These cone things are for rats and mice. When you put them into a tunnel shaped object, their instinct is to crawl forward. So they crawl all the way up, and their face sticks out the other end so they can breathe. You close up the bag/tunnel behind them with your hand, then you can flip them over and inject them with what ever your are testing. For those that never worked with animals, or just don't have the dexterity to scruff the neck and grab the tail with one hand, this is a godsend. I also used these at the end of my experiments to decapitate my rats so I could harvest their brains to test that tissue for stuff. (I had to decapitate without anesthesia because we were studying phosphorylation of proteins in the brain, and most anesthesia absolutely fucks with that shit on its own.) I still have trauma from that work 15 years later.
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It is. Many retail jobs like this maintain the same requirement; be available all the time, but we won't schedule you enough hours to qualify for benefits or be able to afford rent.
Found some info on various sites. The average Safeway salary in the United States is $32,976 per year. Safeway salaries range between $27,000 a year in the bottom 10th percentile to $39,000 in the top 90th percentile. Safeway pays $15.85 an hour on average. Geographic location also impacts Safeway salaries. Safeway employees in Yakima, WA get paid the most. California's minimum wage is $16.50 per hour. (Strike is happening out in CA.) Most of the data I am finding is taking the average across the whole country, which doesn't take into account the higher min wage in CA. We can safely say that the floor for safeway workers out there should be $16.50 hourly in CA based on state law, and I imagine that someone working checkout, bagging, or the customer service desk isn't making $27 an hour. Per Zip recruiter: As of Jul 15, 2025, the average hourly pay for a Safeway Employee in California is $12.43 an hour. While ZipRecruiter is seeing salaries as high as $15.66 and as low as $7.59, the majority of Safeway Employee salaries currently range between $10.67 (25th percentile) to $14.23 (75th percentile) in California. The average pay range for a Safeway Employee varies little (about 3), which suggests that regardless of location, there are not many opportunities for increased pay or advancement, even with several years of experience.
Basically, Safeway is paying higher wages to scabs because they think they can outlast their workers who will be on strike with scab labor. In theory, when the strike comes to an end, all the scabs would be out of a job. Higher wages for the scabs is supposed to offset the instability of their employment with Safeway. If the strike goes on long enough, theoretically, Safeway will cross a financial line where the scabs end up costing more than just giving workers a fair deal.
This right here. The US had denied entry to bands/musicians as of late when touring because their message doesn't align with the brand and messaging being pushed by orange hitler. Don't let him in, show gets canceled. Write to your government about this dear Canadians.
Where in my post did I say I was cheering for anyone to get hurt? Was there a /s at the end of my post. You are putting those words in my mouth.
I'm sure Canadians think trump is nasty for raping women and children, being racist, stiffing contractors, and threatening the sovereignty of Canada. As an American, I say, keep it up Canada, don't spend a drop of your money on anything American. The entire country needs to suffer the consequences of Republican stupidity before they get angry enough to riot in the streets to hold these fuckers accountable. Fuck trump, fuck musk, fuck thiel, fuck the entire trump cabinet, fuck the house and Senate GOP for jumping on the trump train to line their pockets, and fuck house and Senate Dems for their limp-dicked response to all of this because they want to stay in power to keep riding the donor money train.
The damn is located in Greene County, Ohio, which leaned Trump. (Vote was split 60/40%.) Sending my thoughts and prayers the next time it rains.
I legit thought that was a paint job. Had no idea it was duct tape. Nicely done!
The only reason why I even knew this was a thing was because of a Joni Mitchel song called, "Magdeline laundries."
Baylor is absolute trash as a provider of medicine, at least where hipaa standards are concerned. When I moved to Dallas for a job, the two big providers in the area were UTSW and Baylor. I made an appointment with a Baylor internal medicine office. My appointment was at 8am, and the weather was expected to be abysmal, so I left at 7am. They called me while I was riding over to cancel the appointment, but I didn't get it cause I don't fuck with my cell phone when I'm cycling for my life. I got to the office and everything is unlocked. Office door, door to patient records room, doors to exam rooms, and supply closets with all sorts of goodies. Eventually, when no one showed up to the office, I checked my phone and got the message. The fact that everything was left unsecured was a massive HIPAA violation. I left a sheet of paper in each unsecured drawer stating that this was a hipaa violation with my contact info and would be reported. When they called me to reschedule, they tried to treat me like a fucking VIP, and were like, we can get you in tomorrow, despite waiting for nearly a year for the appointment they canceled. I was like, why would I want to be seen by doctors who have staff that can't do basic shit like secure their records?
Going to pull a Marvin Heemeyer?