence, who does not regulate specific in-vehicle software.
I'm the minister of wheat, but don't ask me to regulate banana bread.