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Broligarchy Watch

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(neologism, politics) A small group of ultrawealthy men who exert inordinate control or influence within a political structure, particularly while espousing views regarded as anti-democratic, technofascist, and masculinist.

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The shit is hitting the fan at such a high rate that it can be difficult to keep up. So this is a place to share such news.

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[–] C1pher@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And let me guess, nothing will happen to said company now, will it?

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

They've already scrambled their letter salad name and rented a different shell mailing address office.

[–] Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Almost every hose spigot I found leaches lead. I had to order off a specialty website and even then half the hose bibs I got said not for potable water. WTF!!! How do I run water into my RV, or my Garden?

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Bluetooth /s

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you do a slow drip for a month, the lead will go away from the quality ones because a layer builds up over the metal

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is weird to me. When we bought our house 10-years ago we were volunteering at Habitat for Humanity. (Because that's how we got a mortgage.) At the time our manager made us trash any donated faucets because we weren't qualified to gauge if they met the new lead content rules. (Fuck 'em. I still swiped a few sweet faucets for the house.)

And yet, 10-years later, you can still buy out-of-spec faucets? Unreal.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

It might just be drop shippers who dump cheaply made Ali express stuff into Amazon marketplace. Amazon has no QA and pretends not to know, yet it just allows everything to be sold there.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

People just won't learn. This stuff is so cheap for a reason.