Matthew Kopans

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Director, Individual Giving for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. Opinions are my own! he / him / his
has the military tried walking around pressing the button on the key fob to make the plane beep
Meanwhile, across the continent in Maine, citizens are fighting to create a publicly owned, not-for-profit state electrical utility - Alberta Politics

Enmax Energy Corp., the utility company owned by the City of Calgary, has committed millions of dollars to a campaign to persuade voters in the U.S. state not to create a public, not-for-profit utility company.

Alberta Politics

Which muscle group tends to tense up the most when you're stressed?

#polls

Please boost for a wider demographic 😉

Jaw or facial muscles
25.4%
Shoulders or neck area
64.6%
Back or belly area
8.9%
Legs or feet
1.1%
Poll ended at .

Taking a break from vacation to celebrate this news.

Let’s give it up for the great state of …

OH
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Symptom: Dishwasher rack does not roll fully back into the dishwasher.

Diagnosis: An object has fallen behind the rack and is in the way.

Resolution: Remove cat from dishwasher.

NYT figured out a super cool way to hire nonunion journalists - buy a nonunionized company and pay it for reporting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/07/20/new-york-times-sports-union-athletic/
#union #labor
New York Times union files grievance over plan to close sports desk

The grievance is the latest twist in the Times’s stewardship of the Athletic, which has lost tens of millions of dollars since the purchase.

The Washington Post
Stop blaming strikes for economic damage. Strikes are a logical response to overreach and greed from corporations and the wealthy. If there is resulting economic damage, look to those who drove the workers to strike in the first instance.

Lawyers with business before the Supreme Court made undisclosed direct payments to a Clarence Thomas' aide via Venmo, labeling the gifts as for Thomas' "Christmas Party"

If this isn't the appearance of corruption, I don't know what is.

So lemme get this straight.

1. Lorie Smith, owner of 303 Creative, doesn't actually design websites. Her company doesn't actually provide that service.
2. Stewart (last name withheld) didn't ask for a wedding site for him and his husband from her.
3. Stewart isn't gay. He's married to a woman and they have a kid together.
4. AND what could possibly be the most ironic occupation for Stewart to have? He's a web designer.

You can't make this shit up. Or I guess you can. Because Lorie and the Supreme Court did.

The problem with Mastodon is there’s no billionaire to suck up to.