Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

People are being enslaved in U.S. prisons. Read their letters. Explore this new online archive. This is a testament to the courageous resilience of the 800,000 incarcerated workers forced to labor and a record of the continuation of slavery in the U.S. https://letters.endtheexception.com/

Earlier this year, the GOP in both the House and Senate blocked a bill which would guarantee the right to IVF. Not pay for it, just protect a couple's right to it.

So now we're supposed to believe that the same MAGA republicans will actually go much further, and mandate that insurers pay for IVF? Yeah, right...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-wants-make-ivf-treatments-paid-government-insurance-compani-rcna168804

Isaac Hayes Estate Confirms Trump Committed Hundreds Of Copyright Violations https://www.politicususa.com/2024/08/29/isaac-hayes-estate-confirms-trump-committed-hundreds-of-copyright-violations.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Arkansas bans nearly all abortions, calling itself a "pro-life" state.

It has the nation’s highest maternal mortality rate.

One of the highest infant mortality rates.

It's one of two states that cut off Medicaid to mothers 60 days after giving birth.

How is this "pro-life"?

The lost art of feature film intermissions notwithstanding, the foundational length of a theatrically released film is limited by the capacity of the human bladder.

I have 45 years experience doing tech support on computers and the answer is always “have you tried turning it off and on again?” Never fails.

Refusing to Certify Elections Isn’t About Fairness. It’s Aimed at Sowing Doubt. https://truthout.org/articles/refusing-to-certify-elections-isnt-about-fairness-its-aimed-at-sowing-doubt/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@SteveBellovin @mattblaze
If you want me to talk and never shut up, ask me about how a piano works! (The problem: finger pressure powers a hammer so it strikes strings, but the hammer must be free-pivoting (not coupled to finger) at the moment of the strike, and must then stop on the recoil without bouncing and not strike again until the finger releases from the key, at which point the hammer must be ready to strike again ASAP. No electricity allowed.)

Someone shared with me a really innovative site for presenting info on #Project2025. You choose what "I care about" from a drop-down list, click "Show me," and then the website describes how P25 will impact that area -- including PAGE NUMBERS from the actual document. Y'all know what to do.

https://www.25and.me/?topics=

In the media that doesn’t have wealthy execs who directly benefit from a Trump presidency by screwing over workers, the problem I see is treating Harris’ campaign like an actual normal political campaign, whilst treating Trump with the scrutiny held for entertainment news. It is a big ethical problem.

Treat them both with the rigor expected of a political campaign with policies and expectations of competency and dignity.

Stellantis is dragging its feet on reopening a shuttered plant that previously employed over 1,200 autoworkers in Belvidere, IL — undermining the deal it struck with the @UAW last year.

Meanwhile, its CEO will rake in $39M this year — a raise of 60%.

Textbook corporate greed.

TIL:

"The [tipping norm in the US] was born out of exploitation. After the Civil War, restaurant owners facing demands for higher wages from white workers instead hired newly freed slaves to work for gratuities alone."

FT

The #Holocaust decimated not only Yiddish cultures of Eastern Europe, but also Ladino cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, which had flourished for centuries.

The 1,700 Jews of Rhodes were deported to Auschwitz 80 years ago, when Allied victory was almost in sight.

Their fate reflects how genocide remained a Nazi priority to the bitter end.
https://theconversation.com/remembering-the-longest-journey-to-auschwitz-the-deportation-of-rhodes-jews-decimated-a-small-but-vibrant-community-with-centuries-of-mediterranean-history-235390
#Histodons @histodons #Jewish

In space, no one can hear you scream cause there's this really loud theramin and if you try to scream people are all like, "sorry, what? I can't hear you over the theramin"

One of the things I've been doing for the last few years when I visit a city is record an aircheck (an over-the-air recording) of a local radio station, if one exists. Sadly, the number of defunct stations in my little archive is growing, and visits to places with no local station to record are becoming more common.

I forgot this one. It still applies. I was in a mood, though? www.popehat.com/p/in-which-i...

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@realTuckFrumper I also think a 100% tax rate on gratuities paid to government employees would be good too.

@ernie "Please test drive our garbage. We'll start charging you for it later."