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AlwaysNowNeverNotMe , in Galveston Beach fecal matter — how bad is it actually?
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The shit in the water is preferable to the shit on the land.

Sharpiemarker ,

I dunno why you’re being downvoted; I’d take a floating turd over Ted Cruz too.

theodewere , (edited )
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hey man, don't forget that Governor whathistits.. that's a walking, wait no, anyway he's a talking turd..

andrewrgross , in 5th Circuit Strikes Down Mississippi’s Jim Crow Era Felony Disenfranchisement Provision

I wonder if the Supreme Court woul take this up in appeal.

That would be interesting. I think this case was well decided, and most Americans would consider the outcome sound.

stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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I dunno about you, but I don’t trust the current SCOTUS with anything like this.

andrewrgross ,

I certainly don’t, but I think the only way forward is reform, and the most likely motivator for that is when their behavior undermines faith.

I hope that they give good rulings, but I think this is another one of those issues where it would be at least a relief to see Thomas write an opinion about how voting is a luxury that should be afforded to the select few who earn it or something and then watch the law reviews write more articles trying to make sense of their recent discovery that these are – contrary to what they were told in school – not actually neutral actors but politicians in robes, and the law in America is in big, big, big fucking trouble.

tallwookie , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."
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cheaper than most hotels, and certainly cheaper in any city the Google has a campus location at.

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  • tallwookie ,
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    google ecosystem is better than anything else out there, prove me wrong

    ReallyKinda , in Phony bank accounts resurface at Wells Fargo, with a twist

    I like Wells Fargo cause they’re the only ones who will give me quarters for cash without any questions and without needing an account with them. Groceries won’t give them anymore and my own local credit union only lets you get 2 rolls.

    Adeptfuckup ,

    My credit union has quarters and dimes. No Pennies though. They’ll punch you in the fucking face.

    formergijoe , in EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime
    Declared0978 , (edited ) in EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime

    The salient point (emphasis mine):

    Federal law requires the EPA to conduct safety reviews before allowing new chemical products onto the market. If the agency finds that a substance causes unreasonable risk to health or the environment, the EPA is not allowed to approve it without first finding ways to reduce that risk.

    But the agency did not do that in this case. Instead, the EPA decided its scientists were overstating the risks and gave Chevron the go-ahead

    Anyone can use Resist bot to write their representatives for free. You basically write a short letter on mobile (ios app or text “resist” to 50409 and follow the prompts), and it’ll format and send it as a fax.

    SpaceCadet , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."
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  • papalonian ,

    We need unions for many reasons, but an employer offering optional housing onsite really isn't one of them. It's not like it's required to rent from Google to work there.

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  • Coehl ,
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    There’s a reason this worked in the past and it’s the unassuming veneer of it. This is the veneer.

    spiderman ,

    There are some companies that provide this for free.

    tryptaminev ,

    99$ a night so maje it a round 100 so only 2200$ a month. thats a steal!

    FlyingSquid ,
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    These days, that’s cheaper than a lot of places rent for and you get free maid service. Fucking Google might have accidentally stumbled upon something helpful. And $99 a night is not profitable for the sort of hotel their employees would actually want to stay in, so they still lose!

    MostlyBirds ,
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    This is only a temporary promotion. Tge price is not going to stay at $99/night, and it’s not an alternative to rent, but in addition to it. This is not permanent housing, they’re fucking hotel rooms.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    I wasn’t being serious.

    MostlyBirds ,
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    Hard to tell, honestly. Too many people saying shit like that unironically these days.

    KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX ,
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    Ah the 22 day month.

    tryptaminev ,

    22 workdays in an average month.

    KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX ,
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    They can just sleep on the streets on weekends.

    tryptaminev ,

    they hopefully have some home and people to go to.

    KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX ,
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    But they can pay their employer for the rest of those days.

    GiddyGap ,

    Sounds like Google is trying to reinstate company scrip.

    Contravariant ,

    You might want to mark that NSFW. Don’t want to be caught reading some discussion with the word union in it.

    o_o , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."

    It may be cheaper than a hotel or apartment, but why should an employee have to pay to go to work when they could be working remotely?

    SheeEttin ,

    What if I paid to live there, but still worked remotely from my apartment or wherever?

    FartsWithAnAccent ,
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    “Because fuck you, that’s why.”

    -Google

    FaeDrifter ,

    At $99/night it’s like renting for $3000/month. Even in silicon valley that’s pricey.

    Burninator05 , in Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000

    … paying or subscribing to a service are becoming increasingly popular in the auto industry.

    No paying or subscribing to a service (of which I would argue none of the thing paywalled in a car are a sevice) are becoming increasingly popular for auto makers. I don’t know of anyone who is interested in paying for features forever.

    carl_dungeon , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."

    Fucking company town. Google has become a real shit company. Switch your default search to duck duck go or anything else people!

    oo1 ,

    searx

    stefenauris ,
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    As awesome as it is, it’s still a meta search engine so you’d have to remember to exclude Google. Otherwise hosting your own search engine is mega cool!

    oo1 ,

    yeah, using a someone elses public searx (like i do ) just seems unhygienic.

    HughJanus ,

    The new Brave search is pretty great.

    Steeve , (edited )

    So this is absolutely a scummy move by google, no doubt, but google employees are some of the highest paid people in the world at this point. Boycott them if you want, but don’t feel like you have to right this injustice done to their employees, because they’ve still got it really good.

    Edit: Just so this doesn’t come across as a crabs in a bucket type scenario, I am in this field and I am fortunate enough to make similar money, not as much, but equivalent in my country’s market. We are not the people that need fighting for, we’re the ones that should be fighting for others to have similar opportunities.

    carl_dungeon ,

    No I just mean the this is yet another item in a LOOOOOOOONG line of things where Google has gone the pure shit route.

    In the last couple years, Google serves me more ads as search results than actual relevant results. The enshitification of the internet is real and I finally see it. I’ve have enough. Between Reddit, twitter, Google, SEO, Facebook and friends, Amazon becoming wish.con, etc everything is just going to shit. Maybe it makes me some old boomer dreaming of the glory days, but I’ve had enough. I refuse to be a product and I refuse to put any money towards these shitmaster overlords if there’s any way I can help it.

    Steeve ,

    All fair reasons to use another service if that’s a deal breaker for sure

    kamenoko ,

    Thank you for defining the crab bucket mentally for everyone here!

    Steeve ,

    You must have just missed my edit

    kamenoko ,

    Your edit doesn’t do it for me. You guys managed to get remote work, and now it’s being taken away. Do you think the pay scale has anything to do with what’s going on here?

    Steeve ,

    Google still has fully remote employees, they’re asking non remote employees back into the office a few days a week. Last I heard you can still apply to transfer to fully remote.

    jackie_jormp_jomp ,

    We are not the people that need fighting for

    At least not yet. Wait until the capitalists start replacing us with cheaper AI

    Steeve ,

    Lol shiiit stay away from my job ChatGPT!

    turtlepower ,

    Google sucks, search with ducks!

    tallwookie , in EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime
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    made from discarded plastic? that’s a good use for plastic, but it seems like recycling with extra steps.

    stopthatgirl7 OP ,
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    A good use for plastics?

    has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable

    Yeah, I dunno if I’d call that a good use.

    Deceptichum ,
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    Well if we spray it on the top level staff at the EPA it could bring some benefit.

    tallwookie ,
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    better than dumping the plastic in the ocean I suppose.

    spacedancer ,

    If I’m reading the article correctly, the ingredient is supposed to be used for boat fuel, so even the ocean isn’t safe.

    tallwookie ,
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    wouldnt the exhaust go into the air though? I suppose some of those exhaust particles would precipitate into the water - so maybe the algae would get cancer? can single celled organisms even get cancer?

    not sure what the issue is - if you spend your life out in the sun, you’re going to get skin cancer. not sure who’s going to get exposed to ship exhaust over their entire life. is the risk of actual cancer really that great?

    kbity , in EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime
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    At this point they've literally just developed a carcinogenic spray that happens to be a hydrocarbon. What the fuck. This cannot be allowed to reach the market.

    Alto , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."
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    God this dystopia is so boring

    skellener ,
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    And evil.

    Tigbitties , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."
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    You move 16 tons and what do you get...

    Lord_McAlister , in Google is charging its employees $99 a night to stay at its on-campus hotel to help "transition to the hybrid workplace."

    Sooooooooooome people say man is made out of mud, the poor man’s made out of muscle and blood. Muscle and blood, skin and bone, a mind that’s weak and a back thats strong… You move 16 tons… whadaya get? Another day older and deeper in debt… St. Peter don’tcha call me because I can’t go…

    I owe my soul… to the company store…

    ConstipatedWatson ,

    Obligatory reference to the Joe VS the volcano version of 16 tons

    ryannathans ,

    Someone beat me to it

    sundog ,

    If you see coming better step aside, a lot of men didn’t and a lot of men died. One first of iron and the others steel if the right don’t get you then the left one will…

    bibliotectress ,

    For the uninitiated: youtu.be/74WvUV7H8Nw

    feedum_sneedson ,

    That South Park montage was genuine art, I swear.

    cassetti ,

    First thought that went through my mind as well lol

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