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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I had a plumber do work on my house, and then never cashed the check. Around $1k if I remember correctly.

    I needed him to come out to disconnect a 100-year-old radiator that fell off the wall and cap the pipes so we could keep the heat on in the house.

    It was an emergency, of course, so I basically called the first person who could come out and do the work. I never really expected to ever be in touch with him again. By the time I realized he didn’t cash the check, I no longer had his contact info.

    I tried looking up the name on the check, but it didn’t lead to anything.

    If he showed up today and told me he lost the check, I’d give him a new one.

    However, although his work was fine, his whole vibe was a little shady. Like maybe he took the job right before fleeing the country. Either that or he dropped dead.

    After about a year I voided the check in my accounting software.


  • Things I love about beavers:

    1. He might be pausing to listen to the sounds the tree is making to know if it’s ready to drop yet.

    2. They don’t just use the trees for construction. They also eat the soft, inner bark.

    3. Like a dad searching for the source of running water in the house, they are triggered by the sound of the river and will find the source of the sound and block it. If you play the sound of running water with a speaker near a beaver, the beaver will build a dam on it.

    4. Beaver teeth are rust-colored because their enamel is strengthened with iron.




  • It’s run by the USDA (US Department of Agriculture). But you’re otherwise correct, so I’m assuming that was a typo.

    It’s not just a social program to feed the poor and disabled. In fact, that’s just a side effect of the need to ensure that someone buys the food that the farmers are producing.

    Both ends of the SNAP pipeline get fucked. A truly distressing portion of both ends also voted for it.

    I suspect Walmart will be fine. They might close a few stores, fire all the employees, and put the final nail in the coffin of some communities they’ve been slowly killing for years, but they’ll still be supporting fascists and enslaving Americans long after this episode of history has been forgotten rewritten.