Wait till trump takes credit for by putting out a post on his low class, anti-social media app and congratulating himself. But the truth is the strike was ended under Biden. He joined the picket lines which in turn pressured the corporations to give up more than they ever would have done if not for the massive strikes and the support of the Biden administration.
Blue collar jobs, particularly of the assembly line variety are going to disappear as fast as white collar jobs with advancements in AI and robotics. Compound that with the Trump administration gutting the Inflation Reduction Act, and manufacturing jobs will be trending downward again by the end of the year.
No one is really prepared for the disruption that is coming, though shorter term the safest jobs are probably those that currently require human interfacing and/or have flexible enough duties and low enough pay that replacing them with service robots won’t be immediately cost effective.
If your job requires little to no face to face interaction and is fairly repetitive in terms of task requirements ( physical or mental), it probably won’t be there in five years.
So Elon has billions of dollars worth of government contracts -- and he's forming his own political party to oppose Assmouth, who has politicized every government contract he's run across?! This should end well. I mean, it really could be the man-love first step towards reconciliation and maybe I'm just too girly to have ever tried something this stupid, but fuck it, I hope just these two fuckers completely drive each other over the cliff. It's too bad there's no way they won't duke it out without destroying zillions of jobs and dollars and lives. But if these two massive egos contribute to their parties never winning an election ever again, then let them go at it.
To me it all comes down to corporate feudalism, in this case the technocrat class versus the rentier class. Both of them are mere symptoms of the the problem. America is long overdue for social revolution. The sop was FDR's New Deal, which averted it, but now that is history.
So. Stayed home. Did nothing of importance. Watched Collingwood lay some serious smackdown on Carlton (the AFL team, not the Fresh Prince character) to maintain their dominance in the league. Washed dishes because Mrs. Hero made a lovely dinner for the two of us, despite serious pain (she insisted, and I don't argue with an Iowa girl). Solved various and sundry puzzles.
Now a hot shower, followed by more doing of nothing. Hope your day was as pleasant.
Dryer lint's a good comparison, though. It looks softer and more innocent than it is, is the product of the steady degradation of things of value, is easy to overlook or ignore until your clogged vent burns yoir house down, so it seems like a minor problem until it's all of a sudden huge, and takes constant, annoying, apparently pointless vigilance to avoid the terrible fate that does not provide value beyond that.
IANAD, I'ma guess that nothing caused the *air quotes* epidemic, but instead, modern science has been able to more accurately diagnose autism, thus resulting in an increase of cases, which may be misconstrued by lesser minds as an epidemic.
Kinda like when President Moron didn't want people to be tested for Covid because it would raise the number of people with the disease, thus making him look bad (like he needed help).
That study came out years ago, and I have long Covid, so I don’t remember the source but I’m autistic and the son of scientists so I’ll buy that explanation. I do know for sure that it manifests more profoundly in my son, whose mother is epileptic and who was on anticonvulsants that are contraindicated for women of childbearing age.
You could look up a landmark English case from a few years ago when a jury determined that a young girl’s extreme autism was actionably caused by diesel exhaust because her family lived downwind of a major trucking thoroughfare.
Hmmm. What struck me in particular was Farley's assertion that AI would take all the white collar jobs.
May his be the first!
Fuck this dude.
Wait till trump takes credit for by putting out a post on his low class, anti-social media app and congratulating himself. But the truth is the strike was ended under Biden. He joined the picket lines which in turn pressured the corporations to give up more than they ever would have done if not for the massive strikes and the support of the Biden administration.
Blue collar jobs, particularly of the assembly line variety are going to disappear as fast as white collar jobs with advancements in AI and robotics. Compound that with the Trump administration gutting the Inflation Reduction Act, and manufacturing jobs will be trending downward again by the end of the year.
No one is really prepared for the disruption that is coming, though shorter term the safest jobs are probably those that currently require human interfacing and/or have flexible enough duties and low enough pay that replacing them with service robots won’t be immediately cost effective.
If your job requires little to no face to face interaction and is fairly repetitive in terms of task requirements ( physical or mental), it probably won’t be there in five years.
Beeb is going sleepy-times.
Nite-nite.
Raise fut. Fold wings.
Fold head back.
Zzzzzzzzzonk.
https://youtu.be/BpndGZ71yww?feature=shared
You Never Give Me Your Money
So Elon has billions of dollars worth of government contracts -- and he's forming his own political party to oppose Assmouth, who has politicized every government contract he's run across?! This should end well. I mean, it really could be the man-love first step towards reconciliation and maybe I'm just too girly to have ever tried something this stupid, but fuck it, I hope just these two fuckers completely drive each other over the cliff. It's too bad there's no way they won't duke it out without destroying zillions of jobs and dollars and lives. But if these two massive egos contribute to their parties never winning an election ever again, then let them go at it.
Why in the hot buttered fuck would Elon spend half a billion dollars to elect Trump, then immediately oppose him with his own new party?!
Because he's the walking definition of the clapback, "well, if you're so rich, why aren't you smart?"
Trump didn't give him everything he wanted when he wanted it. People like these are nothing if not fickle.
I hope that if y’all get another election that Elon’s party runs strong and proud and vote- splitting!
To me it all comes down to corporate feudalism, in this case the technocrat class versus the rentier class. Both of them are mere symptoms of the the problem. America is long overdue for social revolution. The sop was FDR's New Deal, which averted it, but now that is history.
Like this?
https://www.benzinga.com/news/space/25/07/46263650/us-air-force-suspends-spacex-cargo-rocket-project-in-pacific-over-ecological-concerns
Dude is really losing touch with reality.
So, all of a sudden the Trump's administration has a concern about the ecology?
Nope. They will fuck up NepoElon any way they can from here on.
"Environmental concerns" -- see, they're even trolling him.
So. Stayed home. Did nothing of importance. Watched Collingwood lay some serious smackdown on Carlton (the AFL team, not the Fresh Prince character) to maintain their dominance in the league. Washed dishes because Mrs. Hero made a lovely dinner for the two of us, despite serious pain (she insisted, and I don't argue with an Iowa girl). Solved various and sundry puzzles.
Now a hot shower, followed by more doing of nothing. Hope your day was as pleasant.
The movie is over if you'd like to join us there for OT.
Thanks.
BTW, can anyone tell me how to do the emoticons? I've been wondering for a while.
Thanks for the suggestions but none of them worked for Linux and I figured it out for myself.
🙂
On my iPad I place the cursor to bring up the keyboard, and hit the smiley face key at lower left to bring up the emoticons.
In Windows, hold down the Windows key and hit the period key.
Or right-click and choose "Emoji"
Press the any key
Synagogue burned in arson attack in Melbourne, Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/synagogue-fire-charges-protest-laws-victorian-parliament/105498480
At least they caught the bastard.
I'm on the last episode of Ironheart and it's been pretty fun. There's a few things that have been uneven but overall, I like it. Good villains.
Good villains!
Also good music
I need RiRi to have a better head writer - she was amazing in Wakanda Forever
I was sorta lost in the first few episodes, but I'm sure some of that is from being high.
It was really ... VIVID ... is one of the only words I can come up with to describe it best
So it might've even been made to cater to that state of mind, you know ...?
Khashoggi's Ghost
@urocklive1.bsky.social
MAGA Nutcase Kandiss Taylor is getting blowback for claiming the floods in Texas and the associated deaths are all fake.
That woman is a hideous person and dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. And she's in Congress.🙄
Who votes for this?
Anyone who believes 26 people would fake their deaths to make a political protest...
MAGAt's
She's in Congress? I thought she was just running?
But it's hard to keep track of the nutcases.
She's running for a Senate seat.
Linky sad
Republicans who would vote for dryer lint if it an an R next to it.
And, yes, dryer lint libulz!
Dryer lint's a good comparison, though. It looks softer and more innocent than it is, is the product of the steady degradation of things of value, is easy to overlook or ignore until your clogged vent burns yoir house down, so it seems like a minor problem until it's all of a sudden huge, and takes constant, annoying, apparently pointless vigilance to avoid the terrible fate that does not provide value beyond that.
The Republican women are all trying to out-crazy each other.
And they're getting good at it.
And by last September we knew RFK Jr. was a dishonest, paranoid crackpot.
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘍. 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘑𝘳. 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 “𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-autism-stud_n_6865369ce4b0a744f2dda771
IANAD, I'ma guess that nothing caused the *air quotes* epidemic, but instead, modern science has been able to more accurately diagnose autism, thus resulting in an increase of cases, which may be misconstrued by lesser minds as an epidemic.
Kinda like when President Moron didn't want people to be tested for Covid because it would raise the number of people with the disease, thus making him look bad (like he needed help).
But what do I know?
I can tell you the cause in two words: More reporting.
We’ve known for years: natural genetic variations triggered by environmental exposure factors before the neural tube closes during fetal development.
Source please
Because its about 90% chance that a second identical twins has autism it means there's also an environmental component.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/archive/news/ioppn/records/2014/may/environmental-factors-as-important-as-genes-in-understanding-autism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250415-the-genetic-mystery-of-why-some-people-develop-autism
That study came out years ago, and I have long Covid, so I don’t remember the source but I’m autistic and the son of scientists so I’ll buy that explanation. I do know for sure that it manifests more profoundly in my son, whose mother is epileptic and who was on anticonvulsants that are contraindicated for women of childbearing age.
You could look up a landmark English case from a few years ago when a jury determined that a young girl’s extreme autism was actionably caused by diesel exhaust because her family lived downwind of a major trucking thoroughfare.
Eyebleach
https://youtube.com/shorts/h5HjojR3rAc?si=wUUkD4HdL9rHlZfY
If I need eyebleach, I'm not looking.
The fucking fireworks are starting.
Sympathies.