Vorticity

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[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago

Require all conservative white men at his rallies to open carry so they can prevent violence from...

...other conservative white men...

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It wasn't even because it was leftovers. It was because she suggested there was enough that there WOULD BE leftovers. The meal itself was an amazing, freshly roasted turkey with stuffing and sides.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

For once, I think Everett's reaction is pretty justified.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

This has nothing to do with scared students. This is the result of rhetoric from Trump and Vance about the large Haitian population in Springfield. Violent right-wingers are acting upon their dear leader's words.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Look at it differently, you're taking advantage of Nestlé. They're trying to make themselves look better with the program and adding one more person to their list of "who we've helped" won't really have any impact on their attempt to sanitize themselves or their taxes. It will, however, have a big impact on you.

Just don't start telling everyone that nestle is paying for your meds. That would be helping them with their image.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

That photo makes his head look like a balloon sticking out of a suit.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't know Korea's laws but this would likely be illegal in the US, too. It depends on whether it could be proven that you knew that the stocks were issued in error. And even if it wasn't a criminal act, the company would be within their rights to recover the mistakenly issued stocks.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I agree with you about being skeptical here. It appears that this was likely just someone who screwed up. I doubt it was a conspiracy or intentional. In fact, both parties ended up suing to keep polls open:

As ballots ran short, groups filed two lawsuits to try to give people more time to vote Tuesday night. One was filed by the nonpartisan group Mississippi Votes, and the Mississippi Republican Party initially supported it. The other was filed by the Mississippi Democratic Party.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, no, I don't like the smell, taste, or texture. I have made natto for her in an instant pot, though. She said it came out okay but I still didn't eat it!

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Hah, my Japanese wife has convinced me to eat them too. I eat about 50% of them now.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

Honestly, as replacements for their legacy, these look spot on. Modern versions of what came before. I'm so glad the postal workers are receiving new, safer equipment.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Right now, if he were able to convert all of his $241.8B to cash, then distribute it evenly among all of the employees at all of his companies, he could give each of his 146,000 employees $1.6M.

No one person should be that wealthy. I don't necessarily think that billionaires should be abolished, but I do think they should be paying a shit load more in taxes than they are.

Also, before anyone says it, yes, I know it's not as simple as converting his holdings to cash. I'm just saying "if it were possible".

 

I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter.

The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant.

What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against?

Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

 

 

I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are:

  • always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed.
  • allow setting different color themes for different users.
 
 

I use Podcast Addict and have recently noticed location-based ads in my podcasts. Adds that are local to my large town / small city. The app doesn't have location permissions, so how are the podcasts embedding localized ads?

 

They decided to give a show today. Six of them were hanging out on the dock, but when I stopped to take pictures, they all decided to take off and do circles over the lake.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Vorticity@lemmy.world to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

I got lucky and this guy posed for me for about five minutes. I tried to get some in flight, but they're simply too fast for me!

 

This beautiful bird has been hanging out at our local lake for the last several weeks. I've been trying to get some pictures of him and he finally got close enough for my lenses.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Vorticity@lemmy.world to c/birding@lemmy.world
 

Three or four of these guys have been hanging out in the lake near my house.

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