I mean they do have one good thing going for them: you can separate the art from the more controversial artists, because you know for sure the artist isn’t getting a damn thing from spotify
The thing is that no matter who they pick as a ghost writer… it’s going to be noticeably too coherent or thought out to really be him. His base won’t buy it as easily.
Thousands of people have donated about a quarter of a million dollars to a 90-year-old US air force veteran who has been financially supporting himself by pushing shopping carts at a grocery store in sweltering Louisiana – and now has the option of retiring if he wants thanks to the strangers’ generosity....
I remember a post showing how to contact your representative, immediately followed by instructions for hiring a stripper-gram. I feel like glitter would be a great option for annoying politicians. That and gummy-dicks.
Take your current yearly salary, multiply it by however many years you expect to live after retirement + let’s say… 10% on top for inflation, + another 10 for medical expenses. Is that number above, or below, $10M? Retirement is fucking expensive and only going up in cost.
Towards the end, Medicare/medicaid/whatever takes the house too if you don’t plan ahead, and no doubt they’ll close the “loopholes” for planning ahead too.
Alexander Smith’s PowerPoint presentation doesn’t appear designed to court controversy. The slides, focused on declining maternal health in Gaza, cite public health data from the United Nations and World Health Organization. His employer, the U.S. Agency for International Development, had selected him to share it at the...
Outside of leave accrual (which is still inferior compared to the EU), benefits and pay for the average government worker aren’t really any better at this point. Plenty of supervisors pulling 100-150K+, but that usually also includes having to live in high cost of living areas like DC.
Oof, that is a very good point. The retirement benefits are huuuuge. That said, I have very little trust that these benefits will not be whittled away to nothing by the time I qualify for them.
If they’re still there by the time i hit retirement age (65 ish now, might be higher later), awesome, but I’m not going to make plans based on that assumption.
I’m thinking about starting a rumor at work about a bonus. Eg “does anyone else know what’s going on with the mid quarter bonus?” There is no bonus but wondering if a rumor gets started if it can cause management to maybe give one because of employee expectations. Do you think this will work?
I feel old. It wasnt just dev mode, Many games legit just had codes you could enter in a menu to unlock special features/modes/weapons temporarily. Hell in pokemon Gen 3 through Gen 5(?) That was how you unlocked the mystery gift menu. “Everybody happy wireless/WIFI connection”.
Agreed, teachers there were assholes. I lost some souvenirs from my childhood i can’t get back, to a shithead math teacher who enjoyed making you use perfect grammer/phrasing to ask for things back (may i vs can i); if you didn’t he’d hold onto it longer or indefinitely. All because I was “being distracting” by using them as a fidget toy.
Not to give the sovcit nut any credit, but it is kinda bullshit cops can just see a stationary vehicle in someone’s driveway, without plates, and seize it.
Out in a public parking lot or actively driving I get, but they’re seriously just gonna take somebodies project car? Right out in front of their home?
Sovcit here was probably caught driving it around and followed home.
Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' (www.techradar.com)
High Rates and Prices Leave Many Stuck in a Starter Home (www.nytimes.com)
Squeezed by high interest rates and record prices, homeowners are frozen in place. They can’t sell. So first-time buyers can’t buy....
Any LinkedIn alternatives? (lemmy.world)
I’m straight-up not comfortable uploading a government document online. Bite my shiny metal toosh, Microsoft.
Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X (arstechnica.com)
Trump says he's "okay" with jail or house arrest (www.motherjones.com)
Donors raise $233,000 to give US cart pusher, 90, chance at retirement (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of people have donated about a quarter of a million dollars to a 90-year-old US air force veteran who has been financially supporting himself by pushing shopping carts at a grocery store in sweltering Louisiana – and now has the option of retiring if he wants thanks to the strangers’ generosity....
Poll: More than 60% of middle class say they’re ‘struggling financially’ and are not expecting things to turn around for the rest of their lives (www.thehill.com)
Millennials' retirement and homebuying plans may be a fantasy (www.businessinsider.com)
I got a little maneuver for you (lemmy.world)
He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job. (theintercept.com)
Alexander Smith’s PowerPoint presentation doesn’t appear designed to court controversy. The slides, focused on declining maternal health in Gaza, cite public health data from the United Nations and World Health Organization. His employer, the U.S. Agency for International Development, had selected him to share it at the...
I just posted Gowron for the glory of the empire! (lemmy.world)
Keep it up Two Scoops! That report will be a doozy! (lemm.ee)
Start a bonus rumor?
I’m thinking about starting a rumor at work about a bonus. Eg “does anyone else know what’s going on with the mid quarter bonus?” There is no bonus but wondering if a rumor gets started if it can cause management to maybe give one because of employee expectations. Do you think this will work?
Hope it was worth it (sh.itjust.works)
Fudging rolls is the path to the dark side... (startrek.website)
Jimmy Carter Becomes Second President Convicted Of Felony For Sticking Up Waffle House (www.theonion.com)
PC Gamers in Countries Without PSN Hit Out at Sony for Blocking Sale of Single-Player Games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam - IGN (www.ign.com)
Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US. (wapo.st)
A remote tribe was given the internet for the first time - guess how it's gone (metro.co.uk)
Baldur's Gate 3: Coming to you this September, Patch 7 will introduce an official modding toolkit so you can bring your wildest ideas to life (x.com)
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cicada rule (sopuli.xyz)
Sovcit wants their car back. (lemmy.world)