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*In the voice of your manager’s manager who just got back from a conference* “WE SHOULD DO A SOLAR POWERED CROSS COUNTRY TRAIN!!!” (I hope at least someone gets the reference)

I’ve worked in construction (or adjacent) for a WHILE I am still learning about new inspections you’re supposed to do They all have unique inspection consultants Who carry unique forms of insurance That all intertwine

Pride is a protest Corporations used Pride to launder their reputations While complaining about decorum in the parades Stonewall wasn’t a dance party If companies insist on returning to their “traditional” values So can we 🥰

I was radicalized as a YIMBY when I was being paid slightly more than minimum wage to design mansions and a member of the local NIMBY group poured a hot coffee on me while I was working They didn’t like the design of the house, so burning the help was appropriate I guess

“We don’t need anymore [XYZ in demand unit], we need HOMES for FAMILIES, FANILY-SIZED HOMES” Oh cool, so we should only build minivans then? The Toyota Corolla is the best selling car worldwide. I wouldn’t call it “family-sized”…

Fairly certain those silly, non-functional rinky dink kit kitchens they put in all the new condos did massive damage to consumer perception

Golf is such a dainty sport for how conservative masc it is coded “Okay now no one can talk while Jarod takes his turn”

At about 8:10-8:15 this morning a construction worker at the SkyGrid site at Gerrard and Sherbourne screamed obscenities in the face of a northbound cyclist incl. homophobic slurs and “this is my f’ing sidewalk” This site has been repeatedly placing large obstructions in sections of the bike lane

Tesla Employees Scramble To Make Office Look Like They’ve Been Sleeping There theonion.com/tesla-e...