Notices by Femme Malheureuse (femme_mal@mstdn.social)

@dangoodin Because replies don't appear to know this, credit and debit card transactions cost merchants on average between 1.5-3.5% of sales price.

PayPal is higher, IIRC.

Chart from NerdWallet:
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/small-business/credit-card-processing-fees

@stux Thanks, stux, fully support you. I had filtered Threads accounts and blocked the domain but this makes it more reliable. I don't want Meta harvesting my personal info or posts because a Threads account crossed the streams.

It's not as if folks can't go to Threads and follow accounts there by other methods.

@lowqualityfacts Marvelous! Does she accept commissions? Because that looks like purr-fect fantasy novel book cover work.

@RenewedRebecca Thank you. THANK YOU.

I have been arguing with someone who thinks because they survived the Reagan years we will survive this, too.

Makes me so angry and frustrated to face such cluelessness.

@danhon What's the color of surveillance?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449198-smart-tvs-take-snapshots-of-what-you-watch-multiple-times-per-second/

Yet another reason why I have blocked Threads' domains and posts shared from Threads. I don't trust Meta/Threads at all; Zuckerberg and his corporations have given me one reason after another not to trust them since I left Facebook in 2010.

That's at least 14 years of screwing over its users and democracies around the world.
https://mstdn.social/@Theblueone@mastodon.social/112870205833685912

EDIT: link added

This screenshot is being shared but not easily available from the source site, The National Pulse, which is subscriber supported (i.e., paywalled).

The National Pulse is run by a former Breitbart-UK editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam, which explains the lack of disgust at Carmack in this screenshot. Breitbart is and has been pro-fascist.

@flexghost We have to do both AND MORE.

AOC only told us what she's going to do.

What we should be doing in addition to organizing massive turnout: contacting our senators and representatives and demanding they support AOC's articles of impeachment to remove corrupt justices.

FURTHER, we should demand senators and representatives draft a bill to enlarge SCOTUS to match the number of appeals court districts.

@BlackAzizAnansi Your public library is waiting to assist you with a streaming service like Kanopy, Hoopla, or OverDrive. Just need a library card.

They're your tax dollars at work — generally no extra fees required.

@hllizi @davidaugust Yup, Economics 101 - supply and demand curves. A basic concept earlier than freshman year B-school, like market fundamentals kids learn trading for digital Neopets.

This is the real problem with so-called "free market" unregulated capitalism: many capitalists don't understand economics, thinking markets listen only to them because of their capital. When it doesn't respond as they wish, they act corruptly to make a market controlled in their favor, ex. frozen minimum wage.

@thomasfuchs Thank you for this reminder.

My spouse drove his car about a block's length down a street which was under water. He didn't notice exactly how deep it was as the street had no curbs against which he could gauge water depth. Ruined the engine of his year-old Chrysler 300, had to replace it.

Like you said, don't do it. Even with curbed streets don't do it because it's hard to say when water will suddenly swamp a street during/after a storm event.

@melissabeartrix @60pencilgirl That's how the lack of pockets really began in earnest -- fear of women carrying weapons for self protection.

Nice list of works cited in this piece related to history of women's pockets or lack thereof. https://bookriot.com/suffrage-and-pockets/

Throwing up a bat signal and asking for guidance regarding the best Mastodon apps for persons with limited vision after cataract surgery and glaucoma.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as it's the one barrier holding a friend back from using Mastodon instead of Twitter.

#Blind #LowVision
#VisuallyImpaired #Accessibility