danst3.bsky.social

danst3.bsky.social

@danst3.bsky.social

Retired old-school Software Engineer, Disney Park Fanatic, Tiki Drinks, Unrepentant Liberal. Went to EPCOT in its 1st year.

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Anyone know a good place to report consumer scams? My local newspaper (the San Jose Mercury News) auto-renewed my subscription with a $1000+ increase (now $2900/yr!) and it's non-cancellable. They sent a notice about the renewal that never mentions the renewal date and the website doesn't either.

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Here's a screenshot of their Subscriber Terms and Conditions. Note I can't find anywhere in the account management screens where you can actually turn off auto-pay - and turning that off just means you have to pay some other way:

Anyone know a good place to report consumer scams? My local newspaper (the San Jose Mercury News) auto-renewed my subscription with a $1000+ increase (now $2900/yr!) and it's non-cancellable. They sent a notice about the renewal that never mentions the renewal date and the website doesn't either.

#mercnews #scam BEWARE!! The San Jose Mercury News auto-renews your physical newspaper subscription (now $2900/yr!) and it's UNCANCELLABLE and UNSTOPPABLE. They sent a renewal notice that never mentions your renewal date & the website doesn't say either. Was I supposed to guess my renewal date?

#scam My local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, has auto-renew NON-CANCELLABLE, UNSTOPPABLE subscriptions - which are >$2900/yr for physical delivery! They sent a letter that didn't mention a renewal date. Now I'm out $2900 for a newspaper I don't want. Please retweet so others don't get scammed!

Remember when the Republicans and Fox News tried to scare everybody with the made-up story that Kamala and the Democrats were coming for your hamburgers? Turns out Trump wants to give you lots of cheap ground beef - just don't ask where it's coming from, or whether it's safe or not...

I just don't understand all the celebrating over Pam Bondi's firing. Yeah, she's a horrible person and did a horrible job - but you know he's going to hire someone even worse, right? He didn't fire for all the bad things she was doing; he fired her because she wasn't doing more bad things...

Wow - has Angi (the site formerly known as "Angi's List") become useless, or is it just me? I mean, I can't get to the old "list" search without setting up a "project" and requesting quotes. I do not want this! Goodbye, Angi - I'll use Yelp (which I hate) because Angi is now useless...

I finally saw Hamilton on Broadway (yeah, I'm late on that), but there's a line in it about how the people will celebrate when the British finally leave - and I thought, "Wouldn't it be great to be in Manhattan when 'it' happens, to hear the cheers & join the celebration?". But it didn't happen...

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BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just granted my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ordering Todd Blanche to produce TO THE PUBLIC, on or before July 2nd, specific UNREDACTED Epstein Files documents or show cause as to why they should not be produced. Details to come! www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246...

courtlistener.com#15 in PHANG v. BLANCHE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01417) – CourtListener.comORDER granting 9 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 6/25/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 06/25/2026)

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After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

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Spread this dear ones: "Bernie Sanders is suggesting the Epstein files be read during the filibuster on the SAVE Act this week. Let's get this to TREND! Answered that for you

PSA: Tired of random Democrats texting you for money multiple times a day? Do what I do: send "STOP" and then delete the thread. If we all stop listening to them and stop giving $$ to them this way, maybe they'll stop abusing this...

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BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Trump's brain and world view are stuck in the late 1980's, when white men ran everything and racism and sexual harassment was okay, big cities were crime-ridden hellholes, he was young and dating young models, etc. He's never evolved or adapted. ... 2/3

So the real reason he wants to bomb Iran is he's still mad at them for embarrassing the U.S. by holding the embassy hostages. It's retribution for something they did 50 years ago. That's all there is to it... 3/3

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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Where are our "opposition leaders"? Here's how you can tell we don't have any. Let's do a thought exercise: if Trump decided to throw the main opposition leader out a window, Putin- style, who would it be? The fact that I can't come up with anyone is a sign there are no obvious leaders...

So we Americans can't directly recall a president, can't force new early elections, and can't immediately replace the representatives/senators that can remove him. So what do we do now? And where are our opposition leaders - not the politicians, that ones who will lead us to action of some kind?

Don't you think that if a Democrat - any Democrat - came out and proclaimed, "Here's how we'll fix all the toothless laws that Trump has broken, and here's how we're going to dismantle ICE and prosecute all of them - plus all of corrupt Trump lackeys", they'd be the 2028 frontrunner in seconds? 1/2

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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump: Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...

So, @kenwhite.bsky.social, what are the odds this administration & its' incompetent lapdog DOJ steps on its own dick trying to prosecute Maduro? I say they screw up & fail to convict, or it gets overturned on appeal, or they accidentally expose some secret sources or methods - or all of the above.

You know how they have laws named after people, like "Megan's Law"? We need a new law that taxes the crap out of billionaires and especially trillionaires - and we can call it "Elon's Law". Nobody needs a trillion dollars...

Thinking about the billionaires and their doomsday bunkers: At work, they tell us they need to "burn the boats like Cortez" so there's no choice but to succeed. But at home they're building bunkers because they aren't committed to making society succeed if that means giving up some of their money...