What you see entering my house
So, over the weekend, I finally got around to putting up my M2 car collection mounted, which was not easy.
The picture doesn't show it well, but we live in a split level, so those are on the wall above the stairs leading to the basement level. That took some fun ladder settings which was still janky as hell. The shelves are an older Ikea picture ledge mounted upside except for the bottom one that I scored off of marketplace at an awesome price, 7 for... I think $30, something around that. A quick check on eBay, and people were selling NOS ones for over $100, so... I already have some figures on the newer model of picture ledge, those cost about $12 each, so it was a no brainer to snap these up, especially as they were nearby and I could pic them up while working.
I do have a thing for cab overs, which is why the vast majority are VW vans and pickups or 60's era American pickups and vans. I do have a few other things, but those were mostly bought before I found that I could get these at WalMart, when my choices were slimmer, stuff I like, but don't love.
And yes, those two cars with the orange background are Batmobiles, the Adam West one as well as the one from Batman Adventures, my two favorites.
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Judge Denies California’s Request for Immediate Block on Trump’s Use of Military in Los Angeles - Democracy Docket
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a federal court to issue an emergency order to block President Donald Trump’s use of California National Guard troops and Marines within Los Angeles.Democracy Docket
It's black letter law. A hearing to document their lying claims & the legal response to get it on the record formally can be useful. Perhaps that is his thinking. It gives them a couple of days to continue their outrageous behavior, & risks a blowup they will then use to rationalize it. But if it is a given they will take it to SCOTUS anyway, get the basics documented. Maybe SCOTUS can then decline to consider, giving the fascists on the SC no chance to dissent.
Y'all, I need help. I can't get my deleted emails off my MacBook Air. I have watched the YouTube videos, gone on all the forums. I've deleted the trash, the archives, the ultimate trash. Waited 48 hours (it's been weeks). My storage setting won't move, and it's all email. Suggestions?
UPDATE: After a talk with Apple Support, I managed to find thousands of 8 year old emails in my Recovery folder, deleted them, and finally cleared up some storage.
Tx to all who responded!
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everything is so fucking stupid and dangerous right now and i'm at my emotional limit
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The rise of #Trump radically shifts the meaning of "#treason": in this new era, resisting spectacular authoritarianism risks being labeled as betrayal. Defenders of #democracy and #freedom may now be branded as "traitors" by the regime. A textbook case of how #power redefines who is the enemy—and who is the true patriot.
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Always frustrating when people talk about immigrants being a drain on the UK. Jim Ratcliffe recently bought a cycle team, a yacht team, a ski lodge, a Swiss football team, Manchester United, the Mercedes F1 team and sponsors New Zealand rugby - largely funded by tax avoidance. He owns not one but two superyachts aswell as two hotels. He is a Brexiteer and Eurosceptic who for tax purposes says he lives in Monaco and owns an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, where he relocated his business in 2010 to avoid tax. His vast thirty billion wealth comes from petrochemicals, oil and plastic. Jim wants fracking and doesn't care about the consequences.
Assuming the cost of one migrant is c.£12000 per year (and assuming that person gives nothing back to the economy, which we know to be wrong), just in money that Jim avoids paying the country he contributed to being cut off from our neighbours whose hospitality he enjoys so much, that would easily fund half a million immigrants per year. And they're not pumping oil and plastic into the environment.
Jim is one man.
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The majority of peope who arrived on small boats, which they only did because there are no legal means to apply for alylum abroad, would also mainly be able to contribute as well but they are held, at our expense, in cheap hotels and ramshackle camps and unable to work because we are slow in processing their claims, the majority of which are clearly valid.
@marjolica @hedders Right. Study after study shows they contribute more in taxes and use public services less. Assuming a tax-to-spend model of public finance (which the media typically does), that's actually *reducing* the cost-per-head of services such as the NHS.
Asylum seekers, in particular, wouldn't have risked life and limb to languish on benefits. They come here to make better lives for themselves, keep their noses clean and work hard to support their families.
[Undocumented immigrants pay taxes and their IRS employment data is being used to track them down.]
Yeah, not only is tax revenue going to spike downward, business tax revenue is going to go down due to a labor shortage. The spouse needed to use a shredding service, but the trucks aren't available because the labor that preps and empties them are staying home thanks to the ICE raids. Lots of people aren't leaving their homes. I expect many businesses may fail, if not ultimately the economy.
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Truckers Petition Feds To Enforce HAZMAT Rules On Oil And Gas Waste
Washington, D.C.—Truckers and environmentalists have joined together to demand Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies to enforce existing hazardous material rules when it comes to hauling oilfield waste—including the water and sands used to frac…Terrace (PopularResistance.Org)
Big ol' anti-ICE protest outside the immigration office on Varick Street, visible (and audible) from my office
#nyc
This cute little guy needs a good home! He’s very friendly, likes to talk, and is eager to get if the street. His name is Sandwich!
Message me if you’re interested in a new friend!
#Baltimore #cats #CatsOfMastodon
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Has anyone found the new design/production templates for Photoshop yet? Cause they sure ain’t here (yet).
developer.apple.com/design/res…
Apple Design Resources
Design apps accurately and quickly using official Apple design templates, icon production templates, color guides, and more.Apple Developer
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@pieteromvlee THE VIDEOS SAID PS TEMPLATES WERE AVAILABLE. NOT PERFORMING AS ADVERTISED ★☆☆☆☆
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CalPERS still has more than $1B of public employees' retirement savings invested in Tesla stock. Tell them to SELL TSLA now!
Next CalPERS board meeting:
Mon, June 16, 9:15 am
Feckner Auditorium
Lincoln Plaza North, 400 P St.
Sacramento, CA 95811
calpers.ca.gov/about/board/boa…
Be there in person, phone 800-259-4105 during public comment period, or email "board@calpers.ca.gov".
(Next CalSTRS board meeting is July 9 in San Diego)
More info:
wonderl.ink/@divest-tesla
divest-tesla
WonderlinkTell our pension funds CalPERS and CalSTRS to sell their more than $1 billion each in Tesla
(stock symbol TSLA)
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Why the administration's use of the Nat'l Guard is an attack on States Rights.
Please boost this explainer article written by a history professor about the laws allowing the deployment of the military inside the US, its history, and precedents that show what's happing is unprecedented. It is concise and easy to read, and if you're an American citizen, you WILL understand what's right and what's wrong. That's important if you decide to #resist or to #protest. The administration is manufacturing provocations here. This explains how.
To get to the core of the information, skip down to the first heading that reads, Historical Background: electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Ite…
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It's California Versus Donald Trump in the Streets, and in Court
Click on the map for the articlewww.electoral-vote.com
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"Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait. Don’t give him the pretext he wants." #ABlueView🧵1/3
"By militarizing the situation in L.A., Trump is goading Americans more generally to take him on in the streets of their own cities, thus enabling his attacks ...
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The National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter has this important PSA for protestors who get arrested. Shout out to Detroit attorneys Bill Goodman and Denise Heberle for this sound advice: facebook.com/watch/?v=71973314…
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217K views · 10K reactions | PSA to Protestors: Shut the F**K UP | The National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter has this important PSA for protestors who get arrested. Shout out to Detroit attorneys Bill Goodman... | By Lincoln Square Media | Fac
The National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter has this important PSA for protestors who get arrested. Shout out to Detroit attorneys Bill Goodman...www.facebook.com
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Columbia’s Capitulation Backfired Spectacularly As Trump Admin Threatens Its Accreditation
Appeasing bullies never works. Not only does it reveal your willingness to abandon principles, but bullies will never be satisfied — they’ll always demand more. Columbia University is learnin…Techdirt
A privilege to join Prime Minister Carney and parliamentarians to raise the Pride Flag on Parliament Hill today.
As our PM stated, Pride is Canadian.
Pride will always be part of Canada. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Today, ICE was in Camarillo, Oxnard, Port Hueneme. Reportedly, farm workers were detained. No further information is available
Call 805 875 8855 to report ICE
#ice
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Why?
Treasonous American politicians...
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