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Cake day: September 13th, 2023

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  • I used Soy Trainers type of treat to teach puppies a few times in the past, and only feed them the treat after the praise key words “Good Job!” It’s hard at first because you have to take them out in the morning when they’re young, maybe they poop/pee and receive the treat, then you feed and water them, take them outside again, sit with them on your lap while you work until they want down, right back outside again.

    It’s a hell of a time investment but I’ve had even small dogs figure it out before they were even 8 weeks old. Once they understand certain actions lead to treats and certain actions do not, it’s also a great time to teach sit, stay, go lay down, and come here. I’ve surprised friends and relatives by being able to put a treat on the dog’s face and leave the room, the dog will wait for the praise key words.

    Sometimes Stay is the hardest to teach, but also the absolute most important. A dog who can remain calm and motionless is a dog who you have the attention of, and one who has great unwavering discipline. A dog who shakes and wiggles and jumps up is a dog who sees you as a friend and not any form of authority, it will not listen when it matters the most because your words are only suggestions.


  • Meta was sued in India, Brazil, the UK, and the USA for the way they sold data in the 2010s, being fined Billions of dollars total. In July 2019 they were fined 5 Billion in a 3 to 2 vote by the FTC and they’re in the process of a 20 year settlement plan.

    Meta also has a proposed trial date for December against the FTC and 46 states after their supposedly unlawful and aggressive mergers to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram, called Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook, Inc.). The Mergers are why their evaluation keeps rising.





  • Searching for information about abortion isn’t a crime anywhere afaik, at least not an enforceable one. Google and the state governments are separate entities, and to be used in the US Justice System against you they would need to provide the source for their evidence, which would make really bad publicity for Google which does in fact harm their profits. So the State would have to make a pretty damn good offer to accomplish that. Doubly so for wannabe authoritarian admins like DeSantis, since those are exactly the type of people to turn around and try to restrict the company’s rights and freedoms.

    Pretty much the same for the Mushrooms, although self-medicating with full dose mushrooms seems a little over the top to begin with, but I can’t blame the victim in a system where opiates are handed out readily by doctors.

    Crypto would probably be harder for China to take than bank funds, but if they did steal a bit from hundreds of millions of Americans then the total loss would be catastrophic for many lives. The USA has no way to fight back in that scenario because while China does utilize American tech brands and products, those companies are not a direct arm of the military the same way that TikTok is for China.