Miranda ~*Randi*~ Doerfler ✨🍽

“I don’t like to demonize anything that we eat, especially something with added sugars. They are not healthy for you, that is a fact, but I don’t think we should demonize anything that is in EVERYTHING? […] just be conscious consumers and try to be as healthy as we can.” #quotes

NO. NAZIS DO NOT GET FORGIVENESS.

Starbucks announced it will expand tipping to make it easier for customers to tip baristas across the US. The company is also adding bonuses in stores that meet certain goals. Except for union baristas. The coffee giant won't extend these benefits to its unionized stores, as it continues engaging in some of the most egregious and rampant union busting in modern US history. @SBWorkersUnited says baristas will largely have to rely on customers and management’s discretion for the extra compensation announced Thursday. The union also says it will continue to fight for a contract addressing pay, hours and store staffing.

Once a streaming company starts charging for plans that include commercials, it’s time to disengage. That defeats the whole purpose of on demand streaming. We were paying you not to show us ads. Y’all have lost it

“Some women are too ugly to be sexually harassed.” A lot of people think this, and it’s sick. They think if they deem someone ugly, then they couldn’t possibly have been SA’ed. Kanye is disgusting for helping spread that narrative.

This was a valid rant

About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. to.pbs.org/47HpDOI

In 2024, a Senate committee investigated how airlines were increasingly nickel and diming customers at every opportunity. Specifically, they scrutinized the fee structures of American, Delta, United, Frontier, and Spirit, and how the airlines were separating normal aspects of flying — like bags and seat selection — from ticket prices in order to charge additional fees. What they found was shocking. Rather than competing with each other to offer the best deals to customers, airlines were raising fees in lockstep. From 2018 to 2023, those five airlines generated $12.4 billion in additional revenue just for charging flyers to choose their own seats. And from 2022-23, gate agents at Frontier and Spirit were paid $26 million in incentives to force passengers to pay bag fees for not following carry-on policies. The airlines admitted to the committee that the extra fees weren’t directly tied to the actual cost to the airline for things like baggage transport or making seat assignments, and said they didn’t even regularly track the specifics of how much those services cost. Airlines also used this strategy to avoid paying a 7.5% transportation excise tax, the committee found, by classifying taxable services as “optional” to customers. All of this was on top of increasingly using dynamic pricing and customer data to max out how much they could charge for a ticket — before any of these extra fees came into play. United's press release on this new update says it “makes it easier for customers to find the flight experience that best matches their preferences." But it's clear this strategy has nothing to do with making things easier for customers and everything to do with making more money.

rihanna being one of the few artists to ALWAYS support lady gaga during her earlier days when everyone else thought she was a weirdo...i love how she understood gaga’s vision.

Ohio just set the bar by making it a felony to harm any cat or dog. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7 to 0 that the state's felony animal cruelty law, known as Goddard's Law, applies to all cats and dogs regardless of whether they have an owner. The law is named after Dick Goddard, a beloved Cleveland weatherman and animal rights advocate. Before the ruling, an appeals court found that only pets receiving care qualified for felony protection, meaning harming a stray was only a misdemeanor. The case began when Alonzo Kyles poured bleach on a stray kitten in a Cleveland apartment basement in 2021. He was convicted and sentenced to nine months but the conviction was overturned on appeal. The Humane Society, Alley Cat Allies, the Cleveland Animal Protective League, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund all filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to reverse. The ruling makes Ohio one of the strongest states in America for animal protection law.

A Mount Sinai scientist says the new headlights being used in America are dangerous. Older headlights were softer and easier on the eyes. Now drivers are getting blasted with harsh bluish-white glare every night. This is the result of corporate greed in America.

France made this wastefulness illegal cause it’s cruel and only causes more waste issues. Any food market or restaurant over 400 square meters has to donate all their good unsold food to charities and are fined if they do anything like this. That law should be applied everywhere

Totally off-topic, but Stephen looks hot as fuck here, goddamn. 🥵

Let's frame it another way. People have become so poor they need to steal food.

The Department of Justice has released all the Epstein Files they intend to according to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The full Epstein Files are estimated to be between 14.6 and 50 Terabytes, and the DOJ only released around 300GB. We've seen a fraction of the files.

Nicolas Cage does David Lynch:

Said like someone who has never watched TWIN PEAKS

it’s clear after reading this that she’s dragging the misogynistic industry, not the actor himself. and she’s right.

WHAT???

feminist card works every time

“Women don't care about men's mental health. Men: