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BakerBagel

@ BakerBagel @midwest.social

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5mo ago

Have you met a Christian that sold/gave up everything they owned?
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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago
Jesus wasn't telling the poor destitute to sell everything, he told the wealthy that it was their only way to salvation. A guy with a pair of shoes, a few sets of clothing and a phone is living as bare bones a life style as is possible in any modern society.
You are doing the Fox News bit of complaining that food stamp recipients have cell phones and refrigerators

5mo ago

Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

I didn't have healthcare in 2024 either.

5mo ago

Americans embrace Aldi as German discounter becomes fastest-growing supermarket in US

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

I'm in a semi rural area and you can tell our store is the end of their supply line. Produce is always horrid and worse than walmarts Even their canned goods are of a noticably lower quality than the store brand at kroger or Walmart. I'll stop by there for a handful of specific things every now and then, but only for snacky things like Knoopers.

Admittedly though, the Aldi by my parents's house in Houston has much higher quality produce, so that seems to be very location dependent.

5mo ago

How do people actually fall into the "Tankie" mindset?

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

I think you'll find it was Pol Pot that targeted people wearing glasses

5mo ago

Capitalism breeds inovation

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

They will have the patent on the corresponding driver for the screw, and i doubt they will allow third party shops to purchase the drivers for anything resembling a reasonable price. Meaning that you will be forced to take the car to a BMW authorized mechanic. It's taking away the consumer's right to repair.

5mo ago

Those landlords deserved it tbh.

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Face is way too big to be Charlie Kirk

5mo ago

Anyone get this as a gift this year?

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

I know it's a gravy boat, but i would love to have a Bisto coffee mug. Unfortunately no one stateside knows what Bisto is so the impact would be lost

5mo ago

Putin’s ‘dear friend’ Xi piles pain on Russia’s economy: Making an ally of China has come at a cost for Moscow’s home-grown industries

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Because they were never allies, they both just want to end US hegemony over global finance. They have veey different and often adversarial long term domestic and foreign goals.

5mo ago

Ukrainian special forces hit Russian patrol ship and oil platform in Caspian Sea

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Sanctions don't mean you cant trade. It just means you can't use the sanctioning body's infrastructure to do so. Just because you don't agree with the trade doesn't mean it is illegal or even illicit. Or do you think the US should have full control over global trade?

Is it smuggling when Cuban cigars are sold in the EU or Canada? Would the Saudi government call it smuggling when Irish Whiskey is shipped to Nigeria? Countries have no control over what other countries can trade with each other, especially if both countries have already been effectively cuttoff from saod country's financial institutions

5mo ago

Ukrainian special forces hit Russian patrol ship and oil platform in Caspian Sea

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Doesn't change the fact that mutual trade between neighboring countries is the opposite of smuggling.

5mo ago

word

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Everything is PDF flow for printing. Typically i just export the word doc out as a PDF and tell the customer that we will print it as is unless they want to pay a $20 set up fee

5mo ago

word

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

I work at a print shop and o have had multiple customers ask if i can orint a brochure for them, and they then send me a word document. It makes me wish they just sent a dog shit canva file instead

5mo ago

YouTube will stream the Oscars -- exclusively -- beginning in 2029 | TechCrunch

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Seems just gar enough down the road to be plausible and get both in the news while allowing either party to silently back out from the deal in 2 years once everyone has forgotten about this announcement.

5mo ago

NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

Probably why netanyahu was so pissed when an Arab stopped one of the shooters.

5mo ago

At those prices, probably

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

That price is for the pots of basil behind the onions,

5mo ago

AI Vending Machine Was Tricked into Giving Away Everything

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 5mo ago

When he called me, the 30-year-old introduced himself by telling me he was using a skillet to heat up green tea, because he doesn’t have a pot or a kettle. (“I think my ex took them when we broke up,” he explained.)

Ngl, i stopped reading after that since i knew everything i needed to know

6mo ago

Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 6mo ago

Yeah, every recipe i find online has a "jump to recipe" button that takes you past all the background and information straight to the ingredients and directions.

6mo ago

[Combat] The SSU and Ukrainian Navy used a "Sub Sea Baby" underwater drone to strike a Russian "Varshavyanka" class submarine in Novorossiysk.

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 6mo ago

It's at dock so it is very much still recoverable, although repairs are likely to be expensive. Only three of the US ships that were damaged/sunk at Pearl Harbor were damaged beyind repair. Idk how long this will be out of commission or if the Russians have the necessary parts to repair it, but it is technically salvageable

6mo ago

I get it

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 6mo ago

My friend owes a sketchy dude money, so he's been asked to "deliver a package" to another sketchy dude 4 hours away. I dont have kids or dependents, so my buddy asks me to help him out. Shit goes side ways and it becomes clear only one of us is gonna make it out alive. He's got a wife and kids, i just have student loans, so i take the gun and hold off the pissed of dudes while he makes a break for it. I take two hits to my right shoulder before giving them the slip. I know I'm not gonna make it to the hospital, so i make my way to the bench on the river walk nearby so that this can be the last thing i see before i die knowing i did at least one good deed.

That's what guys mean when they say that.

6mo ago

'The Expanse' at 10: The Outer Space Drama That Should Have Been as Big as ‘Game of Thrones’

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BakerBagel @midwest.social 6mo ago

Strong disagreement on you over Murtry. He was head of security and given a free hand at dealing with the Belters however he saw fit. There have always been racists eager to kill and harm minorities, and he was getting paid to do it.

Edit to add more: his contract was going to essentially make him a baron on New Terra, collecting a percentage of any future revenue from the colony. He just had to remove the skinnies by any means necessary, and then he was going to be set for life. That's essentially how the Americas were colonized by Europeans, so idk why you find it so hard to believe that the ruthless racist in a hyper capitalist society wouldn't act the same way.