Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

I've befriended a co-worker, L, who is one of those never satisfied with actual work. Yes, it's call center work. Yes, we get the occasional asshole. She got tired of that and moved the the Dispatcher department. Oh, the freedom! Oh, the time between calls!! So wonderful! Catmom, you should come here!! Well, that was the training period. Now she's got all the parts of the job at the same time. And it's miserable!! All the work!! All the calls!! Whine, whine, whine! She wants to quit. I told her that, essentially, I like my job. And good luck finding a job that doesn't suck in KY that pays well over minimum with PTO and benefits. She's a whiny idiot! Just venting.

Arizona teen missing since 2019 walks into Montana police station https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/arizona-teen-missing-alicia-navarro-update-montana?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hubby is watching Good Omens season 2. He's just noted a scene filmed directly outside our old Edinburgh flat.

Hey! It’s Marvin the Martian’s birthday!

How things look from the point of view of our capitalist rulers…

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism

Little little man
When what you have is never enough…
#desantis

Pro tip. When you’re texting a co-conspirator about your plot to conceal, cover up, and falsify evidence in order to obstruct justice, do NOT use “shushing” emojis.

(I think Stringer Bell would agree.)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/us/phoenix-arizona-heat-saguaro-cactuses

#Palermo #Sicily #tourism #summer American tourist talks about her time at the beach in Palermo and her wonderful time getting stuck at the airport. #wildfire #PostcardsFromTheAnthropocene https://www.tiktok.com/@psalmie11/video/7259791194207636778

Dr. Seuss 1940

When you're possessed by Beelzebub, but you still get to have some ice cream.

#icecream #funny #humor #humour

@CivilityFan @Huntn00 @gwensnyder Interesting spin on the reasons for cutting appropriations and increasing tuition. I don’t disagree. I went to Utah St. Univ from 1969-72, then graduated in 1975. Then worked on MA at BYU 1976-78, and PhD at UoAz 1978-82. Didn’t finish either grad degree. Later went back to USU for MEd degree (2006). I’ve taken out no loans, but that would be impossible today. My kids made it thru on scholarships, so no loans.

@Huntn00 @gwensnyder I attended SF State from 1969 to 1971 while Reagan with CA governor. My student loan was for $1500 and besides my college expenses, I also used it to buy a stereo (a record player with an amplifier and AM/FM radio), and covered my rent and food. The students then were demonstrating against the Viet Nam war and for civil rights, which conservatives found appalling. In the years following, they pursued the policies to raise tuition and cut public spending on higher education to cause financial pain to anyone seeking an education because those are the folks whom they know are their enemy.

Putin announced that Russian state (read: propaganda) media will start working in African countries soon: TASS, "Russia Today", RT channel, VGTRK and "Russian Newspaper".

"We suggest to prepare the grounds for creating a common information space in Russia and Africa, within which objective unbiased information about the events happening in the world will be broadcast to the Russian and African audience" - Putin said during the Russia-Africa summit.
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO

This week's exclusive for Post: The GOP's dangerous embrace of Viktor Orbán https://post.news/@/atrupar/2T9ysLMzGkiws3WqxJq2wy65piJ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=creator_organic&utm_campaign=atrupar&utm_content=july27

The incoming head of the UN climate science agency said on Thursday the world would exceed the Paris deal warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, adding that states' policies had not been ambitious enough

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ipcc-incoming-chair-world-set-overshoot-paris-warming-target-2023-07-27/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #climate

Why does a billionaire need to borrow money?

A Small Bank Loaned Trump the $225 Million he Needed to Run for President in 2024: Report - The Messenger

https://themessenger.com/politics/a-small-bank-loaned-trump-the-225-million-he-needed-to-run-for-president-in-2024-report

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/12032
⛔️🇬🇧True allies? The British government has authorized Russian oligarchs under sanctions to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on private chefs, chauffeurs, and domestic workers, despite having their bank accounts frozen.
The New York Times, citing relevant documents, writes that the money is allowed to be spent through separate licenses issued by the (more) #Ukraine #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#USputsOilB4Food