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november-narwhal:

captainjonnitkessler:

tzimiscelord:

Without the goverment, who will help those in need?

Okay, the notes on this are giving me hives and I am seriously concerned about the absolute lack of critical thinking present, so some things about this from a union electrical worker who works a city contract:

1) Are those stairs up to code?

Just by looking at them: no. Open risers are a tripping hazard, I don’t see any tread grips so they’ll become a death trap in wet conditions, and those treads don’t look thick enough, supported enough, or even level. But hey, maybe it’s just a bad photo. But how far do the railing support posts go underground? Are they below the frost line? Were they properly supported in concrete? Was the concrete prepared right and given enough time to cure properly? Is the wood properly treated for weather resistance? Did he take into account the ground shifting on such a steep grade?

Even IF he did all that and the stairs were 100% up to code, the city has no way to verify that. So no, the city can’t just leave them there.

2) Who cares if the steps are up to code?

I saw a concerning amount of this in the notes. I thought we were all on the same page re: Cities have a moral obligation to make sure their structures aren’t deathtraps waiting to happen, and that’s what codes are for. I promise you, you WANT buildings and structures to follow codes and regulations. But in any case, they definitely have a legal obligation for it, so if they leave those stairs up on public land and someone trips, the city could be on the hook for millions in damages. So no, the city can’t just leave them there.

3) There’s no way stairs cost that much, it’s just the city stuffing its pockets:

$65,000 definitely seems on the steep side to me, and I’d want to see a breakdown of expenditure. But I also don’t know the scope of the project. For a set of stairs like the ones above? Yeah, that’s a lot. To excavate the entire grade and put in a concrete structure that includes stairs, an ADA compliant ramp, and good quality weather resistant material? That sounds more reasonable.

But the city also likely needs to have the following: a ground survey of the build site, architects to draw the plans, civil engineers to OK the plans, and the contractors - typically union, and therefore more expensive - to excavate and then build the structure. All of those steps are going to take a LOT of people and a LOT of time and therefore, a LOT of money.

4) Labor doesn’t cost that much, someone is just giving the job to his contractor buddy who’s inflating the price:

Labor does cost that much. Stop telling people to unionize and demand the value of their labor and then getting mad when people do it.

Anyway, in my city at least, contracts are done by blind bid and the lowest bid wins. Under most circumstances, my city legally cannot take a higher bidder, explicitly to prevent the above circumstance.

TL;DR:

“Local man puts up steps” is NOT a safe solution to this problem, the city legally and morally cannot let an unsafe structure stand, even simple construction is complicated and expensive as hell, and acting like the city could have done this for $500 is ridiculously out of touch.

Building and egress codes are /literally/ written in blood just like so many other protections, we take that shit seriously.

nicostiel:

Happy Star Wars Day! ♡

ewan-mcgregor:

HAPPY MAY THE 4TH!  ✨
TRUST ONLY IN THE FORCE | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

thatskepticalbitchcara:

i don’t trust people who think the office is the funniest show of all time. really? still? in 2022 you think this? you don’t have any new quotes to quote yet???

desolationlesbian:

Need everyone to understand that:

1) Supreme Court draft opinions do not leak. Ever. It is unknown and unprecedented. It just does not happen.

2) Supreme Court clerks are generally right-out-of-law-school graduates and if whoever did this gets caught they will never be allowed to practice law. No state bar is ever going to take them. Their legal career is done for. This person risked their entire future.

I hope the court can’t prove anything. May we never know their name. 

gonnauseanomdeplume:

Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t Christian values. Jewish values aren’t—

valen-dreth:

no one in spidaman has a new york accent i have to take it upon myself to constantly call him spidaman. peta paka

valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn:

It feels empty because while we see Steve care about other people we don’t see that with her. She’s completely self-centered which wouldn’t be a problem if she was framed accurately instead of the ‘female Steve’ because she’s nothing like him.

Ep1 of What If is my least favourite episode and clearly the one they didn’t put any effort in. It basically gives Steve’s quotes to her, they replaced Bucky and every scene he has with Steve so they could shoehorn her into the story and it’s all about her physical strength when Erskine in TFA had made it abundantly clear that he chose Steve because he was a good man, not a good soldier.

The difference between her and Sam is that we do see him basically act like Steve in many occasions: in TWS when he’s willing to get back to the fight in order to stop Pierce and Hydra, when he joins Steve to help him find Bucky even though he’s not sure Buck is salvageable, when he’s the first to speak up against the Accords or when he gives orders to Steve in the airport. Sam’s worthiness of the shield and mantle is not about his physical strength, it’s about him being a good man who’s willing to defend and protect everyone else.

What we see in Peggy is that she thinks she’s superior to everyone else and in order to prove that she kicks ass and gets involved in the fight… but do we ever hear from her what her political stance is? We don’t.

All this not mentioning Marvel’s obsession with shoehorning her character over and over again even at the expense of Sam. At this point I’m starting to wonder if they’re going to include her in the 4th Cap movie as well, replacing Bucky perhaps. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest…

ihavethebestjob:

koshercosplay:

for anyone who is currently panicked about the Supreme Court overturning roe v. wade:

it hasn’t happened yet.

what was leaked was an initial draft of the majority opinion: it’s the first indication of what the supreme court are leaning towards voting and why. (and by the way, these never get revealed to the public during current cases. this is a huge deal.)

“Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until just days before a decision is unveiled. The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months.” (X)

it is vital that people understand that it hasn’t happened yet. and don’t get me wrong: this is still very bad. my point isn’t to give people a reason to stop caring. my point is, armed as we are with this leaked information, please please contact your state officials. support abortion rights initiatives as well as you are able.

send the Supreme Court every message we can that making this ruling would go against the public’s wishes. turn public favor vehemently against them.

this hasn’t happened yet. do not resign yourself to this future. do not panic. do not give up.

The Court isn’t stupid. They know there’s conversation around packing the court. My guess? This is to see how pissed off people would be. 

They do this? Make it clear that we will call for packing the court. Make it clear we will overturn it through every possible medium we have. Make it clear that this single decision will make the rest of their tenure–which is effectively their entire lives–a living hell. 

Be loud. 

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