Mirron

>landlord of my building changes >new online portal for paying rent >required to set up an account with Bilt Inc. >Bilt will add $10 a month to my rent if I pay it using my debit card >look for ways to avoid this fee by paying directly through my bank account >required to set up an extra account with Plaid Inc. >Plaid demands the password to my bank account (!!!!!!!) to connect, after which their terms of service will allow them to monitor all of my financial activity and sell that data to the highest bidder >look for a way to set up my account through a regular ACH process without taking this massive security risk >download the Bilt app on my phone because it's the only way to directly contact their help desk >realize that the Bilt app has an ACH option for connecting my bank account that is available on the app but completely unavailable on their web portal (illegal?) >finally enter my routing and account numbers like a normal human being >app still tries to redirect me towards giving away my bank account password >avoid this again >Congratulations! Your account has been set up! >doomed to a future of both email and physical mail spam from Bilt trying to pressure me into a Bilt Rewards credit card that allows me to earn 4% of my spending back in Bilt Cash that can be redeemed at qualifying establishments, terms and conditions apply >this is considered an efficient mechanism for transferring money between two accounts

The tricksters

It's not right that the majority of crk fandom is treating the game and updates poorly

It's crazy to see people's misogyny run so deep that it's literally affecting their relationship with their own pets.

I always wonder about the pet owner, who gave us 'Neil banging out the tunes' I hope they know their pet lives on *so* deeply beloved and is celebrated on a yearly basis Rats have such short lives and are so smart and full of love, and as someone who's owned rats how often people say 'ew rats'. So knowing that your little guy who made such a deep impact to so many people and had not been forgotten

beast cookies if their creators stayed with them (by Drewdle)

For anyone unfamiliar with Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the entire thesis is that traditional educational models promote oppression by removing students' agency in their own learning. Freire argues that currently education functions as a "banking model" - teachers are the holders of knowledge, and students are empty vessels, waiting to have that knowledge put into their heads like a piggy bank. This reinforces a passive attitude towards information, not seeking and understanding it on your own terms, but waiting for a "banker" to deposit it into your head.

California quail?

in celebration of april 13, i present all four known photos of neil, who banged out the tunes 19 years ago today