Thursday, January 9, 2025

Furniture and Meta

I googled the name plate in the drawer of the new to us night stands.  They're made by Uttermost.  I pretty much hate their web site, it's one of those that's always moving.  Bad user interface, bad!

Last night I was looking at my phone and I found the Uttermost Hanford night stand on the web. I found more on them on the laptop.  Here is a screen shot.  Make sure you notice the price for one.

The screenshot is from this page.  They have a magnifying glass if you want to zoom on the "weathering."  We don't have that, and I'm pretty happy about it.  All we got was someone spilling a solvent on the finish which is easier to hide.  We don't have the aged iron pull because it broke.  We have a new round pull, which works fine.

This is the name tag in the drawer.


So, not bad for our first foray into second hand shopping.  

As you may or may not know, Meta has removed fact checking and replaced it with community notes.  From The New Republic we learn the following:

Users on Meta’s platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, will also be allowed to refer to women as “household objects or property or objects in general,” Black people as “farm equipment,” and transgender individuals as “it,” according to an updated version of Meta’s hateful conduct policy that crossed out the prohibitions.

It's a good article, worth reading.  Zuckerberg's policy change has led to this being posted all over Bluesky.


Ok.  I'm done now.

9 comments:

  1. Holy cow- that little table!!1 I guess it is what the market will bear, right? If they can squeak that much out of a consumer then yay capitalism!
    I Sucked off, finally, they do not make it easy- it has been said though that when all of the "libs" leave, the fact challenged will have no one to bounce off of and where is the fun in that?

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  2. I knew they would be expensive! The funny thing is that Google Lens sent me to Uttermost. However I couldn't find that table.

    Your meme made me laugh. Seriously though,I find that I am giving serious thought to whether I even want to be on social media. So much misinformation. I am also tired of the mad.

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  3. The tide is turning backwards! Will there soon be scarlet-clad handmaidens?

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  4. What a bargain your tables turned out to be! I don't understand deliberately distressed finishes. It's like buying torn jeans. WHY?!

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  5. Big score on the tables!

    MAGAt Rs are proposing a bill "urging Congress to support a consortium of antiabortion doctors for women because, the bill says, “health care should emphasize the whole woman, including her physical, mental, and spiritual wellness,” and “health care for women should also address the needs of men, families, and communities.”"

    Our healthcare should support the needs of men. Fuck off, fuck all the way off.

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    1. I meant to add the quote if from HCR's letter from yesterday.

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  6. You made me laugh out loud with zuckerberg's tiny penis meme. Well done on the second hand find.

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  7. You did very well with your nightstands!
    As for Zuck, he's getting all sorts of memes that will pass the test - and deservedly so. He's trying so hard to emulate Elonia, and find his way into IQ45's heart.

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