[-] prole@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

defying legal limits

I feel like there's a word for this they could have used

[-] prole@hexbear.net 34 points 1 month ago

This is pretty much the point. Congress will initially approve the fund, but then it is basically up to the Trump admin to do whatever with it. I imagine there will be some infrastructure explanation similar to what the Biden admin planned to do. Likely the way the bill will be written will give them a lot of flexibility on how they spend the money.

Even if Dems take Congress during midterms, Trump could still have access to a large budget this way

[-] prole@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

At this point it's too late for them to do anything short of something really awesome. I would vote Dem the rest of my life if just one of them would do it..

[-] prole@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

He hasn't actually left office yet and they'll be picking a new person from the same party so probably not much different. I think it's happening in March?

[-] prole@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

I have a job, but I hate it and I've been applying for a few weeks now. Not a single response from anything, even shit I'm exactly qualified for. Like everything they are asking for is on my resume and it's not even a lie, still no calls.

I do have one lead on a really high paying fintech job. A friend works for their parent company and referred me the other day so I'm hoping that I at least get a practice interview out of it.

I fucking hate this shit so much tho. Having to be so fake just to get a job is incredibly frustrating for me. I hate having to lie about everything. I hate having to use phrases like "proven track record" and "user-centric, scalable web apps". I just want to tell them "hey I know how to do the thing you want and I'm pretty good at it" and then they pay me and leave me alone while I work on their stupid fucking app

[-] prole@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago

Honestly, US prisons in general seem like concentration camps to me. Lots of persecuted minorities, forced labor, cramped spaces and overcrowding, torture, etc. Plenty of laws seem arbitrary or overly punitive: drugs, 3 strikes laws, failure to pay fines, probation violations, shit like loitering and vagrancy.

Fuck I hate this place

[-] prole@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

It would be so funny if Elon did a coup

[-] prole@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

It's at least $50 billion a year for the IHS

[-] prole@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

Any time I see politicians in a row I think about those rad 2 for 1 shots you can do in video games

[-] prole@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

I wanted to say Tim Cain but I know that's wrong, but like...it's not really wrong

[-] prole@hexbear.net 25 points 3 months ago

The Bentonville, Ark., chain founded by billionaire Sam Walton got its start 28 years ago by opening stores in rural towns like the 5,600-population Hearne. The 1,485-store, 32-state chain is the fastest growing retailer in the USA. K mart is its chief rival.

But it also has a reputation for hurting small-town businesses that can't match the lower prices the chain can offer due to volume buying.

The Wal-Mart effect has been so huge it's spawned the formation of consulting firms that specialize in advising small-town businesses on handling the arrival of a Wal-Mart.

—Julie Morris, “Store shuts doors on Texas town,” USA Today, October 11, 1990

https://wordspy.com/words/wal-mart-effect/

[-] prole@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

Without looking into it at all, I can almost promise you it's "the jews"

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