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FB and The Service Formerly Known as Twitter since 2009 or 10, blogged back in the 90s. Usenet back in the 80s. ASR33 back in the 70s. Born back in the 60s.
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The problem, as always, isn't the manufacturers, or the retailers. People don't make and sell what buyers don't buy, and if you want to pay US manufacturing employees decent wages, USAdians are gonna *HAVE TO* get over wanting everything at Temu and Alibaba prices. US workers cost MONEY, people.

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BREAKING: Darth Vader finally dead. [ what I know of the man suggests he'd find that hilarious; if you disagree, my apologies. ]

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Happy Labor Day Weekend. Brought to you by America's Union Labor. #UnionYESwww.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xb_...

Union Label in color
Union Label in color

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Today, Elizabeth Francis — the oldest person in the U.S. — celebrates her 115th birthday. “She’s led a simple life and has always stayed busy with her family,” said Francis’s granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, 69.

Oldest person in the U.S. turns 115 today: ‘She’s surprised us all’
Oldest person in the U.S. turns 115 today: ‘She’s surprised us all’

“She’s led a simple life and has always stayed busy with her family,” said Elizabeth Francis’s granddaughter, Ethel Harrison, 69.

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Very disappointed that I cannot get a presale tech question answered by Dell at all. Time to go spec HP or Lenovo, I guess. Be amused:

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In case anybody is wondering, here in the 10:00 a.m. hour here on Tuesday, Facebook apparently screwed the pooch on authentication this morning. Down detector has something like a third of a million reports already.

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Ruby Franke, the host of a now-defunct parenting channel on YouTube who in December pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse, was sentenced to 1 to 15 years in prison for each of those counts, to be served consecutively, a judge ruled.

Former YouTube Parenting Host to Serve Up to 30 Years in Prison for Child Abuse
Former YouTube Parenting Host to Serve Up to 30 Years in Prison for Child Abuse

Ruby Franke documented her strict parenting strategies, which included punishing her children by refusing to feed them, on social media. She was arrested last fall.

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The Biden administration is preparing “major sanctions” against Moscow in response to the death of the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, a White House official said on Tuesday.

U.S. Prepares ‘Major Sanctions’ Against Russia Over Navalny’s Death
U.S. Prepares ‘Major Sanctions’ Against Russia Over Navalny’s Death

President Biden has said there is “no doubt” that Vladimir V. Putin’s government was behind the death of the Russian opposition leader.

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FB and The Service Formerly Known as Twitter since 2009 or 10, blogged back in the 90s. Usenet back in the 80s. ASR33 back in the 70s. Born back in the 60s.
11 followers22 following209 posts