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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but you don’t get to keep your job in publicly traded companies if you are hitting the delusional talking points of people bent on burning society and country down so they can get a 9th yacht.

  It’s Fordism, the dude literally realizing his employees can’t even eat there. Since most of his employees are on government assistance, it’s true corporate welfare while he pretends he can’t change things.

  I hope Boston Dynamics is working on a robot that can operate a guillotine; we have an industrial scale of resetting to get through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what are the grievances with the "male loneliness epidemic"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That flank. Sigh. I remember the turn after Occupy. It went from economics to being cool to just broadly bash men. I specifically remember outspoken, angry women at marches and protests and was like wait, where did the economics go? Like 60% of Republicans wanted wealth reform during occupy. It unfortunately coincided with really great–though apparently transitory–improvements in lgbtq rights. It was so weird to me that self-labeling “feminists” were suddenly talking like it was a zero sum game; for women to rise and improve and build and grow, men had to be put down. That is of course the language of someone seeking power, a charlatan, but it became quite normal. Even questioning the broad criticism of men wasn’t appropriate in “liberal” press or circles for a good decade. The whole "yeah but bashing men isn’t right/fair or clumsy” finally started working into the Atlantic, NYT and other large publications in 2023 but the damage had been done.

  It of course drove lots of men right to the tall radio, podcasters–and those were young adults then–i can’t imagine what it was like growing up since then as a young person with the normalization of some of this stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I certainly can’t argue with someone who doesn’t understand the subject and wants to oversimplify new information into "my side or evil”.

  Good luck with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to be implying there is a false dichotomy: I said Clinton wasn’t a moderate and you then try to state horrific things the Republicans did in the last 25 years.Being to the left of Bush II does not make you politically moderate. Clinton passed “welfare to work” law buying into the right wing sloganing about “welfare queens” driving cadillacs–instead of taxing the rich and more equally structuring wealth distribution.

  Clinton defined neoliberalism, which was economically disastrous for the middle and lower classes of the US; the middle class got smaller and weaker and the lower class got worse than that. And the Democrats haven’t been moderate in a long time as they’ve continued to follow the Republicans right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And by ”moderate” you mean passed NAFTA, which sealed organized labor’s death in the US which downstream hurt average Americans for generations ongoing.

  “Moderate”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They will hide in apologetics until their pocketbook gets hurt, then will be the typical cycle of loss; denial, anger grief, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order and remain on strike⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure. Biden broke the railroad workers strike and was a “pro-labor” president. If a strike doesn’t make business sweat, labor has no cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Live Facial Recognition technology to catch high-harm offenders⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How are they tackling the drivers of the downfall of society; the evaporating social safety net, and aggressively underpaying the employed thanks to oligarchs? Foreign wealth buying up real estate? Polluters poisoning the water, the air?

  Will these super expensive new measures go after and hold accountable at all, the wealthy?

  No? I’m shocked.

  Remember, crime is only for the poor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite that Collects Climate Data⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who do you think will employ them?

  Normally I’d say Spectre, Gru, M.A.D, etc. but I think they’ve all disbanded as they now have US cabinet posts. I guess they should emigrate to Canada or Mexico and help prepare to defend themselves from the inevitable “security visit” that will start to happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The key is to approach it like American oligarchs and ensure no public housing is ever built to begin with–no public giveaway, see?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philz Coffee Being Sold to Private Equity Firm for $145 Million, Employees Reportedly Getting Screwed Out of Their Stock⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dutch Bros set the cringe level for going public pretty high in just one image

  But this could rival it for pathetic sleaze

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Such a great game. God the 90s were amazing for games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's get Physical⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re only thinking of the morality side of it.

  It’s also wrong because they work for a company that probably says subordinate-supervisory relationships are forbidden because of the power imbalance and complications around how a personal relationship–or even the perceptions of one-- might affect workplace decisions. Co-workers–even non-supervisory-- who might even be at the same “level” or their work brings them together for anything can be incredibly problematic. All of this is even at a local, department or site level to say nothing of C-level consequences. This also says nothing of the fact that one of them is in charge of the function, HR, who would be the person most responsible for ensuring this kind of conduct didn’t happen between employees. The hypocrisy and abdication of duty couldn’t be more severe. Both have lost all credibility with anyone in their company, which means they cannot lead others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Health Insurers Are Denying More Drug Claims, Data Shows | Offering a rare glimpse inside the hidden world of rejected insurance claims, new data shows a steady uptick among major private insurers.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  😲

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Damian Lillard is finalizing a 3 Year $42M Deal to Return to the Trailblazers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They are barely selling tickets. They’ve been unwatchable for a few years since he left. They will sell speculative, future hope with this contract and that always brings to the faithful back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom; Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely a good sign when VC wants to get into the boring business of utilities. Definitely means the government regulators are on top of it and good things ahead for citizens

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Agent: Beal OK's buyout with Suns, to join Clips⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was a stupid move when they did it and worked out as expected. Clippers cementing their poor choice of older players. Getting rid of Powell, who is a rich mans Beal and bringing in Beal who brings no playoff mettle and zero defense is such an acquiescence of their mediocre goals. Kwahi was their terrible albatross and now they have another. PG leaving was proof enough, though Philly is in a damn rough spot with Embiid disappearing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Force is the last refuge of the incompetent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was going to ask who made the quote, will have to read up on who that is and the context.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tax pubs on profit not property value, urges Greene King boss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, and part of the problem is these hawks (the kind who own 2400 pubs) would then fly in with that much more VC$ and scoop up 5x that amount of something like this passed. I’m all for the idea, but big companies don’t get little guy breaks, they can play with the adults and take the loss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinion | Elon Musk’s Revenge Campaign⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The moment is definitely Reich for a third party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Truth About Kevin Durant's Nets Experience | LeBron James & Steve Nash | MIND THE GAME⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this link. So amazing to get to see real convo not from corporate media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The US already state sponsors capitalism with tax breaks–only instead of understanding the race for better cars didn’t end in 1983, US automakers have poured most of that into share buybacks, dividends, executive comp and other things that leech long-term growth prospects from the company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ayton to sign 2-year deal with Lakers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe LeBron can get him to man up and reach his potential…whatever that is. LeBron has an amazing record of getting the most out of the guys on his teams, hoping I can respect Ayton yet. So far has just been disappointing and he doesn’t really seem bothered by it. Every player can’t be KG intensity but man, for what some of these clowns make they should care a whole lot more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Denver Nuggets are trading Michael Porter Jr.... - ESPN⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Porter was pretty streaky, and disappeared for games in the playoffs. if Johnson can be more consistent, especially in playoffs it is a win. What they do with the extra $ saved from Porter is also a good question I’m curious to see how they answer. Denver being out so early was just weird this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harden to sign $81.5M deal with Clips⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Philly was miserable last year, so PGs numbers reflected that: PG had his most complete season ever 2 years ago and finally showed he was ready to carry and be the man in the playoffs. If embiid hadn’t fallen apart a long with apparently all their team chemistry, they should have been playing and probably beating NY in this year’s conference finals. As it was, they missed that mark by miles.

  Anyway, Kawahi has been status quo for as long as he’s been in LA, if he happens to be playing in a given year it’s a surprise. Take PG over that any day, Kawahi hasn’t added much except years to his game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harden to sign $81.5M deal with Clips⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kawahi such an albatross, Clips completely hamstrung with his contract eating up enormous space when he can’t be counted on to be healthy. Ever. They were fools for letting George go over Kawahi.

  2-year deal is smart for clips with Harden; he showed some tread still left on his tires last season but in another 2 years he might finally agree to 6th man money and give clips flexibility to move on a new marquee player.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill | Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And where is the political opposition using this silver platter delivery of pissed off voters to siphon them for future elections? Where are the tall radio slogans? The bumper stickers? The slogan getting repeated in the news until even the left starts using the language? The black and white TV ads showing a rich jerk building a 4th mansion at a pristine waterfront lake?

  The right is effective because their PR and media game is on point. Dems keep appealing to the “principles” and “better nature” that has unfortunately shown to be effective. Progressive parties (e.g. not Dems) need Dem money so they can actually run effective campaigns.

  Don’t give to Dems!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buss family agrees to sell Lakers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, 6 for Celtics seems low to me too for many of the same reasons for the Lakers. The league doesn’t exist as it has or will without those two teams, they are farm more valuable than 2x or 3x the Grizzlies, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: The Boston Celtics have traded Jrue Holiday to the... - ESPN⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  PDX looking to dump salary and commit to the tank it looks like. Holiday probably retires in a year or two? Portland got nothing from this except salary dump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Emotional Haliburton helped off with leg injury⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dudes Achilles lasts for decades but couldn’t make it 40 more minutes to get him through the series. Just brutal for him and team.