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I guess maybe that company went out of business. We still use them but we’re running out of parts like replacement faucets and co2 triggers. Any abandoned inventories out there?

I've been using a Milwaukee 4 stroke weed machine for trail maintenance for years but it's getting to be difficult to keep running. I'm wondering if anyone has had good luck with any cordless models. I don’t mind extra weight; more power is good, battery life/expense will be a factor to do at least a couple hours.

I don’t want to pick on my favorite podcasts but most seem to be enshitifying with extended ad times. Some of these people have pretty decent incomes and I’m not sure this is really necessary. They’re also lawyers or consultants, etc. Do they have to subject us to 2 or 5 minutes of ads every 10 minutes? Have some respect for your audience.

Apologize for the repost but I was blocked on genx because mentioning the word “politics” in a comment response. There was so much activity around the post I felt bad because I couldn’t respond to questions or comments. I had no intent to break rules but couldn’t convince the mod.

I share just to warn people. If you’re feeling like something might be stuck in your throat or maybe it’s heartburn from too much beer, and maybe you’re a bit tired too, you might be having a heart attack. I didn’t feel too bad really and wouldn’t have gone to the clinic if my wife didn’t insist. My pain level was at a 2 out of 10. They did an ekg and sent me right to the ER where they did another test and called the ambulance and med flight. I can easily see how people might live with this for days or weeks until they suddenly die without ever recognizing their predicament. No history of heart disease in my family and I didn’t ever have high cholesterol until now. Active mountain bike rider… it’s weird being the same age as old people.

I share just to warn people. If you’re feeling like something might be stuck in your throat or maybe it’s heartburn from too much beer, and maybe you’re a bit tired too, you might be having a heart attack. I didn’t feel too bad really and wouldn’t have gone to the clinic if my wife didn’t insist. My pain level was at a 2 out of 10. They did an ekg and sent me right to the ER where they did another test and called the ambulance and med flight. I can easily see how people might live with this for days or weeks until they suddenly die without ever recognizing their predicament. No history of heart disease in my family and I didn’t ever have high cholesterol until now. Active mountain bike rider… it’s weird being the same age as old people.

On the bulwark pod this was the topic or Friday for a while and it’s something I’ve been struggling with for decades. The problem with holding people accountable for lies seems to be the question of who is empowered to make that judgement.

On the news silos or bubbles that people find themselves in, which I think is also one of the most damaging and underrated problems in current society, there may be an effective approach. It would obviously depend on a democratic majority and rely on a renewed and strengthened CFPB and FTC, possibly in addition to other agencies. I’m thinking of the early American history of corporate charters that required a public benefit and more accountability not just to shareholders. Using the Fox judgment as an example when they had to pay $787m I think it’s reasonable to say that they betrayed their basic function of informing the public and should have faced the corporate death penalty as well as total forfeiture of assets. The issue here is not simply egregious incidents but dedicated propaganda. I wonder if a strong CFPB could take that on to restore some semblance of shared facts in the American news ecosystem.