Ship your books as Media Mail or consolidated shipping. You will save tremendously and won’t have to give up your library.

USPS

TSI

That I can get behind!

I probably overstated by saying it is equally dangerous with somebody driving drunk. However, there are lots of studies that show it causes serious impairment.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2788264

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9940647/

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/812440-marijuana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf

https://jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42238-023-00202-y

My federal loan servicer has confirmed that repayment requirements will begin in August at the previous lower rate. That’s as much as I can personally confirm.

For sure there’s still a lot of uncertainty and who knows what will change between now and then, or in the future.

Not sure what you mean.

The Democrats did work on student loans. Biden forgave millions of loans and the Republican Congress overturned it in the Conservative courts. So he capped repayment for most borrowers (I’ve verified with my own loan that the lower rates are still active), and placed almost all loans in forbearance. It was the closest thing to forgiveness that was legally achievable.

Then leftists decided he was too old to be re-elected. Harris promised to continue the fight, as well as advance other progressive causes like criminal justice reform, federal decriminalization of marijuana, etc. We all know what happened there.

Let’s not rewrite history here.

BAC is also well correlated with impairment. Obviously it varies from one individual to another, but it is related strongly related enough to have fair and consistent enforcement.

AFAIK, blood tests that measure the presence of marijuana are relatively cheap, but measuring the concentration is slightly more difficult and is not well correlated with impairment. That means enforcement is problematic and subjective.

Having lived in both, absolutely legalize.

I don’t personally care for it and I get annoyed by the public smells, the tacky and run-down stores that make neighborhoods feel trashy. But that’s all personal preference.

The one legitimate issue is that it is very difficult to regulate and enforce impairment. Someone driving or operating machinery high is just as dangerous as someone driving drunk. With alcohol, there are a number of different tests and impairment is well correlated with BAC. For marijuana, there is no quick and accurate way to assess how high someone is at a given time.

“Birds aren’t real” conspiracy theory coming true.

I’m the one who knows how to use Lemmy.

Never thought I’d be agreeing with this homophobe.

Data is a funny thing.

According to this graph, there has been a decrease every month so far this year, including in January. Yet by chopping it by year, it appears as an increase (since 2024 ended so high).

To be clear, I’m not disagreeing that this could well be the deadliest year so far for Russia, or that there are very real seasonal differences between Spring and Summer fighting that could make this the deadliest year. Only pointing out how data can push varying narratives depending on how it’s presented. Always use critical thinking when you see data visualized.

Slava Ukraini

This could go potentially be a war crime.

It’s been too long. Most credit cards only allow a limited period of time to challenge a charge. I stupidly hoped that it would be rescheduled. You know, since Ticketmaster told me it would be. After 60-90 days, the money is theirs whether they deliver a product or not.

Thanks for the financial advice bro.

The point is that they borrow money for free. It’s theft even if they one day refund the tickets. Because that’s how money works. Apparently you should know that since you’re clearly an expert.

Ticketmaster owes me a couple hundred dollars for a show that’s been “delayed” for a year now. Meanwhile, I’m paying interest on the credit charges.

There’s no way to get a refund or dispute the charges.

It should be illegal.

The most meaningful metric of any economy in my opinion is always median real income. It means whether most people are more able or less able to live the life they want (to vastly over-simplify).

There used to be a burger joint in my town that had terrible burgers, but they were ridiculously cheap. No idea how they made money, but they were always Russian guys and suits there. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I guarantee this sender has opinions about “The Jews.”

This is very frightening.

Which I suppose is the point.

Secret? As opposed to all the blatant AI bot accounts?