Notices by aburtch (aburtch@triangletoot.party)

The media is complicit in the current #coup. https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/business-day-gmdkn5fhz/-/a-5AO22IFkTQiV2sA1aOE2xw%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

Don’t let #Walmart BS you. A recent study proved they actually make communities poorer.

“On net, they conclude, Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/walmart-prices-poverty-economy/681122/

@samlitzinger That’s his entire modus operandi. And so far he has proven there is literally no one willing or able to do so.

No link because it's a paywalled article, but the headline says it all… 🤣🤣🤣

Not to mention the fact that this is the same company who admitted all the stories about them closing branches in 2021 due to theft and “shrinkage" were complete bullshit:
https://theweek.com/crime/1020039/did-walgreens-lie-about-its-shoplifting-problem

@staringatclouds @dgar Plus it was fully written as a five season arc before they started filming such that flash-forward scenes in season one didn’t make any sense until season four or five. It was so far ahead of its time.

This is important. Pay attention.

First time this editorial cartoonist has ever been censored. Obscene joke gone too far? In poor taste? Too soon?

Nope, just poking fun at the billionaire tech bros kowtowing to their new overlord.

I guess the WaPo boss just couldn’t take truth being told to power.

Good on her, she quit. https://sfba.social/@drahardja/113767849898785279

@maskedscheduler Really? Source?

Happy Winter #Solstice! It only gets brighter from here.

@mekkaokereke I always use buttermilk too, but the yogurt trick has saved me on days I was out.

@mekkaokereke The go a step further and do the buttermilk pancakes from scratch. Just the same as regular, but use buttermilk. Don’t have it on hand? Make it by diluting Greek yogurt.

ProPublica is the best news org going right now. https://triangletoot.party/@monkeyborg/113646406753582400

#SilentSunday

@lain Tea, Coffee, and Coco. That’s what sent me over the edge! 🤣

The folks at NYT games are on strike, so they were kind enough to make alternative games for you to play so you could still get your daily fix: https://nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-builds/index.html

And now would be a great time to plug @lexgames all build by @lexfri which are so awesome I'm actually paying to subscribe to them: https://lex.games/

@maskedscheduler The irony is that he never wanted to win the first time. There are old 1990’s interviews where he muses about running for president because it makes you “permanently famous” which is what he wanted all along. He never intended to win.

Just look at this photo from election night 2016. This looks like everyone’s in shock.

“The US top rate of tax in 1944 was 97%. The postwar top rate from 1945-63 was 94%, and it was 70% from 1965-80. This was the period of the largest expansion of the US economy in the nation's history. These are the ‘good old days.’”
- @pluralistic

My dog is really bad at this. #DogsofMastodon

@lain I'm interested in learning more. Link? More info?

@maskedscheduler To be fair, when it first came about networks went all-in because it was so much cheaper. None of us on the production side knew the changes it would bring. It's where all the budgets went, so we had to follow.

Remember the lawsuit a while back where landlords were colluding through a third-party algorithm to raise rents across the board in multiple cities?

Well now it’s been discovered in the hotel industry. Prices are up even while occupancy is down.

Just like there is never only one roach, assume this is going on in every industry.

https://youtu.be/xFk8V7mU0Wo?si=yhKhT7ZOVZuFGk9q