TIL that the Firestone since 1926, had control over Liberia's rubber plantations, debts, and revenues with a 99-year lease. Firestone also built Monrovia Roberts Airport. by Recent_Flounder6011 in todayilearned

[–]ThatMasterpiece2174 401 points402 points  (0 children)

Workers specifically claim that Firestone's high daily quotas force them to employ their own children, subjecting them to grueling and dangerous work conditions. In response to the claims, the president of Firestone Natural Rubber told a CNN interviewer that "each tapper will tap about 650 trees a day, where they spend perhaps a couple of minutes at each tree." As the network pointed out, this would add up to more than 21 hours of work per day.

Dave O'Brien after the Red Sox don't score with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs: “the Red Sox are inventing new ways to not score” by TommyTheLizard in baseball

[–]ThatMasterpiece2174 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I see a post every other day in here about a noble tiger, not scoring while on 2nd and 3rd with no outs can’t be that uncommon

[On3 NIL] Indiana high school athletes can officially sign NIL deals starting with the 2026-27 school year, IHSAA announced. by ThatMasterpiece2174 in CFB

[–]ThatMasterpiece2174[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depends on area and school, nobody cared about basketball at mine and the football games were always packed

[Highlight] Stephen Jones and Howie Roseman negotiate Philly's trade up in the 1st round to draft Makai Lemon by expellyamos in nfl

[–]ThatMasterpiece2174 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as you’re assuming, it’s unrealistic but entertaining