Coffeemonkepants

Coffeemonkepants , 8 months ago to news in Texas Republicans Ban Women From Using Highways for Abortion Appointments

This is incredibly fucked up. Handmaid’s tale was a documentary.

Coffeemonkepants , 8 months ago to news in She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway.

I mean, no? In case it wasn’t clear from the article, these are the people that voted for this shit. It’s also ironic they’re already on Medicare (in their 20s) as it is. This should be an ‘I get it now’ moment for these families, but they’ll learn nothing.

Coffeemonkepants , 8 months ago to world in U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today

Point of note - it’s just ‘Ukraine’, not the Ukraine. ‘The Ukraine’ is a label used by those who see the nation as a region part of Russia. Small, but important thing I had to change when referring to it as well.

Coffeemonkepants , 9 months ago to technology in Experimental Use Permit Amended for 93167-EUP-2 to Allow Releases of OX5034 Aedes aegypti in Florida and California

These specifically are invasive species to these states and negatively impact the ecosystem. It won’t affect native species.

Edit to add that these mosquitos are the carriers of yellow and dengue fever.

Coffeemonkepants , 9 months ago to technology in Kids and teens are inundated with phone prompts day and night

The funny thing is this article talks about kids. My Mom is in her 70s and I maintain her phone and she currently uses a pixel 6, so it’s the latest os of course. Whenever I see her, I have to declutter her notifications. They’re constant. Apps and websites have gotten more noisy and aggressive in prompting users to enable notifications or sending constant push crap and I don’t think most people know how to disable them while retaining what they’re actually wanting to get.

Coffeemonkepants , 9 months ago to cat in The void stares back

I finally have a void kitty myself and I amuse my friends by sending pictures that state there is a cat in this picture. He is so incredibly light absorbent it is insane.

Coffeemonkepants , 9 months ago to technology in Over $600 Million Later, Star Citizen Is Now at the Alpha 3.20 Stage

You can also pay for it and get a refund, which is what I did. It isn’t anywhere close to being finished.

Coffeemonkepants , 9 months ago to news in Russell Brand Dropped by Agent After Rape and Sexual Assault Accusations

And you still can! Only now you can see Brand, errr, Snow as the narcissistic womanizing asshole that he is!

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to news in Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes

I bet the deer are doing terrible though.

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to news in Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help

What I’ve noticed with my partners 13 year old is how little is actually taught. During covid, he got daily lesson plans for home teaching which took a couple of hours at most. He’s been back in person now for 2 years. He gets no homework. He doesn’t seem to be taught or retain any kind of knowledge, yet his grades are ‘good’. Like, he can hardly tell you what countries make up North America, let alone where stares are or anything actually meaningful like history of… Anything. It seems to me the bar has just been lowered. We keep waiting for this to flip, or school to get ‘hard’ but it doesn’t seem to be.

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to android in How does everyone feel about iPhones?

I’m literally the only person I know who uses any of these platforms. A new messaging service out of those won’t ever be on their radar.

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to android in How does everyone feel about iPhones?

I don’t know what you’re referring to

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to android in How does everyone feel about iPhones?

Apple is winning the communications game and I’m afraid I’ll wind up switching once they go usb c. I’m sick and tired of the iMessage walled garden when messaging nearly everyone I know, and also tried of the hit or miss debacle of rcs. I will miss the customization freedom (currently using Niagara launcher and it’s super unique ux), but Android phones have deleted all of the other benefits that separated them from iPhones, like expandable storage, ir blasters, headphone jacks, etc. I hate to jump on the bandwagon, but I’m sick of waiting for this all to be worked out. Before anyone says to use signal or Whatsapp, etc, it just isn’t a standard here in the US. Folks will never switch off iMessage.

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to technology in Amazon is seeing some employees quit instead of moving to a new state as part of relocation mandate

Exactly this. Also, the market has cooled off now with more people looking for employment, so if they need to rehire, it will be cheaper.

Coffeemonkepants , 10 months ago to news in American workers are demanding almost $80,000 a year to take a new job

“Goods prices have abated…” The fuck they have. Also stop blaming inflation on wage increase. Most of it was caused by opportunistic greed of those aforementioned ‘goods prices’.