Hepatitis A vaccine was licensed in 1995, available in the US in 1996, and recommended for all US children in 2006. Hep A is the one you’re most likely to catch from sharing food.

So if children all got recommended vaccines (which sadly we know is getting less common), then ~21% of the US population should be vaccinated, plus anyone who got it before it was recommended for all.

Hepatitis B became standard for all newborns in 1991.

I’m showing my age, but I realize—even though I received all standard vaccines—it might be time to find out if I’m vaccinated against either of those.

Wow, sounds like the people who hold that office have historically been class acts! Jeeeez. (Also on first reading, I didn’t catch the last line was about his predecessor and was trying to figure out why that lede was so buried.)

This is also a way hepatitis spreads.

Someone else mentioned it’s houndstooth, but there’s a company out there who turned that pattern into “catstooth.” I own pants with this pattern and they make me very happy!

Same. But because I still try to maintain some sense of whatever insanity is happening in the world, I checked and this one is real. 😞

I’m guessing confusion is coming from those taking PEMDAS literally as that order? Rather than PE(M|D)(A|S), like it’s supposed to be?

Oh my goodness I still didn’t get it until I read your comment *facepalm*

Shutting down third-party apps through unreasonable API pricing with extremely little notice, then actively lying about their conversations with Apollo’s developer about it even though he had recordings of the calls.

I think there was even more BS at that time that made it against my personal values to stay, but those were the nails in the coffin for me.

It was hard. I spent over ten years on reddit, and I’d been active in some meetup groups over the years, so a lot of my real-life friends came from there. It felt like ending a part of my identity.

But hearing what kinds of nonsense they’ve continued to pull, I know I made the right decision and I’m glad I moved.

And the difference between that level of “upper class” vs the truly wealthy is insane.

Unless you’re in places like CA or NYC, $170k allows for a very comfortable life. It’s nothing to scoff at and it is absolutely beyond what most people in this country have.

But when thinking of the “upper class,” I think most people picture lush lives. Mansions, yachts, foreign vacations, private schools, house staff, etc.

I don’t think most people imagine someone who lives in a nice suburban neighborhood, saves enough money for retirement that they actually expect to retire in their 60s, and takes a modest vacation every year. But that’s closer to what $170k gets you. It’s comfortable and it’s a life most people would kill to have. But it’s a whole lot closer to a stereotyped “middle class” experience than it is to what most people imagine “upper class” to look like.

Am I the only person who assumed “esteemed” was sarcastic?

Those are clearly line segments, not planes. /bad geometry joke

Not sure I’d say it’s actually “the best,” but I came across this image again yesterday and it’s a good visual.

And like the other poster said, this only affects representation votes, not statewide elections. Things like governor or president are not affected by gerrymandering directly.

However, people in heavily gerrymandered states may become disillusioned with voting and feel like their vote doesn’t matter, so it can discourage them from voting even when their vote would count.

During the last election I was surprised to find there are a good number of people who genuinely didn’t realize that gerrymandering didn’t affect their vote for president. I did my best to correct it whenever I came across it.

I decided to cancel my recurring donation, citing these actions as why.

Here’s the email I wrote:

I would like to cancel my recurring donation in response to Wikimedia’s decision to fire Brooke Vibber and the Community Tech team. I love Wikipedia, but I have concerns around the anti-union and anti-community actions that are happening under the current leadership. I will not in good conscience continue to support a “nonprofit” organization that is following the big tech/Silicon Valley anti-labor playbook.

1. The type of change you would like to make to your donation - cancel
2. The email address that was used when the donation was made - [redacted]
3. The full name used - [redacted]
4. The amount and currency of the donation - $20 USD recurring monthly

I hope the Wikimedia Foundation rethinks its approach to the community and its workers, and establishes practices of transparency.

Thank you,

Not that I think my $240/year is going to make or break them, but maybe if they hear this from other donors they’ll rethink their choices.

Pretty sure they don’t do missions. They’re all about recruiting people for money, not righteousness.

Jehovah’s Witness are another that’s big on missions and door-to-door converting. Maybe that’s what you’re thinking of?

Fucking really? There’s a bet for that? I’m both shocked and sadly not surprised at all. Everything I hear about Polymarket betting is so appalling.

That’s how I read it. Sure seems like NYT wouldn’t want to put reporters at risk of criminal charges just for documenting what they see but here we apparently are.

Also hate crime? Against whom, exactly?! Oh right, corporations are people and basically the most protected class (behind, maybe, billionaires).

According to OP’s comment in the original post, yes, that’s exactly what it’s supposed to look like. The gauze just has some food coloring to make that joke.

It’s been a few years since I read it, but the book The Sociopath Next Door did a lot to inform how I think of this.

In the book, the author gives the stat that about 4% of the population are sociopaths, which is defined as people who lack empathy and a conscience. She explains that often, sociopaths highly crave success, but posits that what defines “success” is largely dependent on one’s culture.

In the US, success usually looks like having a lot of money, fame, and/or power, so: actors, politicians, CEOs, etc. And when one doesn’t have empathy, that makes it easier to step on others in order to achieve that success. She explains that in other cultures, like in India, success is more about how one fits into and supports their community. So while they have the same driving motivation (success), the steps to achieve it are wildly different.

Based on that, I say with confidence that “almost everyone” is NOT like this. However, sociopaths are significantly more likely to become those who are rich, famous, and powerful. And this kind of abuse doesn’t phase sociopaths because they don’t have empathy.

This is so bizarrely different from my experience. I would bet 90% of women in my generation (millennial) who ever spent time in a mall think of Claire’s as the default place to get your ears pierced. And naturally then, to get new earrings or other jewelry.

As a teen, it was a default stop on the mall circuit every weekend; it’s where my sister and I both got our ears pierced when we turned 13, and where I got jewelry for prom and BFF keychains with friends before going off to college. I was far from popular; I was the nerd who sat at the front of the bus and read a book to avoid my bullies, etc. I only even had friends to go to the mall with as a teen because I went to a college preparatory high school where almost everyone else was a nerd, too. But despite my lowly status on the social totem pole, Claire’s was a staple.