How does it feel that your name is just flipped Lando Carlrissian
micnd90
joined 5 years ago
I was addicted to vape during the Juul days. It was just so easy to buy from nearby 711. So easy to bring to work and smoke outside, without lingering smell of cigs. At one point I was smoking 2 Juul pods a day, which is nicotine intake of 2 cig packs a day. Only managed to "quit" becaue Juul got banned and I moved to vape mods. At one time the addiction became so expensive, and I was so sick of paying for shitty leaky pods where the wick just burnt out and taste horrible I moved onto RDA type vape where you have to make the coil and the wick yourself to save money. The RDA vape was such a lifesaver, because you can't continuously and mindlessly inhale, you have to prep the wire, wet the wick before each inhale. I managed to eventually quit because it was just too much of a hassle. So the lesson is switch to RDA vape, it worked at least for me.
Anakin "killin' younglings"just like me FRFR
Yours truly future school shooter
Also, what happened to our chudjak emoji?
State of political discourse in America
Your guy's wife is ugly
Your guy's wife is a sl*t
Anglo engineering at its finest
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The virgin former real estate salesman president vs. the chad former war criminal president
I'm the one who platformed Dave Rubin and Jimmy Dore
I will not apologize
Good thing is once the hurricane made landfall, people will forget about the initial (bad) forecast. FEMA and their inevitable bungling of disaster response will take the brunt of the blame.
They basically fired bunch of people saying that "your work does not align with current agency priorities" then open the same position with much much lower salary. Of course they are struggling to fill positions. The worst thing about this is once they gutted enough core functions, people will complain that the service is shitty (e.g., social security, medicaid, VA service), then the agency public approval will go down and we will get gutted even more - creating a vicious circle. As it stands currently the National Weather Service (NWS) which is under NOAA is the fed agency with 2nd highest national approval rating, we are only losing to the National Forest Service which is equally beloved by Republicans and Dems.
Palestinians = prisoners
Israelis = hostages
Merriam-Adelson-Webster dictionary, look it up
Summer camp for future war criminals
Now you can finally have year-round summer vacation. NO HOMEWORK!! It'll be TREMENDOUS
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution. The numbers were presented to NOAA employees and managers were asked to submit names of positions for layoffs to agency headquarters, which will then go to NOAA’s parent agency, the Department of Commerce, on Wednesday, the people said.
Three former senior NOAA officials — two former political appointees from the Biden administration — who speak regularly with managers at their old agency used the same number for upcoming job cuts: 1,029, 10% of the current 10,290. They talked to multiple people still in NOAA and a current agency worker detailed the cuts that a manager explained to employees.
While most people know about NOAA and its daily weather forecasts, the agency also monitors and warns about hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and tsunamis, manages the country’s fisheries, runs marine sanctuaries, provides navigation information to ships and observes changes in the climate and oceans. The agency also plays a role in warning about avalanches and space weather that could damage the electrical grid. It helps respond to disasters, including oil spills.
The new cuts come after earlier rounds of Trump administration firings and encouraged retirements at NOAA, plus the elimination of nearly all new employees last month. After this upcoming round of cuts, NOAA will have eliminated about one out of four jobs since President Donald Trump took office in January.
“This is not government efficiency,” said former NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad. “It is the first steps toward eradication. There is no way to make these kinds of cuts without removing or strongly compromising mission capabilities.”
The cuts are being ordered without specific guidance from the Trump administration on how or where, which makes it even worse, Spinrad said.
NOAA spokeswoman Monica Allen said the agency’s policy is not to discuss internal personnel matters, but said NOAA will “continue to provide weather information, forecasts and warnings pursuant to our public safety mission.”
NOAA has already stopped releasing some weather balloons that gather crucial observations for forecasts in two locations — Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine — because of lack of staffing, the agency said last week.
This is all happening as severe storm system is forecast to move through the central and southern parts of the nation late this week in a multi-day outburst with strong tornadoes, hail and damaging winds expected.
Weather forecasts will worsen and “people are going to start seeing this very quickly,” warned former NOAA chief scientist Craig McLean. It will also limit how much commercial fishermen will be able to catch, he said.
On top of all the job losses, cuts in research grants to universities will also make it harder for the U.S. to keep improving its weather forecasts and better monitor what’s happening to the planet, McLean said.
“People are silently watching the United States decline as a technological leader,” McLean said. “America got to the moon, but our weather forecasts won’t be the greatest.”
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Struggle session rant: I'm tired of victim blaming mentality in North America regarding bicycle helmets
(hexbear.net)
I bike commute almost everyday, I'm tired of people in the office asking "where's my helmet" then followed by a snide comment that it is dangerous and I should protect my brain.
Here are my reasoning for not wearing helmet:
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I need my noise-cancelling headphone. The loud sound of cars is giving me more brain damage.
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I've been cycling since I was 4, and I've never got hit by a car. I know road rules and not an aggressive cyclist when commuting.
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I wear helmet when cycling for exercise, mountain-biking, when I could be distracted by either maintaining my rpm or cycling on difficult terrain. I don't cycle that fast when commuting.
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Helmet-checking is victim blaming. Cars are predominantly at fault in car-cyclist crash, it is almost always car who is not paying attention, texting, had eyes going elsewhere, dozing off, going off lanes. You cannot doze off when on a bike. Cyclist had everything to lose in a crash and tend to ride conservatively, regardless of what you believe. The only exception to this rule is gig economy delivery driver who are always in a rush, and it is always the fault of delivery company to impose such ridiculous time rule that endanger their workers.
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The cycling lane is for everyone. Wearing helmet creates an image that cycling on shared public road as method of transportation is inherently dangerous, and as a result, especially in North America you only see young adults cycling to commute. People go into debt to maintain their car, just because they perceive cycling as inherently dangerous. Having only fit young adult cycle also gives an excuse for your local municipality for not upgrading the public cycling infrastructure and make it safer.
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Finally, it's not your business. It is considered rude to tell people they shouldn't smoke, drink alcohol, eat meat, eat ultraprocessed food. Everyone knows they are bad for you, but people still do it. Driving cars kill the planet, it is bad for every living being, but people don't get scolded everyday for car-commuting. Sure, after everything I mentioned, it is still safer to wear helmet, but it is rude to scold me on my bad habit.
Wants lower cost of living? What if you die at 55
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Please watch Celtic vs. Aberdeen 🏴 x 🇵🇸 Scottish Premier League LIVE NOW (link in the description)
(hexbear.net)
Streamlink
Storyline:
Palestinian striker Oday Dabbagh will start for Aberdeen. Celtic FC has been a staunch Palestinian ally and Celtic supporters started the #ShowIsraeltheRedCard movement around the world. Celtic is currently 1st in the Scottish Premier League while Aberdeen is 3rd. But who cares about the results really, football is about getting together, uniting people to do #CulturalPraxis
tldr;
We are supporting team in white and green because they are pro-Palestine leftist. Except for the nr.11 striker playing for team in red, because he's Palestinian
https://isitjoever.com/