Geekocracy

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[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The town, or at least the main street that goes by the factory. As far as I know, no orange people were enslaved.
Seriously though, Milton Hershey was surprisingly progressive for his time. He built affordable homes for his workers and helped them become home owners. The school he built was originally for orphaned boys.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You are going to think I made this up, but the street lights are shaped like Hershey kisses.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Wow! I grew up with these. (Nostalgia intensifies!)

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Both the NY times and the Washington Post put it on the front page.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sappho was a poet from the island of Lesbo, which is where the word lesbian comes from.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I got a pump and dump scam from an alias that I only used for my brokerage account. They assured me it wasn't them. A week later they publicly announced that they were hacked.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Well...he would know

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

The closest I can think of in the U.S.. was the Smothers Brothers. They were cancelled by the network, not the government, even though they were very popular . They frequently criticized the Vietnam war and government officials.

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't bet against it

[–] Geekocracy@lemmy.world 230 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The purpose of a fine is to get compliance, not to punish. The fine was $50,000, doubling every day. So $350,00 dollars means Musk caved after 3 days. Pretty effective tactic by the court.

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