So, after having an issue with our electricity, we attempted to contact Power NI by:

Phone - Lines were tied up for long waits and they suggested we visit the website.

Website - Only offers generic FAQs, suggests calling or emailing.

Email - Crickets

Twitter - Generic response about payment scheme from January.

Finally, Frank got them to respond and correct the problem on fucking Facebook messenger.

How sad that you have to resort to social media to get a business to help you.

My mama had all three and a wicked backhand in case none were within reach.

In case you missed this, read on and be afraid, be very afraid...cuz the Kochs etc want to do this NATIONWIDE.

"DeSantis threw out the legislature’s work and redrew Florida’s congressional districts, making them far more favorable to Republicans. The plan was so aggressive that the Republican-controlled legislature balked and fought DeSantis for months. The governor overruled lawmakers and pushed his map through."

https://www.propublica.org/article/ron-desantis-florida-redistricting-map-scheme

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I've been working on this all morning, and it's been giving me fits. But it's better than I've gotten for this target before. This is Markarian's Chain of galaxies. And just for fun I'm including the plate-solved image so you can see how many galaxies are actually present in the frame. #Astronomy #Astrophotography

Pssst… pass it on.

Gun owners should have to have liability insurance for public safety. Insurance companies could do background checks and set rates based on risk.

Notice to Canadians on disability, lets get the disability benefit bill passed. https://act.leadnow.ca/call-on-senate-pass-bill-c-22/

100-Year-old woman protesting book banning.

#Downwithfascism
#politics

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jyWTgE6kg1A

The hellscape is exploding and those addicted to chaos, attacks, name-calling are apparently not willing to pay $11/month to keep their account. They are finding their way to #coso in greater and greater numbers.

I will happily discuss any point of view with other #coso members. If you come for me, I will call you out and report you.

We don’t treat our other members with disrespect here.

Be advised.

#cosomusic Pink Floyd - The Trial

"In all my years of judging
I have never heard before
Of someone more deserving
Of the full penalty of law"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6XkvfSw8aI

what working women have known for years:

"experimental research has shown that when male hierarchies are disrupted by women, this incites hostile behavior specifically from poor performing men, because they stand to lose the most"

the joke in many circles is if only women could develop the 'confidence of the mediocre white man', we'd be further ahead. but that's not how we've been socialized & that's now how we work. tho, these men lash out hard at competent women.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01311-z

This was ChatGPT-3.5

Ok, @Ai can you write a short verse, in the style of Ogden Nash, about former President Trump?

AI:
Sure, here's a short verse in the style of Ogden Nash:

There once was a man named Trump,
Whose tweets could cause quite a dump,
His policies were bold,
But his words were often told,
In a way that made his supporters jump.

FTR:

Scotland's gun laws are among the strictest in the world

A devastating attack at a Scottish primary school sparked national outcry—and a successful campaign for gun reform

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-1996-dunblane-massacre-pushed-uk-enact-stricter-gun-laws-180977221/

Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
#cosomusic
https://youtu.be/EvuL5jyCHOw