https://subium.com/profile/nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social/post/3l57qf75pjz2l
The paper - School Food Policy Affects Everyone: Retail Responses to the National School Lunch Program | NBER
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The shame is mightier than the sword.
"Mr. Hitler, sir. Pardon me for saying so - but you are in the wrong and you should be ashamed."
"You think so, Neville? Hmmm... You know what?... My goodness - I do feel shame! Maybe I should dissolve the Nazi party and end German militarism!"
"Quite so!"
"I was being sarcastic - you dumb Brit dipstick."
Slate interviewed a reporter in Lebanon. Of course such interviews are fairly rare in the American media. They make Israel look bad. The article is from two days ago - I think interviews over days where condensed.
A Lebanese reporter began last week covering pagers that blew up across the country. She almost can’t believe what she’s seeing now.
Sept 26, 2024
The link is in the comment.
wtf is the CDC doing
Politics. The election is in about 5 weeks.
the right to go shopping at a big chain store
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-cough cough cough cough cough cough-A U-S-A U-cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough U-S-phlegm phlegm phlegm passes out.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how likely do you think war is?
I've been barely following the conflict. I just woke up and when I checked the news about Lebanon - I saw the news that Nasrallah had been killed. On this "live updates" page - the list of recent events on this page certainly made feel war is immanent - Lebanon live updates: Hezbollah confirms that leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrike
How significant is this from the list? Emphasis mine.
- Iran, Hezbollah's powerful ally has condemned the strike, calling it a "blatant war crime," that crosses its red lines. Iran announced today that it will begin sending troops to Lebanon.
Officials claim the changes "had no bearing" on Boar's Head's now-shuttered plant.
> In the year leading up to a deadly listeria outbreak now traced back to recalled Boar's Head deli meats, U.S. Department of Agriculture records show that Biden administration officials quietly made significant cuts to planned testing for germs across America's food supply.
On the fly my friend created what I thought was a great Halloween costume. He wore an inflatable swim ring around his face and head. And he had a cheap tie hanging down from his chin over the ring. When people asked him what his costume was he said "(Of course) I'm a flower."
Before we got to the party we stopped off at a dollar store. He bought plastic bunches of grapes and he attached them to his clothes with safety pins. At the party - out of nowhere - a woman picked a grape off his costume. And then throughout the night a surprising number of women picked his grapes.
I'm serious when I say I wonder if it's already happened. The piggies just need to say "We need the footage" to investigate something. And the company will give it up without a fight. That always happens.
at the ICC requested arrest warrants for a few Israeli officials
The US will say "Sorry ICC. Israel is covered under our law. Also - fuck you." Emphasis mine.
American Service-Members' Protection Act
The American Service-Members' Protection Act (enacted August 2, 2002), known informally as The Hague Invasion Act, is a United States federal law described as "a bill to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party".
The Act gives the president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court".
What I liked was the weird tangent it went on about the...
Spoiler
Mandela Effect
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That was a surprise and I really liked it.
"Should we talk? I see you put a one gallon tub of ChocoOverdose ice cream into your cart. And I know you live alone..."
Emphasis mine.
Who is Marty the Robot and Why Do We Need Retail Service Robots?
What Can Marty the Robot Do?
When Marty notices spills or other trip hazards, he can alert customers verbally by saying “Caution. Hazard detected.” He can then contact employees through the store’s public announcement system. Marty the Robot can also scan shelves to check products and detect incorrect pricing or missing labels.
Shoppers don’t need to worry that personal information about them is being collected. Any images or videos Marty captures is stored for a short period of time and is then destroyed. His focus is on identifying spills and price mismatches, not monitoring security.
https://archive.ph/6SxuJ
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/style/trump-watches.html
I edited this...
> [In a Truth Social vid post Mr. Trump said...] > >>“Almost 200 grams of gold and more than 100 real diamonds. That’s a lot of diamonds... I love gold. I love diamonds. We all do.” > > Mr. Trump was referring to the most expensive watch in the collection, the Trump Victory Tourbillon. The 18-karat gold model features a partly skeletonized dial and Mr. Trump’s engraved signature. It has the word “Trump” on the dial where, say, “Rolex” might ordinarily appear. The price: $100,000.
> - Second cut this year leaves the nation three steps above junk > > - Israel sees cost of conflicts reaching $66 billion by end-2025
A couple comments
I love her so much. She rocks!
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(I thought skibidi was bad, can anyone help)
China may be using sea to hide its submarines : submarines
There's a photo of the headline.
> Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed | UK news | The Guardian > > Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022
I'm watching MSNBC and they're talking about the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel. The anchor is talking to a guy from the Such-and-Such Institute for Peace. He's used the terms "ground op", "tactically", "this could tarnish Israeli's brand", and "the deaths of innocents". Even the military guys (ex-generals and such) on CNN and MSNBC don't use lingo like that because they know it's ghoulish and creepy.
https://archive.ph/i3X1L
https://xcancel.com/NateSilver538/status/1478138124425482240
The entire NYT header and subheader. Emphasis mine.
> Heads Up: That Patient Portal May Contain Your Therapy Notes > > Health care systems have been putting therapists’ progress reports online, much to the surprise (and anger) of some patients.
