JayleneSlide

If you look at from a different perspective, it all makes more sense. Right now, you're trying to apply the incorrect logic and an ethical consistency to anti-trans efforts. The anti-trans efforts are a test to move the Overton Window rightward. Trans and NB people are such a tiny minority. By targeting and othering that demographic, Conservatives are testing how much the rest of the citizenry will tolerate the next steps in fascism: targeting other minorities, miscegenation, segregation, concentration camps... whatever it takes to make a white xian US.

This right here. I fell down the "wild boar problem" rabbit hole a couple years ago. I was curious about what controls have been tried and what could be done to bring things back into balance. The statistic I read said that 75000 boars must be killed per year in Texas just to keep their numbers stable there. Holy hell. That's a lot of dangerous game hunting.

Bicycles are immensely personal. It's impossible to tell anyone what is the best bike is for them without an in-depth conversation. And then maybe. There is so much ink and industry astroturfing spilled in the effort to convince, cajole, inform, and advise.

That said, your points would be more convincing with some text about why you think these are the best bikes and accessories.

At first glance, I thought that was a Nord synth getting torched. "Damn, drastic, but I understand how some feel strongly about their synthesis." Oh, it's a Tesla dealership. [insert Mr. Nancy's "Let it all burn" speech]

I live on a sailboat. It's not too late. Sure, you may not be discovering new lands, but making an ocean passage is still seriously challenging.

I'm not a hunter. But I do understand a lot about environmental conservation and the need for balance. We have eliminated enough of the animals that predate on deer such that some other means, ie hunters, are required to control deer populations. The other option is mass kills, which strike me as wasteful on so many levels.

When I lived in Vermont, there was a conservation movement to attract younger people to deer hunting because natural controls just aren't there anymore. Where I live now, a distemper outbreak decimated the coyotes, and the deer are out of control. The coyotes are finally bouncing back, but it's going to take a while. In my small city, the deer are so rampant, it's common to see dozens on a short bike ride through town. Their food supply is depleted enough such that most deer here appear unhealthy and undernourished. The exploded deer population have follow-on effects: increased expense for deer control measures, collisions (one almost slammed into me on my bike two days ago; not the first time), destruction of plantings to control erosion, and spreading ticks.

I would like to see prospering wild animal populations, rather than this mess we made.

the DEA visited them last year and performed “accountability audits” that uncovered violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act, namely through inadequate record keeping, according to records obtained by The Baltimore Banner.

At the scale of prisons, these pharmacies are called institutional pharmacies. The size, operation, automation, and throughput of institutional pharmacies is mind-blowing. For example, the biggest Costco pharmacies might process 300 scrips a day; institutional pharmacies generally handle 15000 to 30000 per day, with some being even larger.

The "inadequate record keeping" part is just idiocy. There exists automation and auditing software for this. I know because I wrote the last-mile portion of a suite that manages end-to-end compliance automation for institutional pharmacies. A single failed audit generally costs more than most of the auditing and compliance suites licensing fees. And even in small pharmacies, there's usually more than one failed C-2 audit when it happens. And let's be clear; these audits are always for C-2 drugs (opioids and stimulants).

Fuji all the way. I'm trying to find some of my prints shot on Velvia.

I had a couple run-ins with Kodak that really broke things off for me. The final straw for me was Kodak getting Fuji removed from the sponsor list of an event I was shooting. I didn't bring film because my Fuji rep was going to give me a case of my fave, as well as some other films and chromes to try. Kodak was selling film to professional photographers, many of whom came expecting to get supplied by Fuji

Yeah, and not exactly legal to be there. In our defense, that part of the tracks is (was?) partially occupied by access to public lands. Something tells me the signal towers aren't included.

"Be yourself." Motherfucker, who else would I be?!

keeping a product listed that they know is not safe.

Amazon wouldn't do THAT, would they?

Oh right, they would. https://youtu.be/B90_SNNbcoU And not only would they continue to sell the item, but suppress reviews pointing out the issues.

Anecdotally, six years ago I purchased Ancor marine wiring crimps and 314 stainless steel bolts through Amazon. The crimps were counterfeit garbage and the stainless steel rusted and galled in about two weeks of saltwater exposure. Amazon's response was basically "contact the manufacturer for warranty." A quick glance at Amazon listings and it's clear things have gone further downhill since.

So I regard Amazon doubling down on supply chain fuckery as a net win. I will never shop there again after that hardware BS. And more people will come to the same conclusion that Amazon is quickly becoming the Dollar General of online sales. Add on their shitty treatment of sellers, and good manufacturers go elsewhere, further accelerating the decline.

Thank you for your service, culinary logistics veteran.