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afewscribbles··on CFTC moots rules to stop prediction markets from giving affiliates advantages [pdf]
This is substantially easier to read and just as definitive if you view it on the Federal Register’s website.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-15...

Also, having not read the rulemaking as of yet, I’d be remiss not to point out that this is a notice of proposed rulemaking, so it is not yet finalized or scheduled to go into effect.

afewscribbles··on Property taxes going up? The 340B Program might be partly responsible
At least the early comments seem very focused on churches despite this article literally mentioning "religious" uses once and focusing nigh exclusively on hospitals.

Universities and hospitals are some of the worst offenders in situations like this, especially in urban cores, likely empowered by their clear transformation into state-sanctioned "non-profit" businesses that provide a good we are compelled to consume if we are a normie who wants a reasonable guarantee of a comfortable, healthy economic existence.

afewscribbles··on Property taxes going up? The 340B Program might be partly responsible
Do you think a government should be able to seize property under eminent domain if they believe that selling it to a third party to commercially develop would lead to higher tax revenue?
afewscribbles··on Work disincentives hit the near-poor hardest (2022)
I cannot express the extent to which that picture at the top of the article with a baby “working” at a laptop upsets me.

I can see the beginnings of a hand of an adult at the bottom, but there is something so on the nose about such an image that it prompted a visceral response.

afewscribbles··on Show HN: Petrichor – a free, open-source, offline music player for macOS
Ditto.

I would also add that what has stopped me from ever using an iTunes or Music alternative is the inability to directly transfer the "Date Added" data, along with the statistics you mentioned. I cannot express the value to me in being able to chronologically look at how (and in what direction) my music collection has grown.