Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky....
Has this ever happened to you? There’s a fly in the house, buzzing around you, so you go to the cabinet to get the swatter. But as soon as you start wielding it, the little bastard disappears. You set it down, and now he’s back, taunting you....
My husband unilaterally ended our relationship about 6 months ago, but we still live together. We have 3 kids. For the long term, we brainstormed either living together, or getting two places very close to each other. We never agreed on either, but we agreed we would decide future housing together.
I cannot stay by myself in our condo b/c it's university housing (he's faculty). A few months ago, I saw a place a few blocks from our home. I thought it would be great for all of us if I moved there and that he would agree, and I contacted the landlord. My husband was furious. He asked me to promise to never sign a lease without asking him. I refused. That day, he told me "I would never do this, but I could contact that landlord and tell him that you are having custody issues." I backed off and said I wasn't planning on signing any leases.
(I do the vast majority of the childcare outside of the kids' school hours, so my guess for why he was furious is that he wants to be able to easily see the kids for an hour or two here or there, and still be able to work as much as he wants to. But I don't know.)
Since that comment, which I would consider a threat or veiled threat, he has proposed many arrangements where we live together, including one where we build a wall in our 2BR condo and we build a kitchenette for me (and he keeps the kitchen). I've said that I don't like any of these arrangements and that I think it's very rare for people to divorce and live together for 10 years. And I said I wanted to look for two places close to each other, which he doesn't want.
I felt we were at an impasse. But I felt that if I told him I was going to get my own place, he might make it very hard as per his threat; and there are few options close to our condo to begin with. So I found a place nearby and signed a lease and will tell him very soon.
AITA for breaking our agreement to decide together, and for going behind his back?
Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience....
Johnson & Johnson sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to slash drug prices, making it the third pharmaceutical company to challenge the controversial provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Let band together with Canada and Europe to negotiate prices. Maybe they can cut a better deal if they negotiate with leading industrial economies. Seriously, fuck big pharma.
In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.
Police will enforce the law because that’s what police do. Locking up poor people without a trial is a bad idea. Book them into the system, then see them at their court date. If the don’t show up, they become a fugitive. It just means these seedy bail bond companies charging huge rates will have fewer poor people to prey on. I think only the richest should have to pay bail.
Buddy of mine couldn’t open a bank account because of dome reason they wouldn’t say. I had an account closed 3 years ago, no reason given but I assume bitcoin had something to do with it. But BofA will just open accounts for people secretly, without being asked.
There was an attempt to give a speech (youtu.be)
Glitch McConnell bricks himself.
McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky (www.cnn.com)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky....
Demanding selfie to unsibscribe (lemm.ee)
Hello nice people,...
Found this relic at the local fair grounds and had to explain it to my kids (lemmy.world)
Trump raised $7.1 million after Georgia booking, mugshot (www.politico.com)
The former president raised $4.18 million on Friday alone, the single-highest 24 hour period of his campaign to date.
Anon is tired (lemmy.ml)
ChatGPT AI may not be as popular as expected. Some people think its failing to follow the adoption curve successful tech does. (www.honest-broker.com)
I’m not going to bet against AI in the long run, but I wonder if ChatGPT (in its current form) will gain mass adoption.
Japan's population fell by 800,000 last year as demographic crisis accelerates | CNN (amp.cnn.com)
Uno reverse 🔁 (sh.itjust.works)
There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
Really, ….. it's my fault they built a terrible system? (lemmy.world)
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To Pressure Reddit into API Policy Changes (www.axios.com)
The insurrection is over.
There goes my favorite pastime
Here’s the Intelligence Assessment of Donald Trump that the Government Can’t Write (www.politico.com)
Someone spent their time, money, and effort to write this in the sky (lemmy.world)
I love it
Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?
Has this ever happened to you? There’s a fly in the house, buzzing around you, so you go to the cabinet to get the swatter. But as soon as you start wielding it, the little bastard disappears. You set it down, and now he’s back, taunting you....
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Lemmy.world update: Downtime today / Cloudflare
Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience....
When was the last time you used Bitcoin? (Payment, Friends, etc.)
When did you really made a Bitcoin transaction the last time? Did you encounter any problems? Technically? High-Fees?
The Fediverse is Not The Future of The Internet. (uselessauth.btw.so)
I don’t think the Fediverse will become mainstream. But I’m actually happy about that. And so should you.
Johnson & Johnson sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations (www.cnbc.com)
Johnson & Johnson sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to slash drug prices, making it the third pharmaceutical company to challenge the controversial provision of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18 (www.cbsnews.com)
In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.
Banks validate our trust in Bitcoin once again (fortune.com)