[barely legal]

@futurebird A while back, I taught at a college where affairs between faculty and students were tolerated, and it was awful, seeing young people call themselves "jailbait" and prance around in front of professors who claimed they had no other choice. (None of the students were […]

@gottalaff.bsky.social I think me CEO predicted this, that they would have to remove his stench to get any of the remaining staff to do work. She said it was really odd that he wasn’t there the day of the layoffs and him leaving was the only explanation.

She also said the she couldn’t see any […]

[US pol: sorting humans into bins]

I just don't want anyone to have any illusions that this isn't anything but a call dislocate people and put them in camps.

Why camps?

You can't "just send them back where they came from" they may not have a claim to citizenship anywhere else. They may not […]

@futurebird On top of everything look at the lawsuits he is financially involved in. Anti-vacine winning makes him money.

@futurebird Do tax breaks attract businesses? I've read that there are many other more important factors. Yes, a business will like a tax break but are unlikely to base location decisions on it.

Look at Amazon when they went for Amazon 2 HQ. They knew where they wanted to move, but they got […]

@ckr @APBBlue I saw some snowcrete fly off a roof in Arlington yesterday. Fortunately it just landed on more snow.

@skinnylatte @briankrebs Better yet, just post the wrong solution to a problem and even more people will chime in to correct you.

@futurebird Nothingnew here. My mother worked at a Jewish school—grades K-8–and would talk about the wealthy people who bounced checks while living ostentatious lives. Their money was tied up in assets and having money available for paying bills, that’s for the non wealthy.