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if we staff ICE with Uvalde police officers, they'll never enter schools

submitted 25 days ago • 938 comments

Iowa might lower fines for businesses that violate child labor laws. The state has already rolled back child labor protections, and now state Republicans want to shrink the max fine for companies that overwork kids from $10,000 to $2,500. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

submitted 39 days ago • 32 comments

My retirement job is going to be working for a large insurance company and approving every claim until they fire me.

submitted 40 days ago • 10 comments

The US has voted against human rights and international law. It passed HR 23 the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act”, a bill to sanction ICC leadership, to protect Israeli Netanyahu from the consequences of his war crimes in Gaza, Lebanon, and elsewhere. 243 Yea 140 Nay 50 Abstentions

submitted 44 days ago • 102 comments

My brother has been a wildfire fighter for 10+ years. His top safety advice to me has always been to be the first one on the road. It's doubly true with 0% containment and LA traffic. If you're thinking of evacuating, and your gut is telling you that you'll need to, don't wait for the order. Leave.

submitted 46 days ago • 23 comments

Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?

submitted 45 days ago • 867 comments

We wanted to understand the economic rationale for buying Greenland. So we talked to three unvaccinated UFC fans at a Jersey Mike's in Toms River.

submitted 46 days ago • 468 comments

Me, whispering to every recipe I have ever made “Well that’s not enough garlic”

submitted 48 days ago • 212 comments

The Telegraph gets straight to the heart of the most pressing issue of the day for most people.

submitted 54 days ago • 81 comments

X-ray tech: We’ll do the X-rays, but you really need an MRI. ER doc: You need an MRI. Gruff ER nurse with a heart of gold: You need an MRI, which obviously we can’t do. My primary care doc: You need an MRI. [explains the steps like I’m a hobbit leaving the shire] My insurance: Do you, though?

submitted 57 days ago • 17 comments

Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.

submitted 57 days ago • 431 comments

health insurance company emails love to be like "you submitted a new claim" i didn't do shit, i went to the doctor for 20 minutes and then you all made it cost a pretend thousand dollars until you agreed it didn't

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

I went to pick up meds for my daughter's migraines. Insurance has decided not to cover it this month for god knows why. $180 for 9 pills. The pharmacist says "one sec, let me try to apply coupons," *clickety clack,* then he says, "okay, now it's $16." Nothing about our healthcare system makes sense.

submitted 72 days ago • 61 comments