Why would you just SIT on two pieces of extremely expensive real estate?
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    He could, or he could do nothing. Both make him money.

    Also I imagine renting to rich people is a bit more complicated than it is for you and I. A lot more real possibility of litigation than from us regular folks.

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  • how should/could laundry work?
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    Some places in the US have what are called "wash and folds" where your drop off your laundry and they'll do it for you, usually charging by the pound. You pick it up folded.

    Even some dry cleaners will do this.

    Obviously more expensive than a laundromat, but, as always, it's a question of how much you value your time.

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    During the colonization of the American West, who did your laundry mostly depended on your marital status. Since laundry was "women's work", bachelors wouldn't do it. But there weren't a lot of women around during the early era of colonization, so you got Chinese immigrants (largely from Hong Kong) who would establish these commercial laundries to cater to all the single men who couldn't or wouldn't do their own laundry (it was also very time-consuming and arduous work). American racism against Chinese immigrants who held these jobs led to things like the avowedly leftist Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance, which was a labor organization that fought to keep these jobs legal.

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  • Journalist Ken Klippenstein booted from X after publishing the Iranian hacked JD Vance Dossier.
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    The right-unionism is incompatible with the big-business base.

    It's the same reason Republicans will never do anything to completely stop visa-less immigration: they want downward pressure on wages.

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  • no peanut butter under communism 😱😱😱
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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but peanut butter is generally not very common in Europe. It's usually in the "American food" section at European supermarkets.

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    Biden reversing course to final-days-of-Trump-presidency policy making it open season on endangered keystone species gray wolves.

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    Fun anecdote from the article about a _previous_ merger one of these companies did: >Washington seeks to avoid the situation it found itself in a decade ago, when Albertsons bought the Safeway chain. To satisfy regulators concerned about that deal's potential impact on supermarket competition and consumers, Albertsons sold 146 stores to Haggen, a small grocery chain based in Bellingham, Washington. >But Haggen struggled with the expansion. Within six months, it had closed 127 stores — including 14 in Washington — and laid off thousands of workers. Haggen sold its remaining stores to Albertsons in 2016. Now, 10 Haggen stores in Washington are on the list to be sold if the merger happens. Look at the math on that little offer they did to make the merger more palatable. lmao

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    You've heard about the beautiful boaters, but have you heard about the beautiful fliers?

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    https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1811346005029241116

    Y'all discarded them for something I don't remember, but anyway, good for them!

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    I knew it wasn't going to happen, because libs refuse to ever do anything good, but I figured it would be Adams, not Hochul.

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    It was a cute movie. Not sure why it's bombing.

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    https://twitter.com/wyatt_privilege/status/1783599231623737500

    Context: Trump's lawyers are in front of the Supreme Court arguing that presidents cannot be prosecuted for any crimes they commit while in office. Who knows how the Calvinball refs will decide this one, but if they go Trump's way, Biden has literally no excuse not to assassinate his political rivals.

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    "You're owned by China!" "That's disinformation, like the DemocRATs use against Presinald Trunt!"

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    Apparently this is all the rage in Germany (and China) where you can buy a kit at the supermarket for 500-600EUR and then you simply hang the solar panels over your balcony and plug them in to a wall outlet to reduce your net usage. I was trying to do research on why we don't have this in the US and it doesn't seem like there are any particularly good reasons for it other than sclerotic response to "new" technology. Seems like an incredibly cool idea to make apartment dwelling even more sustainable. non-archive link: https://www.dw.com/en/mini-plug-in-solar-panels-are-they-worth-it/a-66240262

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    Not mentioned in the title: he was snorting confiscated fent. Also this is a cop from the town all the Proud Boys who came to Portland in 2020 live in. Anyway, happy Friday! ![officer-down](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/4c1735b9-1b09-4231-8b12-df2b6fa111fc.png "emoji officer-down")

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