Beaker Boy

He/him; sad bisexual. Migraneur. Occasional bartender, frequent server. In the process of finally finishing my undergraduate degrees

[Joe Schiarizzi🌳 @VA__Joe]

The scare tactics worked, the projections and science were 100% correct, and tens of billions of dollars were invested into protecting the reef from pollution leading to a different outcome.

The worst part of solving climate crises is not getting the credit

[g. @GeauxGabrielle]

Don’t take any comfort in this. Infectious diseases do not respect borders. This is not enough.

[Georgina Hollifield 💚🏠 @sp4rkl3jumpr0p3]

Something that radicalised me was learning that the "carbon footprint" concept was popularised by the fossil fuel industry to shift public focus on climate change towards individual consumers n their lifestyle instead of at the corporations that are knowingly destroying the earth

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

LAPD detectives are suing the City for tens of millions because they said the release of
their pictures put them in harm. They said they go to great lengths to keep their faces off the internet.

Yet the LAPD posts these same detectives’ pictures on their own social media.

[The Chief @CalvinMcgettig1]

“We were told deregulation would save farmers money, and we were assured quality control would be fine”

Where do you think the savings came from? Where do you think the lack of quality came from?

[leila 🏒 🦈 @bloomstodeath]

as a court reporting student the amount of people who seemingly aren't aware of this piece of technology's primary use case in stenography (steno) is pissing me off. did no one think to look up what steno means.

[bONGO 🎃 @wariocolosseum]

its ridiculous that landlords are even allowed to use ai altered images for these listings to begin with and should literally just be classified as false advertising everywhere

[Файн @Perfectly_Fine1]

1) yes, without sarcasm.
2) golf courses at least don't poison water
3) picking the 2023 number for data centers is deranged

[The Last Farm @TheLastFarm]

Are the ~25 data centers in Manhattan being powered off? Or is it just working class people who are being made to sacrifice?

[Dylan Park-Pettiford @dyllyp]

11 stars for the Confederate states instead of 13 stars for the original colonies is a detail most Americans won’t notice because of our public school system.

[Kaily @thedailykaily]

This benefit has been around for a little over a year and if executive members didn’t get in an hour early (because this is a perk of paying more for that membership) you’d still be waiting outside because THE STORE WASN’T OPENED YET.

[Larry @Tom & Marty's @tomandmartys]

Pro tip: If you go to a bar where the bouncers are outfitted in tactical gear, find a different bar, fast.

[Tayoncé Defense Attorney Cleveland Apologist @lesbeyonsay]

the fact that she's given so much and has not run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a wealth tax on billionaires are just bs

[Neolib Without Organs φ🌐🇵🇱🇷🇸φด้ @CyberRuthenia]

It's amazing just how much Trump's DOGE messed up basic services

[Tim Sharp 🍊 🍊 🇺🇸 @realtimsharp]

Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her home over 4 months ago. Seems like all of the Flock cameras in Tucson would have brought her back.

Unless Flock isn’t about solving crimes.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

“Landlords need make more and more money every year or they’ll burn your home to the ground” does not make me sympathetic to them

[Alex Z @AZinCLE]

None of this matters, the speed limit is the speed limit. There's no special exemption just because your car has shitty cruise control.

[RednBlackSalamander @9mmballpoint]

No guys it's fine, Flock cameras only read license plates, it's just normal traffic control, stop being so paranoid

Anyway here's one on a bike path

[Owen @Owennfa]

BOOMER: “We bought our first house at 25.”
ME: “How much was it?”
BOOMER: “$45,000.”
ME: “What were you making?”
BOOMER: “$15,000 a year.”
ME: “So 3 years of salary.”
BOOMER: “Exactly. We worked hard.”
ME: “Houses are $420,000 now.”
ME: “Average salary is $60,000.”
ME: “That’s 7 years of salary.”
BOOMER: “You kids just don’t save.”
ME: “We save. We just can’t afford to buy.”
BOOMER: “That’s because you’re lazy.”
ME: “Or the system changed and you benefited from it.”
BOOMER: “That’s not my fault.”
ME: “No. But stop blaming us for noticing.”

[Ali Alkhatib @_alialkhatib]

vaguely recall seeing some university spending significantly more on union-busting, policing, etc... than it would have cost to meet the demands of organizing graduate workers because the issue is never the money; it's the power. they'll happily take this deal; AI won't organize.