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Capital One Gets the Greenlight to Move Forward With Discover Acquisition - CNET
Interesting, not entirely happy with this as I like my Discover card as it is, but this could get interesting, as Mastercard and Visa have a near monopoly control over credit card transactions.
Right now, if'n you buy something, it doesn't matter the bank on the card, nor the payment gateway the store uses, if'n it's a Mastercard or Visa, the transaction goes through their network, which is why they can force websites to restrict content. Capital One is one of the biggest credit card banks out there, so them switching networks is going to have a notable impact on MC and Visa, after all, those companies make money by charging a fee on every transaction, so C1 switching to Discover is going to take a lot of money away, and save C1 money as they won't have to pay for processing. Also since they collect interest on each account, they have a motivation to allow you to buy what you want to buy, so this might break MC and Visa's censorship.
Anyone has an experience with these? Seems like a good idea or not? 
Just kinda considering it.
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As a child, I watched G-rated, family-friendly movies where Nazis were bad actually and people who refused to cooperate with them were heroes.
I think the grownups of that time were trying to teach the kids something.
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Now I want to make an "Only good nazi is a dead nazi" bumper sticker. (That I'd put on a magnet so I could remove it when necessary because...see "conservatives would send you death threats" above.)
Where did we think we'd end up if not here?
Every post Reagan president, particularly since GWB and the Patriot Act, has chipped away at our access to the courts.
What did we think the next step was going to be once the FBI began to entrap Muslim men on bogus 'terrorist' plots and send them to Guantanamo indefinitely? Or once the US began to use rendition sites all over the world? Or when the US rewrote the rules about the use of torture?
Everything that the US said was ok to use on an 'enemy' was eventually absolutely going to be turned back on us.
How could we *not* think this was going to be next?
I'm attempting to rig up my own hail cover for my car by putting 8 foot 2x4 boards strapped perpendicular to my car across my roof bars, then placing heavy moving blankets on hood, windshield and back hatch. Then I'm going to park on two more boards with eye hooks on the ends and stretch a 12mil tarp over the whole thing and tie it to the boards on the bottom. I need to start rigging it up before knowing if it will potentially work and if I need adjustment.
Thoughts or ideas anyone?
#DIY
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@bBuck
I saw where someone had tied pool noodles together to make a car cover.
I'd like to avoid paying the deductible more than once a year if possible.
Minor blogs problem
Seeing this across all the accounts here, new followers no longer show up in the notifications on my browser.
I don't think I've changed any settings, so is this new?
Is there somewhere I can look to make sure I didn't accidentally change something either at the user or admin level?
I do know that it shows up on #Fedilab on my devices.
This paragraph from the excellent article in the Irish Examiner nails it.
#TransRights #SistersNotCISters
“It’s too early to know the practical ramifications of Wednesday’s UK Supreme Court ruling on trans identities, in which the meaning of the Gender Recognition Act was reversed without a single testimony from a trans person being heard, but said ruling has been a source of lip-smacking delight for the fringe group of gender-critical activists who have worked hard to making Britain the Anglosphere’s uncontested capital of galloping, gleeful transphobia.
And it is this glee, this sheer horrible joy at everything being done, that can be so hard to swallow, so wearying to comprehend. It’s not enough that decades of slow, painful advances in human rights and basic decency can be reversed in a matter of weeks, it’s that we must watch the world’s collective ghouls cackling loudly with ecstasy as it happens”
Séamas O'Reilly: 'We’ve watched as the worst people on Earth have had the best days of their lives' irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co…
UPDATE;
I am adding this long and excellent article from The Gist, because it’s a really important one; it clarifies where the UK has gone wrong, and where the EU gives protections for trans people. It also points out at the end that the UK is going to have a little issue with that ruling from the Supreme Court….
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Another important edit. - the science on genetics DNA and the variety of genders. The transphobes, Starmer and the Supreme Court judges really need to read and understand all of this.
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ANOTHER UPDATE [26th April 2025]
This is one excellent journalist, who really gets to the heart of the matter.
And no, we do not want this very British hate and harassment coming to Ireland at all.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Beyond XX & XY—Human Sex And Gender Were Never A Simple Binary
Humans are more complicated than most online experts think.The Big Picture
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#Trump #crime #justice #politics
Jasmine Crockett Trolls GOP With Blunt Reminder About 'Fearless Leader' Trump
The Texas lawmaker called out Republicans for hypocrisy on law and order issues.Ed Mazza (HuffPost)
Do not visit the FSA (Fascist States of America) reason #24,528.
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Please be careful - we were deported from the U.S. for just wanting to backpackI want to share what happened to me and my best friend last month when we tried to begin our backpacking trip in the U.S. Maybe it helps someone avoid the same nightmare.
We are 19 and 18 years old, from Europe, and we arrived in Honolulu from New Zealand, with the plan to explore the islands first, and then fly to the mainland after to explore California. We had booked only the first 2 nights in an Airbnb, just to be flexible with our plans - like we did in New Zealand, and like many backpackers do. We had the onward ticket to the next destination in Asia but didn't book domestic flights in the U.S. for the same reason.
At passport control they took us aside for “additional questions.” At first we didn’t think it was such a big thing, but then it became very intense. They were asking us why we didn’t book more nights or domestic flights, what our plans were, how we can afford to travel, and especially about work. We do sometimes small freelance jobs online (like translating or design stuff, for customers back in Germany and sometimes also Asia, not the U.S.), and we mentioned that - which was maybe the biggest mistake. It was also in the e-mails that they accessed.
After a while they told us we are not allowed to enter the U.S., that we are “inadmissible.” They said we were trying to work illegally, which we didn’t. We had onwards tickets and just wanted to travel.
But they didn’t care. They took our phones, our passports, and put us in handcuffs - that moment was surreal. Like, you’re a tourist and now you’re treated like criminal. They wanted to send us back to Auckland on the next flight, but we asked to rebook our onwards tickets for the day after, so we could continue with our travels. They agreed but said that we will be detained for the night. We agreed, having no idea what to expect, thinking that we would maybe wait in the same room that they interviewed us. But no.
They drove us to the detention center in Honolulu. I think it was called FDC prison, close to the airport. It was a real jail. Metal doors, locked cells, cold air. And they made us do a full strip search. It was really cold. We had to undress completely, including bra and underwear, and even had to squat and spread… I don’t want to describe it in too much detail, but it was humiliating and scary. We were alone with a female officer, but still… you don’t expect that as a tourist.
After that they gave us green prison clothes and put us in a cell overnight with two other women - who were actually bragging to us about their cartel connections and implying that they were serious criminals. It felt like a movie, but not a nice one. Of course we didn't not sleep even for a minute. I'm not picky, but the food was another horror story.
The next day they stripped us down again, we changed back into our clothes, and they took us straight to our plane - two officers returned our passports and escorted us to our seats as the door was about to close. Just like that. They also told us that if we want to come to the U.S. again, we cannot use a visa free system anymore.
So yeah… please be very careful if you plan to backpack in the U.S. Book all your accommodation in advance (even if you plan to change later). There are many fully refundable options - and we thought about it, but decided that it wouldn't be necessary. And don’t mention any remote work or freelancing and make sure to log out of any e-mails that could be used as evidence of it. And know that if something goes wrong, it’s not just “denied entry” - it’s jail, strip search, and total loss of control.
We are still totally shaken from it and feel like we did something wrong, even if we didn’t mean to. Just wanted to share, because I would have never imagined this could happen. My feeling is that backpacking culture isn’t understood or accepted at U.S. borders right now. Be careful!
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#politics
Von der Leyen warns X, Meta, TikTok to play by the rules in Europe — no matter who’s CEO
The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.Nicholas Vinocur (POLITICO)
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No, I don't think the EU is smart enough because some of its members are close to fascism and Trump friends. They will make concessions and the individual members will pay the price.
@bretcarmichael
I'm still unemployed, and I'm starting to think that I'm not going to find a job with #Django (in Berlin or remote).
After 25yrs as a dev I'm really pretty good - actually I'm good enough that I'm a better tailwind developer after three days' than people who've been using it for a year or more. And that's with me being a backender by trade.
Anybody's hiring? I'm also a good tech lead, I can do devops, etc etc.
Stuart Stevens: "Millions of words are expended trying to analyze Donald Trump when the simple truth is that he's a horrible human being who is everything decent parents teach their kids not to be.
Republicans, you did this. So when your son assaults a girl, lies, refuses to take responsibility for any mistake, goes off on immigrants, don't act surprised. You told him this behavior was presidential and positive.
Character is a choice. Trump was your choice. Now live with the consequences."
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Harlem Globetrotters Were Great Showmen! – @rainbowriderjt on Tumblr
Harlem Globe Trotters are a blast, even if'n the games aren't real. If you want real, or basketball isn't your thing, take a look at Banana Ball, the Savannah Bananas and the handful of teams that have sprung up to form the league.
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We, the German left, have 70+ years of experience with Nazi comparison: It typically belittles the suffering of those murdered and draws attention AWAY from whatever your cause is.
Do as you please. You have been warned.
The Nazis put people into cattle carriers. There were no windows. So many people where squeezed into those cars they had no chance to sit down. People died. The transport was not just a prelude to the murder, but also its start.
Referring to Carney’s wife, “It has an adam’s apple”
This is one of the most vulgar things I’ve heard on display in public for quite some time… and yes, these are PP’s people, egging each other on in further dehumanizing others, our home grown fascist supremacists. We need to very firmly put #MapleMAGA out of the running.
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(13) In the ”Everything happens twice: once as tragedy, once as farce” dep’t… – @dduane on Tumblr
Of course its a Herblock cartoon, the man was a genius
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Musk came to town and turned the place to shit. Same as Twitter. Same as Tesla. – @liberalsarecool on Tumblr
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All I see in most of your posts is:
Musk came to town and turned the place to shit. Same as Twitter. Same as Tesla. – @liberalsarecool on Tumblr
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every so often an image shows up, but it's rare, that's why I mentioned to you some time back, that you might want to link an image under the text...
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Yeaaa it is a bolted 12900H. It is for a really great price. It's just that the stability is really concerning to me.
I plan to use it to run TrueNAS Scale. It does have an 8x PCIe 4.0 slot, but I plan to put an A380 only anyways. Then the iGPU should be decent on paper. So it ticks all the boxes, if it runs stable.
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