Healthcare in this country is already such a mess. I really fear for people with this guy at the helm of HHS. The damage he's doing could last for years after he's gone.
Ukrainian drone causes fire near Vladimir Putin's Black Sea palace and winery
Parts of a #Ukrainian #drone have fallen on a forest near a #palace and #winery on the #BlackSea used by Russian President Vladimir #Putin, causing a fire, #Russian independent media the Insider reported on Aug. 29.
The #fire started as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on Aug. 28 near a village close to #Gelendzhik, a Russian resort town, according to the reports.
By the morning of Aug. 29, the had grown to an area 41,5 hectares (102,5 acres)
The fire started as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on Aug. 28 near a village close to Gelendzhik, a Russian resort town on the Black Sea coastline, according to the reports.
@dansup but can the interface be re-skinned? I'm just thinking that all these art sites, FurAffinity, Deviant Art, Art Untamed and such, all look similar, but are uniquely coded and incompatible with one another, would a Federated alternative be possible? It seems that Pixelfed would be a good base for this, no?
So, today got off to an interesting start, was up late, plus up for a bit in the morn, typical for me, and finally woke up at about 0825... And my phone has a message saying that I've been assigned a work shift at 1010. I had put in for one, but assumed I wouldn't be getting one, but nope, must've been short handed again, joygasm.
So, slightly accelerated morning, cancelled my casual plans for the day, those'll prolly happen tomorrow, and got to work. Assigned to a fairly decent zone, with a reasonable package load, in fact it was all small to medium stuff, so I had all but about four things in my totes that sit on my passenger seat, making it easy to grab when I arrive. From load to done, six hours, $130, not a bad day.
Really, nothing to complain about, I could use the money, and wasn't a bad day, I could use more like that, but still, didn't really want to work.
Got home, worked on comics for a bit, I'm beating on the letter S, and I think its winning. We've got five long boxes, and two short boxes of just that letter, with the shorts and one of the longs still to be organized into the rest of the books. So far we have a long box for Star Trek & Star Wars, though that might become just Star Trek, and I'm setting one up for DC Super titles, Superman, Superwoman, Superpowers, and on and on. I'll continue on that tomorrow, and maybe I'll finally get that done. Then there's merging some previously sorted boxes with recently sorted, and some restacking, and when that is finally done, its onto the letter T and beyond. Yeah, at least another eight hours of work, prolly more.
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Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits.
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Gotta say I'm not sure how I feel about this, and frankly, I'm directly impacted. Consumerism is a disease, and this feeds it. I think some exceptions or some manner of refund/rebate program should be in place for small sellers and/or certain types of items, but in general, I can't say I'm against it.
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In keeping with the biological analogies, elections are akin to _sexual selection_; they select for people that are electable, which bears no relation to actually solving problems.
The visas were revoked ahead of next monthβs annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, where the Palestinians previously have been represented.
Google is advising users of the Salesloft Drift AI chat agent to consider all security tokens connected to the platform compromised following the discovery that unknown attackers used some of the credentials to access email from Google Workspace accounts.\ \ In response, Google has revoked the tokens that were used in the breaches and disabled integration between the Salesloft Drift agent and all Workspace accounts as it investigates further. The company has also notified all affected account holders of the compromise.
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman Jβ¦
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![The image shows a screenshot of a tweet from the account "[@]DaddyFiles" with a verified checkmark. The tweet is about reproductive rights and includes advice on work ethics. The tweet reads: "I tell him don't work if they're not paying you for it and be viciously protective of your time. I tell him to get there on time, work hard, be respectful, and then leave as soon as his shift is over. To do his job fully and well, and then leave it at the door." The background of the tweet is dark, and the text is white, making it stand out. The account name "The Daddy Files" is displayed in a red circle with white text at the top left corner of the tweet.](https://blog.taursnd.haus/photo/474018929168b1efce8c502655760566-0.jpeg "The image shows a screenshot of a tweet from the account \"[@]DaddyFiles\" with a verified checkmark. The tweet is about reproductive rights and includes advice on work ethics. The tweet reads: \"I tell him don't work if they're not paying you for it and be viciously protective of your time. I tell him to get there on time, work hard, be respectful, and then leave as soon as his shift is over. To do his job fully and well, and then leave it at the door.\" The background of the tweet is dark, and the text is white, making it stand out. The account name \"The Daddy Files\" is displayed in a red circle with white text at the top left corner of the tweet.")
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