Started out with being told I was making over $200 doing 105 packages. Thankfully they reduced my work, giving part of my route to someone else, frankly I don't want to work that hard. Plus considering that I wound up getting the car about ¾ full only to realize I'd have to more or less start over because it wasn't going to all fit, it was a good thing. Interesting part is that it was supposed to be 45cu ft of packages, but a Bolt is supposed to have just over 54cu ft of space, so I think someone's calculations were off. So in the end, about 60 stops or so, and about 64 packages, nice amount of work.
But I could never leave it at that, could I?
So, we stopped at the bank to deposit the check from selling my car yesterday. I wound up getting only $4700 for my 2020 Bolt, about half what they initially offered, but it is a lemon, so the price got cut way down, but I kinda expected that since Carvana had offered $4600 and CarMax wouldn't even make an offer until I brought it in. Sure, I might've been able to get more, but considering what I paid, and the fact that this was inline with the only offer, I decided to take it. Besides, did I really lose? The car was $14,800 when I got it last year, however I got $4500 EV credit from the government, and $8200 for my trade in, so the out of pocket was only around $2200... Should've seen the chaos it caused when I pulled that out of my pocket cash. Any how, yeah, $2200 out of my pocket to buy it, and $4700 sale, so I guess I came out ahead?
Any how, since their was a branch of my credit union, First Community, a credit union I highly, highly recommend, I deposited the check, then got back to work. And then later I was passing a DMV office, one that had only one other customer and around five clerks, so in and out in about five minutes with a plate transfer. Yep, my current Bolt, formerly my husband's, is carrying the BOXEN plates now. Hopefully I'll have to visit the DMV soon to collect the new version of that plate, MIssouri Bee Keeper Association specialty plate, looking forward to that.
Oh, and I also changed my insurance around via email, removed the old Bolt from my commercial, and moved this Bolt from personal to commercial, thankfully the DMV didn't ask for any documentation as I hadn't been home to print a new insurance card yet.
So yeah, that was my #today Tomorrow morning will be spent trying to get all my gig apps updated, car change, insurance update (did I mention that it expired yesterday on all of them?), and possibly other settings, then it'll be off to work. Prolly do a speed breakfast, homemade microwavable breakfast sandwich and K-cup of coffee while I work.
"Bookshop.org began as an idea to help support bookstores and their communities as more and more people are buying their books online. We saw an opportunity to create an alternative to Amazon for socially-conscious online shoppers. Amazon sells over 60% of all books in the US and is growing. That shift threatens the future of bookstores and will hurt readers, authors, and publishers who rely on a diverse, healthy ecosystem for books. We had a better idea—give readers the convenience of online shopping while supporting independent bookstores at the same time."
"78% of our customers said they regularly bought books from Amazon before they made the switch."
The clause relates to laws that put restrictions on student pronoun changes at school, on girls' sports, and on medical therapies for young people looking to transition.
Many* years ago (approximately 27 in fact), when I was a Unix sysadmin at BHP-IT in Newcastle, we had one of our periodic "blame the network" events where suddenly all our systems went offline.
I, and another Unix sysadmin bolted to the network team's office to let them know there was a significant outage.
And so did admins from the NT team.
And so did admins from the VMS team.
And so did admins from the Tandem team.
And then, admins from the Mainframe team arrived.
***OH SHIT***
So we all piled downstairs to see the emergency lights on in the datacentre, and a very sheepish looking $telco engineer being escorted from the next-door operations centre from one of the senior operators.
And that was the moment it dawned on folks that having an unshielded "Emergency Stop" button right next to the "Open Door" button, both the same colour, was perhaps not the best of ideas. Particularly when neither were labelled.
It was also my first lesson that causes for major outages don't have to be highly esoteric or technical. The simple fact is that so many outages are caused by sheer mundanity. The mundanity of some bean counter refusing to pay for a small perspex cover. The mundanity of leaving a human – subject to human error – being left in the wrong place unattended. The mundanity of not putting labels on buttons.
The one I was involved in was a heavy industry research lab with a pilot scale rig that had the demonstrated potential to go bang and therefore very much needed an Emergency Stop. No cover, but placed where it was unlikely to be hit by accident. Except by someone leaning over the railing on the gantry and their hard hat falling off and landing in exactly the right spot...
Our emergency stop buttons all have a glass cover and a tiny hammer held by a chain. If the button is pushed, line voltage energizes a coil on the main substation breaker where 2-3 megawatts usually flows and * BOOM * the large copper contactors under massive spring tension slam open through the high voltage arc chutes... and at the same time, a small relay contact closes from loss of power, the alarm circuits energize, going through the phone call list ...and if not acknowledged, the local emergency crews are called as the automatic escalation continues even further...
"My understanding is he helps send people to federal authorities," Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said. "I think he’s going to see some federal authorities."
Name and shame the most despicable defiers of the public’s Right to Know! Nominations for this year’s Foilies are now open! muckrock.com/news/archives/202…
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
On Nov 19, 1493—532 years ago today—Columbus “discovered” Borikén (Puerto Rico), a place already thriving with Taíno life and culture. The conquistadors strutted in like gods, peddling Jesus and immortality while terrorizing the people. The Taíno had questions. So they tested the myth on Diego Salcedo—drowned the motherfucker and waited three days. When he turned blue instead of resurrecting, they said “fuck this” and rose up, marking the first Indigenous uprising in the "Americas."
Don’t celebrate the colonists. Celebrate the resistance.
It also must be conjured on the first full moon of the month and you must sacrifice a chicken when you send it or it will be compromised within 90 days.
One funny aspect of this is that currently, the only investigations going, and this the only Epstein files to be legally blocked, are about Democrats 😋
Trumpslation: This great strong wise and powerful leader doesn't really know what's going on in his own country! Shit happens, believe me! He's dumb like me and can't do anything about it! Look at MBS' face. LOL
Toyota’s autonomous wheelchair replaces the traditional wheels with four robotic and foldable legs that move like animal limbs. designboom.com/technology/auto…
Some of you want life to go back to how it was in 2016. That's your version of The Good Time (tm), because it was before ICE raids, and DOGE, and before science funding cuts.
But that's not what I want.
I want to go forward to The Good Times(tm), where Black folk don't get treated like this either
I used to want to go back to those times. Then I learned that what we have today has been decades in the making. Going back will just put us to right before everyone woke up to the bullshit. I don't want to go back
I remember when Bill Clinton was sworn in. The excitement was palpable. Everything was going to change: everyone would have healthcare; unions would raise the standard of living; we could all go back to one wage earner per family and care for our own children at home.
I remember the let-down, too. Nothing changed. Nothing.
I think if the Jasmine Crockett's get the wheel, we would see real change.
This post is about racism and fascism. I said what I said.
About half of all Black people, are Black women, who also suffer from racism and fascism. Much of the violence, fascism, and racism experienced by Black men and women, comes from white women. So I reject any and all attempts to derail conversations about racism and fascism into color-blind conversations about gender.
If you want to talk about the interplay between women, racism, and fascism, we can do that, but you probably won't like what you learn.
If you read the book, "They were her property." You'll get an accurate picture of how much of US racism white women were responsible for. The answer is: "About half." [Content warning: you cannot unlearn this stuff].
That was slavery, but what about today? If you do the math, you'll confirm that white women are not "less likely to vote for fascists." That's a lie. In 2024, the number of Trump votes that came from white men and white women, was about the same. White men are slightly less likely to show up to vote, but slightly more likely to vote for fascists when they do show up. Conversely, white women are slightly more likely to turn up to vote, but slightly less likely to vote for fascists when they do. Net result, they contribute about the same number of fashy votes.
In historical context and even to an extent a current context, many women just go along with what men say to make life easier. Not trying to minimize racial struggles, just adding to the entire construct of demeaning a person for how they were born.
But you are though. You explicitly are making excuses for racist white women, and I reject it completely.
White women have agency in their own racism and fascism. People like you try to minimize that, and people like me refuse to let you. "Free Melania!" nonsense doesn't work on me.
Yes, sometimes white women go along with the fascism and racism. Sometimes it's the women who are driving all the fascism and racism, and dragging their husbands along. Y'all need to listen to more Black feminists on this.
Carolyn Bryant called the hit in on an innocent Black child (Emmett Till), and got him lynched and killed. She made the decision to lie, and to call her klan member husband and relatives, knowing that this put a child in mortal danger. Amy Cooper called the cops on Christian Cooper, knowing full well what she was doing. Their husbands didn't make them do this. They had agency to do evil on their own.
I've had white women in public try to do this racist violence airstrike on me too. What's changed since the advent of smartphones, is that good white people that don't tolerate racist nonsense from white women, know what to look for, and call it out. ♥️👍🏿
A viral video that sparked a national outcry of racism has cost Amy Cooper her job. She called the New York City Police Department and accused an African Ame...
This was the most recent time a white woman tried to call a racist airstrike in on me. It didn't work, because other white guests, and the hotel security staff, are aware of how often white women try racist nonsense, and not because their husband made them do it.
♥️♥️♥️Shoutout to the staff of the hotel I stayed at for expertly de-escalating a Karen situation!
♥️♥️♥️And shoutout to the white hotel guests that stuck around to make sure that hotel security heard exactly what she was trying to do.
That's a nonsense statement. The implication being that I don't try not to put all individuals into one category. You ain't slick.
I didn't put all individuals into any category. I was extremely clear with what I did say: That white women are accountable for US fascism and racism just like white men are, and I reject any and all efforts to try to minimize that accountability. Saying that "More than 50% of white women voters, voted for Trump, again, in 2024🤦🏿♂️" is a disappointing fact, but it is not the same thing as saying that all white women are Trump supporters.
Let me leave no doubt: I am not here to oppose "white men." I'm here to oppose racism and fascism. If half of that racism and fascism comes from white women? Then they can catch half of this smoke. If 10% of Black men want to Kanye and Herman Caine their way into supporting racism and fascism? Then they can get it too.
And if anyone tries to carry water for racist, fascist, white women, or tries to minimize their agency, or in any way provide them the cover that they attack Black women from behind? Then they can get it too.
This isn't "a conversation." This is a random woman on the internet trying to project her world view into the mentions of a strong Black man who was talking about fascism and racism, and that Black man not giving her an inch.
Jacqueline Nyetipei Kiplimo did something that stunned the world during the 2010 Zheng-Kai Marathon when she witnessed a disabled competitor struggling to drink water who was a double amputee. Instead of seeing her moment to run ahead of this struggling athlete, she ran alongside him from the 6.2-mile mark to the 23-mile mark (10km mark to the 38km mark), helping him drink water at all of the watering stations. The aide that she so compassionately provided her fellow competitor slowed her run time down and caused her to lose her first place position and place 2nd in the race — costing her the win and the $10,000 cash prize. Jacqueline Nyetipei Kiplimo showed the world that day that to her, being compassionate and helping one another was more important than winning a race that she had been preparing for her entire life. Now, this is what a true leader looks like, one that never leaves someone behind, disadvantaged or otherwise.
Hosts of the pro-MAGA Real America's Voice network accused Pope Leo XIV of a "woke turn" after a meeting with Hollywood stars did not include conservatives like Mel Gibson.
In a shocking turn of events, Special Counsel Jack Smith has dropped a bombshell of evidence that could fundamentally alter the landscape of the legal battle against former President Donald Trump.
@Cloud Dweller Not sure if'n its new or old, the site is someplace I've never heard of and its not clear the age, but it does sound like the completeness I would expect from Smith and the timing would be right for it to come out.
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in reply to Preston von Gabbleduck • • •The one I was involved in was a heavy industry research lab with a pilot scale rig that had the demonstrated potential to go bang and therefore very much needed an Emergency Stop. No cover, but placed where it was unlikely to be hit by accident. Except by someone leaning over the railing on the gantry and their hard hat falling off and landing in exactly the right spot...
It had a cover the next day.
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