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I’m not going to pretend that I’ve read the whole judgment, and I probably wouldn’t understand most of the legalese anyway.

But my understanding of the problem here, from reading people who follow the court, isn’t that the case was decided in the plaintiffs favor - it was a unanimous decision. The issue is that the majority overreached in a way that sets a new precedent that eliminates the EPA’s ability to regulate wetlands unless it they are directly connected to the a main body of water.

That was never the case previously, it contradicts verbiage that was specifically included by congress when writing the law, and as the judges in the minority showed, it was entirely possible to rule in favor of the plaintiffs without handcuffing the EPA.

Sure. But if one of your philosophical goals is the dismantling of the administrative state...

In my neighborhood, somewhere between 15-30% of the houses put anything out on recycling day. Some mornings, I’m the only one and I have to check my calendar to see if I got the day wrong.
Then on trash day it’s like Dec 26 with huge piles of cardboard everywhere.


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I’m not going to pretend that I’ve read the whole judgment, and I probably wouldn’t understand most of the legalese anyway.

But my understanding of the problem here, from reading people who follow the court, isn’t that the case was decided in the plaintiffs favor - it was a unanimous decision. The issue is that the majority overreached in a way that sets a new precedent that eliminates the EPA’s ability to regulate wetlands unless it they are directly connected to the a main body of water.

That was never the case previously, it contradicts verbiage that was specifically included by congress when writing the law, and as the judges in the minority showed, it was entirely possible to rule in favor of the plaintiffs without handcuffing the EPA.

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It used to be that judges, including SCOTUS, limited their rulings and opinions to those necessary to resolve the case at hand. Now the current Court seems to be looking to go far beyond the issues raised by an actual case to make new law. There is a lot more of this to come regarding the regulatory agencies.

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It used to be that judges, including SCOTUS, limited their rulings and opinions to those necessary to resolve the case at hand. Now the current Court seems to be looking to go far beyond the issues raised by an actual case to make new law. There is a lot more of this to come regarding the regulatory agencies.

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Yep. Like I said...

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Sure. But if one of your philosophical goals is the dismantling of the administrative state...

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Never forget that there are people within federal agencies that want to dismantle the system. I wouldn't trust anyone if I worked there. They are the new confederacy that works within.

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In my neighborhood, somewhere between 15-30% of the houses put anything out on recycling day. Some mornings, I’m the only one and I have to check my calendar to see if I got the day wrong.
Then on trash day it’s like Dec 26 with huge piles of cardboard everywhere.

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In Seattle you can actually get fined for putting recyclables in your trash. Not sure how much it's enforced, but as a general rule people recycle. The city has incentivized this by giving everyone a 96 gallon recycle bin, but charge for garbage based on the size of the bin (with recycling always included in the total price). I think this makes a huge difference.

So no line item for the recycling bin, just the garbage bin? That’s a good incentive. Perceived at least.

In Portland our recycling and compost comes every week, and trash only every other week. You can also just leave flattened cardboard on the curb for pickup, it doesn't have to fit in your bin.

SF charges for all three. I think the cost is slightly higher for the black garbage bin. Most of the trash guys act like card board is radioactive and won’t touch it. If your collector is nice, he will take it if flattened…maybe. But in general, I see a lot of cardboard strewn around on trash day. And if it’s more than a couple flats and they aren’t bundled together, forget it.

I think the recycling here has become a bit performance art. Most of the stuff gets discarded as unusable. The stuff that’s not high value gets sent off to some third world country that’s burns a ton stuff they don’t want so sometimes the landfills seem like a better option from the get

I think they should pick up cars on the streets with expired registrations and recycle them.

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SF charges for all three. I think the cost is slightly higher for the black garbage bin. Most of the trash guys act like card board is radioactive and won’t touch it. If your collector is nice, he will take it if flattened…maybe. But in general, I see a lot of cardboard strewn around on trash day. And if it’s more than a couple flats and they aren’t bundled together, forget it.

I think the recycling here has become a bit performance art. Most of the stuff gets discarded as unusable. The stuff that’s not high value gets sent off to some third world country that’s burns a ton stuff they don’t want so sometimes the landfills seem like a better option from the get

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The only recycling that actually makes a difference is composting food waste--keeping that stuff out of the landfill generating methane. In Truckee we're supposed to drop it off, can't leave it in a separate bin at the curb because of the bears. I wonder how many people in Truckee are adtually doing it. I confess to not.

I gave up on recycle and garbage p/u after the first month arriving here. $15/mo and the recycle was restricted. So I head 5km to the transfer station twice a month for yard waste, paper, plastic, metal, glass, electronic waste, tires, battery and styrofoam ‘recycling’. The actual garbage goes up about every 6wks and costs $1/large bag, almost never pay more than $2 per visit. Don’t care much what they do with it afterwards.

The stuff that actually costs is waste concrete, waste const wood, and mixed demolition (mostly drywall), ranges from $80 to $160/tonne.

A few years ago I listened to an NPR story about the actual cost of recycling, with most of it apparently being bundled and shipped off to China, etc for processing. The carbon payoff didn't really seem to play out.

We still recycle, but I don't really care too much about the separating anymore.

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A few years ago I listened to an NPR story about the actual cost of recycling, with most of it apparently being bundled and shipped off to China, etc for processing. The carbon payoff didn't really seem to play out.

We still recycle, but I don't really care too much about the separating anymore.

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Big story on recycle garbage not being accepted by Asian countries a few years ago, details are a bit dark. I think most of the plastics and like material now get burnt in some co-gen plants. Probably the paper too. Better than burying, and then all the off-gassing? Dunno, the calculations are complicated. I separate and give the system options, is my take. The metal, batteries and electronics I hope have a better 2nd use, costs of global mining are huge to the negative on env.

Reduce > Reuse > recycle

FFS! Too much lead paint chips as children? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/world...ntl/index.html

Appliance parts, particularly those for fridges, such as shelves and drawer, are excessively costly and often unavailable for older fridges. At transfer stations, there are rows and rows of fridges, but scavenging is typically prohibited. A right to repair law should be implemented to ensure affordable appliance parts for at least 10 years. Think of the environment.

Went online to pay an IRS fine because I “kept too much of their money” in 2022. Paid online successfully.

Received a letter in the mail weeks later congratulating me on successfully paying online.

Smith optics. I broke the temple piece on a pair of scrip. Smiths, the shitty plastic part where the screw holds it to the frame.

Called Smith, not warrantied, it was my fault so I get that. Cannot buy a replacement temple? Looking at their products, they have gotten a lot cheaper made.

Fuck!

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FFS! Too much lead paint chips as children? https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/world...ntl/index.html

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Next year, the #1 movie in America will be called "Ass." And that's all it is for 90 minutes. It will go on to win eight Oscars, including best screenplay.

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Next year, the #1 movie in America will be called "Ass." And that's all it is for 90 minutes. It will go on to win eight Oscars, including best screenplay.

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"Bottoms" by Yoko Ono...

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Went out to dine in DT W2 with some friends last night - 8 of us total. We had reservations for outdoor seating right on Main St. where we would be able to take in the pleasant evening, people watch and enjoy the lighted trees.

People who had the table before us refused to leave so rather than strong arm them out of there the restuarant scambled to make space for us inside where it was packed, dark and very, very loud with a view of a wall.

WTF?

That’s what crop dusting is for

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So no line item for the recycling bin, just the garbage bin? That’s a good incentive. Perceived at least.

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Correct. You pay for garbage and compost. Recycle is included in the garbage price. Compost and garbage is collected every week. Recycle every two weeks.

Weeding..

Bluetooth connections.

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Weeding..

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Smith optics. I broke the temple piece on a pair of scrip. Smiths, the shitty plastic part where the screw holds it to the frame.

Called Smith, not warrantied, it was my fault so I get that. Cannot buy a replacement temple? Looking at their products, they have gotten a lot cheaper made.

Fuck!

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Well that sucks. I used to swear by Smith. Now I get to swear at Smith?

I have some old (20 year) Smiths that I broke the frame, my fault. Comparing them to today's product is an eye opener.

EX: the temples are attached to the frame by actual hinges on the old ones.

On the ones I broke it is a small plastic tab that fits in a slot on the frames and a screw holding it, it is a nice injection molded product but these cost me 200 bucks and that was with a deal.

Oh well the new ones fit nice but look even more basically made.

RV plumbing.

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plumbing.

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Fixed it for u



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Having a yard sale

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Having a yard sale

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Just donate the stuff to charity and take the tax write off.

Gasoline, match.

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Just donate the stuff to charity and take the tax write off.

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Itemized deductions went out the window for me with the trump tax changes. What’s your trick?


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Just donate the stuff to charity and take the tax write off.

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Even charitable places are picky now and don't take certain things...that was during covid, so maybe its better now?The last thing I want to do is dump it. It has value to someone, but finding that someone takes effort.
We did unload almost 2k worth of shit yesterday, but we still have a ways to go.

At garage sale prices, that's a lot of shit.

My experience is Habitat for Humanity will take most stuff that isn't junk. Goodwill will take (almost) everything else. Placed on the street corner with a free sign works amazingly well in my hood too.

For whatever reason, garage/yard sales are a completely different story. The "customers" are in it for sport. My brother had one with some really good stuff like tools, small kitchen appliances, Ikea furniture that hadn't fallen apart yet, and the people were just assholes about it. He also had a POS Jeep Cherokee in the driveway with a for sale sign. Got lots of insanely low ball offers on it as well. Toward the end of the day, he accepted one of the offers on the condition that the buyer had to take all of the remaining items - and the guy did. Two problems solved.

FB groups like Buy Nothing have been great for getting rid of stuff if it has at least some marginal value or use. Sometimes even really junky stuff goes. Worth trying for sure to find homes for stuff you don’t want anymore but don’t want to junk. Stuff getting tossed in the trash that still has life annoys me