Non-Trumpian News

[Tradd]

Eggs came in today and guess what a dozen large eggs are retailing for here in Phoenix?

Ready? Are you sure?

$7.49. Absolutely insane. Eggs are now for the upper 15 percent. Rob

PS And I don't mean to gloss over this tragedy.....all those young skaters gone in a flash. Horrible.

Guess it’s a good thing you like Mexican food. You can get your protein from beans instead.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Guess it’s a good thing you like Mexican food. You can get your protein from beans instead.

LOL. Very true. SO is still unable to find work and has been putting together wonderful rice and bean combos. Rob

[bae]

Lucky you. Not all are so fortunate, bae. Rob

I call it "planning ahead".

[iris lilies]

It is really too bad about the price of eggs because that has always been a wholesome, inexpensive source of protein.

[Tradd]

It is really too bad about the price of eggs because that has always been a wholesome, inexpensive source of protein.

I’m still buying them. Won’t give them up. Cheaper than meat.

[catherine]

I’m still buying them. Won’t give them up. Cheaper than meat.

I eat them every day. They're $5-6 a dozen from our local providers. I agree they're a lot less messy than meat!

[bae]

I’m still buying them. Won’t give them up. Cheaper than meat.

My overpriced market here on the island has nice looking pork loin on sale this week for $3/pound. One pound of lean pork loin has 140 grams of protein. 46.66 grams of protein/dollar.

A dozen large eggs have 72 grams of protein. When I was in the market yesterday, it looked like they were asking ~$6 for a dozen "OK-ish" looking eggs, so that's 12 grams of protein/dollar.

[iris lilies]

The last time we had a surge of bird flu we saw, in the city, a surge of rabbits because the birds of prey population was reduced. Was not good for our edible garden.

I have heard the news about avian flu and cats. Will have to worry about our ferals here in Hermann.

[iris lilies]

I keep forgetting to mention how happy I am about the easing up of censorship on at least some of the major socials. I have seen perfectly reasonable Facebook posts zapped during the Biden administration. One of the disappeared posts happened during Covid where my friend’s quote from the CDC—verbatim quote—was deleted for wrong speak.

That was an insane time.

Here’s what Zuck has to say about the refinement at Facebook:

“…In lieu of fact-checkers, Facebook will employ a "Community Notes" model like the one used on X.
As it operates on X, Community Notes allows users to add context and corrections to other people's posts, though studies show it can be slower and cover different subjects than professional fact-checking.
Zuckerberg also said the site would relax its policies for moderating posts and allow more content on issues including "immigration and gender" instead of taking them down. (According to a Wired review, some of these changes appear to have already gone into effect.)
For users interested in seeing more political content, Zuckerberg noted that Meta plans to reintroduce more of these posts into people's feeds as well.”

The censorship on the Reddits can be pretty heavy handed but that is ok with me because each sub Reddit has its own rules and moderating team and yes, they can be ridiculous. I was booted from one sub Reddit, can’t remember which one, for merely being a member of the Dave Chappelle sub. I had not said anything that could vaguely be considered inflammatory so the mods were obviously comparing lists of their members to other “subversive” subs.

The little mod tyrants are so very convinced of their righteousness, haha.

[LDAHL]

I keep forgetting to mention how happy I am about the easing up of censorship on at least some of the major socials. I have seen perfectly reasonable Facebook posts zapped during the Biden administration. One of the disappeared posts happened during Covid where my friend’s quote from the CDC—verbatim quote—was deleted for wrong speak.

That was an insane time.

Here’s what Zuck has to say about the refinement at Facebook:

“…In lieu of fact-checkers, Facebook will employ a "Community Notes" model like the one used on X.
As it operates on X, Community Notes allows users to add context and corrections to other people's posts, though studies show it can be slower and cover different subjects than professional fact-checking.
Zuckerberg also said the site would relax its policies for moderating posts and allow more content on issues including "immigration and gender" instead of taking them down. (According to a Wired review, some of these changes appear to have already gone into effect.)
For users interested in seeing more political content, Zuckerberg noted that Meta plans to reintroduce more of these posts into people's feeds as well.”

The censorship on the Reddits can be pretty heavy handed but that is ok with me because each sub Reddit has its own rules and moderating team and yes, they can be ridiculous. I was booted from one sub Reddit, can’t remember which one, for merely being a member of the Dave Chappelle sub. I had not said anything that could vaguely be considered inflammatory so the mods were obviously comparing lists of their members to other “subversive” subs.

The little mod tyrants are so very convinced of their righteousness, haha.

There was a great Bari Weiss interview with the chief of the Babylon Bee about the various efforts to shut them up. There were the usual legal attacks, deplatforming efforts, etc. But one of the sillier weapons used against them were some ludicrously prissy “fact checks” that wanted to make sure that we understood that the administration didn’t in fact purchase laundry equipment to better spin the truth. I’m not convinced most fact checking sites are all that interested in objective truth.

Reddit is kind of a weird platform. It seems to work like a cultural centrifuge, extracting out and concentrating various viewpoints in their most unadulterated forms.