>Unlike trading money for food at the supermarket where you and the supermarket both know for certain you each benefit
There was a boycott movement in Canada for due to price gouging by the grocers and I've seen 100-200% price increases in certain items in the last 4 years where I'm at (while 0% on others). Someone may be benefiting more..
>You wouldn’t wager money on your ability to beat Djokovich in tennis or Lebron James in basketball, why would you wager money on your ability to beat Citadel?
I don't believe this closing statement is accurate or relevant: you are not directly up against anyone except for yourself. Your strategy and decisions will lead you to profit or peril; against, and just like everyone else.
>The researchers propose a compelling reason for this. They suggest that because male caregivers tend to talk less to their cats and are generally less attentive, the cats adjust their communication to get their attention.
This is a very wild theory.
Anecdotally, I used to get many meows' worth of greetings arriving home from a 6 month old male kitten after only a few days with them when the rest of the household did not after weeks.
The secret: Paying attention to the kitten and being present for them. No one else did and the result was a 2 syllable meow (meow-meow) as my name contained every time I walked through the door.
From what I read, none of the study focuses on the caregivers, their habits or anything in-between.
From the paper's conclusion:
>We believe that our pilot study provides a valuable foundation for future research, in which larger sample sizes and the inclusion of additional variables (e.g., caregiver behavior and other demographic factors) measured through direct behavioral observations may reveal further subtleties in feline behavioral patterns and offer deeper insights into the social lives of domestic cats.
> The student, a high school intern at Superior Court, was reportedly detained by the agents outside the Licht Judicial Complex on Benefit Street.
>Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney insisted the agents had the wrong person. It was not until ICE verified their information and admitted the intern was not their intended target that he was released.
A kid, detained, and released after... due diligence.
>Multiple sources told Target 12 that Rhode Island sheriffs earlier noticed someone taking photos of the intern inside the courthouse and in Superior Court Judge McBurney’s courtroom. When approached, the individual identified himself as an ICE agent and was told to abide by standard courthouse rules, and to stop taking pictures.
>The intern was reportedly shaken, so McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.
>Dana Smith, Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents and told both the judge and the intern to stay inside the car. After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen and left. The intern was released once his ID was checked.
Holy shit. Straight up random profiling to photo ops at your workplace to violent abduction.
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