#Local Regulations

[aegisprecisionkinetics]

Buying bulk ammunition can be a smart way to save money and stay prepared, but a few common pitfalls can make the experience less than ideal. By avoiding these mistakes, you’ll ensure you’re getting the right product for your needs without unnecessary hassle.

[bethelmedicaltransportation]

Healthcare staffing is a critical issue for many providers, including those offering medical transportation in Worcester, Massachusetts. Challenges such as high turnover rates, staffing shortages, and the need for specialized skills can affect the quality and efficiency of services. To address these challenges, it is essential to implement effective strategies that ensure a steady and skilled workforce.

[inverse-problem]

if you go to an active construction site with lots of heavy machinery and close your eyes you can imagine that’s what gay robot sex sounds like

[55sturn]

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[kidovna]

no reposts including twitter right? even if it’s just a screenshot?

hm, ideally yes. but if you’re sharing it within a small community with credits i don’t really mind. i get anxious when my art leaves the target audience especially when i’m not in control of it so if you’re gonna use my art for ship wars, then is a very loud and clear no.

the ‘no reposts’ is a strong ‘no reposts’ for pinterest and tiktok because i’ve seen people post my stuff out of context and attract weird comments.

you can also use my art for edits and profile pics with credits <3

[spaghett-onaplate]

depression is really weird actually wdym i spent 2.5 years of my life in bed

[kaurwreck]

If you're following KOSA, you should also be following state legislation, which is much more rapidly adopting tech regulation related to child safety than Congress. For reference, in 2023, 13 states adopted 23 laws related to child safety online.

Even if your locality hasn't adopted similar tech regulation, online platforms, apps, and websites are rarely operating in only some states. When regulations become patchwork, it's often easier for companies to adopt policies reflective of the most stringent regulations relevant to their service for all users, rather than try to implement different policies for users based on each user's location.

I know this because that's what happened when patchwork data privacy regulations began swelling — which is why many webites have privacy policies reflective of the GDPR that apply even to users outside of Europe. I also know this because I'm a tech lawyer — I'm the wet cat drafting policies for and advising tech and video game companies on how to navigate messy, convoluted, and patchwork US regulatory obligations.

So, when I say this is how companies are thinking about this, I mean this is how my coworkers and I have to think about this. And because the US is such a large market, this could impact users outside the US, too.

[grimark]

actually it's funny because you can fall into the trap of assuming you know basically everything worth knowing about america and how americans live, on account of having watched/read/listened to american cultural exports and having been on the american internet for basically your entire life. but then your american best friend will make an offhand comment about having to buy their own rubbish bins and select and pay for a privately owned garbage collection company to come empty them, and this will baffle you completely.

[gravitytrips]

Had a dream that Under Pyro's mask was just another Scout. That's it. Have good day.

Lmao

[kiwikipedia]

“No.”

“What do you mean, ‘no’, Assassin?”

“I mean what I said.”

Kirei should be mad. Should feel ire, should feel slighted at the fact that his Servant, a mass of mana who donned flesh and blood like a costume and was bound to him, was defying him. And yet, he feels nothing. Not even exasperation as the red-haired man before him flipped through a magecraft text sitting on the table before them.

When Kirei summoned Assassin as his Servant, he would be lying if he stated he hadn't been he had been expecting dark cloaks and a masked face, like every other Assassin from the Grail Wars recorded before. Instead, he got something… loud and garish.

Something red.

Assassin was not a typical assassin and refused to give his name.

Red clothes, red hair, red makeup, and Chinese in origin… he couldn’t place them— but he knew he was not one of the many hashashin who had come before him.

Granted, Kirie's… grasp on Chinese Assassins was lacking. He could name a few who were important to history, but there was no way this one was any of them. Too flashy, too comfortable in a modern atmosphere, and he had laughed when Kirei asked if he was the famed Jing Ke or Yan Qing.

And rather loudly at that.

Assassin was something of a mystery, despite his loud appearance and actions. The Servant was much bolder than one would think an Assassin would be, actively moving about the Tohsaka house before Tokiomi summoned the Archer Gilgamesh. So much so that Rin had asked Kirei about the “Redheaded Mister” more than once because he would help Aoi with cooking and she liked his cooking.

Again, another weird point that tied back to that ease of comfort in a more modern world. Assassin easily navigated the kitchen stove and radio— and while he knew that Servants were granted knowledge of the Modern world from the Grail, it was still odd. The familiarity wasn't that of a man who knew in the sense of having been told, but one who moved with the sense of having used one before.

Nonetheless, the fact remained that Assassin was a mystery despite how much he interacted with ease and talked to the Tohsaka family and him. Kirei would've assumed that, because of that, the Servant would have no qualms, however. It wasn't as if the man got attached— had he?

“What you’re asking of me is something that is… distasteful,” Assassin continued, seemingly unaware or perhaps uncaring that Kirei was at a loss. “I may be an Assassin but I am no idiot, though you might be."

Dark eyes met his own, reflecting the candles that adorned the walls. He was deadly serious, Kirei realized. And again, he was startled at the sheer amount of nothing he felt. He should feel annoyed, at least a little bit.

Tokiomi’s plan was already falling apart.

“Are you not my Servant?” He found himself asking and Assassin snorted, closing the book with a snap.

“You might be my Master, Kotomine Kirei, but that’s in name only. I will consider your orders, and ruminate on them, but that is all. If I act or not is my choice and mine alone,” Assassin said simply, not looking at Kirei again as he set the book down. “Feel free to use your command seals, though I can assure you, there’s only so far that will take you in this war."

[aegisprecisionkinetics]

Shipping ammunition within the United States involves several considerations and regulations to ensure the safe and legal transport of these potentially hazardous materials. As a trusted ammunition manufacturer in Las Vegas, Nevada, we strive to be compliant not just as a duty to our country but as part of our commitment to our patrons.

[duckapus]

Equestrian Forms for "A Snake in Horseland"

Since the Arle Arc's nearing its climax I figure I should have these ready. Just focusing in species/Pony Tribe for now, I can figure out cutie marks and shit later.

The Crew (plus Antivirus, Mira and Amy because of course they'd come for this)

Mario and Luigi: Earth Ponies

3 and 4: Unicorns

Meggy: Hippogriff (doesn't have the ability to shift to seapony form)

Bob: Changeling (doesn't quite get the hang of transforming at first)

Boopkins: Dragon (barely looks any different tbh)

Saiko: Unicorn (specifically she has similar proportions to pre-curse Mistmane, including the long curved horn, but more muscular)

Tari: Pegasus

Melony: Alicorn (if you think she wouldn't be one given her abilities you're lying to yourself)

Juliano: Earth Pony

Toad (of course he's here they're trying to save his current house guest): Equestria doesn't know what tf to do with a talking mushroom and leaves him the same

Domain and Forum: Earth Ponies (since they're based on Mario)

Emulator: Unicorn

Antivirus: Changes back to his normal form before anyone can see

Mira: Griffon

Amy: Earth Pony

The Kids Note: not all of them are here because they were kind of on a time crunch for following Ozzy

Lil Coding: You'd think he wouldn't change since there's cat people in FiM (at least if you've seen the movie and comics) but they have specific proportions so there is still a change

Lily: Siren (so, Seapony but she also has a genstone lodged in the base of her neck)

Haltmann Triplets: Earth Ponies (since Elanore is mostly Mario's clone and if it weren't for their hairstyles and outfits Hex and Vee would be Elanore recolors)

Barney: Equestria has even less idea what to do with a robot than a mushroom so there's no change

Fever Quartet Like Sig would leave one of his bug-finding buddies hanging

Amitie: Pegasus

Raffina: Earth Pony

Klug: Unicorn

Sig: Pegasus, but his demon arm manifests as a red bat-like wing

The Anchors (and necessary tagalongs)

Link: Earth Pony

Doc: Domestic rodents already exist in Equestria

Frida: Deer

Timmy: Unicorn

Cosmo and Wanda: Already natural shapeshifters. They initially end up as Breezies but retain all their usual abilities so it's mostly just yet another disguise rather than replacing their usual default forms

Rodney: Earth Pony in base form, Alicorn in Champion form

Mina: Pegasus

Harmony: Her status as Spirit of Heart trumps Equestria's Mirror Magic. No change.

Syndicate Scouting Team

Mr. Crocker: Earth Pony

Vlad/Plasmius: Unicorn/Ghost Unicorn with fake-but-functional bat wings replacing his cape so he looks like a vampiric Alicorn

Vaati: Initially a Breezie Because Picori, quickly changes into a Unicorn

Lokoko: The biggest most ethereal damn deer you ever did see

Admin Gohma: Changeling Queen (has the proportions and more dragon-like eyes of Chrysalis but the bright colors and solid, less zombie-like build of the reformed changelings)

And then I've already said that Ozymandias ends up as a Dragon and Kirin and Garyboy ends up as a Pegasus in my post where I came up with them ending up in Equestria.

[johntorrington]

the uv stage lights making people go blind thing is making me wonder about exactly what kind of shitty situation is going on with their techs. because as a lighting tech who works with IATSE and knows people who have been doing this kind of conference and event work for years i have no idea how that might’ve even happened.

like obviously they weren’t hiring union workers it’s a crypto event but they had riggers and electricians from somewhere. most likely the lowest bidder. the amount of incompetence going on from everyone involved here is astounding. don’t get me wrong i’ve heard my share of horror stories from this industry but never something as actively stupid and harmful as this.

it’s like hiring a guy to run your haze machine and he fills it with mustard gas

[myriad--starlings]

going to the beach would fix me. that would fix me right now. unfortunately.

[swamp-world]

like i think that we really really really need to actually gain the social literacy and compassion to understand that. not tipping your server isn’t praxis, but the fact that it’s expected that the customer pay the wage of the server also doesn’t mean that the customer (often also stiffed and a victim of wage theft) isn’t obligated to do so, and that while this is within our own economic system a great injustice and act of violence that needs to be rectified, it is in fact not the greatest injustice in the world and seeing people comparing getting screamed at for war crimes to not being tipped demonstrates a drastic lack of any sense of proportion. this is me speaking as both a service worker and someone engaged in organizing. let me be absolutely clear that I am not saying that not tipping your server is praxis. if you are able to tip i think that you should. i also think that “it’s the social contract in america to tip your server” needs to be read as “the structure has been built so that resisting it is tantamount to being a class traitor, and there are no winners in this situation”. i make less than 1k a month. tipping at 15% is straight up not viable all of the time if i want to pay rent. that’s not praxis, that’s me trying to keep a roof over my head, same as the service worker who i can’t always tip. so much analysis of this matter on social media tends to boil down to brute utilitarianism that causes further fragementation among the working class, and not for unjust reasons.

but just as not tipping my server isn’t praxis, tipping my server also isn’t praxis. not because it doesn’t help the individual (it does) but because it functionally validates the extant system in which the customer directly pays the wages. especially in the digital age: whereas cash tips are often considered nontaxable income, digital tips are administered as directly taxable income by the employer. when tips are paid out as wages i think it’s a little unfair to consider them to be “gratuities”.

again: not tipping isn’t praxis, but i wonder often about how many people who parrot this point are engaged in labour organizing or support in any way other than tipping. everyone deserves to be paid for their labour. but likewise, putting the onus on the working class customer to do so doesn’t actually help anyone except for the employer.

if you’re getting pissed at other working-class people for not tipping high numbers, especially impoverished and/or marginalized people, i hope that you are also engaged in literally any form at all, no matter how intense or dedicated, to any kind of action or organization that supports increasing minimum wage and shifting this responsibility from the customer to the employer (i.e. working class to owning class).

[jibunbosh]

the bocchi ilohas collab is true. those bottles really are fun to crush