spongebue

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 52 seconds ago

Or she's going to try to run for Senate and wants to lie low for a bit to cool down emotions

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

He'd be pardoned immediately

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The average human has one boob

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

... So I don't know why the Democrats want to implicate themselves

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

County boundaries aren't all that relevant to gerrymandering. They've been set basically since Oklahoma was a state, probably before that even.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I understood the feeling OP mentioned and my tonsils were removed decades ago

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Because we all know how upset Antifa was at the idea of Donald Trump leaving office and wanted to do everything they could to stop it

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Yes, DOGE officer? This one right here. DOGE officer? Where'd you go?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Everyone who was against Trump has committed mortgage fraud and is getting busted for it at the same time?

Literally unbelievable.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think this bit of nuance is important and easy to overlook: these numbers are about profit margins, which doesn't necessarily translate to market size. Individual grocery stores generally run on thin margins, but Kroger is huge because their stores are EVERYWHERE. Everyone needs to eat. Our world needs energy, and we largely use oil to supply it. Drugs help us live longer. Etc etc etc.

Scientific articles are not nearly as ubiquitous in day to day life. They have have a huge profit margin and still be relatively small because their sales volume is low.

I know they can be scummy, but this is so not an apples to apples comparison.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Literally the first two paragraphs (hell, the first two sentences) of the article

Almost every month, Mr Cihan Citak gets into his car, passport in hand, and sets off from Istanbul to Alexandroupolis, a Greek seaside city 40km from the Turkish border.

After a roughly four-hour drive, he walks the crowded aisles of the local supermarket, filling his cart with wine, cheese and other groceries that cost a fraction of what they do back home.

He's not starting from the border, he's starting from Istanbul, which is not anywhere near the border.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

40km from the border. 4 hours total each way

 
 

As a parent of a toddler in this program (one who is getting 4 provider visits per week, was going to be cut to 4 per month) I'm glad to have gotten an email late Friday saying that there will be no changes to services at this time. Still, this week has been a clusterfuck for us and especially our providers!

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