Where an Only Fans model is providing 1.21 million meals for the homeless while the majority of evangelical Christians support the man cutting off food stamps to 40M Americans.
Sophie Rain, a model from Florida and an OnlyFans content creator, is proving that sheโs more than just a face that has become common in the world of the...
Someone that you know, probably someone close to you, is secretly feeling overwhelmed, but wonโt say anything because they donโt want to burden anyone.
Remember to tread extra softly during this time of the year. Treat each other with a little extra care. Check on people that you may not have spoken to recently. Ask them how you can help?
Be kind. Sometimes the biggest smileโs hide the most pain.
@Vive_Levant In the UK, takeaway is what people in the US refer to as delivery.
To clarify: it is a multipurpose word in the UK, when used in ordering in the restaurant it is the U.S. equivalent of โto goโ and when used when ordering elsewhere it means โarrange a delivery to my homeโ aka the U.S. equivalent of โdeliveryโ.
@semiotic_pirate Thank you for explaining! I didn't know it had a different meaning in USA. I lived in England for twenty-odd years, so tend to default to British English. @Vive_Levant
You really think I'd learn by now. Every year, I tell myself I ought to bag up the leaves right away after raking them into a pile. But then I tell myself it's not like anything is gonna go wrong in mere minutes, so it'll be ok if I put it off until a little later, right? "A little later" turns into a day or two, and then I've got a big ol' dragon in the front yard. Again. <sigh>
Zohran Mamdani is so scary because he is planting the idea that you can tax billionaires and use the money to help people instead of debating what services to cut to pay for tax cuts. Which is literally why the US government is currently shut down.
He is destroying decades of messaging by billionaire sponsored think tanks and politicians.
Massachusetts has implemented a tax on millionaires and so far they have collected $2 billion (with a B!) more revenue than expected from it and they haven't seen the flight of taxpayers that everyone warns would happen. They also have a tax on capital gains that has collected $2.5 billion (again with a B!) finance.yahoo.com/news/massachโฆ
It is so rare to see #Democrats refute the media's conservative framing and respond with compelling messaging about defending people's rights, it is kinda shocking when you do see it.
@katrinakatrinka That's Rep. Jayapal on the left. I was living in her district when she was first elected and voted for her. I'm really glad I did that. She's amazing.
@corbden I've been impressed with her several times. She has integrity and will act alone if she believes in something, usually something important to people who don't have the power, but do have the moral imperative.
Undocumented Immigrants Are Not Considered Criminals
Millions of people from all over the world have legally entered the US and overstayed their visas, but this type of act does not make them criminals. Instead, they are considered undocumented, which is a civil violation under US law and not a criminal one. To be considered a criminal, an undocumented immigrant must first have committed a criminal act unrelated to their immigration status. us-ilc.com/undocumented-immigrโฆ
That billionaires have tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars just laying around to use to try and buy elections and elected officials like trading cards is proof that they can and should pay A LOT more in federal and state taxes toward health care, child and elder care, and food supplements.
On an off chance, has anybody here ever worked with the Sango language? Or with Krahn? I'm looking for a paragraph or so of text with English translation, ideally in the writing system in use in the language community. Please let me know if you've ever worked with one of these. #Linguistics #AfricanLanguages
While Medicare-for-All will take a progressive federal trifecta with FDR/LBJ size majorities - states already have the legal ability under the ACA to create state universal systems similar to the Swiss system plus create their own public options, or form a state compact.
Ask your candidates for Governor and state legislatures what their vision for universal health care system in their state is. If they donโt have one, move on to the next candidate.
#PSA - I recently stopped my windows based computer backing every document and photo to the #Cloud because fuck #Microsoft and their #LLM - I never asked for their fucking cloud storage in the first place. Or their LLM that they incorrectly call AI - it is not AI and canโt even add up.
Anyway, as part of this process, Microsoft then automatically deleted all my files - *including* the versions on my own computer. Fuck Microsoft.
As it happens, I back up all my computer files on an external HardDisk on the first day of every month. As a result, I was able to copy the files and directories back to my computer with little disruption.
If you are going to disconnect from your cloud storage - be warned in advance โฆ back up all your files and directories on an external Hard Disk first.
Just another reason not to use Microshit products. I was in the IT industry for 20 years, stopped using Microsoft products for personal use about 2 years in.
In this video, we delve into the controversy surrounding the White House ballroom and fact-check claims that President Obama spent $350 million on a basketball court.
UK cars were #towed away for repair and are being held to ransom
A #Bidfood delivery lorry reversed into my car outside my house in January.
Bidfood used a fleet management company, #VMS, to arrange repairs and provide a hire #car.
Since then:
-There no meaningful updates from VMS - Manager assigned to the case is unavailable when I ring, and promised callbacks donโt materialise. - In the meantime, I have received five penalty charge notices (PCNs) for unpaid #Ulez (ultra-low emission zone) charges, indicating that my car has been driven without my knowledge.
More than #Tomahawks: What Ukraineโs soldiers say they actually need
While #Ukrainian military lacks prestigious Western-supplied weapons, equipment, soldiers and commanders say the shortage of basic resources โ from cars to drones and people โ makes it extremely difficult to hold back the relentless Russian offensives. Though Ukraine has been eyeing the U.S. to finally green-light the supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles, those on the ground say the lack of more basic needs is a more pressing issue, and often shortages of critical but more rudimentary equipment play just as decisive a role.
While Ukraine also lacks Western-supplied weapons, soldiers and commanders say shortages of basics โ cars, drones and people โ make holding back Russia extremely difficult. Even as Kyiv seeks U.S.
Lithuania closes border crossings with #Belarus indefinitely after balloons violate airspace for 3rd night in row
#Vilnius International #Airport temporarily suspended operations for several hours on Oct. 26-27 due to one or more #balloons flying in the direction of the airport, airport officials said. The incident marks the third night in a row and the fourth time this week #AirspaceViolations have halted air traffic in #Lithuania.
"Contraband" balloons launched from Belarus have disrupted air traffic four times in the last week. Lithuania has closed border crossings with Belarus for "an indefinite period" in response.
This is like some creepy cross between William Gibson @GreatDismal and Cory Doctorow @pluralistic ... A Japanese company is hiring low wage Philipino workers to remotely operate robots in Japanese convenience stores. They get migrant labour without the migrants. restofworld.org/2025/philippinโฆ
Tele-operators in Manila control robots and train AI for global firms, as offshoring automation creates new tech jobs and new risks in the Philippines.
I've been a self-employed consultant most of my life, from project/programme management big international projects to being a government advisor.
Made a killing, and lived the high-live, until 2014, when I suffered brain damage, and everything came crashing down. Suddenly, no income, and no prospect of an income. Haven't been able to work much since.
If not for some insurance my dad forced me to take out, I would have been living on the breadline now.
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