It sure looks like Trump watches are breaking copyright law
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    Well, that's kind of what a cease and desist is. It says, in a formal but mostly polite way, "stop doing that or we'll become less nice".

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    Amazon indicates employees can quit if they don't like its return-to-office mandate | TechCrunch
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    This is just a means of doing layoffs without needing to pay severance or unemployment while automatically filtering for people who are less invested in the job, isn't it?

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  • Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jill Stein
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    I think it's fairly obvious who the more fascist candidate is here. I think it says something that Trump is too fascist for Cheney.

    Also, shoving Stein's words in her face doesn't mean OP agrees with those words, just that Stein's words are particularly problematic at the moment.

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  • Everett vs Creator
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    I wonder if Teddy's style caught on. This comic is from 1907 and the Spanish American War was in 1898. Maybe everyone thought Teddy looked so cool that his style became popular!

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  • Walgreens announces plan to close 1,200 stores over next 3 years
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    In my area, Walgreens always seems empty, their prices are super high, and their pharmacists seem ready to quit.

    I'm sure their mismanagement of the medical practices they're snapping up isn't helping them much either. I'm pissed at them for buying up one of the largest local medical providers and completely fucking them up. We used to be able to get in to see a doctor in a reasonable amount of time for long-term issues and could generally get an appointment day-of or the day after for acute issues. Now, when you call to get an acute appointment they say that nothing is available for MONTHS. I called to be seen for a sinus infection in February and was told nothing was available until July.

    We switched providers and are much happier with the service, but we miss our old doctors...

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    Everything is so expensive
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    Those programs are income limited and don't really provide much support compared to the cost of child care.

    Cost of child care

    I my state, child care runs between $1,500 and $2,200 per month ($18,000 to $26,400 per year) per child (I pay about $1,800 per month).

    TANF benefits

    TANF benefits are income based. They decrease as income increases and end at $75,000 household income.

    • The maximum possible benefit of $592 per month ($7,104 per year) is provided for a family with one parent and two children with zero income.

    • If that single parent earns $1,000 per month ($12,000 per year) their benefit drops to $330 per month ($3,960 per year).

    Availability of care

    To top that off, child care facilities are not required to accept TANF because it places limits on how much they can charge. Most place limits on the number of TANF recipients they will enroll and some simply don't accept TANF.

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  • US Deploys 100 Troops to Israel as Latter Prepares to Attack Iran
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    There is nothing bad faith in my arguments. I am sincere in saying that I disagree with sending troops over there and in saying that I don't see it as a massive escalation to send 100 troops when we already have 50,000 in theater.

    You are arguing in bad faith by ignoring what I am saying and simply labeling any disagreement as "obvious propaganda". Nothing here is black and white. This conflict has been going on for generations. Any immediate response has generations of previous actions behind it. To say otherwise is disingenuous.

    Nothing in this conflict is simple. Nothing is clear. Nothing is black and white. Maybe labeling me as a propagandist for disagreeing on one specific thing while agreeing with your broader stance shows who the real propagandist is.

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  • US Deploys 100 Troops to Israel as Latter Prepares to Attack Iran
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    Jesus fucking christ... Why does everything that anyone disagrees with "propaganda"? Why can't it be someone with a different fucking viewpoint? What the fuck is wrong with people on Lemmy that we can't discuss something without it being "obvious propaganda" or some other bullshit?

    Not everything is black and white. There is room for disagreement on parts of this conflict. I don't agree with the US sending troops of any kind to Israel and I think we should stop giving them weapons until they stop committing genocide. The only point I was trying to make is that it doesn't seem like a massive escalation to send 100 troops and a defensive system when we already have 50,000 troops, many war ships, two nuclear aircraft carries, and a ton of aircraft in theater already.

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  • US Deploys 100 Troops to Israel as Latter Prepares to Attack Iran
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    I agree that we shouldn't be sending troops to Israel right now but 100 troops is hardly "all the troops" and isn't a large change in the number of troops in the region.

    Again, I don't think we should be sending troops or weapons to Israel right now, but this does seem like a proportional response to Iran's attack. They launched missiles at Israel. The US sent an anti-missile battery and 100 troops to support it. It seems like kind of a token force to say "we're supporting Israel in this, but we're also not going to go crazy".

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    Jill Stein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and “spoiler season”
    Obviously That Was Always a Goal for Them.
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    After reading the article, it seems like he's a moron for answering a question that he didn't understand. It reads like he didn't know what subject Loving referred to. Maybe I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt because I'm in an interracial marriage and don't want to believe that we are at a point where representatives actually think they can advocate getting rid of federal protection for interracial marriage but I don't actually believe that this idiot knew what question he was answering.

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  • Harris makes impromptu call into CNN, says Trump’s hurricane comments ‘dangerous’
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    I don't hope anyone met trajedy. If someone's MAGA parents did, I hope they posted enough on social media to show that they made their decisions because of Trump's statements. I hope there is enough there to charge Trump with something like negligent homicide.

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  • I'm a white guy from a fairly non-diverse city. I was at a grocery store today where a cashier opened up their line to serve me and, I thought, the person behind me. As they were serving me, though, they put up their lane closed sign right in front of the black man behind me. The buy was just trying to purchase some tuna, bread, and peanut butter. The cashier basically decided to serve me, a middle class white man, but refused to serve the black man behind me. I was so shocked that I didn't say anything. It is possible that I misunderstood the situation but it seemed so blatant. What should I have done in this situation? Should I have spoken up? Would that have just been more embarrassing for the man who was being discriminated against? Honestly, I'm still just in shock to see someone treated so poorly when they were simply trying to buy food for themselves. I recognize that means that I'm sheltered but I also feel like I should be able to use my unearned privilege to help others who are being discriminated against.

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    ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/12cb97cd-6381-4ab5-ba93-8727368ec81e.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2b067afb-a2d7-4c59-8a0b-484ef855c75a.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/475e766a-86e0-4046-9387-e20ff91493b5.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4e9b6c1f-76d7-4db8-b648-620684eb958f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/110fb0e5-74b5-4d3d-8573-2cf4d06297c4.jpeg)

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    I keep running into issues where I'm unsure of which account I'm currently using. It would be nice if it were more obvious at all times. Two things that would help me are: - always display the current user somewhere, regardless of what content is being viewed. - allow setting different color themes for different users.

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    Who is this beautiful, damaged specimen (Colorado, USA)?
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    I use Podcast Addict and have recently noticed location-based ads in my podcasts. Adds that are local to my large town / small city. The app doesn't have location permissions, so how are the podcasts embedding localized ads?

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    They decided to give a show today. Six of them were hanging out on the dock, but when I stopped to take pictures, they all decided to take off and do circles over the lake. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/efd17b04-2ec5-4b7e-bac9-3bed8551b175.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0bebd859-6d05-4a5e-baa4-be39820c6b39.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7a8d9b38-08b7-4b14-b0b7-58976219ff9f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1ed04011-7738-48fd-9415-1bb2f4de780f.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1e108838-4575-4db1-ba97-6e361572d98a.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b6d3ac21-7b3f-4dd5-87d8-d1da8d669f09.jpeg)

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    I got lucky and this guy posed for me for about five minutes. I tried to get some in flight, but they're simply too fast for me! ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9936bd33-0539-4324-8eca-682ac5a19c8d.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6118bd77-9cb0-4aa0-9181-aa8c87b84977.jpeg)

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    This beautiful bird has been hanging out at our local lake for the last several weeks. I've been trying to get some pictures of him and he finally got close enough for my lenses. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5c83f5b5-75b9-4951-ab6c-ebb3dc8e925c.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/40d06bb5-9279-406c-aa45-b8651c4cd7e4.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2f3e791d-9b46-46f6-9faa-affcec8a303a.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a573bd9c-314c-4df0-8a16-e176e3e3b4ee.jpeg)

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    Three or four of these guys have been hanging out in the lake near my house. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3ca1e5d3-da92-4b53-a273-85aab1da8c1e.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/56fcf57d-709d-4747-b2a0-c262e812b8f9.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8e866738-6d3c-4c84-aa05-60f8da454716.jpeg)

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