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The Upstairs Apartment Got Flooded
On Friday the 18th, the upstairs apartment’s bathroom got flooded, and water flooded their apartment and drained down onto us. I don’t know the particulars, but I suspect it’s a bad valve. If it was a clog, it would…
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
The Civilian Space Program and NASA were Fronts for the Nuclear Missile Program. The NSA is Spying On Us, Scanning Our Public Posts for Keywords. The Real Estate Agent is Telling You Not to Move to Some Neighborhood Because…
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Instagram Censorship Algorithm Failure
I tried to get a racist meme removed from Instagram, but they said it didn’t violate community standards. Here’s the meme: The poster agreed, it’s racist. It’s a racist meme that’s been tagged to help it get some views.…
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The Lotto and Voting Machine Meme is Bugging Me
This meme’s been bugging me a lot, on a couple different levels. There’s a technical annoyance, which I’ll get to later, but there’s also this lack of history. The election system is broken on purpose to disenfranchise some people…
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
I was reading this clickbait post and decided to summarize, so I’d internalize the info a bit more. The format is: Job – reason why it’s in decline. Mortgage Brokers – replaced by online services. Bookkeeper – article calls…
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Mid90s and Redlining
I don’t know the story behind Mid90s, but the trailer and description hint at some urban geography and class issues related to the relationship between the middle class neighborhoods of Cheviot Hills and working class neighborhoods of Culver City.…
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California Proposition 1, 2018
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics Source: California Proposition 1, Housing Programs and Veterans’ Loans Bond (2018) – Ballotpedia I’m leaning Yes on this. There is one problem, which is that there is no anti-displacement language in this law.…