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Last time I had to call my mortgage servicer (Rocket Mortgage), it took 5 minutes to even get into the live agent phone queue because the IVR kept insisting that it could solve my problem (it couldn't). This time, I got to the queue in just 2 rounds with the IVR by telling it the account older was deceased. Just a little trick to skip the "endless negotiation with an AI" step.

Minnesota has a long history of community organizing which i was delighted to see highlighted in recent reporting. I am reminded of our history with grocery store co-ops. Our local PBS channel TPT did a documentary about it several years ago: https://www.tpt.org/co-op-wars/

The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating the murder of Renee Good, yet it seems the primary suspect has not been arrested. Why not? I guess you did use a swear in a public statement which is super cool and all, but you’re the fucking mayor and you have a bit more power than that. We can take care of the swearing; we need you to enforce the laws.

It is 2025 and Citibank still hasn't managed to supply credit cards with stickers that peel neatly off. Mine just shredded itself even as I carefully peeled it back using standard technique. Citibank truly hates its customers. I'm leaving on the shredded remains as a reminder to cancel my account asap.

I just listed my ticket for $137 with flex pricing turned off, but stubhub sold my ticket for $98. WTF man. I'm tired. I was so careful to type in the price in the correct box and make sure that slider was off, but it didn't matter anyway. Tickets were selling fast at the higher price point; they just took $40 from me and gave it to a random buyer.

Separate incident - I listed tickets with the wrong date (the artist is performing multiple days in my city). When I used Ticket Transfer, stubhub could have flagged my error. I know that's my mistake, but I feel like a sophisticated third party marketplace could manage this better.

In the same incident, I offered a replacement ticket with the c

This article details at least 2 cases where hospital doctors incorrectly diagnosed abuse and had babies taken away from their loving parents. These are parents who voluntarily took their babies there for medical care or, in one case, to volunteer the child for a medical study.

https://www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-minneapolis-nancy-harper-cps

I just came home with the maximum amount of pseudoephedrine that my local pharmacy was willing to sell me - 48 of the 30mg tablets. The directions for use advise not to exceed 8 pills per day, which means this is a 2 day supply for my family of 3. The CDC says colds last "less than a week," meaning that I have to go back to the pharmacy up to 3 more times just to take care of my family's congestion symptoms when we all get a cold.

Thanks, DEA, for protecting us from meth made from pseudoephedrine.

I returned to World of Warcraft after a long time, and now I'm struggling to understand the realm status page. Can anyone explain why the realm status page says my realm is up, but my realm is actually down? What's the point of a status page that doesn't reflect the actual status?

Why do i need to return my old Xione-sc (b) set top box? My bill reflects a non returned equipment charge, but i understand that this old equipment is obsolete. Why go through the hassle and cost of returning it?

Long story short, comcast billing accidentally canceled my service a few months ago during a call. When my service was reinstated, i could not reactivate my old xione device. Support explained that my old device is obsolete and cannot be reactivated; they helped me to order a new device, and waived the setup fee (thanks!). But they didnt mention any need to return the old equipment. I can see it is possible to arrange the equipment return through the website, but i wonder why not j

I just saw [a post which was taken down by u/automoderator.](http://www.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/2xxnp4/contractor_issue_vinyl_siding_over_wood_siding/) The message said "Your comment/post was removed because the site you linked is on r/homeimprovement's list of non approved sites. If you have any questions please message the mods." The link was to a sfgate.com guide for some context.

I felt this was an instance of bad moderation that could detract from our friendly community here. [edit: to be clear, our wonderful mods seem to have reinstated the post! Thanks, mods.]

I don't see anything about this in the sidebar. If it's really necessary to automatically filter posts agains

Hello all. I am going to visit Southern California at the end of April. I have heard that the desert flowers can explode into spectacular bloom at that time of year, but it depends on the rain pattern. I will spend extra time hiking and sightseeing in the Palm Springs are if the flowers will be great this year.

Does anyone have a prediction for the desert flowers this year?

thanks so much!