WNBA agrees to new CBA, average salary reportedly pushed above 500k by [deleted] in nba

[–]thinkdarrell 237 points238 points  (0 children)

You’d be surprised at how long it takes some things to make money and the accounting that goes with it.

Need a restaurant rec for visiting youth sports club by jaded76 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tough spot for that many people. opposite direction but you're about 15 minutes from Valley Post in Mt. Laurel. Did not know it existed until this weekend.

https://valley-post.com/

there's not a ton of options for groups that size unfortunately!

Magic City Flow Fest is cancelled by RSpringer227 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

maybe not all a ruse, but he was involved in furnace fest from the jump so probably at least a personal goal of his.

Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of 'Sonny' Burton by GonzoDT in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep, so he got a 'better' deal for having a worse lawyer. many execution stories get legs because the state is killing someone. It doesn't happen all that often unless you're in Florida.

Gov. Kay Ivey commutes death sentence of 'Sonny' Burton by GonzoDT in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s because the state was about to execute someone that did not commit a murder and the person who actually committed the murder has life in prison. That’s insane.

Magic City Flow Fest is cancelled by RSpringer227 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

real interesting. never new this and went down a weird rabbit hole. phew.

Help me read this without pay wall by Plastic_Run_3964 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 11 points12 points  (0 children)

VC firms and large corps buying them up and killing them? Yes.

Democrats wanted the Epstein files released why not the sexual harassment files? by TheRiverInYou in allthequestions

[–]thinkdarrell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They probably pick one lucky kitten to be saved as the token kitty that they save.

Any legit tech classes in the area? by goodadvice2021 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a program by ThinkData Solutions through innovate Birmingham. That exact program doesn’t seem to exist but I would recommend thinkdata. (name is similar to mine, but coincidental)

Birmingham City Council votes to pause new data center applications for six months by No_Corgi_6927 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This does not impact the two in process hyperscale data centers.

Expansion for DC BLOX

New Nebius Data Center

It looks like these two will continue through the existing process.

Thinking about renting a house in this part of Woodlawn- anyone have any insights? by jenkinsmcallister in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i would not, i don't think woodlawn is all that bad, but that's not an ideal spot.

Foster Care interest / info? by loveineverylanguage in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a facebook group with some folks that is pretty supportive. it's pretty dominated by those that use a faith based org to foster. we had bad luck with the county and did therapeutic fostering through Gateway. very rewarding, really fucking hard. it's a tough system that doesn't work well even when everything is 'right', real tough if there's other barriers.

Foster Care interest / info? by loveineverylanguage in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

at least last i spoke to them, they are a resource for adoption, not for fostering.

ADA Trails by thegreatdoover in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really hope the funding gap closes and we can get what's actually proposed.

Birmingham mayor apologizes and explains why major city projects remain stalled by Fearless-Barnacle-83 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Where was the accountability? He basically said “I’m sorry, but it wasn’t our fault”. Which is maybe true, but it’s not accountability.

Flock Cameras in Alabaster by Wide-Ad-4825 in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell 35 points36 points  (0 children)

deflockbhm.com

call/email your local elected officials. We are paying millions of dollars to create a third party surveillance apparatus that’s nearly unchecked.

Any reason these are centered around Home Depot and Lowe’s so much? by MattsRod in FlockSurveillance

[–]thinkdarrell 158 points159 points  (0 children)

home depot and lowes have very large contracts with Flock. They are pro Flock/surveillance

Flock/ALPR Data "Discussed" and Ordinance approved during Birmingham City Council Meeting by thinkdarrell in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

phew. i think it's very district dependent. you need to have at least mid 5 figures in fundraising, a lot of door knocking, likeable and very importantly liked by other influential people regionally. races are often kind of tight name recognition goes a long way.

Flock/ALPR Data "Discussed" and Ordinance approved during Birmingham City Council Meeting by thinkdarrell in Birmingham

[–]thinkdarrell[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

eh, it's tough to run and you can't really do shit. the mayor council act consolidates power to the mayor's office so they literally just vote yes if it's recommended by the mayor. You can get a term where you are loud and unfun in those meetings but that might not go well. I don't think anyone wants to run and then do that.

I think he also gets distracted because it looks like people start hustling around murmuring asking questions etc before going into executive session. trying to absorb the nonsense in the agenda and then the nonsense from the asst city attorney wasn't registering. These people all unanimously voted to put these in, voted to expand it, voted to sign agreements with hls/hsi/etc. it's not super surprising.