Notices by Dave Rahardja (drahardja@sfba.social), page 8

Accurate.

Dems MUST learn to create a “big tent” party and stop doing purity tests. No one is aligned with you 100%, but PLENTY of people are aligned with you 90%. We must band together as allies, despite our imperfections.

#Democrats #leftWing #purityTest

This 4,800-mile Acura Integra Type R was sold today on Bring-a-Trailer for $204k.

Congrats to the winner, I guess. But…why? There are so many better options at $200k. Is this nostalgia or money laundering?

#cars #honda #acura #auction

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-acura-integra-type-r-69/

“Former My Faith Votes CEO Jason Yates, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, months after his arrest.

“My Faith Votes was founded in 2015 to mobilize millions of conservative Christians to vote in elections. Dr. Ben Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon and conservative activist, previously served as the organization's honorary chairman.”

It’s always the same cast of characters.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/jason-yates-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-possession.html

@jeffjarvis I hope others watching learn that appeasement leads to extortion.

🦅 USA 🦅 Units of measurements 🦅 USA 🦅

#humor #parody #usa

Source: https://youtube.com/shorts/oNoh4i6G-js

“Minimum Wage Machine”

“The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. For as long as they turn the crank, the user is paid in pennies as time passes. For example, if minimum wage is $7.25/hour (the current US Federal rate), then the worker is paid one penny every 4.97 seconds. If they stop turning the crank, they stop receiving money. The machine's mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank, and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box. The MWM is reprogrammed as minimum wage changes, or for wages in different locations.”

https://www.blakefallconroy.com/minimum-wage-machine.html

#minimumWage #art #socialCommentary

The reward for capitulating to Trump is that Trump extorts even more from you. I don’t know how people fail to grasp this. Even when you cooperate, you lose.

“Trump, however, has also repeatedly hinted at a side deal with Skydance after a New York Post report indicated the company would allocate between $15 million and $20 million for such ads once it acquires Paramount.

“We did a deal for about $16 million plus $16 million—or maybe more than that in advertising," he told reporters earlier this month. “So it’s a combination of 16 plus 16 ... So it’s like $32 to maybe $35 million. I think that’s what they did.””

#kakistocracy #capitulation #complicity

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-touts-secret-paramount-side-deal-after-colbert-ouster/

Unpaywalled: https://archive.ph/uRfBs

OK, here is a publicly-shareable dashboard of #PublicBroadcasting stations most at risk (thank you @Runkefer) . This list is sorted by “dependence”, defined as:

Federal revenue / Total station revenue.

In other words, a 90% dependence score means Federal money accounts for 90% of the station’s income.

Since Federal money is being cut by #Trump, the more dependent a station is on Federal money, the more devastated they will be.

I encourage you to pick some station that calls out to you (don’t all pick the number one station!) and find their website and make a *recurring* donation of $5 or $10 a month. Make sure it’s a RECURRING donation, so you give these stations a dependable lifeline.

Don’t forget, some employers will match your donations. Make your bosses support public broadcasting!

https://data.semipublic.co/public/dashboard/79538ae6-407d-49c0-bb7e-73e4a594f8a7

tl;dr: US consumers won’t pay more for an identical product if it were manufactured in the US.

A small business owner selling fancy shower heads with built-in filters tried making his product entirely in the US, which ended up costing him 3× as much in materials and labor. He passed the cost to the buyer and gave customers the option to purchase a US-made version ($240) or a Chinese/Vietnamese-made one ($130), with a short explanation of why the difference matters.

The result? Out of 25,650 visitors, 584 bought the Asian-made version, and ZERO bought the US-made one.

The data doesn’t lie: the fact that something is US-made *alone* will not convince people to pay more money. The corollary I gather is that there has to be *something more* that differentiates the US variant to “justify” the price increase.

#data #manufacturing #madeInUSA

https://www.businessinsider.com/afina-shower-head-founder-tests-paying-more-american-made-2025-5

I signed up to #PBS Passport and I’m donating $20/month to my local station, KQED. It’s a better investment than subscribing to Paramount Plus, for sure. Consider signing up for a *recurring* donation to your local station to show your support.

Even better, some employers will *match* your recurring donations. Get your bosses to support your local station!

#sfba #publicBroadcasting

I wonder if there is a list of at-risk #publicBroadcasting stations in rural areas that will shut down because of the recent defunding. Those stations may be a great candidate for sending your recurring support even if you don’t leave near them.

It’s better than subscribing to Paramount Plus, that’s for damn sure.

I was going to resub to Paramount Plus to catch up on Star Trek episodes but nah, I changed my mind. https://mstdn.social/@aSweetGentleman/114876724585879507

#EndStageCapitalism #cars #meetings #ai #enshittification

“Mercedes-Benz Expands Collaboration with Microsoft to Boost In-Car Productivity with Enhanced Meetings for Teams App, Intune Integration and Microsoft 365 Copilot”

https://media.mbusa.com/releases/mercedes-benz-expands-collaboration-with-microsoft-to-boost-in-car-productivity-with-enhanced-meetings-for-teams-app-intune-integration-and-microsoft-365-copilot

Hey #California: State assemblymember Carl DeMaio is trying to require #voterID and proof of citizenship to vote in California…again.

California’s rate of voter fraud is basically nonexistent. This is yet another cynical Republican ploy to make it harder for certain people to vote.

https://www.kcra.com/article/california-republican-lawmakers-voter-id-campaign/65428701

@inthehands This is really good!

My favorite sentence: “Every part of this is wrong. This paragraph is beyond help.”

Whoa https://rollenspiel.social/@Eatsbluecrayon/114863687923295265

Hhhehehe

Source: https://xcancel.com/KyleTrainEmoji/status/1943543906089746527

Good. Keep it up. https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/114842550065703031

I feel like Trumpworld forgets that democracy and having just laws and due process is the alternative to direct application of violence to assert one’s rights and demands. As the former is eroded, the latter will increase.

“Police officer shot in violent ‘organized attack’ on ICE detention facility”

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/police-officer-shot-in-violent-organized-attack-on-ice-detention-facility/

Not mentioned in the article is the fact that #Austin is surrounded by #Texas, a state that wants to murder you for existing.

“Austin’s Reign as a Tech Hub Might Be Coming to an End: Regional tech hubs across the U.S. are losing talent as workers return to the coasts, with Austin being one of the hardest hit”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/austins-reign-as-a-tech-hub-might-be-coming-to-an-end-02836bc3

Unpaywalled: https://archive.ph/XjY4s