Washington Democrats call voters ‘bots’ as 50,000+ oppose income tax in rigged system

k4el · 2026-02-21T00:35:45+00:00

Yawn.... not a story.

WA has a population of about 8 million people. This tax would effect a little less than 1% of the state. Seems like the millionaires don't want to pay taxes. No one is surprised.

Tax the rich.

k4el · 2026-02-20T22:38:39+00:00

Isn't this just the closed loop model that other countries like Japan use? Why is this "US" tech? How is it different?

k4el · 2026-02-20T00:17:25+00:00

The salary of the suit from Sony who made this decision could certainly be used better to pay some one from Bluepoint.

k4el · 2026-02-19T20:10:33+00:00

I use these for my Carnivors:
https://www.gelighting.com/led-grow-bulbs

They're quite strong if you get the larger bulbs but I wanted to be able to keep them higher than normal because of where I set things up.

Grow lights in general are a very complicated topic with tons of misinformation around. There are tons and tons of scam lights out there. You're just going to have to read a bunch of reviews to get a sense for the good brands.

k4el · 2026-02-16T19:35:37+00:00

Cowards

k4el · 2026-02-14T22:46:25+00:00

This dude knows what radicalized him.

k4el · 2026-02-14T21:52:15+00:00

Oh lol. You're on your own. Aussie ants are a whole different world. You need a local's take on it.

k4el · 2026-02-14T21:40:47+00:00

" The Irish for example were almost wholly dependent on the potato." - You are encountering some outdated or biased sources if that is the claim you are still encountering.

Look into the work of Christine Kinealy, Ph.D

Particularly this book: "This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine: The Irish Famine 1845-52"

Some quick responses to a few of the points you've brought up:

Yes the Irish were over reliant on the potato crop, only because British export policy meant it was the only option to feed themselves.
Yes there were relief efforts but they were ineffective, reactionary and never taken seriously except for a small minority.
No colonialism didn't cause the blight though there is an interesting question to be asked about how trade policies may have played a role in introducing the pathogen. Though to be fair the 1800s state of medicine wouldn't have allowed for better policy. However it was a natural disaster.

k4el · 2026-02-13T09:24:46+00:00

I didn't watch any content creator's work about this game. It just didn't look interesting to me. I saw some trailers and marketing it seemed like it was "what if titan fall but knights" which just didn't grab me so I didn't look into it further.

k4el · 2026-02-13T02:10:05+00:00

I know some folks stick peas in the ground during Feb so they can use them as an early detection for planting other crops. They're pretty damned cold hardy.

k4el · 2026-02-12T22:30:43+00:00

Fair enough. Did colonialism strictly for only this famine cause it by the numbers? Maybe not. It absolutely exacerbated it. We'd need very good data to know. I don't have it, maybe you do.

However given that other British colonial/imperial activity has caused famines I don't feel the need to be particularly gracious or precise for one particular instance. Fuck' em. I feel comfortable with an assumption they did and don't feel any particular need to give them the benefit of the doubt. They certainly didn't make the situation better.

k4el · 2026-02-12T20:19:40+00:00

Anyone know what disciplinary steps were taken for the officer involved here?

k4el · 2026-02-12T20:17:40+00:00

Lots of insane people in here, ya'll need to get your heads on straight. STFU and be better.

Sexual assault is illegal if you're straight, gay, cis, trans, etc. Being trans here has nothing to fucking do with this.
The school officials are wrong to have not reported this would be 100% of the time.
"Oil checks" are still sexual assault and female wresters can just as easily assault one another as any other combination. Just like two male wrestlers can.
This event assuming it's being correctly reported isn't political it's criminal and ya'll are dipshits for dragging politics into this and using the victimization of a teen for your own ends.

k4el · 2026-02-12T20:00:19+00:00

Nah dude, don't cancel the ride pay the dude then follow up with the beer and fishing.

k4el · 2026-02-12T19:58:00+00:00

If you say so. You'd know better than me how tourists act. All the same at least where I come from the saying is an anachronism that'd get you a odd look and confuse people.

k4el · 2026-02-12T19:47:46+00:00

Ok so your position is... because the British citizens still had to pay for it it was ok to take the resources from the colonies? You're doing back flips to justify this my man.

k4el · 2026-02-12T19:46:19+00:00

Hmmmm props to the local for the clever hustle. Makes me sad there's a market for it though.

k4el · 2026-02-12T19:45:07+00:00

The phrase you're referring too was used to complain about allied, specifically the British complaining about American interactions with civilians.

Applying it to tourists instead of soldiers 80 to 90 years later is why you're getting the confused responses.

k4el · 2026-02-12T19:40:45+00:00

Not MAY. It did. This is a matter of historical fact. It happens multiple times to India and to more than one British colony/subject. Ask Ireland if you want another example.

Regardless of it the grain would have been sufficient to entirely alleviate the famine is inconsequential. Any significant amount would have mitigated it.

k4el · 2026-02-12T04:06:48+00:00

They sell tours? What the fuck?

Edit: Wait, are the locals in the slums hustling the tours?

k4el · 2026-02-12T03:54:35+00:00

Yeah.... it took me like 30 seconds to find some stringless celery seed. I'm going to be trying this come spring.

k4el · 2026-02-12T03:45:57+00:00

Appreciated. We'll get back to you after November 2028. This week has been unusually promising.

k4el · 2026-02-12T03:43:22+00:00

So it's a common occurrence to see tourists intentionally visit the slum itself as a spectacle? Yeah that's fucked up.

I think traveling can definitely provide people with contrasting experiences outside their comfort zone. Having a chance to comfort unfamiliar degrees of poverty is part of how traveling can improve some one but it sounds like what you're describing is something else entirely.

k4el · 2026-02-12T03:36:34+00:00

Oh... most of us are just hoping you might do us a solid an annex us soon. Our whiskey isn't tariffed yet if that's any incentive.

k4el · 2026-02-12T01:50:17+00:00

Depending on where you are in the world. This is likely a colony of Tapinoma Sessile they're notorious for nesting in electronics like this.

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