8bitguy

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[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago (5 children)

“They don’t want to engage in this banning of books or censoring of honest history or undermining who kids are,” Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president told The Associated Press on Wednesday, characterizing the candidates who won as “pro-public school.”

It's sad that we've gotten to a point where this has to be a fight.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

If anyone is interested in global worker rights, the ITUC has done a good job cataloging. Spoiler alert, the US isn't Bangladesh by any stretch of the imagination, but it ain't too rosey either.

https://www.globalrightsindex.org/en/2023/countries

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Chokes me up just thinking about it.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-move-from-seattle-has-to-do-with-taxes/

I'd like to pile on because I agree with the sentiment, but in reality it probably doesn't even make a dent in his wallet or thought process.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Definitely. Robert Sheehan is a force. You made me realize how much I forgot!

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Drama

Six Feet Under
Pushing Daisies
Dead Like Me
After Life
Doc Martin

Sci-Fi

Misfits
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Stargate SG-1
The Star Trek Franchise (of course)

Comedy

Fresh Meat
The Young Ones
IT Crowd
Green Wing
Miranda
Black Books
Peep Show
The Mitchell and Webb Look

Murder Mystery

Death In Paradise (if you like campy)
Poirot
Inspector George Gently
Wallander
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 55 points 2 years ago (34 children)

I can only imagine the hellish commute a NYT tech worker must endure. Let them work from wherever the fuck they want.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Not for congresspeople. Just normal citizens.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's terrible about their hosting?

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The Mortgage Insurance Premium (FHA) and Annual Guarantee Fee (USDA) make either costly in the long run. You get to skip the down payment, but the added cost of mortgage insurance (irrespective of how it's labeled) hurts lower income borrowers. Both are costly, and neither are necessary. The property is the collateral. The lender loses future revenue and is inconvenienced if the borrower defaults, but they obviously do well enough overall to shoulder that burden.

[–] 8bitguy@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It's fantastic, nice work!

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