Unrelated, but ever since I was a child I’ve been hearing a comic-book villain scream when I read, “IEEE!”

They aren’t really the opposition, they are fully in there spreading hate and lies with the rest of the Reich Wing. They just made greedy missteps out of greed. Mustn’t step on The Big Grift to fund your individual grift, bitches.

They do, (thanks, Arrkk) and that’s a better answer.

But the schoolmarm in me brings me back to tell you that, because of the “y-” in the way “union” is pronounced, standard usage is “a union” even though it starts with a vowel. The reason we use “an” is to avoid an awkward slide from the a to the vowel, but in words that start with the “you-” sound it’s not necessary.

A ugly bastard An ugly bastard

A onion An onion

An unicorn A unicorn

That’s me done, and a gold star to you on catching my original error!

I would agree except employment is so fickle in the biz. Health insurance should come through the Academy, since everyone is always a member even when they don’t have a gig

There’s enough reason to shit on him without this. He just looks like a ginger who’s spent too much time (15 minutes) in direct sunlight without slathering sunscreen on his face first.

Last part of the article basically says sodium ion batteries are where they’re going next.

That’s almost worth having a dedicated burner phone for.

Still cute

*ceases, a cute voice-to-text error

It’s just throwing a hissy fit because Donald Trump promised it could be ambassador to Greece and then picked the Loud Lady instead.

Brine, eh? Well we do grow lots of cucumbers…

;-)

Ohh, you gave me an idea! Given that it also happens in CA, maybe we should use the excess for freshwater production from seawater.

I vote we change the definition of a “Van Dyke” to this glorious snowy beardage.

GNU Terry Pratchett 😿

Fair enough, half are still in the cradle or primary school. Maybe add it to the curriculum.

I totally agree it’s a job best done by someone without any emotional ties.

I also realize that “the bank/the city” means “some secondary cleaning contractor” which means “some probably-undocumented immigrants,” i.e. another vital service which could be impacted by the Trump Purge.

Good point although I was thinking more generally in terms of the sheer quantity of hoarded material. Every episode of Taggart and Midsomer Murders and Housewives… Grandma’s hoard might be even more unwieldy

Oh God this is going to become the new “clearing away all grandpa’s old Playboys and VHS tapes and newspapers,” isn’t it?

Appreciate your leaving one of them so as not to ruin my comment! (Not a sir, though. Retired schoolmarm here.)

Considering that every post about Mastodon has supporters who get the spelling wrong, it might be a little much to expect the general public to figure it out. Bluesky is pretty much the VHS to Mastodon’s Betamax.