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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 17h

Agree on this It's like bi-weekly and bi-monthly mean the same thing. I've been told both as far as a pay schedule goes and they both meant roughly every 2 weeks.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 19h

jfc but they're totally not fascists

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Chef Boy Ardee trying to get on the nostalgia train by adultifying, but...ew, no. Feels like an embarrassing grab.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I was just thinking about it the other day I guess this is a sign

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SmartAleq @smartaleq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had to pay into my company commercial insurance to be a freaking delivery courier, doctors have to carry malpractice insurance due to the sensitive nature of their work, cops carry guns and are allowed to hit people. Yes, end qualified immunity and make them carry insurance.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe... base wage increase to offset indiv cost, but cost sharing between indiv and dept. Sign up like with other benefits. If rate increases due to your actions, only your contribution increases, dept stays same. Ppl could also BYO their own third party but it would cost them more.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Heck, I'm having to retrain myself how to just watch a television series or a movie without having a second screen doing something else. I get fidgety and distracted and keep reaching. I never used to have that problem just chilling and watching tv/movie. And I'm GenX, so I def knew how.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is probably my most radical opinion and it's one I've changed from several years ago.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There are hundreds of small towns in states like Oklahoma and Kansas that only have a gas station, a rinky dink Mexican restaurant, a Dollar General, and a Subway.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hear me out: End qualified immunity and make armed law enforcement officers carry professional liability insurance. Too many (or severe) claims and a leo is unemployable because they're uninsureable. And the massive settlements aren't the responsibility of the taxpayers.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Casey's makes mac n chz pizza Then again, they are a gas station chain

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Careful, they might take away your ACA membership (American Curmudgeon Association).

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a crazy story, and definitely changed my thinking on how I (boring office job haver) had to think about modern slavery. I recommend reading about it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

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Operation Blooming Onion - Wikipedia

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

2 of 4 living former Kansas governors have endorsed the Dem for senate and written editorials It might be in play The current governor is a Dem

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did you or did you not pretend to be a substitute music teacher and enter the students into a battle of the bands?

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At least that my non-academic understanding.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Effective altruism" is different than plain altruism. It's wrapped in fancy language, but takes the local/human focus out of altruism. It's a decide who lives and dies kind of philosophy. It's like telling the homeless person asking for change that $1 isn't going to change their situation anyhow.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I would think the sheer quantity of Liberty Mutual ads would make any current customers leave. Like, an ad budget that obnoxious must impact the rates people pay. I'm so sick of the ads that I would never consider switching to them.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My husband started working from home mid-2020 and has ever since even with changes in employer. He's doing essentially the same type of work for the same type of companies he has for the last 13 years, but post pandemic they just aren't real focused on keeping everyone in the office.

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Sleepless In America @sleeplessinamerica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sigh. OK, good, but it's 2026. We really shouldn't still be seeing headlines about the "first woman" anything.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Heck, I think the 8-10 minutes on the pasta box is a lie. Always takes longer for me.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think that totally fits your vibe and that's all the excuse you need?

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They're talking about when she briefly dated Connor Kennedy back when she was maybe 20 and he was 17, almost 18.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If anyone is interested, since we're currently in a second gilded age, the whole thing is on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjpY...

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The Gilded Age | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Watching PBS's Gilded Age doc on youtube and they said Carnegie retired mgmt to become a full-time independent capitalist by 30 and by 45 was searching philosophy and religions for the answer to why him, why did he get so wealthy. Dude! It's because you didn't pay your workers enough. Simple as that

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I saw a post asking which actor/narrator voice was instantly recognizable, besides Morgan Freeman. I just watched a PBS doc and it was Peter Coyote, and I realized I'd seen several with him narrating and I always recognize his voice.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I only listen to the radio in the car, and even then it's SiriusXM (alt2k, poprocks, 90son9, FirstWave). I don't watch network television where I'd see lots of ads using popular songs. So I'm not purposely avoiding it, but I won't seek it out either. I'm not a country fan, so why would I.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just saw another one. This time a black male, slightly more urban coded. It's called Kovo and it's a 'credit building' app. This one didn't seem ai, so maybe it was just the editing style of the first one that made it seem so?

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was so thrown off by the spokesperson/ai that I wasn't able to remember the company. I just know I've never heard of them before. Not even sure exactly what they do, but I got the impression it was like chime or klarna or credit monitoring thing or something like that.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just saw a commercial for a financial service that used an ai 'actress' -- a young black woman, maybe 30, coded as educated but working class, talking about how she doesn't participate in the 'system'. Literal digital blackface to sell subpar financial app.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fiber arts are hot again When consumerism is at its peak, homemade is rebellion

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Somehow this post became current events analysis.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For me, the coffee is no big deal (or any non-alcoholic beverage). Having something to quench a dry throat if you're going to be speaking isn't a bad thing. However, if the beverage became too obtrusive then I would wonder (gesticulating while holding, sipping loudly, leaving litter behind, etc).

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I still use (much less) toilet paper with my bidet to finish drying off, but I know we could easily switch to washable cloths if tp got short.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And she doesn't check him on it at all, just repeats the fraud lie. Not even "Isn't that how insurance works though?" We're getting older, so my husband has some medical issues now. But prior to 2 years ago, he's probably seen a doctor twice in our 30+ years of marriage. But he's had insurance.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My foreign policy views are simple. I think we should be the first among equals to enforce the international law we helped build. Thanks, @ezraklein.bsky.social, for having me on the show.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm honestly surprised he didn't pick one of his vacuums.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They’re getting ready to pull a “everyone was against the Iraq war” but with ICE. Democrats let them get away with it on the war. We’re dumb if we do that again.

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Doc tried to do a needle biopsy on a breast lump in the office with no numbing then called me a baby when I cried. I asked if he'd feel the same way about his testicles. When the gen surg did it instead, w/ numbing, he was incensed at orig doc's behavior.

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Taking a virtual training right now on helping immigrants who have also faced domestic violence, and they literally just said not to use AI tools due to reasons of confidentiality. Anything you tell an LLM, even using a note taking service, might be discoverable. We're being watched. Be mindful.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

so i may be out of my depth here but hes at 30% approval, you elites can stop capitulating now

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Tortured Typewriter @torturedtypewriter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I love to see when public servants actually get down on the child's level and not just bend over to talk to them. (if they're physically able)

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