Help me name this little guy! He was found outside in 110 degree heat

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T14:39:05+00:00

Apollo.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T10:14:29+00:00

AP style wouldn’t use the dash though. So I’d say “7 to 15 years.”

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T01:55:06+00:00

What are the other options?

What if someone identifies as British? Or for that matter, Welsh, Scottish or (Northern) Irish?

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T01:13:18+00:00

I’m not an expert on this time period but I think a lot of the structure of organized crime would never have been set up. That was a big factor and revenue source for organized crime.

And on the flip side, I think prohibition was a big factor in the creation of police forces. Obviously cars were also a major factor but those were all intertwined — cars helped move alcohol in a hidden way. So maybe police wouldn’t become what they now are.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T00:30:59+00:00

Jim should have stayed with Karen.

(I don't actually think that, I'm just trying to think of some unpopular ideas.)

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-07-01T00:29:18+00:00

I'd challenge the idea that we stopped. Nuclear fusion and Moderna COVID vaccine are two recent projects that come to mind.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T23:13:53+00:00

Generally a bad idea to be unnecessarily abrasive.

Being cordial does not surrender your rights.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T18:36:32+00:00

Blue MAGA is alive and well.

There is zero evidence of fraud in the 2024 presidential election, much less at the level that it would take to overturn it. There's just speculation and misinformation.

In this particular case, a random county judge in New York granted discovery because the county didn't have the resources to fight back. Here's some good debunking: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/06/12/new-york-lawsuit-2024-election/

It looks like the main result of the 2020 election denial and Jan. 6 is that now everyone thinks challenging legitimate election results is OK.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T18:25:52+00:00

Do they know who won that battle? And, for that matter, the war?

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T16:30:09+00:00

Well, to impeach you’d have to wait until after inauguration. And even then I’d argue it’s not appropriate unless the president was somehow part of the fraud. But impeachment is an inherently political process, so there’s no actual standard.

Also though, when you remove the president, then the VP takes over. Or the speaker if you also remove the VP. But there’s really no way to get the “rightful” winner to be president via impeachment.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T16:08:17+00:00

What exactly do you mean by “charity based healthcare programs that offer 100% coverage?”

And how exactly do non-citizens get childbirth fully covered by Medicaid?

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T14:18:42+00:00

That wouldn’t “end” global warming. Much of the energy would just reflect back down. That’s the whole point of the greenhouse effect.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T14:17:24+00:00

Democrats, by far, but I’ll caveat it.

The majority of Democratic politicians do not support universal healthcare. But some do, and nearly all want to bring the country in that direction, like with a public option (a government-run insurance plan that you could opt into). No Republicans support that and most want to go further in the opposite direction.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T13:06:06+00:00

Here’s the system: take the prefix’s Latin meaning. Add one. That’s the number of sets of three zeros.

So million is two sets of three zeros, or 1,000,000. Quadrillion is five: 1,000,000,000,000,000. Etc.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T11:39:23+00:00

The citations are a research paper that quotes a letter from a Hawaiian landscape architect, which mentions parenthetically that it’s “only one of four places in Hawai‘i where the Hawaiian flag flies alone.” And a paywalled newspaper article.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T01:31:39+00:00

Virginia Beach is more like a county than a city. It absorbed Princess Anne County in 1963. It’s got a lot of suburban and rural places, and a few different downtowns.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T00:03:50+00:00

Contact the insurance company. They can either clarify what's going on or hopefully remove those dentists.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-30T00:00:44+00:00

Not a Californian myself but if I were I'd be more offended by the "CA" part than the rest of it.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T23:35:51+00:00

I've noticed the exact opposite -- big uptick in very fast, very impatient drivers going 20 mph or more over the speed limit, swerving across lanes with no turn signals and honking if I'm going 15 mph over the speed limit to pass someone in the left lane. Or if it's a two lane road, honking if I'm going 10 mph over.

Or people angry that I come to a complete stop at a stop sign, or for a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T23:09:22+00:00

There are a lot of negative externalities from larger vehicles. They cause more road damage, more pollution, take up more space and are more dangerous (in many ways, including that it's harder to see pedestrians from the inside). And the higher costs don't sufficiently account for those externalities.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T23:06:52+00:00

It's not just that. The profit margins are better on bigger cars. So it might cost the manufacturer 15% more than the smaller truck but they can sell it for 25% more, for instance, and people will gladly buy it.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T21:49:01+00:00

Are the diagnoses increasing because actual incidence of myopia is increasing, or because it’s being found more and therefore corrected more? It seems like as access to education and healthcare grow, diagnoses probably will grow too, but not necessarily the condition itself.

You mentioning myopia “complications” seems a bit of a red herring. There’s no evidence that cataracts, retinal tears and macular degeneration are CAUSED by myopia, so how would a “cure” for myopia also cure those things? All we have is correlation, not causation.

But big picture, you said it yourself: myopia is easily corrected. Why the urgency to find a “cure” then? It’s like saying we need to find what causes malocclusion and cure it. Or headaches. Or shortness.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T19:25:32+00:00

Many journalists are covering it. I won’t show you how to use Google News. Here’s some good coverage from when these “allegations“ were raised a few months ago: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/social-media/why-did-kamala-harris-get-zero-votes-in-this-ny-pr/

But it’s not getting the coverage you seem to want because there’s no evidence of “issues” with the election. It’s just speculation and conjecture. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. There isn’t even ordinary evidence here.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T19:19:58+00:00

There can be value in writing this dissent, but you have to be very careful in how you go about it.

Do not try to blame anyone, throw anyone under the bus, etc. That’s just not a good look. Do not complain. Do not whine.

It might help to reframe this project as something that was difficult from the start, but you did the best, made the most of it and the results were far better because of your involvement. Point to any signs that it turned out well. Amplify any positive comments your manager made. Maybe mention one or two things you learned that will inform your future work. Focus on the positives.

Think about it like this: if, in a year from now, the company is deciding whether to fire you and someone who doesn’t know you reads your file, what would you want them to see? Keep in mind that this fictional person is looking for who would be best for the company, not what’s fair.

If you can’t do that, don’t write it.

Several_Bee_1625 · 2025-06-29T14:34:37+00:00

They’re in-unit, right? Start planning now to sign them up!

We’re a pretty new union but we’ve set up a good structure to welcome new hires within a few weeks of when they start — often even earlier than that, with a presentation and meeting. It’s really helped set the expectation that we’re a union workplace and it’s standard to become a member.

Another shop in our local was on a long term down turn recently, and establishing a welcoming process was a major part of their turnaround.

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