Old Jimmy Twodicks

Good. Regulators should be able to order large-scale actions like this, especially when personal safety is at risk. I’d rather not be driving around with a possible claymore mine a foot from my face.

Also, I just like saying “Thanks, Obama”

The CFPB was authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010. In addition to helping get Dodd-Frank through Congress, Obama appointed Elizabeth Warren as a special advisor to the Treasury in order to oversee the CFPB and help get it off the ground.

Thanks, Obama:

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/credit-reports-and-scores/consumer-reporting-companies/

Don’t forget that her anniversary is coming up soon:

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I gotchu boo

I use Voice by Paul Woitaschek (available on F-Droid). It has a nice, simple interface and a few really useful features. I’ve gone through dozens of audiobooks in various formats with it and haven’t had any problems yet.

About ten years ago, I went through this process with as many data brokers and reporting agencies as possible. I printed documents, made accounts, mailed letters, and jumped through every hoop they set up. Some of the companies only recognized my request for a term of five years, while some were permanent.

I don’t get random credit card offers in the mail any more. However, since I started using an email alias service a few years ago, I’ve found my data making its way back to the data brokers. I’m not in the EU, so I don’t think I have much recourse for it. Even so, I think it’s worth it to jump through all the hoops. Maybe one day it’ll feel more meaningful.

tl;dr: It was cumbersome to do it, and other than a reduction in snail mail spam, I haven’t seen much benefit from it. All the same, I’d do it again.

For a bounty hunter? Definitely. For shift supervisor at the run-down Walgreens on the shitty side of town in Des Moines next to a Matress Firm and the CBD shop? Less so.

My favorite part of this entire article is the author referring to Trump as a “former game show host.”

Wait, now do Goose and Danny D.

Union

My brain scrambled “war cash” into “car wash” and I was ready to grab my pitchfork over legislators getting free car washes.

I’m gonna laugh my kidneys off if E. Jean Carroll winds up being his undoing.

Simply grab two toes and gradually spread them until the skin begins to tear. Repeat for each pair of toes.

They have a profile on Threadless, and I’m fucken dying at some of these shirts.