“Have you tried budgeting?”
Yes. The budget has been budgeted.
The subscriptions are canceled.
The vacations aren't happening.
The car is used.
The apartment is small.
The groceries are generic.
The restaurants are gone.
The clothes aren't new.
And there's still nothing left at the end of the month.
At some point, telling people to budget harder is like telling someone on a sinking ship to organize the deck chairs.
There isn't another expense to cut.
There's a hole in the boat.
WHEN YOU REALIZE THE BABY BOOM WASN'T JUST SOLDIERS COMING HOME HORNY.
It was soldiers coming home to the GI Bill free college, 0% down home loans, low-interest business loans.
It was strong unions. Pensions. A house that cost 2 years of salary.
It was confidence that the future was actually going to be better than the present.
That's what produced a baby boom. Not romance. Security.
You want a higher birth rate now?
Give people a future where they know their kids will actually be okay.
That's the whole formula. It's not complicated. It's just expensive, and nobody in charge wants to pay for it twice.
One of the most famous books on the dangers of food poisoning and the unsanitary conditions in the food industry prior to the FDA's establishment is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
It was required reading at my high school.
Stop voting for Republicans before they kill us
Yes — we can term-limit Congress without their permission.
Article V lets 34 states force a Convention of the States.
Delegates propose the amendment.
38 states ratify.
Congress gets zero say.
The Founders built this escape hatch for a reason.
Time to use it.
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To the Data Protection Officer / Privacy Team, I am writing to submit a formal Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) under applicable data protection laws (including the GDPR). I am the owner of the Youtube account associated with the username "username" and this email address. Please provide me with a complete copy of all personal data held by Youtube including that of its parent company Google LLC relating to my account. Specifically, I require the disclosure of: All internal moderation logs, enforcement history, and safety team notes regarding my account's recent indefinite removal. The specific internal violation codes, infraction reasons, and associated timestamps for the enforcement action. The original chat logs, video clips, or reports that triggered the system flag. As my enforcement notification contained no proper explanation, I require these raw data logs to understand the basis of your processing activities and to ensure the accuracy of the data you hold about me. Please note that this is a legal data access request, not a moderation appeal. Under applicable statutory timelines, you are required to fulfill this request or respond within the legally mandated timeframe (e.g., 30 days under GDPR). I look forward to receiving my data package shortly. Sincerely,
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I DO NOT think people fully understand how much 1 billion is. If your salary was $100k with no tax, it would take you 10 years to become a millionaire, but 10,000 years to reach a billion. It is unethical for one person to be hoarding this much wealth while others cannot eat.
@Cirnose As someone who used to make a living moving full pallets of shit using a hand-jack, I 100% agree with this. Please automate this garbage manual labor.
Arriba, la película de El Pianista, donde se recrea la segregación contra los judíos en el gueto nazi de Varsovia, donde se les prohibía por la calle, 1943.
Abajo, el gueto sionista de Cisjordania, donde los palestinos son segregados y se les prohíbe pasar por la calle, 2025.
La realidad de Palestina que no verás en TV.
When men say rape culture doesn’t exist, show them this video.
When someone shouts “not all men”, show them this video.
If we were truly interested in protecting women and girls, this man would be fired for saying stuff like this.
He’s celebrating rape.
La histeria racista en EEUU hizo que un equipo SWAT asaltara un avión, después de que sonara el teléfono de un hombre musulmán con una canción para la oración.
Los pasajeros racistas literalmente llamaron a la policía solo por escuchar algo en árabe, arrestaron al hombre acusándolo de terrorismo y de representar una amenaza con bomba... por una canción en el móvil.