I haven’t looked into this, but why aren’t states creating a very expensive tier for energy consumption?

And if the problem is that it would impact other businesses, why not narrowly tailor such a tier that AI companies would be the ones impacted?

If it’s going to take infrastructure to support AI, then the AI companies should fund it via taxes.

Oh, right, that’s socialism according to the GOP

They’re typically small businesses, what reason do they have to lie about business being down?

I’m sure they have the data, and I’m sure if a local government or journalist wanted to, they could look at tax records to see revenue impact

I don’t think anyone would argue that such enhancements are a bad thing in the long run if 1) If the enhancements ultimately bring in more shoppers/customers, 2) there is still parking available in the area, and 3) the businesses can survive 6-12 months of reduced revenues

My response was really directed at comments implying that the businesses are essentially whining. There’s a very real impact during construction, and certain businesses could be hurt by reduced parking, particularly in the states where the car is king

In defense of business owners, when their customers are trained from birth to drive everywhere, their customers expect parking. When there is no parking, they lose business

Every major US city receives immense backlash from local businesses when roads/parking are unavailable due to added bike lanes, traffic calming projects that reduce parking, or much-needed major construction projects such as water main or sewer work. This is happening right now in downtown Burlington, VT, for example

https://m.sevendaysvt.com/news/main-street-construction-is-hurting-burlington-businesses-43270506

There’s no easy answer in most cases

It’s one thing to say “I’m really attracted to her, but I’m too much of an introvert to initiate a conversation”

But this is sounding like stalker-type fixation level shit

That’s as kind as I can put it

Beside the point. You want tariffs? Follow the law, it’s that simple

To govern within the boundaries of the law, one often needs to build coalitions. Those are guardrails established by democracy

And tariffs are perfectly legal when they go through the proper channels. So, the administration just needs to go through the proper channels and work with the legislative branch to pass such tariffs. And they shouldn’t be predicated on a bullshit national emergency

Jesus fucking christ.

Impeachment requires a simple majority in the House, which is highly, highly unlikely to happen

Conviction and removal requires 2/3 majority in the Senate, which is abso-fucking-lutely not going to happen given that the Repubs have a simple majority and are are lapdogs of Trump

Anyone crying about impeachment are either so completely uninformed that they should be lobotomized for the sake of the Republic, or else they are so delusional that they should be involuntarily committed for observation and treatment

Grow the fuck up and start actually doing something useful. Protest, curb stomp nazis, assassinate fascists

Do anything useful, but stop clutching pearls on social media

Trump caved after his supporters revolted

The world is laughing at Trump and America

Scrool down

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US law mandates retirement at 56 for Air Traffic Controllers due to the high stress and fast-paced multi-tasking nature of the job

It’s considered one of the most mentally challenging jobs there are.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/8335

Bytedance/TT put out a statement that this is BS

Huh? It’s a survey

Sure, they could be lying, but why would they?

And your employee anecdotal stories mean zilch

Yep

Just say “I haven’t made my whole shopping list yet, so I’ll just go later when I’m prepared”

Another perspective is that a 3% increase in prices - even without non-labor inflation - to pay people closer to a living wage reflects a more accurate cost of that dining experience. It could be that the public is subsidizing those restaurants’ labor through social programs that make up the difference vs a living wage

As you noted, with the real (or at least more realistic) cost of eating out reflected in the pricing, consumers will decide if that experience is worth it. And some businesses may close. And that’s called capitalism

Oh that’s my bad. I didn’t realize only one lawyer could work on any aspect of a case at a time. I wasn’t aware that criminal cases were on a very strict timeline that cannot be impacted at all through resources or prosecutorial discretion on when to charge

I would respectfully argue that everybody knew that there was an election coming that Trump was going to run in, and there was a possibility of him winning it. And that should have dictated the timeline to bring charges. And if that meant more resources or bringing fewer charges, or whatever, that should have been the game plan.

If you believe he’s guilty, you don’t give him time to run out the clock

Except that after the drop when the investigation was made public, it’s doing better than it was just prior to the announcement.

So unless an investor decided to sell at its lowest point, which is unlikely, they’ve actually made money since that news came out

Not sure about how it feels on the skin, but here’s a good explanation of how Low-E glass coatings keep homes cooler in the summer

https://glassed.vitroglazings.com/topics/how-low-e-glass-works

The vast majority of people moving to Bluesky aren’t the least concerned about decentralized or not. They want off of Fascist Elmo’s platform. And that’s perfectly OK

All fair points. My intended point was that take some exception to Bernie’s blanket statement that the Dems abandoned the working class voters. Though I agree they haven’t focused enough there, nor message it correctly.

Biden definititely ran and led on a more progressively left platform after Bernie and AOC collaborated with them in 2020. I think it’s clear Harris was going to continue that, but I don’t think it was properly messaged