Have you ever wondered why "baker's dozen" means 13 instead of 12?

It's not because bakers are generous — it comes from medieval bakers trying to avoid punishment! Bakers who sold underweight bread could face fines, flogging, and even the pillory.

There's also a "banker's dozen," "daily dozen," and more.

Check it out!

WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAYuVsHCwlI
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1152 /transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

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"Amazon’s surveillance state is robust enough to track a worker’s time off task to the second, but it was apparently not strong enough to prevent a firearm from being brought on to the property and a worker from being shot and killed."

https://abc3340.com/news/local/19-year-old-man-killed-in-shooting-at-amazon-facility-in-bessemer-coroner-says

https://www.rwdsu.org/news/bessemer-shooting-statement

#BoycottAmazon #USPolitics #WorkersRights

By The Yeti of Kananaskis:

"Tried everything"

Source: https://x.com/kananaskinyeti/status/2011123029263130719

Repeat after me:

The fourth amendment explicitly forbids the government from going door to door hoping to find a crime. Your home is not a crime scene by default. The laws of our nation do not get magically suspended just because the government is curious.

This is not radical. This is the Constitution.

If ICE death squads knock on your door, tell them go fuck themselves.