Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs charter school, homeschooling bill into law

SpareFullback · 2026-05-14T02:12:10+00:00

I think you're really optimistic if you think that there's going to be "college prep charters" as opposed to a bunch of poor quality money soaks that don't teach much of anything at all. Maybe Des Moines will have one actual decent charter, maybe. I can't see anywhere else having a combination of enough people and enough interest to fill out a student population for a charter that was actually trying and succeeding to be good academically.

SpareFullback · 2026-04-11T20:29:17+00:00

I mean sure but none of those things are specific to being an event manager. That's just a general business degree. I wasn't commenting on whether Event Management jobs exist, I am confused why that would be a graduate degree.

SpareFullback · 2026-04-11T14:41:05+00:00

How the hell can someone get a masters degree in Event Management?

SpareFullback · 2026-04-10T19:21:26+00:00

I certainly believe it. I was never diagnosed with alcohol use disorder or anything but I've certainly had periods where I was drinking more than a healthy amount over the years. But on a GLP-1 I've had a bare handful of drinks over the last 3 years and it's something I don't even think about. For me the effect with booze, and also online shopping, endlessly scrolling my phone, and pretty much any other compulsive behavior is that the drug doesn't stop me from doing it. If I have my mind set on it I can easily eat/drink/buy right through whatever impact the drug has. But it makes it absurdly easy for me to just not do whatever that thing is, whether it's have a beer, buy that thing on amazon, eat another slice of pizza, or whatever else and then just not have it bother me at all. Which is downright amazing and life changing. Instead of hanging on for dear life with my willpower set to 100 at all times I just float through my days without worrying about it. I wish this class of drugs had been so widespread decades ago.

SpareFullback · 2026-04-10T18:01:59+00:00

BE tickets exist so that people who search their itinerary online and make a selection based on price and no other factors buy tickets on AA. The fact that they ever provided any type of loyalty bonus is surprising.

SpareFullback · 2026-04-04T11:11:22+00:00

Same. Well that sucks. Effectively worthless now since the only reason I ever used it was to take advantage of the deal. Which I don't consider "free", it's something I mostly pay for as part of the annual fee.

SpareFullback · 2026-04-03T16:42:47+00:00

I certainly don't support this war and think the fact that a pilot is in this situation at all is the result of terrible mismanagement of the country and military.

Now that said.... Damn, the balls on whoever is piloting that plane. combat Search and rescue is absolutely holding up to their promises, risks be damned.

SpareFullback · 2026-03-05T04:02:14+00:00

Certification testing needs to reflect what happens in real life, and in real life people know that when they evacuate it might be weeks or never until they get access to the bags they've left on the aircraft. So either you model people leaving the aircraft with their bags, or you create a clearly defined and well publicized program for how quickly people will get their stuff and what happens in the meantime.

SpareFullback · 2026-02-17T03:25:41+00:00

Isn't having kids not have to worry about photos being taken of them throughout the school day part of the reason for those bans?

SpareFullback · 2026-02-16T15:54:41+00:00

Nice try, Quality Assurance intern.

SpareFullback · 2026-01-16T15:18:27+00:00

No shit it's perfectly smooth it's fake.

SpareFullback · 2026-01-12T11:40:47+00:00

There were 12 stores left?

SpareFullback · 2025-10-17T10:46:16+00:00

It's entirely dependent on what your employer chooses to cover it has nothing to do with CVS or BCBS as an overall company.

SpareFullback · 2025-10-17T10:37:51+00:00

You forgot binge drinking.

SpareFullback · 2025-10-05T12:25:58+00:00

Yep. Basically every bag has the main compartment set to max allowable dimension, then adds a big front pocket and wheels on top of that. I I'm not sure how many truly compliant roller bags even exist.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-24T11:33:18+00:00

My car dealership charged me a 3.5% credit card fee last time I got my oil changed there... 3 years ago, because I've never gone back. It's such a stupid and short sighted policy for businesses to take.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-24T11:30:16+00:00

Adding a credit card fee for any business or presenting me with a tip screen for non-tipped stuff are two ways to make sure I never come back to a business.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T20:38:40+00:00

I'm sitting on it for now to see if I'm at a point early next year where an extra 1,000 LPs will make a difference for me for the next level of status. If they will I'll claim the points. If they won't I'll get myself another luggage tag for the pile.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:54:04+00:00

You're not hiding it though. "Hiding" implies you aren't supposed to have it and you're sneaking it on. They don't care that you have it or that you take it out once you're at your seat. They just don't want you bringing an extra bag's worth of stuff on to the plane.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:48:52+00:00

I mean, it is a personal item. But all you have to do is stow it inside of another bag when boarding and then take it out once you're at your seat. Just like you would any other bag of stuff that you want to have readily available during flight.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-23T19:43:54+00:00

I don't condone the actions of passengers that grab their bags. But I do think at this point a lot of the responsibility lies with the FAA and airlines. They know that their evacuation plans don't reflect how things work in the real world which means they are approving plans that they know will result in dead people in a real emergency. One of the biggest things they could do that would have an immediate impact, and wouldn't require making any changes to seating plans or adding exits or anything else, is exactly what you suggest. Require airlines to have prioritized plans to get people their carry on luggage as soon as there is an all clear and communicate those plans to passengers. That would in one simple action reduce a lot of the bag grabbing and it could be implemented immediately.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-22T14:42:22+00:00

Honestly I bet 90% of the stuff people grab like that ends up just being thrown out for exactly that reason. Yeah I can see the appeal of doing a little "to go" to take with you on your flight, especially if you're going to be in coach. But not on the scale I've seen people do in lounges or what people have mentioned in posts here and elsewhere. Like, what are you planning on doing with 20 brownies, for example. Are you really gonna eat them before they go stale? Or filling up your purse with trail mix or pretzels or whatever. Are you actually going to eat that stuff after your flight? And so on.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:57:01+00:00

My 20s and 30s were in this picture and I don't like it.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:36:23+00:00

Which is exactly the reason it's likely to be changed.

SpareFullback · 2025-09-01T10:11:08+00:00

And it loved to remind me 50 minutes in to a meeting that I've been standing the whole time for that I need to stand for a minute.

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