I’m in Texas, and our electric provider added a $200/month fee for all accounts for the next 2 decades to pay for the 2021 winter storm. They bought electricity from other providers during the storm for like 1000x the standard rate and passed the cost towards future customers.

And the beauty of that is that those fees also impact solar users who aren’t even using power, since a certificate of occupancy requires that a house be connected to the grid.

That sounds like a bonus power.

Get them to do my bidding and they don’t even know about it.

Honestly, that may actually be more comfortable for me than trying to fold my legs into the tiny rows they have now.

Right to work is very misunderstood online. It’s not the freebie everyone seems to think it is.

If you terminate sometime without documented cause, you can’t deny their unemployment claims and must keep paying them in all 50 states.

The myth that they can fire you with no recourse is something they want everyone to believe so that nobody files for unemployment. when they’re entitled to it.

Nobody ever remembers to ask for the ZIP code.

Yeah, it happens a lot when there’s text on screen. Even if it’s a sign or something on screen.

I noticed it a lot when watching The Expanse. Any time a ship was in space there’d be text beneath it identifying it and Amazon would translate it to German.

To fix it, I’d halve to turn subtitles on then back off.

For some reason, Amazon Prime randomly has German subtitles turned on for me.

I hold a weekly project review/coordination meeting via Teams where we discuss all our project statuses, due dates, etc with the relevant team members, make new assignments, etc. And while our new offices are being built I’m exiled to the conference room instead of my desk so that my talking doesn’t annoy people who aren’t in the meeting.

Everything is being tracked on a spreadsheet, and I’m sharing my screen while updating everything and I’m having to live-type in front of 20 people and my shitty laptop keyboard.

It’s the worst.

I tried using it against my Dad like the rookie I am:

I’ll be the one storming it.

One of my University students asked me the other day if I was doing anything special for the 20th anniversary of Revenge of the Sith.

I told him he needs to remember I control his grade.

I wonder if this font would screw up ocr?

I want to see the answers on the right.

When we need to unite against a literal fascist, I’ll gladly stand with conservatives with whom I have serious policy disagreements. Telling them to fuck off will just strengthen Trump’s hold.

Once we’ve finished the fight against the MAGA cult, we can debate each other about policy without worrying about anyone getting disappeared.

I use lots of FOSS software. I work in a municipal government job where I have to fill a lot of roles that aren’t funded as separate positions, so I use GIMP, Inkscape, and QGIS daily because the professional software isn’t budgeted. I also use OBS frequently, among others.

But GIMP is by far the worst FOSS alternative I’ve come across when compared against its paid competition. I hate Adobe the company, but Photoshop really is the gold standard.

I use both heavily. Oddly enough I use GIMP at work and Photoshop for my personal use and side gig.

The CollegeHumor skit this image is from is one of my all-time favorites. It was the first time I laughed my ass off regarding 9/11.

https://youtu.be/xV7Ha3VDbzE

The world is pretty thirsty for vinegar when it comes to the US these days.

Definitely the second. Because those people would still be driving drunk in the first case.

Having 2 horriblly-drunk drivers on the road is still better than having 2 horribly-drunk drivers plus another 20 moderately-drunky drivers.

Everybody arguing rock, stone, or pebble.

It’s a jpeg.

Matthew 25 (separation of the sheep and the goats) is pretty much the only time Jesus straight-up threatens people with Hell, and he’s basing it on the treatment of the poor, sick, and social outcasts.