Michellinator

(I have warned my husband that he will see my Final Boss Karen performance, should this happen to me. It's a privilege a lot of people don't have, but I'm middle-aged, white, and willing to use it.)

It truly sucks that it falls on the consumer to do extra work so they don't get ripped off, and that those who profit from the practice are usually already billionaires. Both the chains I mentioned tend to pop up in low income areas, and IMO, squeezing already struggling folks is beyond immoral.

I have a suggestion. Nearly all of us carry a camera around in our pockets all the time now. Using it to photograph signs as you shop should be enough to stop hidden mark-ups. Maybe not, but if enough people are a gigantic pain in the ass about it, the scam stops being profitable.

By now, you've all probably heard about WalMart removing prices from tags on items, which makes it harder to object when the item rings up at a higher price at the register. I've just seen a video claiming that Dollar General is using this kind of bait and switch pricing, too. 1/4

I have a few questions for all of you.

1. What is the most vivid dream you've had?

2. Do you lucid dream?

3. Do you taste and/or smell things in your dreams?

4. Any recurring dreams, sleepwalking/talking, or sleep paralysis?

5. Have you ever had a predictive dream?

Things that will bother me for the rest of my life, part 76498: we ate at Bay City on one of their last days in business, last week. I left a $30 tip. The amount on my credit card statement does not reflect this. I really hope that waitress didn't get stiffed.

If we little people decide not to do, or are incapable of doing, the most important function of our jobs, we lose those jobs.

If we go on strike, we do not get paid.

No elected officials are losing any pay over the current shutdown.

Tired of the double standard? Vote them out.

Banana pepper. I never saw one that wasn't pickled and sliced. There are many growing outside my house right now. @state-of-the-art.bsky.social laughed and asked if it smelled hot when I sniffed it. (It smelled like a green pepper would.)

All packed!

Breaking the Silence | No Mercy / No Malice Hello, Mr. President At different points, I’ve worked with 30 Fortune 100 CEOs. I believe 90% of them wake up in the morning, look in the mirror, and think, “Hello, Mr. President.” These are talented,...

In their silence against Trump, business leaders are saying their fear and idolatry of the dollar trumps all. Their silence is cowardice.

www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the...

The mulch outside my husband's window has become the red light district for local birds. At least they don't smoke, after.

a brick wall with a black door and a plant growing out of it ALT: a brick wall with a black door and a plant growing out of it

How I arrived on Bluesky.

Very proud of everyone I saw at the #handsoff protest in York today! We were just driving through, but seeing so many people peacefully expressing what they want from their government did my heart good.

Score!

You must not be cheating by using a bread machine, like I do. That loaf is a normal shape.

it's kind of fascinating how none of the ideas on how to fix the crisis of masculinity (or male loneliness or whatever) are ever "men work on connecting with each other and being kinder to others"

Well? Is it fucking great, yet?

www.facebook.com/share/p/1AWq...

Two new additions to my No Spend Zone: Flinchy's and Jim and Nena's of York. F all y'all. While your leaders preach against boycotts (or any actual consequences of your actions) you run this? Well, thanks for the info. No cash for you!

YouTube video by Patrick Boyle How Trump’s Tariffs Will Transform Global Trade?

youtu.be/IpKe_HbVG64?.... F-ing idiots.

I'm listening at work, and dammit, you made me cry! Probably not a normal reaction, and not cheese-related. Texting "penetrated by cheese" to my husband without explanation was the high point of yesterday. Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow, anyway.

Having a discussion about this with Erin, on FB. We just cancelled a trip to Costa Rica for this same reason. I wouldn't mind being stranded in another country, it's ICE. I would not survive a two week separation from my medication. (No thyroid gland) I was really excited about this trip.

He confused "transgenic" for "transgender." Then ranted about it. With an international audience.

If this was your grandfather, you'd take away the car keys and arrange for round the clock care. This is elder abuse, and making policy based on it is insanity.

It's smaller than a quarter.

If this really is the end of How We've Always Done Things, for this country, maybe something great could rise from the ashes. But Gen X gets screwed again. We never had a great job market, but we survived. We aren't young, though, and a collapse wouldn't leave us much time to rebuild our lives.

Well, that and turning women back into property.

Yer kind of a jerk. Being an ass online won't make people side with you, or is your only goal to be unpleasant? Or maybe you just wanna be mommy's widdle edgelord?

10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021 After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...

1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft

youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6Q...

I was with him until the end. Plenty of us spoke out, early and often, but here we are.

So, a billionaire, who made his money directly from the suffering of us "little people," has been shot. Wealth inequality in this country is beyond extreme, with the top 10% owning almost 2/3 of the total wealth.

Isn't this how the Russian revolution started?