Geekocracy

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The town, or at least the main street that goes by the factory. As far as I know, no orange people were enslaved.
Seriously though, Milton Hershey was surprisingly progressive for his time. He built affordable homes for his workers and helped them become home owners. The school he built was originally for orphaned boys.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You are going to think I made this up, but the street lights are shaped like Hershey kisses.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Wow! I grew up with these. (Nostalgia intensifies!)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Both the NY times and the Washington Post put it on the front page.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbo, which is where the word lesbian comes from.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I got a pump and dump scam from an alias that I only used for my brokerage account. They assured me it wasn't them. A week later they publicly announced that they were hacked.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Well...he would know

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

The closest I can think of in the U.S.. was the Smothers Brothers. They were cancelled by the network, not the government, even though they were very popular . They frequently criticized the Vietnam war and government officials.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't bet against it

[–] [email protected] 233 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The purpose of a fine is to get compliance, not to punish. The fine was $50,000, doubling every day. So $350,00 dollars means Musk caved after 3 days. Pretty effective tactic by the court.

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