#Driver Retention

[artisticdivasworld]

How Immigration Policies Are Squeezing Small Trucking Businesses

If you run your own truck, you don’t need me to tell you how rough things are right now. Rates are garbage, fuel prices keep jumping around, and brokers seem to think you should haul their loads for free. But here’s something else that’s making life harder: immigration policies. Now, you might be thinking, What does that have to do with me? But if you’re out here trying to make a living with one…

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Accelerating Up Retention: Techniques to Improve Truck Driver Retention

The trucking industry is the backbone of the global economy, facilitating the movement of goods and materials across vast distances. Within this industry, trucking companies play a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient transportation of goods. However, one of the significant challenges is the retention of their truck drivers.

Truck driver retention is a critical factor that directly impacts the success and profitability of trucking companies. High turnover rates only result in increased recruitment, training costs, and customer satisfaction. To overcome this challenge, trucking companies must implement effective strategies to improve driver retention.

One strategy is to create a positive work environment that fosters driver satisfaction and engagement. Trucking companies can achieve this by promoting open communication channels, actively listening to driver feedback, and addressing concerns promptly. Establishing a culture of respect, trust, and transparency helps create a sense of belonging and loyalty among drivers, making them more likely to stay with the company for the long term.

Investing in driver training and development programs is another crucial aspect of improving retention. By offering continuous training options, trucking companies can enhance the skills and knowledge of their drivers, empowering them to perform their careers. Providing avenues for career advancement and recognizing driver achievements further motivates drivers to stay and grow within the company.

Work-life balance is a significant consideration for truck drivers, given the demanding nature of their jobs. Trucking companies can support their drivers by executing approaches that prioritize predictable programs, adequate rest periods, and home time. Flexibility in work arrangements, such as offering part-time or regional drive options, can also contribute to retention rates.

Creating a strong sense of community and camaraderie within the company can significantly impact driver retention. Trucking companies can organize regular driver appreciation events, team-building activities, and mentorship programs that promote a supportive network. It fosters a sense of belonging and connection among drivers, reducing feelings of isolation and increasing job satisfaction.

Moreover, offering competitive compensation and benefits is crucial in attracting and retaining skilled truck drivers. Trucking companies must provide fair and competitive wages that reflect the value of the work performed. Additionally, comprehensive benefits packages, including healthcare coverage, retirement savings plans, and performance-based bonuses, demonstrate the company's dedication to the financial security of its drivers.

Improving truck driver retention is necessary for trucking companies to operate in the dynamic trucking industry.

[truckers-america-blog]

Drivers Here Is What to Send to your Congress Member

Subject: It’s Time to Address Unfair Driver Pay in the Trucking Industry Dear [Congressman/Congresswoman/Senator Name], As a CDL-A driver and recruiter Job Board Owner – pay disparity and exploitation many drivers face nationwide. While I support the recent bipartisan “Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act”, tax credits alone won’t fix the real problems behind the driver…

[gr8ntaire]

Last night me and the housemates resumed our ‘we r drunk and doing f1 quizzes’ game and I’m still absolutely buzzing that we got the prompt ‘British dudes who won the British Grand Prix’ and i remembered all bar one of them INCLUDING John Watson

[vamptastic]

aughhh ougbhhj i need to move somewherw with a train system

[innuendostudios]

regarding Measurehead

I've been watching a max-stats run of Disco Elysium's fascist political vision quest - cuz, hell no, I'm not disappointing Kim myself - and the portrait it paints of Measurehead is fascinating. in the base game, Measurehead is just a comically contradictory roadblock to meeting with Evrart: the philosophy of white supremacy spouted from a massive Black body. most players will interact with him early in the game, usually in close proximity to meeting The Cuno, and he's part of what makes the early game seem so unreprentantly edgelord. the kid said the f-slur! the Black guy is a racist! har har!

I've never loved that this is the foot Disco puts forward first, but, on deeper engagement, the game always has more on its mind.

properly speaking, Measurehead is, at his core, a genuinely good and kind man. he gives Harry good advice about not living in the past; he loves and adores his mother; he has an unhealthy respect for his hard and distant father but recognizes he learned strength and self-respect from him, while nevertheless refusing to repeat the cycle of abuse; indeed, he recognizes the balance he feels in himself, the mix of masculine and feminine, of soft and hard, was only possible because his parents lacked that balance in themselves, that his father saw the loving softness of Measurehead's mother and pivoted to its opposite, denying himself softness and embracing the rigid and cold so that Measurehead could experience both; Measurehead has chosen not to have children perhaps because he knows he could not retain this perfect balance, would have to follow his father's example and embrace only one side of himself to provide balance to a child; and he knows this self-possessedness, this full knowledge of who he is, is what makes him appealing to women, far more than his physique or philosophy; and, by all accounts, he eats pussy like it's going out of style.

what makes Measurehead such a batshit character is how he has to contort his philosophies to make room for this, how malleable fascism and race supremacy ultimately are. he can't just not want kids cuz he doesn't want to repeat daddy's patterns, he has to embrace a philosophy of "semen retention" and deny himself orgasm, and he fits that with race supremacy by insisting the real legacy is perpetuating ideas rather than flesh. he can valorize his devotion to his mother and the sexual consideration he pays his partners by insisting this makes him desirable to women and is how he outcompetes lesser men. the philosophy of "balance of soft and hard" is how he can exalt his father as a masculine ideal while still distancing himself from his father's abusive behavior.

one could argue these are all perversions of fascist rhetoric, if fascism had any coherent rhetoric to begin with. Measurehead has grasped the nonsensical nature of race science and authoritarian logic and put them to his own ends, and, being a giant specimen of a man, he can more or less get away with it.

I don't write this as a defense of Measurehead, because, of course, he is spreading a fascist rhetoric that encourages all kinds of violence and bigotry in the world, and a man who is good and kind in the privacy of his mother's office but is a champion of subjugation when in public - especially when he is, in his bizarre way, a true believer - is no kind of decent. but I see it as a look into the utter emptiness of fascist thought.

the four emissaries of fascism we meet on the vision quest - Gary, Rene, the racist lorry driver, and Measurehead - speak a lot of the same words but, at their core, have nothing in common. they have all latched on to the rhetoric and bent it to different ends - Rene yearns for the monarchy, Gary wants a pat on the head, the lorry driver is an incel, and Measurehead is trying to self-actualize within the confines of hypermasculinity. the only rhetoric that can encompass all four is one without substance, one of infinite flexibility, that offers nothing more than the promise that you will get everything you want, and that directs your rage at something other than yourself.

in that respect, despite being perhaps the most emotionally healthy person in the game, I find Measurehead pitiable.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

#RedForEd rides again in LA

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel PICKS AND SHOVELS. Catch me in CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on WEDNESDAY (Apr 2), and in BLOOMINGTON on FRIDAY (Apr 4). More tour dates here.

The LA Teachers' Union is going on strike.

Fuck.

Yes.

The last time the LA teachers struck was in the midst of the 2019 #RedForEd wave, which kicked off during the last Trump presidency. All across the country, teachers walked out – even in states where they were legally prohibited from doing so. These strikes were hugely successful, because communities across the nation rallied around their teachers, and the teachers returned the favor, making community justice part of their goals.

This was true across America, but it was especially true in Los Angeles, where the teachers were militant, united, relentless, and brilliant. The story of the 2019 LA Teachers' Strike is recounted in Jane McAlevey's essential 2021 book A Collective Bargain, which recounts her history as a union organizer on multiple successful unionization drives and strikes, including that fateful teachers' strike:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/23/a-collective-bargain/

McAlevey learned her tactics from a lineage of organizers who predated the legalization of unions and the National Labor Relations Act. Accordingly, her organizing method didn't rely on bosses obeying the law, or governments sticking up for workers. She fought for victories that were won by pure worker power. The 2019 LA teachers' strike is a fantastic example, a literal textbook case about rallying support from the entire shop – including affiliated workers, like bus-drivers – and then broadening that massive support by bringing in related trades (the LA charter school teachers walked out with their public school comrades), and the community.

The LA teachers' community organizing was incredible. They worked with community groups to understand what LA families really needed, and made those families' demands into union demands. The LA teachers' demands included:

in-school social workers;

parks and green-spaces in or near every LA public school; and

a total ban on ICE agents shaking down parents at the school gates.

Environmental justice, immigration justice, racial justice – these issues were every bit as important to the LA teachers in 2019 as wages, working conditions and vacation pay. And. They. WON.

Not only did the LA teachers win everything they struck for, they built an enduring community organization that ran a massive get out of the vote effort for the 2020 elections and flipped two seats for Democrats, securing Biden's Congressional majority.

So now the teachers are walking out again, and while their demands include wage increases (the greedinflation crisis wiped out many of the gains won in the 2019 strike – though imagine how much worse things would be without those gains!), the demands also include a slate of bold, no-fucks-given, material measures to fight back agains the Trump administration and its fascism:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-26/l-a-teachers-union-pursues-salary-hike-progressive-goals-amid-trump-agenda

This time around, the LA teachers are demanding:

"targeted investment in the recruitment and retention of BIPOC, multilingual and immigrant educators and service providers" – that's right, the DEI stuff that makes Trump's incipient aneurysm throb visibly in his temple (keep throbbing, li'l guy, I believe in you!).

"support for, defense and expansion of the school district’s Black Student Achievement Plan and Ethnic Studies" – the same programs that make wrestling faildaughter Linda McMahon get the fantods.

“strengthened policies to support LGBTQIA+ students, educators and staff” – take that, Elon.

"increased support for immigrant students and families, with and without documentation, including support for newcomers" – up yours, Stephen Miller, you pencilneck Hitler wannabe.

Where'd all these demands come from? 665 meetings that solicited input from "students, parents and other community members." In other words, these are our demands – the demands of Angelenos.

Trump is a scab. Musk is a scab. They hate unions. They've put the National Labor Relations Board into a coma, illegally firing a board member so that the board no longer has a quorum and can no longer take most actions. But the tactics the LA teachers used to organize their victory under the last Trump regime didn't rely on the NLRB – it relied on worker power. That power is only stronger today. The NLRB exists because workers built power when unions were illegal. Killing the NLRB doesn't kill worker power. Worker power comes from workers, not the government:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out

Now that Trump has canceled labor laws, all bets are off. Trump is illegally breaking the contracts of federal workers, as a prelude to eliminating unions nationwide. As Hamilton Nolan writes, this is the time to take a stand:

It is unreasonable to run around demanding a general strike every time a single union gets in a hard fight. It is not unreasonable to demand a general strike when the very existence of unions is under direct attack by a government that cares nothing about us, and does not respect our contracts, and is attempting to throw in the trash the union contracts covering hundreds of thousands of our fellow union members, as a step towards doing the same thing to millions more of our fellow union members. This is the bombing of Pearl Harbor, against the labor movement. Will we say, “We are filing a lawsuit against this illegal bombing, and we will keep you all updated as it progresses?” Will we say, “Pearl Harbor is way out in Hawaii. I’m glad those bombs didn’t fall where I live.” These are the terms that the union world needs to be thinking in, right now. This is not an exaggeration. If we do not go to war, the husk of American unions that emerges at the end of the Trump administration will be, probably, about half as big as it was when the Trump administration started, and immeasurably weaker. That is not an acceptable outcome if you believe that increasing organized labor’s strength is the key to saving this country, which it is.

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-going-to-take-everything

McAlevey – who died in 2024 – agreed with Nolan. She wrote vibrantly about how union organizing, and the solidarity it nurtures, was the key to a revitalized democracy and a nation that truly takes care of its people, rather than lining them up in billionaires' feedlots.

I gotta go. I'm on my way to a Tesla protest. Maybe you could find one near you to join, too:

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

But if I don't see you at this one, I'll see you on the picket line – with the LA teachers, the federal workers, and everyone else who's taking a stand against this scab presidency.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/29/jane-mcalevey/#trump-is-a-scab

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[probablyasocialecologist]

John Barnett had one of those bosses who seemed to spend most of his waking hours scheming to inflict humiliation upon him. He mocked him in weekly meetings whenever he dared contribute a thought, assigned a fellow manager to spy on him and spread rumors that he did not play nicely with others, and disciplined him for things like “using email to communicate” and pushing for flaws he found on planes to be fixed. “John is very knowledgeable almost to a fault, as it gets in the way at times when issues arise,” the boss wrote in one of his withering performance reviews, downgrading Barnett’s rating from a 40 all the way to a 15 in an assessment that cast the 26-year quality manager, who was known as “Swampy” for his easy Louisiana drawl, as an anal-retentive prick whose pedantry was antagonizing his colleagues. The truth, by contrast, was self-evident to anyone who spent five minutes in his presence: John Barnett, who raced cars in his spare time and seemed “high on life” according to one former colleague, was a “great, fun boss that loved Boeing and was willing to share his knowledge with everyone,” as one of his former quality technicians would later recall. But Swampy was mired in an institution that was in a perpetual state of unlearning all the lessons it had absorbed over a 90-year ascent to the pinnacle of global manufacturing. Like most neoliberal institutions, Boeing had come under the spell of a seductive new theory of “knowledge” that essentially reduced the whole concept to a combination of intellectual property, trade secrets, and data, discarding “thought” and “understanding” and “complex reasoning” possessed by a skilled and experienced workforce as essentially not worth the increased health care costs.

[...]

By now you know what became of Swampy: He was found dead a few weeks ago with a gunshot wound to his right temple, “apparently” self-inflicted, on what was meant to be the third day of a three-day deposition in his whistleblower case against his former employer; his amended complaint, which his lawyer released last week, is the basis for much of this story. It is worth noting here that Swampy’s former co-workers universally refuse to believe that their old colleague killed himself. One former co-worker who was terrified of speaking publicly went out of their way to tell me that they weren’t suicidal. “If I show up dead anytime soon, even if it’s a car accident or something, I’m a safe driver, please be on the lookout for foul play.” 

[aliusfrater]

thinking about that sampala post vic wrote talking about the mirroring language between the impala and sam in 7.01 and wrt the concept of who's driving the impala and what it means about sam's metaphorical position within his relationship with dean esp re his position within or existence outside of his (non)role, it's insanely interesting to me that sam takes the impala in the context of not only confronting who he has a hunch is a ghost from his personal past (whom his relationship with also forsakes his role as the family's dynamic is synonymous with hunting, sam has perceivably forsaken the boundaries of the dichotomy of monstrosity with his relationship with amy) but also relating to his broader conflict with his psychosis and it's implications about his autonomy and his relationship with dean.

like, "imma fix this car. because that's what i can do. i can work on her 'til she's mint. and when sam wakes up, no matter what shape he's in, we'll glue him back together too." -> "stone number one," within the foiled dynamics of sam and lucifer vs sam and dean -> "the other shoe," within the infantalised way bobby and dean go about discussing sam behind sam's back -> "you steal my baby, you get punched," after sam's 'handled' the situation with amy, without dean + dean's object of concern regarding sam's psychosis -> "but this freak?" / "yeah, you did. look, i see the way you look at me, dean, like i'm a grenade and you're waiting for me to go off. [...] i'm a grade-a freak. but i'm managing it. and so is amy." the point is that sam's psychosis does some very interesting things to his role in his relationship with dean because along with dean's own struggle to comprehend the real bounds of sam's psychosis to an extent that confines sam's role to what dean can do to protect him from what he's aware he's caused, there's also sam's own relationship with his autonomy as caught between the mutual lack of it between foiled power-skewed dynamics and there being a struggle for independence, less so from any specific dynamic but more so as it relates to the bare retention of The Self.

also it's incredibly important to me that dean offers that sam drive towards the end of the episode, then lies to sam about where he's going before taking the driver's seat once again. he also uses the 'other shoe' line that he used to describe sam earlier in the episode on amy right before he kills her.

[mensfactory]

BMW M1 

The M1’s history is complicated, and its impact on the Bavarian marque’s reputation was far greater than the modest production run of just 453 examples would suggest. Certainly, the M1 was a Supercar in the context of late-1970s racing technology, and that it looks like one is due to its body having been styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, founder of Italdesign.

The M1 was developed under the aegis of BMW Motorsport head Jochen Neerpasch to compete in Group 5 racing, primarily against Porsche’s nearly invincible 911. Homologation requirements called for 400 road-going examples, and without the capacity to build the car in house, BMW partnered with Lamborghini to develop the chassis, assemble prototypes, and manufacture the production run.

Yet Lamborghini’s financial woes of the era eventually caused BMW to bring the project back in house, though Dallara designed the mid-engined, tube-frame chassis. The project soldiered on, during the course of which subsequent changes in Group 5 rules relegated the M1 to Group 4 competition. If the wedge-shaped profile of the BMW M1 recalls the 1970s-era Giugiaro aesthetic, perhaps best expressed by the Lotus Esprit, it’s because wedges, like leisure suits, were all the rage at the time. But unlike leisure suits, wedges still look cool today. One concession to tradition in the design of the M1 was the retention of BMW’s classic twin-kidney grilles in the front fascia. (Note to BMW’s designers today: bigger isn’t always better.)

Behind the driver and passenger was BMW’s 3.5-liter, twin-cam inline-six engine with mechanical fuel injection and a five-speed transmission. Making 273 hp in street tune, the mill gave the car the ability to reach about 165 mph. Inside the cockpit, occupants would not be found guilty if either felt a little short-changed of luxury, though the fabric seat inserts seem au courant today.

[mariacallous]

The Putin administration held a four-day seminar last week for deputy governors to discuss a potential “victory narrative” for the war in Ukraine, Kommersant and Vedomosti reported on Monday.

According to the outlets’ sources, the entire leadership of Putin’s domestic politics team attended the event. One source told Kommersant that while various parts of Russian society hold differing views on the war, the Kremlin intends to focus its messaging on the “calm majority.” This demographic, the administration believes, will view the achievement of the president’s stated goals (the “denazification and demilitarization” of Ukraine) and the retention of Russia’s “new territories” as acceptable outcomes of the war. “The presidential administration is operating on the premise that the end of the special military operation is inevitable and that it’s important to be prepared for it,” the source explained.

The deputy governors were also reportedly briefed on the importance of shaping public opinion regarding soldiers returning from Ukraine. The seminar emphasized the need to ensure rehabilitation services and employment for veterans to prevent them from joining protest movements or engaging in criminal activities, the sources said.

Additionally, the administration presented key performance indicators for the 2026 elections, setting a minimum target of 55 percent voter turnout and at least 55 percent of the official vote for the ruling United Russia party.

Finally, Vedomosti reported that the seminar addressed managing “problematic situations” and countering “external threats.” A communication exercise reportedly involved a simulation based on recent unrest in a village in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, where anti-Roma riots occurred in October after the murder of a local taxi driver. A source noted that interethnic tensions were identified as a potential vulnerability that Russia’s adversaries might exploit to fuel instability.

[sngl-led-auto-lights]

Do modern cars still use hand signals for turning? If not, how do they indicate turns without using headlights or brake lights?

Modern cars no longer rely on hand signals as a regular way to indicate turns, but regulations in some countries or regions still require the use of hand signals in emergency situations (such as when the turn signal fails). Here is a detailed answer:

​​1. The current status of hand signals

Obsolete in regular driving:

Modern cars are equipped with electronic turn signals (amber indicators) as standard, and hand signals are only used as an emergency alternative when the turn signals fail completely.

Applicable scenarios:

The turn signal circuit is damaged and cannot be repaired immediately (such as a sudden failure during long-distance driving).

Some motorcycles still require hand signals when the electronic turn signal fails (regulatory requirements vary by region).

Regulatory retention requirements:

USA: Some states (such as California and Texas) still require drivers to learn hand signals to deal with emergencies.

Europe: Hand signals are written into the theoretical part of the EU driving test, but are rarely used in actual driving.

China: The driver's license test includes knowledge of hand gestures, but it is not necessary to use them in daily driving.

​​2. Turn signal system of modern cars​​

​​1. Electronic turn signal (Turn Signals)​​

​​Independent operation​​: The turn signal is separated from the headlights and brake lights​​circuit and can be turned on separately.

​​Color and position​​: ​​Front/rear turn signal​​: amber (some US-spec cars have red rear turn signal).

​​Side turn signal​​: integrated in the rearview mirror or front fender (some models have dynamic running water lights).

​​Mandatory requirements of regulations​​: ​​All mass-produced cars must be equipped with​​, and the flashing frequency is​​60–120 times/minute​​(the dashboard will prompt when there is a fault).

​​2. Automatic turn signal technology​​

​​Steering assist​​: The steering wheel rotation angle triggers the turn signal to automatically turn on (such as Tesla, BMW).

​​Lane change signal​​: A light flick of the steering lever can activate 3-5 flashes (prompting a short lane change).

​​3. Alternative lighting system​​

​​Hazard lights:

Used for vehicle failure or emergency parking, and cannot replace turn signals (some countries prohibit turning on the hazard lights while driving to change lanes).

Adaptive lighting system:

Automatically enhance the lighting inside the curve when turning (such as Audi Matrix LED), but the turn signal must still be turned on.

III. Specifications for the use of hand gestures

If you need to use hand gestures temporarily, you must follow the following international standards:

Turn left: Extend your left hand straight out of the window (↓ picture).

Turn right: Bend your left hand upward in an "L" shape (some areas allow the right hand to be extended).

Slow down/stop: Extend your left hand downward with your palm facing backward.

⚠️ ​​Note:

Hand gestures must be turned on in advance (at least 3 seconds) to ensure that other drivers can see them.

Only for emergency situations. Long-term reliance on hand gestures may be judged as a vehicle that does not meet safety standards.

​​IV. Exceptions for special vehicles and regions​​

​​Vintage Cars​​:

Some old cars (such as those produced before 1960) are allowed to be designed without turn signals, but they need to be installed before they can be legally driven on the road.

​​Bicycles and motorcycles​​:

Bicycles usually rely on hand gestures (no electronic signal lights).

If the turn signal of a motorcycle is broken, it is necessary to use hand gestures or stop to repair it.

​​Military/agricultural vehicles​​:

Some special vehicles (such as tractors) may be exempt from the electronic signal light requirement.

​​V. Future trends: intelligent lighting systems​​

​​Projected turn signals​​:

Mercedes-Benz Digital Light system can project turn arrows onto the road surface (↓ picture).

​​V2X communication​​:

Directly send turn intention signals between vehicles (without relying on lights or gestures).

​​Summary​​: Modern cars use electronic turn signals to achieve accurate and safe turn instructions, and hand gesture signals are only used as emergency backup plans. If the turn signal fails, it is recommended to repair it first rather than rely on hand gestures - long-term use may violate vehicle safety regulations (such as US FMVSS 108).

[bisexualfemalemess]

*HSMTMTS SEASON 4 SPOILERS*

Question; Is it already appropriate to stop putting a spoiler warning on my posts? lmao

Anyway, Let’s talk about 4x05 specifically, Ricky’s line “Last summer, I was terrified, when I realized i had real feelings for gina.”

Because maybe this will put the pw/rini fans down and help them accept that rina is and was supposed to be endgame no matter what happened with liv and josh. Also, I’ve literally never seen anyone talk about this and maybe i’m just exaggerating lmao.

I think Ricky could have just as easily said something along the lines of “when i realized i had feelings/ when i realized i developed real feelings for gina” but he didn’t. Because he knew he liked Gina from the moment she kissed his cheek in that orange bug after homecoming, we’ve seen them flirt and we’ve seen him shoot a shot several episodes after that and I don’t know about you but i don’t give a spin hug to my friends. He stopped pursuing Nini as soon as gina came into the picture and that’s a fact, they didn’t bring the rickyxnini couple storyline back until after Gina moved, he didn’t actively pursue nini until Gina told him to stop calling and even then he kept texting her and we see him distracted throughout the next episode, the almost kiss didn’t happen until after Gina had replied and told him they were leaving early, only once he knew gina was completely out of the picture, did he go back to nini. He said it himself, he reverted back to his old self because he didn’t have gina in his life anymore and when gina told him she wouldn’t quit on them if she wasn’t moving away he genuinely looked upset about it as well. In episode 1 of season 2 at Ashlyn’s new years even party, that boy did a Triple Take when gina went to get a root-beer, the feelings were still there, they were just buried because he didn’t think he would see Gina again when he made his confession to Nini so he held on to what he used to know and who he used to be, because we all know that ricky bowen is not good with change. Now, in episode three of the season, the iconic valentines episode, The way he looks at her, the way his voice softens while talking to her, his line “I think you’ll get yours too.” After gina told him that every girl likes a sweet gesture, THE NEXT SCENE BEING THE CHOCOLATES, the fact that ricky got messages from nini and gina only seconds apart but he only looked onto his face once gina’s message came on, all of these things hint towards ricky’s feelings, even in 2x04 when Nini came to surprise the group in the bomb shelter, Ricky and Gina looked like they just got caught cheating even though all they did was talk and laugh. Last point, Episode five and six, He was in awe of gina when she was dancing (gina porter effect) and only went to gina for advice on nini because she had helped him the previous two times when he hadn’t even actually asked for advice in 2x04 and 2x03, The boy probably thought she was trying to get over him. In the next episode even though she had already tried to break off contact with him, he still asked to partner up with her and smiled at her when she looked at him while saying she doesn’t know what her heart desires. Even during Ashlyn’s retention of home we see ricky look at gina when he comes back in. RICHARD BOWEN HAS ALWAYS HAD FEELINGS FOR GINA PORTER, THE SEASON 3 PLOT LINE WAS NOT RANDOM OR CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. Ricky just finally realized what he could’ve had if gina didn’t move away once he lost it. RINA WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN AND BE ENDGAME. THEY DIDNT COME OUT OF NOWHERE OR ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE OLIVIA LEFT. Because, fact-check Season 2 was filmed before the drivers-license drama, they did not break them up because things between liv and josh got tense. Your ship was not supposed to be endgame.

(In tomorrows post i will rant about the people who say that rina copied rini and portwells scenes And that gina is the new nini because literally where?)

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

TODAY (July 14), I'm giving the closing keynote for the fifteenth HACKERS ON PLANET EARTH, in QUEENS, NY. Happy Bastille Day! NEXT SATURDAY (July 20), I'm appearing in CHICAGO at Exile in Bookville.

#20yrsago RIAA’s INDUCE Act letter deconstructed https://corante.com/importance/the-excessively-annotated-riaa-letter-on-the-induce-act-iica/

#20yrsago Lou Reed wants remixes https://web.archive.org/web/20040804104424/https://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000577588

#20yrsago ICANN emancipate domain owners from scummy registrars https://web.archive.org/web/20040722061910/http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2004/7/14/105552.html

#20yrsago Disney’s $80 million mistake: Fahrenheit 911 https://web.archive.org/web/20040804183640/https://www.technicianonline.com/story.php?id=009702

#20yrsago Druid busted for possession of a sword https://mg.co.za/article/2004-07-13-swordpacking-druid-appears-in-court/

#15yrsago Michael Jackson didn’t sell 750 million records https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124760651612341407

#15yrsago Phones confiscated at preview screenings: whose hypothetical risk is more important? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/14/mobile-phones-and-movie-security

#15yrsago Visa claims teen spent $23,148,855,308,184,500.00 on prepaid credit card https://web.archive.org/web/20090716125509/https://consumerist.com/5314246/unruly-teen-charges-23-quadrillion-at-drugstore

#10yrsago Freedom of info funnies: CIA cafeteria complaints https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2014/jul/14/doc-note-cia-cafeteria-complaints/

#10yrsago Economist examines empirical evidence of file-sharing on box-office revenue https://web.archive.org/web/20140816180401/http://conference.nber.org/confer/2014/SI2014/PRIT/Strumpf.pdf

#10yrsago Understanding #DRIP: new spy powers being rammed through UK Parliament https://web.archive.org/web/20140711071612/https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/no-emergency-stop-the-data-retention-stitch-up

#10yrsago Tesla’s “car-as-service” versus your right to see your data https://appliedabstractions.com/2014/07/14/elon-i-want-my-data/

#10yrsago Scalia may have opened path for Quakers to abstain from taxes https://www.salon.com/2014/07/14/scalias_major_screw_up_how_scotus_just_gave_liberals_a_huge_gift/

#10yrsago Unions considered helpful (economically) https://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2014/07/unions-productivity-.html

#10yrsago Hearings into mass surveillance begin in UK https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/14/court-gchq-surveillance-tempora-ipt-nsa-snowden

#10yrsago Everyone hates the NSA: survey https://web.archive.org/web/20140715012054/http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/14/nsa-opinion/table/country-citizens/

#10yrsago GCHQ’s black bag of dirty hacking tricks revealed https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190448/https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/

#10yrsago Snowden: #DRIP “defies belief,” could have been dreamed up by NSA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/13/edward-snowden-condemns-britain-emergency-surveillance-bill-nsa

#5yrsago Florida DMV makes millions selling Floridians’ data…for pennies (and you can’t opt out) https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/florida-is-selling-drivers-personal-information-to-private-companies-and-marketing-firms

#5yrsago #TelegramGate: leaks show Puerto Rico’s appointed officials mocking the dead as hurricanes devastate the island https://web.archive.org/web/20190714004011/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/puerto-rican-chief-financial-officer-resigns-chat-scandal-64318436

#1yrago Why they're smearing Lina Khan https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

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