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"The Baroque Theatre" by Filth City.

Hey kids, wanna learn what signs of botulism look like?

Since the sell by date wasn't for another 4 days I returned them. I was checking out at the store and I was like "i'm not sure you want to take them out of the bag" and he did and a passing manager was just like "That looks like a bomb, I'm just gonna take it to the back" and was off like a shot.

ms-demeanor

Okay but seriously, if you have a package of food like this or especially if you have a can that is bulging like this, it is literally full of poison, do not open it and absolutely positively do not eat it under any circumstances.

Any food packaging that is bulging has to be considered unsafe to eat. A lot of people who might be living on their own for the first time don't know what that looks like, and this is a really, really extreme example, but yeah if the top of a can has become slightly domed from internal pressure that's going to kill you, don't eat it.

yiffmaster

I'm a very "incremental changes don't fix a broken system" type of person, but Biden's NLRB deserves credit. It's obviously operating within existing labor laws, but it's a been doing everything within that legal power to help unions and it's a significant reason for the success of so many unionization pushes in the last several years

yiffmaster

I should actually do some research on why this is, huh. one sec

yiffmaster

Biden, to his credit, went and fired the Top Lawyer of the Board immediately (the first time a President has exercised this authority since 1950 lol). I don't think he himself has done anything that different since then - his appointees came from SEIU, which is pretty normal afaik, and he waited for a normal term to expire before getting his 3/5 majority on the Board itself.

That alone has been pretty big - it reset the inertia of the Board, putting a new majority to work with a new General Counsel, who has forced Amazon to allow workers to organize throughout their facilities. This was crucial to many (all?) recent Amazon unionization votes. They've also forced employers to hire workers fired for organizing.

I'm not finding huge seismic changes in policy - obviously Biden isn't passing new labor laws even if he wanted to. It just seems like his firing of the General Counsel allowed the NLRB to really hit the ground running and give full support to a wave of grassroots unionization. Nice

yiffmaster

Wait I found a seismic change in policy

6 days ago the NLRB released a decision reviving the Joy Silk doctrine. Starting now, the federal government will recognize a union as soon as a majority of employees sign union cards - no election needed. If the employer requests an election (I'm sure they always will), the Board will automatically recognize the union if the employer is found tampering with the process. This means firing organizing workers, intimidation/harassment, etc., will result in an immediate union victory.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to call this the biggest change in labor law since the doctrine was killed off in the 70s. I also actually believe that Biden's NLRB will enforce it. This actually deserves its own post, it's that huge and it just happened. I'm so glad I did this research lmao

morningcattime

Just had to do some searching and wow, this is real.

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Friday resurrected key elements of a policy it eliminated more than 50 years ago requiring busine

Sometimes I miss how much better birdsite was for news, but here you get to learn about labor law developments from someone who goes by yiffmaster.

doomhamster

It's almost like incremental changes CAN do something about broken systems...

grison-in-space

It is also rather nice to know that he had the old NLRB head fired within hours of his inauguration. Literally one of the very, very first things he did -- speaks to what a policy priority it's been for him.

lilybug-02

Limited clothing options. True story.

that-house

im like if roadkill was a girl

that-house

imagine if i get run over tomorrow and this was the last thing i posted

professionalchaoticdumbass

i'd offer to help complete the bit but i don't know how to drive

professionalchaoticdumbass

actually, on second thought that may work in our favor

xsatanic-panicx

Me (an externally undead vampire) draping my cape over my shoulders (putting on my black hoodie) to go stalking the night in search of my next prey (walking to the convenience store at 9 pm for a bag of chips and a dr pepper)