[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, this was a concession both Democrats and Senate Republicans were asking for. They hope to have a full budget deal finished before a new administration so there's a clean slate for either incoming president

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

When there's more people who want to buy homes than there are homes for sale, the power dynamic is still in favor of the sellers. Sounds like this could potentially favor more experienced buyers/hedge funds over first-time home buyers. If sellers don't want to cover fees for buyer's agent, then that's more a first time buyer would have to pay upfront.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Kroger and Albertsons own a ton of "other grocery chains." Classic example of just simply buying up the competition

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Am I missing something? There is nothing new in the article. It's just contrasting Harris' Senate record and 2020 primary stances with the pragmatic political compromises that the Biden-Harris administration has made over the past 3.5 years because they had to deal with getting things through Congress. Of course the compromises made with Congress are going to be more to the right than what Harris has previously advocated for as her ideal stances, that's what politics is...

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 160 points 2 months ago

Easy, buy up a bunch of land for conservation

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

The article details issues with pharmaceutical benefit managers, which 2 of the big 3 are owned by insurance companies and the third is owned by CVS

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In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a reversal from its longstanding hands-off approach to policing the companies.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 73 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fossil fuel companies knew about global warming since at least the 1970s. Those companies have used their enormous wealth to reverse trends towards public transit (e.g. Los Angeles used to have street cars...), halt the green energy transition until very recently, and spread misinformation and buy politicians.

Edit: also think about how all of those oil spills, mountain top removal, air and water pollution, cancers, asthma, heart disease that were "necessary for the economy" over the past couple of decades. When instead we could have already had fully sustainable energy systems with similar economic growth. Vote for politicians willing to do something about it.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Love my new induction stove! Our old gas stove was leaking and could have blown up the house. We've noticed a lot less waste heat too, metal pan handles can be grabbed without a hot pad, the kitchen doesn't heat up as much from cooking. And it heats up blazingly fast.

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[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Animals on average convert about 10% of the mass they eat into their own body mass.

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Nice! That's got to be the Dragonstone bridge from the GoT universe

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

Too bad justice can't be this swift in the US

[-] cymbal_king@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago

His ability to stay calm and in character is a super power

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